Today’s rap landscape wouldn’t have been possible without the pioneering role of women MCs. In an era when the field was predominantly male in the ’70s and ’80s, these fearless wordsmiths, including ...

Tampa native and Grammy-award-winning rapper, Doechii, was named Billboard’s 2025 Woman of the Year. Monday’s announcement ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — An artist is blazing her own trail through patriarchy in the world of music. She’s billed as the first female rapper from her home country of Pakistan. Los Angeles-based music ...

In her rise from the Bronx to the Billboard charts, Cardi B has been many things frequently deemed disposable in the annals of pop culture: an exotic dancer, an Instagram celebrity, a reality TV star.