The hip-hop world is in the midst of a transformative era, with Southern female rappers emerging as forces to be reckoned with. What started as a small movement has now grown into a cultural ...

Billboard crowns Cardi B #1 on their hottest female rap artists of 2025 list beating out a number of other acts.

After nearly 20 years, female rappers are again dominating the charts. Cardi B made history in early March, becoming the first female rapper to have five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, two ...

We have been in a female rap renaissance for at least the last decade, but this year has been particularly kind to Southern women in rap and their supporters. In June, I was standing in a sold-out ...

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 ...

Apple Music just celebrated its 10-year anniversary by unveiling the Top 500 Most Streamed Songs of All-Time. The list showcases the biggest songs to ever grace the platform. While Ed Sheeran’s “Shape ...

The landscape of female hip hop has undergone significant transformation, with 50 Cent, the influential G-Unit founder and entertainment mogul, advocating for a paradigm shift in how women are ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s early evening in Nashville and classic country music drifts from the doorway of a nearby honky-tonk bar. Peeking inside the dingy ...

For Billboard's second annual Hottest Female Rappers list, the editorial staff highlights the best femcees of the 2025. After watching women MCs spar for pole position in hip-hop over the last few ...

Billboard has concluded that Nicki Minaj is the best female rapper of all-time. Minaj became the first female rapper to have more than 100 Billboard Hot 100 hits when she achieved the feat in 2018l ...

Britain’s female rappers face a success and acclaim disparity compared to male rappers. Three British female rappers — Cristale, Ms Banks, and Enny — spoke out about the difficulties of finding ...