First Ladies of Hip-Hop

The women behind the beats - hip-hop’s great women pioneers always struggled for recognition, both in Britain and the US. Now they share their stories...

The story of how some of hip-hop's greatest women, from Roxanne Shante and Salt-N-Pepa to Monie Love and Eve, fought for their voices to be heard in h...

From the 1990s onwards, hip-hop women reached the very top, from Lauryn Hill and Eve to Nicki Minaj and beyond.