In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025, let’s celebrate female rappers’ undeniable impact on Hip Hop, particularly their groundbreaking accolades on Billboard’s coveted Hot 100 chart.

In March, C-list rapper-turned-podcaster Joe Budden declared that “the girl rapper wave is over,” predicting that the recent period of unprecedented success and visibility for a growing number of ...

Apple Music just celebrated its 10-year anniversary by unveiling the Top 500 Most Streamed Songs of All-Time. The list showcases the biggest songs to ever grace the platform. While Ed Sheeran’s “Shape ...

After watching women MCs spar for pole position in hip-hop over the last few years, in June 2024, Billboard put together its first-ever Hottest Female Rappers List. The 10-slot li ...

Cardi B’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Am I The Drama?, is set to drop on September 19, and it’s already rewriting music history. With the third lead single “Outside” debuting at No. 9 on the ...

From its earliest days, hip-hop has been fundamentally about storytelling, with artists repurposing existing sounds to create new forms of self-expression. While the genre is often perceived as ...

After nearly 20 years, female rappers are again dominating the charts. Cardi B made history in early March, becoming the first female rapper to have five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, two ...

The release of Doechii’s debut mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal has cemented the ascent of a brand-new rap superstar. Unfortunately, it also resurrected a tired, misogynistic conversation among rap ...

This month YouTube’s most successful stationary mic platform On The Radar Radio savvily diversified. While the channel started with more boilerplate interview and trending news coverage, the channel’s ...

Wilmington has plenty of celebrated and accomplished natives, from sports legends like Michael Jordan to such luminaries as late country star Charlie Daniels. Much less known is that first female ...