Many years ago rap was a culture. Mainly 40 years ago. Which is almost a century. Back then rap artists were called MC’s. Lyrical rapping was the shit. The industry was non existent. It was all about doing it for fun. I know men dominated the game once upon a time. From the 70’s to the early 90’s. Females came through before that but didn’t have commercial success until the 80’s and the 90’s. The top female rappers I remember then were, Roxanne shante, Queen Latifah, Mc lyte, Yo-Yo , Salt and pepa and Lil Kim and Foxy Brown. Who dominated the 80’s and the 90’s era. Now a days from the 2000’s are Trina, Eve, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj. I preferred the old school a few years ago. The new school turned me off too the whole genre. I’ll tell you why.
The old school had lyrical finesse. I respected their message. For example Queen Latifah for U-N-I-T-Y. The song spoke to me it’s message made sense. Asking black people to try to unite and respect each other. Ho…
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