In an unprecedented move that celebrates her monumental contributions to hip-hop, Roxanne Shanté has become the first solo female rapper to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious ...

Roxanne Shanté talks her historic Hip-Hop career, from being the first battle rapper on record to surviving the industry’s wildest moments—including six months living with Rick James.

At 14, Lolita Shanté Gooden, better known as Roxanne Shante, was a fierce, freestyling rap prodigy. "It started with what I call the Nipsey Russell syndrome," Shante says, referring to the ...

Decades before Cardi or Nicki, there was Roxanne Shanté, a 14-year-old who made history with a blazingly male-shaming diss track that helped take hip-hop into the big time. On the eve of a new ...

Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the first solo female rapper to take home a Grammy for lifetime achievement.

The first time you press play on Roxanne Shanté’s visionary hip-hop single “Roxanne’s Revenge,” you’re hearing it just as the artist did: with no idea about what’s coming next ...

Battle rap prodigy Roxanne Shanté, born Lolita Shanté Gooden and then 14 years old, was carrying clothes to do laundry when a man yelled out the window to her — it was Marley Marl, a producer.

Roxanne Shanté is seated near the front row inside the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, where she’s minutes away from receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She’s accompanied by ...

Rapper Roxanne Shanté has a theory about why women in hip-hop now wield not only massive popularity, but respect. “(The music industry) is able to see that female rappers are worth money.

Hip-Hop icon Roxanne Shanté reveals she lived with Rick James for six months at age 16 and now fights to protect young women from exploitation in the entertainment industry. “I was only 16 ...

But Roxanne Shanté, the battle rap phenom who carved out her place in hip-hop history as a teenager, has never wavered. From her early days rapping to becoming the first solo female rapper to ...