Video: "WOMEN IN HIP HOP SERIES" MC LYTE INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE

Women in hip hop remain a minority, pit fallen by sexism and hetero-normative beliefs of female roles . Like reverse racism in hip hop, where races other than African American are considered less legitimate, women are separated and disregarded as lesser equivalents to males. Though the Beastie Boys were the first celebrated white rappers, it wasn't until Eminem that unanimous praise and respect was given to a white emcee. The same can be said about Latin rappers until Big Pun and Fat Joe. Though we've entered a new millennium with an African American president, we still have yet to [...]