Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history, with new content dropping all throughout 2023. Women’s contributions to the Bay Area ...

Though they might not always be as heralded, women have played crucial roles in some of the most impactful rap battles in history. Now, in a debut book from veteran culture writer Brooklyn White-Grier ...

Southfield (CW50) – We Found Hip Hop was created as a space for women to produce media, music, and film, and find educational opportunities aimed at redefining the vital role of women in hip hop. Hip ...

Women have always been a part of hip-hop history — from the culture's B-girl days to its birth in the Bronx, NY, to today's era that sees femcees putting rap on their backs. The culture doesn't move ...

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Considered to be a man’s sport, it's ironic that one of the first iconic rap disses or beefs in hip-hop history began with a woman. Responding to U.T.F.O.’s song “Roxanne Roxanne,” Roxanne Shante and ...