Queen Latifah has been on the hip-hop scene for so long that she has seen artists come and go and trends change. But there has been one development that she said has disappointed her tremendously, the lack of female rap stars. While artists like Beyonce, Ciara and Rihanna have thrived in R&B and pop, high-profile success for female rap artists has been more elusive in recent years.
From the beginning hip-hop has been viewed as a man’s world, and discussions of sexism and inequality within the genre have come up often.Women in all industries are often floor mats. In fact, many times such disrespect was the subject of the female rappers’ tracks. Today, with the music industry struggling, there is a particular dearth of female rap artists taking center stage.
It was a different hip-hop landscape when Queen Latifah first burst on the scene in the late 1980s. It will be interesting to see how the future of music plays out.
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