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God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop
By Iandoli, Kathy
- ISBN
- 9780062878502 9780062878526
- Publisher
- Dey St: HarperCollins
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Reviewed on October 1, 2019 | Arts & Humanities
Intended to be a narrative homage to women in hip-hop, this latest work by Iandoli (coauthor, Commissary Kitchen) is that and more. Iandoli recalls the mid-1980s Roxanne Wars and traces the evolution of pioneers MC Lyte and Salt-N-Pepa along with Queen Latifah and later TLC, who incorporated singing into their rhymes. In explaining how women were the genre's greatest assets and causalities, Iandoli examines the First Lady model—...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
