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Playlist #8 – Lockdown – 80 old school female rappers

Check out our lockdown playlist #1 with 80 old school female rappers from 1979 to 1999! 

Nothing better than quarantine to (re)discover pioneer femcees and remember that there have always been women in rap!

With:

  • 1979 : Lady B (USA)
  • 1980 : Queen Lisa Lee (USA)
  • 1984 : Sha-Rock (USA)
  • 1984 : Lady Crush (USA)
  • 1985 : Pebblee-Poo (USA)
  • 1988 : Sweet Tee (USA)
  • 1988 : JJ Fad (USA)
  • 1988 : Cassidine (USA)
  • 1988 : Wee Papa Girl (UK)
  • 1988 : The Real Roxanne (USA)
  • 1989 : Cookie Crew (UK)
  • 1989 : Wanda Dee (USA)
  • 1989 : Oaktown 3-5-7 (USA)
  • 1989 : Ms Melodie (†) (USA)
  • 1989 : Roxanne Shanté (USA)
  • 1989 : Antoinette (USA)
  • 1990 : Monie Love (UK)
  • 1990 : Tairrie B (USA)
  • 1990 : Neneh Cherry (Sweden)
  • 1990 : Isis aka Lin Que (USA)
  • 1990 : MC Luscious (USA)
  • 1990 : MC Trouble (†) (USA)
  • 1990 : Shazzy (USA)
  • 1991 : Sister Souljah (USA)
  • 1991 : Overweight Pooch (USA)
  • 1991 : Saliha (France)
  • 1991 : Nikki D (USA)
  • 1991 : Queen Mother Rage (USA)
  • 1992 : B-Love (France)
  • 1992 : Yo Yo (USA)
  • 1992 : The Poetess (USA)
  • 1993 : Sonya C (USA)
  • 1993 : Gwladys (France)
  • 1993 : MC Lyte (USA)
  • 1993 : Queen Latifah (USA)
  • 1993 : Salt N Pepa (USA)
  • 1993 : Conscious Daughters (USA)
  • 1993 : Nefertiti (USA)
  • 1993 : Boss (USA)
  • 1993 : Smooth (USA)
  • 1994 : Sisters Of The Underground (New Zealand)
  • 1994 : Sté Strausz (France)
  • 1994 : Lady of Rage (USA)
  • 1994 : Da Brat (USA)
  • 1994 : Sha’Key (USA)
  • 1994 : JV (USA)
  • 1994 : HWA (USA)
  • 1995 : Melaaz (France)
  • 1995 : Left Eye (†) (USA)
  • 1995 : Shortie No Mas (USA)
  • 1996 : Silouette (USA)
  • 1996 : Mother Superia (USA)
  • 1996 : Combless Negro Child (USA)
  • 1996 : EK-Tomb (France)
  • 1996 : Bahamadia (USA)
  • 1996 : Foxy Brown (USA)
  • 1996 : Lil’ Kim (USA)
  • 1996 : Nonchalant (USA)
  • 1996 : U-Neek (USA)
  • 1996 : Da 5 Footaz (USA)
  • 1997 : Deadly Venoms (USA)
  • 1997 : II Tru (USA)
  • 1997 : Hurricane G (USA)
  • 1997 : Queen Pen (USA)
  • 1997 : Mia X (USA)
  • 1997 : Gripsta (USA)
  • 1998 : Sylk-E Fyne (USA)
  • 1998 : Donya (France)
  • 1998 : Lauryn Hill (USA)
  • 1998 : Heather B (USA)
  • 1998 : Paula Perry (USA)
  • 1998 : K.P. (USA)
  • 1999 : Bam’s (France)
  • 1999 : Lady Laistee (France)
  • 1999 : Rah Digga (USA)
  • 1999 : Missy Elliott (USA)
  • 1999 : EVE (USA)
  • 1999 : Solé (USA)
  • 1999 : Mocha (USA)
  • 1999 : Diam’s (France)

Zebra Katz : “Hip hop is a form of storytelling for the oppressed”

March 2012, Paris Fashion Week. For the soundtrack of his show, American fashion designer Rick Owens chooses the track Ima Read by a young New York rapper called Zebra Katz. The song gains instant success and the fashion world becomes infatuated with the artist’s queer and dark esthetics.

As American rappers Azealia Banks and Angel Haze, and singer Frank Ocean, come out (as pansexual for the first, bisexual for the other two), Zebra Katz is considered as one of the pioneers of queer rap.

Eight years later and after several collaborations, musical explorations and the release of three singles (LOUSY/INN, ISH and UPP) since November 2019, Zebra Katz dropped his debut album Less Is Moor on March 20. While in Paris, the self-proclaimed “dark rapper” told us about his status as a queer, Black, other and independent artist, the inclusivity of hip hop and his hybrid music.

Less Is More available on March, 20, 2020 

Find Zebra Katz on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.