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 ...

For Billboard's second annual Hottest Female Rappers list, the editorial staff highlights the best femcees of the 2025.

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 ...

Speaking with former NBA stars Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes of All The Smoke, Wayne made sure to give Nicki Minaj and Kanye West their flowers. Wayne not only competed with both of these icons on ...

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 ...

Hip-hop is one of the most popular music genres in the world. Everywhere you’ll probably hear a rap song being played over the radio, someone’s phone or speaker. Now, more than ever, female rappers ...

The streaming giant beat out Paramount and Comcast after a unanimous board vote. 1 day ago Throughout hip-hop’s life we’ve seen women present in each decade — from MC Sha-Rock being the first credited ...

Since 1973 — after DJ Kool Herc hosted a party in the Bronx, NY, that birthed the cultural phenomenon that is hip-hop — women in rap have historically been overlooked for their contributions to the ...

In its 50-year history, the essence and landscape of hip-hop has primarily been dominated by men and themes relating to their lifestyles, the conflicts between them, their sex lives, etc. So, ...

Nicki Minaj got to the nitty gritty about her hitch with female rappers, clearing up all the confusion. Clips surfaced online revealing the “Super Freaky Girl” star clarifying her contentious views on ...

Despite women being some of the most popular and successful artists in the genre, critics constantly find ways to disparage their accomplishments. The latest figure to do so is veteran New York rapper ...