Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the ...

Roxanne Shante gets her flowers and makes history at the same time. Rapper Roxanne Shante will be the first female solo rapper to receive the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement award. The trailblazing ...

Other recipients this year included Frankie Valli, Frankie Beverly, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal and Roxanne Shante. Jimmy Jam, ...

Roxanne Shante reflects on her Hip-Hop legacy as she is set to become the first solo female rapper to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy this week. She will be ...

Roxanne Shante was a rarity in the rap culture as a teenage girl who dominated rap battles from her home in New York’s famed Queensbridge Houses. From as early as the age of 14, Shante was ...

pioneering freestyle rapper Roxanne Shanté, gospel-music mainstay Dr. Bobby Jones, early English punk-rock firebrands the Clash, and — posthumously — Prince and Frankie Beverly.

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Roxanne Shanté is widely thought to be one of the first female rappers with a solo hit — 1984’s “Roxanne’s Revenge” — and will soon be the first solo female rapper to receive a ...