Since female hip-hop artists began being truly seen for their artistry, expression, and individualism through beauty in the '90s, it's become practically a prerequisite for stardom in the genre.

From neon-bright hair to jewel-adorned press-ons, the looks were just as influential as the music. Getty Images Fresh off touring with Janet Jackson and glamming Mary J. Blige for the cover of ...

If you ask any hip-hop fan, most will tell you that the 1990s was the Golden Age of the genre. (Though the 1980s weren’t half-bad either.) But for anyone who grew up in the era of Snoop Dogg ...

ATLANTA — Rasheeda Frost’s relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a kindergartener when her mother gave her a record player, and she would continuously spin it, not knowing what it ...

Black women who worked as hip-hop executives in the 90s and 00s helped cultivate the hip-hop sound, ... we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our beloved hip-hop music, artists, ...

The Chilean-French artist rose to fame in the late ‘90s as the MC of Chilean hip-hop group Makiza. Through her alternative-rap tracks such as “No Estamos Solas,” “Antifa Dance,” and ...

ATLANTA – Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and explore anything put in front of her ...