Roxanne Shanté talks her historic Hip-Hop career, from being the first battle rapper on record to surviving the industry’s wildest moments—including six months living with Rick James. She even weighs ...

Roxanne Shante gets her flowers and makes history at the same time. Rapper Roxanne Shante will be the first female solo rapper to receive the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement award. The trailblazing ...

It looks like there is a Roxanne Shanté biopic in the works and we are here for it. The Sundance Institute announced that a Michael Larnell film about the hip-hop legend—Roxanne Roxanne—had been ...

The dramatized story of Roxanne Shanté’s life is coming to a computer near you. Starring Nia Long, Mahershala Ali and Chante Adams, Netflix is releasing the biopic Roxanne, Roxanne in March. Born ...

The new Netflix film chronicles the rapper's early career. Roxanne Shante Smells Her Flowers With 'Roxanne Roxanne' Biopic In the 1980s, as hip-hop was budding in the streets of New York City, a ...

The year was 1984. The location was the Queensbridge Houses, a public housing project in New York City. Battle rap prodigy Roxanne Shanté, born Lolita Shanté Gooden and then 14 years old, was carrying ...

The story of female hip-hop trailblazer Roxanne Shante is getting the biopic treatment. Co-produced by Forest Whitaker, Roxanne Roxanne will reportedly tell the story of Roxanne’s early beginnings in ...

On this day in 1992, pioneering MC Roxanne Shanté released her sophomore album The Bitch Is Back, a fearless and unapologetic project that cemented her place as one of hip-hop’s most influential ...

Roxanne Shanté will soon be the first solo female rapper to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. According to the Grammy website, Shanté, along with Prince, Frankie Beverly and others will ...

There are female MCs, and then there s Roxanne Shante. The original bad girl blindsided Hip-Hop fans in 1984 with the Marley Marl produced Roxanne s Revenge, her clever lifting of UTFO s Roxanne, ...

In the 1980s, as hip-hop was budding in the streets of New York City, a teenage girl from the Queens projects emerged as one of the genre's first female stars. At 14, Lolita Shanté Gooden, better ...