Roxanne Shanté, who made history as the first solo female MC in hip hop in the 1980s, made history again last week as the ...

Roxanne Shante reflects on her Hip-Hop legacy as she is set to become the first solo female rapper to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy this week. She will be ...

Roxanne Shanté is widely thought to be one of the first female rappers with a solo hit — 1984’s “Roxanne’s Revenge” — and will soon be the first solo female rapper to receive a ...

Roxanne Shante gets her flowers and makes history at the same time. Rapper Roxanne Shante will be the first female solo rapper to receive the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement award. The ...

“But here I am!” Shanté, 55, was 14 when she scored her breakthrough hit with 1984’s “Roxanne’s Revenge.” Having largely left her music career behind by the mid-1990s, she sounded ...