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 ...

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.

Today’s rap landscape wouldn’t have been possible without the pioneering role of women MCs. In an era when the field was predominantly male in the ’70s and ’80s, these fearless wordsmiths, including ...

6ix9ine recently joined Adin Ross and N3on’s livestream, where he took a polygraph test. He was asked whether he had been romantically involved with a female rapper before, and he admitted that he had ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s early evening in Nashville and classic country music drifts from the doorway of a nearby honky-tonk bar. Peeking inside the dingy ...

Hip Hop has long been a male-dominated industry, where women have had to fight twice as hard for recognition—whether on the mic, behind the boards, or in the background shaping the culture. Yet, ...

Little Simz wants people to stop calling her a female rapper. The discussion around gender labels in hip-hop has intensified in recent years, with many artists advocating for recognition based solely ...

Billboard has concluded that Nicki Minaj is the best female rapper of all-time. Minaj became the first female rapper to have more than 100 Billboard Hot 100 hits when she achieved the feat in 2018l ...

Hailey Bieber isn’t the only one who has an issue with Billboard. The chart-tracking publication recently released a list of the 25 best female rappers of all time. Nicki Minaj is No. 1, followed by ...

Britain’s female rappers face a success and acclaim disparity compared to male rappers. Three British female rappers — Cristale, Ms Banks, and Enny — spoke out about the difficulties of finding ...