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 ...

Billboard compiles its first-ever Hottest Female Rappers List based on quality of records, chart success, buzz within the culture, notable business endeavors and partnerships, and touring success ...

I most enjoy her because she feels like a mixture of some of my favorite female rappers: She owns her sexuality in a way that reminds me of Lil’ Kim and Megan Thee Stallion, can turn a phrase as ...

Everywhere you’ll probably hear a rap song being played over the radio, someone’s phone or speaker. Now, more than ever, female rappers are enjoying success. While we celebrate young ladies ...

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 ...

The female hip-hop movement has been thriving in the last few years. So much so that many rap fans have surmised that the ladies are running the game. It’s been decades since a large number of ...

Plus a delicately drawn face full of makeup. And a killer gel manicure. From the beginning, in the 1970s, female rappers were right alongside the men, making convivial club and party music to ...

The first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Missy Elliott is a trailblazer whose sound is unmistakably distinct and simultaneously impossible to define in one word.