“Sell outs”.
Ask hip hop’s reigning highnesses – Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Nicki Minaj – and they can attest to being titled such at some point in their illustrious careers (the latter more than her rap predecessors).
Indeed, in the heavily male-dominated genre of rap, trying to “hang with the boys” has either constituted hypermasculinization or explicitly detailing bedroom antics. Either way, rap’s estrogenic entities have had to take the extreme route often to little notoriety…
Filed Under: Azealia Banks, Eve, Feature Article, Iggy Azalea, Khia, Kreayshawn, Left Eye, Lil Kim, Lil' Mama, Missy Elliot, Nicki Minaj, Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, Trina
BET aired a special on the history of women in Hip-Hop last evening. ‘My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women & Hip Hop’ highlighted the rise of women in the male -dominated Hip-Hop industry and that struggles they encountered. Guest commentators included Missy Elliot, Trina, MC Lyte, Lil Mama, Eve and others. Check it out below:
Filed Under: Da Brat, Eve, Foxy Brown, Lauryn Hill, Lil Kim, Lil' Mama, Missy Elliot, Nicki Minaj, Salt-N-Pepa, Trina
{Credit: Janet Media}
MTV’s Tim Kash managed to catch up with Janet Jackson at boyfriend Jermaine Dupri’s post-VMA party on Sunday. The ‘All For You’ singer reaffirmed that she is still in the recording process for her as yet untitled new album – her Island/Def Jam debut. She also confirmed Ne-Yo’s involvement in the project.
Janet must be back in MTV’s good books, seeing as they didn’t give a damn about her last two albums. Anyway, is it me or does it seem Janet is trying to keep ‘hush hush’ about the project (“I’m trying to do me”)? With JD’s comment about the album coming “soon”, it’ll be interesting to see how things unfold in the coming months.
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