" God Save The Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop

For far too long, women in hip-hop have been relegated to the shadows, considered the designated ""first lady"" to be thrown a contract, a pawn in some beef or worse. But as Kathy Iandoli makes clear, the reality is very different. Today, hip-hop is dominated by successful women like Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, but there are still a host of female artists whose influence continues to reverberate

God Save the Queens pays tribute to the women of hip-hop - from the early work of Roxanne Shante to hitmakers like Queen Latifah and Missy Elliot to the superstars of today. God Save the Queens is an important and monumental work of music journalism that finally pays these influential female artists the respect they have long deserved, covering topics such as gender, money, sexuality, violence, body image, feuds, objectification, and much more

Softcover

Language: English

352 pages."