(left to right) Ed lover will host the event, and Roxanne Shante & Angie Stone will receive special awards at the Black Writer’s Weekend in Atlanta One of this year’s featured highlight is The Maya ...
Roxanne Shante’s entry into the world of hip-hop was shaped by circumstances that were far different from the typical artist’s story. While many musicians start their careers out of passion, Shante’s ...
Roxanne Shante’s name takes hip-hop heads back to the early days of hip-hop. As one of the first female rappers to make a significant impact on the genre, her rise to fame was a revolutionary show of ...
Lolita Shanté Gooden, aka Roxanne Shanté, is a hip-hip icon, a living legend, if you will. Netflix has released Roxanne Roxanne, a biopic that chronicles Shanté’s humble beginnings in Queens, N.Y., in ...
The year is 1984, and the ends of your fat laces are freshly tucked inside your suede Pumas. You’ve just finished asking your father to buy a large piece of linoleum flooring so that you can practice ...
The rap pioneer talks Paid in Full’s mission to honor hip-hop legends and protect the next generation. But the best story of this year's awards may be the fact that one of last year's honorees, ...