The energy inside the Marcus Center was electrifying as the Ladies of Hip Hop performed for hundreds of Milwaukee students.

Hip Hop has long been a male-dominated industry, where women have had to fight twice as hard for recognition—whether on the mic, behind the boards, or in the background shaping the culture.

Her passion for hip-hop culture and her love for US artists like Tupac, Kool G Rap, Queen Latifah and Foxy Brown led her to start rapping. Like all Tunisian women rappers, she considers her entry ...

The earliest pioneers established that women deserved recognition not as accessories but as central figures in hip-hop culture. Sha-Rock stands as the literal first woman of recorded rap ...

masculinity and hip-hop: the sexual abuse of young boys by older women. Expertly weaving through the double consciousness that comes with existing as a survivor within a culture that, at times ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Reign & Wolfacejoeyy. It’s Billboard Women in Music Week, so let’s go ahead and give the ladies their flowers. On Saturday ...

Simmons is stepping fully into her purpose with the release of Dying to Self, a powerful new memoir detailing her journey ...

The members appeared on screen donning stereotypical hip-hop attire, including diamond and gold chains, hoop earrings, ...

Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned ...

Funk also found its way to other hip-hop subgenres, including new jack swing, a funky brand of R&B with a twist. Female performers like Mary J. Blige, TLC, SWV, and Janet Jackson held this genre down.

Women rappers were not really a feature of Tunisia's typically masculine and chauvinist hip-hop scene until the revolution that overthrew Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. Now there are several ...