Tag: Mo Cheddah
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celebrate the female braggadocio
From the outsider’s gaze, hip hop is at times seen as monolithic and is trivialized by the outsider’s perspective – labelled as materialistic, unnecessary, and narcissistic. In their pursuit to underplay the complexity and nuance of the genre, as well as their convenient omission of the dedicated Eminem playlist in their music library, these strangers…
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African Women and Hip Hop
One positive trend is the groups of female emcees in various countries in Africa coming together to release collaborations or cyphers. It gives female emcees the spotlight and a chance to display their skills. It also promotes unity instead of beefs between femcees. Some of these emcees are underground. Some of these emcees perform pop…