Rah Digga & Monie Love On How Hyper-Sexed Imagery Made Things Worse For Female MCs [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]
Fierce MC Rah Digga talks with Monie Love & Ed Lover about the shift that occurred when Lil Kim and Foxy Brown broke onto the hip hop scene; both of their lyrics were written for them by prominent rappers, and their images were was more sexed up than the female rappers before them. Rah talks […]
ESSENCE Festival 2016 is finally upon us, and with festivities just hours away, ESSENCE has announced they will celebrate the life of Prince with a New Orleans-themed tribute on Sunday (July 3).
MC Lyte teaches Rob G White House trivia at Boom Bash 2 while recollecting on her performance for President Obama. Get The Latest Music and Entertainment News On Your Phone Find out which artist MC Lyte calls a “quiet riot” and see Rob G surprise her with some of her favorite throwback things. Watch the full interview above! The […]
Before she became a platinum selling artist, MC Lyte was enrolled at a Historically Black College or University. But her career took off before she had a chance to start school. Do you know which one it was? ANSWER HERE Come see MC Lyte perform live during Boom Bash 2 June 11th at Cynthia Woods-Mitchell […]
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As hip hop fans know, MC Lyte is all about higher education. A 19-year-old San Antonio student was recognized for a top graduate of Steve Harvey’s Mentoring Camp. On the Steve Harvey show a special surprised awaited the teen and his mother on national television. The L.Y.T.E. crashed the show to award Rhodes with a $50,000 scholarship to […]
MC Lyte talks about the double standard female MCs face in the Hip Hop industry and what was her first rapper name was. Check it out below! Click Here To Listen to MC Lyte Talk About Not Finishing College & The Hip Hop Influence On Fashion Click Here To Listen to MC Lyte Explaing How She Became A […]
The 25-year anniversary of the release of House Party happened earlier this year (March 9) and seminal rap group Kid ‘N Play were right in the center of the film. According to HipHopDX, the duo described what they’re most ideal current day house party would be when asked. “[It would involve] a lot of concerts where we have […]
As we reported to you earlier this week, Missy Elliott has been in studio working with her longtime collaborator Timbaland. Elliott took to Twitter this week to share photos of herself in the studio. “Me & @Timbaland bk 2 the drawing board studio dirty beats!” she captioned the shot. According to PerezHilton.com, MC Lyte spoke […]
One of hip-hop’s pioneer feminists discusses America’s educational distress. MC Lyte discussed the importance of education in an interview with Vlad-TV, “I’m putting all of my efforts to raise money to send kids to college,” MC Lyte says in the interview. “With education comes options. When you don’t have options, you look to other ways to […]
With some dope performances and a couple of awards, ladies had a few moments to shine at the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards! Despite the fact that the Female MC category was scrubbed from the lineup this year, women weren’t completely marginalized during the ceremony. The network managed to avoid some major drama by awarding Nicki […]