Thank You Thursdays: Women in Hip Hop

As anyone who listens to the music knows, it tends to be a man’s game, but there are a few brave women who have shown that MC-ing isn’t sex-linked to the Y-chromosome. In my book I talk about the negative affects of growing up listening to a music that essentially told me: “Your role in the music of your generation is as eye candy, the cute girl at the party who gets freestyled about [thanks Che DeLeon], not the one who does the freestyling. Your body is your voice.” There were some spit-kickin’ women, and more to come, who give young women a different message, that they have every right to make their voices and lyrics and stories heard within hip hop communities. Big ups to Jill Scott, Bahamadia, Jean Graye, Lauren Hill, Queen Latifah, Roxanne Shante etc. etc. (please free to add names in the comments section). And a personal shout out to Kate and Christina, Lengua 4 Eva.