Female Rap: The Origin

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Rap is the genre of music many people believe to be male dominant, but there's quite a few female rappers out in the world that are famous, some evven making history; one being Nicki Minaj.

Shockingly enough, the world's first female rapper to hit the stage was someone who went by the stage name of Lady B. Her real name, Wendy CLark, released the first ever rap single by female in 1979, calling the song 'To the Beat Y'all.'

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When it comes to sucha braod topic of female rap, there's an endless source of somebody becoming the first, for instance, black female rapper, or first female rap croup; this is simply because rap could be seen as an arena with celebrities and people thriving to succeed try so hard to be on top and outshine the top rappers. For instance, when Nicki Minaj outshines everyone, including the famous Madonna and her latest album MDNA, and got Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded on top of the Billboard 200 chart. Minaj made modern history by becoming the first rapper ever to get more than one No. 1 album.

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Rap obvioulsy started way back in time without any record deals with people rapping at: parties, clubs, talent shows, and in the park before any act was signed. There's no doubt in my mind that rap, female and male, go far back, but the main point is that there are female rappers in the world and it started with Endy. I believe Nicki, and many other females, are helping female rap remain existent in the music industry and are making sure to keep it on top. In other words, Nicki is still making modern history throughout rap and will continue to do so; maybe one day we could look back and see the changes she's made and call that history as well.