Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
claydavis > 11/08/2023, 18:18
This documentary is a fantastic insight into the impact that women have had on rap from it's inception. Legends like MC Lyte and Queen Latifah all talk about how they started and how rap is now dominated by women. It delves into every facet from situations with record labels, problems with male rappers, beauty standards within the Black community, coming out the closet as a rapper, the commercial successes outside of rap, the influence of hip-hop fashion on the wider world, becoming entrepreneurs, being creative visually and lyrically, recognition at the Grammys, in Rolling Stone and on the Billboards charts, the pioneers that broke the mould for the next generation etc.