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Iandoli, Kathy, author.
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Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Women rap musicians.
Hip-hop.
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God save the queens ...
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God save the queens : the essential history of women in hip-hop / Kathy Iandoli.
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Iandoli, Kathy, author.
New York : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2019]
Subjects
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Women rap musicians.
Hip-hop.
ISBN:
9780062878502 (hardcover) :
0062878506 (hardcover) :
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vii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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First edition.
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"For far too long, the history of hip-hop has revolved around the men: the male DJs, MCs, producers, moneymakers, and creative minds who built in the parks and rec rooms of New York City an art form that has become the dominating cultural force all over the world. But is this singular narrative the complete history of hip-hop? Not if you take into account the incredible importance of women, who from rap's earliest moments were right out in front, keeping pace with the men and possessing equal or more strength, agility, and style. The true history of hip-hop is one that also pays homage to the women, the queens, who built rap from the ground up and paved the way for the chart-topping successes of Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and every superstar who will come after them. God save the queens offers a thorough examination of the important contributions of the genre's female artists, like Roxanne Shanté's epic rap battles in the 1980s that upped the stakes of hip-hop feuds for decades to come. Or Cindy C's decision, in 1973, to host the infamous South Bronx party, after which her brother DJ Kool Herc became 'the Founding Father of Hip-Hop.' Or Missy Elliott's move to launch her solo career in 1997, producing experimental rhyming patterns that revolutionized the genre. Acclaimed music journalist Kathy Iandoli delivers a fast-paced, transgressive, and deeply researched history full of as much ambition, spirit, and attitude as the artists themselves. Chock-full of words from the masters themselves--including Monie Love, Yo-Yo, Rah Digga, Remy Ma, Lil' Kim, Nicki Minaj, and the upstarts of today like Megan Thee Stallion--God save the queens pulls from Iandoli's storied twenty years of journalism as well as from current conversations with the greats to weave together a comprehensive history of the most underappreciated torchbearers of hip-hop. Tackling issues of gender, sexuality, violence, body image, objectification, and so much more, God save the queens is an important and monumental book of music journalist and the first, and only, definitive feminist history of hip-hop"--Dust jacket flap.
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