Roxanne Shanté talks her historic Hip-Hop career, from being the first battle rapper on record to surviving the industry’s wildest moments—including six months living with Rick James. She even weighs ...

Roxanne Shanté is seated near the front row inside the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, where she’s minutes away from receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She’s accompanied by her Rock ...

Roxanne Shante gets her flowers and makes history at the same time. Rapper Roxanne Shante will be the first female solo rapper to receive the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement award. The trailblazing ...

This weekend is the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, where one of hip-hop’s pioneers will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the culture. Roxanne Shanté is widely thought ...

Roxanne Shante is not only an icon of the genre’s past but a force in its present and future. Her message to the next generation of hip-hop artists is clear: success is about embracing the journey, ...

On this day in 1992, pioneering MC Roxanne Shanté released her sophomore album The Bitch Is Back, a fearless and unapologetic project that cemented her place as one of hip-hop’s most influential ...

Roxanne Shanté, born Lolita Shanté Gooden, stands as one of Hip Hop’s most influential originators, a fearless voice who carved her name into music history before she was old enough to drive. Rising ...

Hip-Hop icon Roxanne Shanté reveals she lived with Rick James for six months at age 16 and now fights to protect young women from exploitation in the entertainment industry. “I was only 16 years old ...

(left to right) Ed lover will host the event, and Roxanne Shante & Angie Stone will receive special awards at the Black Writer’s Weekend in Atlanta One of this year’s featured highlight is The Maya ...

It looks like there is a Roxanne Shanté biopic in the works and we are here for it. The Sundance Institute announced that a Michael Larnell film about the hip-hop legend—Roxanne Roxanne—had been ...

Lolita Shanté Gooden, aka Roxanne Shanté, is a hip-hip icon, a living legend, if you will. Netflix has released Roxanne Roxanne, a biopic that chronicles Shanté’s humble beginnings in Queens, N.Y., in ...

Roxanne Shanté will soon be the first solo female rapper to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. According to the Grammy website, Shanté, along with Prince, Frankie Beverly and others will ...