Emil Wilbekin, editor in chief of VIBE, Mimi Valdés, Danyel Smith, Dream Hampton, Greg Tate, Sacha Jenkins, Harry Allen, Selwyn Hinds, Cristina Verán, and many others come together to reveal how these women continue to play a powerful and integral role in the hip hop world.He can run, hurdle, represent Australia in international athletics as well as achieve world class times. Some of the best writers on hip hop profile the grassroots efforts of hip hop’s first ladies to the hottest stars of the moment. Now VIBE, the preeminent hip hop magazine, celebrates this pop culture explosion with a book of thoughtful essays, stunning photographs, and informative timelines and sidebars. The revolution was decades in the making, with the female pioneers fighting for a place in the hip hop boy’s club, confronting sexist attitudes, and grabbing their piece of the commercial pie while taking hip hop to new creative heights. Blige, and TLC are some of the most popular entertainers in the world today, each having sold some 20 million albums apiece, the dramatic rise of women to the top of the hip hop industry has never been chronicled before. Although superstars like Lauryn Hill, Mary J. It’s time to stand up, take notice, and give props to the women who have made their mark on hip hop culture. Important enough from working with Ice Cube, she is celebrated here for involvement with the “famous IBWC, or Intelligent Black Women’s Coalition” and the strong feminist message of lyrics like “No, Yo Yo’s not a ‘ho’ or a whore / and if that’s what you’re here for / exit through the door.” Mike Tribby Still, the book provides insightful backgrounding on some of the most vital pop-music voices around. This is all positive stuff by writers who are mostly down with their subjects, and those who see these young women and their music as sorry signs of the times probably won’t care for it. Written in streetwise and therefore YA-friendly language, it covers such stars as Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Lil’ Kim and caps the performer profiles with a “Hip-Hop Herstory” and two think pieces on women, hip-hop, and women and hip-hop. Emil Wilbekin, editor in chief of VIBE, Mimi Valdés, Danyel Smith, dream hampton, Greg Tate, Sacha Jenkins, Harry Allen, Selwyn Hinds, Cristina Verán, and many others come together to reveal how these women continue to play a powerful and integral role in the hip hop world.Īs a single source on distaff purveyors of “thick, syrupy bass lines and Jeep-rocking hip hop beats,” this set of Vibe magazine profiles is hard to beat. Blige, and TLC are some of the most popular entertainers in the world today-each having sold some 20 million albums apiece-the dramatic rise of women to the top of the hip hop industry has never been chronicled before.
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