13477105, Women weren’t foreign in the hip hop game. They were actually
Posted by allStah, Fri Jan-20-23 05:31 PM
successful in that era, but with one caveat, they had to be put on by a crew or
a well known artist. They couldn’t just go straight to the label with a demo,
or push through simply on their own.
Lil Kim ( biggie - junior mafia)
Rah Digga (busta- flipmode
Lady of Rage ( Dr.Dre)
Yoyo ( Ice Cube)
Lauryn Hill ( Fugees)…etc,etc,etc
Hell, even Eve had to get with Ruff Ryders to really get on. Dr.Dre had her just sitting on
the shelf.
I’m not sure if The Roots fought for her to be included in the video, or if they
just conceded immediately to the label’s ultimatum.
She had one hell of hip hop career. She topped the charts several times, was just the third
female mc ( at the time) to have an album debut at number one on the top 100 billboard chart, and she won a Grammy for her collaboration with Gwen Stefani
Female MCs blew up in the 90s
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