Selected Women of Hip Hop
- Foxy Brown
- Missy Elliott
- Ms. Lauryn Hill
- Lil' Kim
- Queen Latifah
- MC Lyte
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Selected Books
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God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Call Number: Music Library ML3531 .I26 2019God Save the Queens pays tribute to the women of hip-hop--from the early work of Roxanne Shante, to hitmakers like Queen Latifah and Missy Elliot, to the superstars of today. Exploring issues of gender, money, sexuality, violence, body image, feuds, objectification and more, God Save the Queens is an important and monumental work of music journalism that at last gives these influential female artists the respect they have long deserved.
Hip Hop Harem: Women, Rap and Representation in the Middle East by Call Number: OnlineHip Hop Haremis the first book solely dedicated to female rap artists in the Middle East and North Africa region. Through the lens of hip hop feminism, Angela Williams seeks to express how the artists' work affects female audience members who relate to themes of self-determination and liberation within their own lives.
The Coldest Winter Ever by Call Number: Africana Library EPS3569.O7374 C6x 1999The renowned hip/hop rebel captures the allure and danger of Brooklyn's streets in this, her first novel. The daughter of a Brooklyn drug lord, Winter's got the stuff to strutQand she knows it. When her father's empire is involved in a drug war, Winter uses her aggressive attitude, sexual power, and family philosophy to stay ahead of the game.
Confessions of a Video Vixen by Call Number: Olin Library PN2287.S6765 A3 2005This is the memoir of the once sought-after sexy siren who appeared in hip-hop music videos. Karrine transitioned to film when director F. Gary Gray picked her to costar in his film A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the movie and music video sets, swanky Miami and New York restaurants, and trysts with celebrities featured in celebrity magazines only skim the surface of Karrine's life.
Black Women’s Interventions in Hip-Hop: Disrupting Silence and Erasure
Akua Naru is a Hip Hop artist, organizer, producer, activist, and scholar, whose. work centers social justice advocacy and community building. Her music, deeply nuanced, poetic and wise, theorizes the myriad experiences of Black women through rhyme along a sonic spectrum from Jazz to Soul.