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The motherlode : 100+ women who made hip-hop / Clover Hope ; ill. by Rachelle Baker.

by Hope, Clover.

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Abrams Image, 2021.

781.6490922 H791m

Women rap musicians -- Biography.

Women musicians, Black -- Biography.

Women singers, Black -- Biography.

Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.

Hip-hop -- History and criticism.

9781419742965 (pbk)

Alternate title:

100+ women who made hip-hop

One hundred plus women who made hip-hop

238 p. : color ill. ; 23 cm.

Introduction: Nice for a girl -- The first women -- Mc Sha-Rock -- Wanda Dee -- First ladies of rap crews -- Mercedes Ladies -- Debbie Harry -- White rap family tree -- Lisa Lee -- The Sequence -- Sweet Tee -- Roxanne Shanté -- Lady B -- Sparky D -- Salt-N-Pepa -- MC Lyte -- Antoinette -- Queen Latifah -- J.J. Fad -- L'Trimm -- The women of Miami Bass -- Oaktown's 357 -- Mia X -- Women in duos & groups -- Nikki D -- Bytches with Problems -- N-Tyce -- Yo-Yo -- Boss -- Heather B. -- Lady of Rage -- The Conscious Daughters -- Da Brat -- Left Eye -- Sylk-E. Fyne -- Bahamadia -- Lil' Kim -- The "lady" rappers -- Foxy Brown -- Nonchalant -- Missy Elliott -- Angie Martinez -- Charli Baltimore -- Medusa -- Eve -- Solé -- Lady Luck -- Lauryn Hill -- Vita -- Khia -- Trina -- La Chat -- Amil -- Shawnna -- Remy Ma -- Nicki Minaj -- Azealia Banks -- Cardi B -- The future.

"An illustrated highlight reel of more than 100 women in rap who have helped shape the genre and eschewed gender norms in the process. The Motherlode highlights more than 100 women who have shaped the power, scope, and reach of rap music, including pioneers like Roxanne Shanté, game changers like Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott, and current reigning queens like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Lizzo -- as well as everyone who came before, after, and in between. Some of these women were respected but not widely celebrated. Some are impossible not to know. Some of these women have stood on their own; others were forced into templates, compelled to stand beside men in big rap crews. Some have been trapped in a strange critical space between respected MC and object. They are characters, caricatures, lyricists, at times both feminine and explicit. This book profiles each of these women, their musical and career breakthroughs, and the ways in which they each helped change the culture of rap."--Publisher.

Music criticism and reviews.

Baker, Rachelle.

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