These 22 OG female rappers laid the foundation for Hip Hop’s evolution, breaking barriers in a male-dominated industry. From Queen Latifah to Gangsta Boo, each artist brought a unique voice, style, ...

From its earliest days, hip-hop has been fundamentally about storytelling, with artists repurposing existing sounds to create new forms of self-expression. While the genre is often perceived as ...

Today’s rap landscape wouldn’t have been possible without the pioneering role of women MCs. In an era when the field was predominantly male in the ’70s and ’80s, these fearless wordsmiths, including ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. With her five-octave range, Mariah Carey has one of the most powerful and impressive voices of all time. She is a top '90s female ...

With all due respect, the past is the past. I love Roxanne Shante, Salt N’ Pepa, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Da Brat, Eve, Lauryn Hill, and Missy Elliott. But the following list is ...

The 2025 BET Awards lit up Los Angeles on Sunday night, and the highlight was unmistakable—Doechii walking away with Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. In a fiercely competitive category featuring Cardi B, ...

The hip-hop world is in the midst of a transformative era, with Southern female rappers emerging as forces to be reckoned with. What started as a small movement has now grown into a cultural ...

We have been in a female rap renaissance for at least the last decade, but this year has been particularly kind to Southern women in rap and their supporters. In June, I was standing in a sold-out ...

In 2023, Canadian musician Grimes released a clone of her voice, saying that “it’s cool to be fused with a machine”.

Apple Music is celebrating a full decade of changing how the world listens to music. Over the past ten years, the platform has evolved from an ambitious launch to a dominant force in music streaming.