Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the ...

This weekend is the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, where one of hip-hop’s pioneers will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement ...

Roxanne Shante reflects on her Hip-Hop legacy as she is set to become the first solo female rapper to receive a Lifetime ...

Rapper Roxanne Shante will be the first female solo rapper to receive the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement award.

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“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 ...

Roxanne Shante was a rarity in the rap culture as a teenage girl who dominated rap battles from her home in New York’s famed Queensbridge Houses. From as early as the age of 14, Shante was ...

Pioneering Juice Crew rapper Roxanne Shante, Maze’s Frankie Beverly, blues great Taj Mahal, and gospel singer Dr. Bobby Jones will also be given lifetime achievement awards at the Feb. 1 event ...

The Recording Academy recently revealed that the rapper, who rose to popularity at the age of 14 with her hit single “Roxanne ...