The "Problem" with Female Rappers

[@uglasszai9384]

I need a list of female rappers. I mostly listen to noname, tierra, and am about to get into rico. Anybody got recommendations?

[@Boots_Alexander]

Dreezy, Bbymutha, Exmiranda, Rhapsidy, Divine Truth to name a few.

[@uglasszai9384]

@@Boots_Alexander bet thanx

[@Boots_Alexander]

@@uglasszai9384 also, if you like grooves, iam ddb is a dope British rapper.

[@sethwindsor211]

Snow tha product isn't bad

[@AhsokaTano36BBY]

Most of them are pretty underground: Akua Naru Gavlyn Little Simz Sa-Roc Gifted Gab & Blimes Doja Cat Princess Nokia Lucy Camp Lady Leshurr Snow Tha Product

[@ahviwe]

99% of the female rappers I know it's because of the internet. While 99% of male rappers I know it's because of mainstream media

[@mmvp1282]

Savagebootybuilder maybe it’s because they’re just that much better than female rappers

[@africanqueen5884]

Savagebootybuilder ok this just sounds dumb so are u saying there are no women on the radio 😂😂

[@ahviwe]

@@africanqueen5884 I'm saying the media force feeds us male rappers only

[@BravoShow]

If u know 99% of ur Male rappers from the mainstream, then ur seriously missing out. And u should start with.... Mick Jenkins Aziza Gibson Freddie Gibbs And if u want more, I'll be glad to suggest some. 80% of the current hip hop I listen to, is not mainstream.

[@ahviwe]

@@BravoShow Thank you so much. I'm going to listen to them and tell you my thoughts. I appreciate you

[@April-yr4bf]

Nicki Minaj ain’t never said she had a ghost writer! Tf you talking about 🤔

[@caylacummings434]

JA MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!

[@amplyfesociety2570]

Right!

[@lucas6297]

Sksksksks amen. why didn’t he mention cardi for using ghostwriters?

[@nicholas7398]

Right tf

[@richardsalmon2134]

She didn't have to. We knew Safaree wrote a lot of her earlier material?

[@whodatboi2567]

I think the biggest difficulty for female rappers is finding an audience. They have the nigh impossible task of appealing to women (a historically low percentage of the fan base due to the inherent aggression and chauvinism in Hip Hop) while also gaining respect from men. Pop stars only appeal to their fans without having to worry about authenticity or lyrical prowess. No other genre has as much emphasis on tradition and respect for the culture as Hip Hop. Therefore a female rapper have the unfortunate task of appealing to both men and women in a way that doesn't alienate both.

[@jbb4105]

facts

[@kungfusnarez]

its not hard to appeal to a male audience when your half naked. Be honest as men you like beautiful women. Or just a ok face and incredible body. I think as men we should shut the fuck up and enjoy the show. There are many female artist that dont use sex to captivate and those are the ones i connect with. I think even women agree with that. The pop stars are usually created so authenticity is created.

[@Maso_Prince]

It's not really that hard tbh nowadays since Nicki after Kim is essentially the blueprint and inspo for up and coming rappers: Good music with sex appeal, fat ass, and a likeable personality. Versatility is also another major thing nowadays which is why alot of female rappers experiment with singing and ballads since that draws in more demographics. Colorism also plays into it as well unfortunately which is why Meg the Stallion and Cardi are hot right now since they're lighter skinned and younger, while Kashdoll for example hasn't really blown up despite having a lot of cosigns by people like Wayne and Beyonce

[@lukejones7164]

False. Women have always been at least 50% of Hip-hop's fan base. In fact, many of the earliest rappers (Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Curtis Blow, etc) had a mostly female following.

[@xx-zp4mj]

The biggest fan base for women rapper is gay men 100%

[@guesswho9791]

"If Nicki spit it, Nicki Wrote it!" Secondly, the problem with female rappers is that we always comparing them! 👏👏

[@xjayex7196]

Starr J facts

[@davianaaviles7645]

That doesn't mean because she say she writes her music we all are going to believe her at the end of the day we don't know what happened behind the scenes

[@blaze2690]

But we're always comparing male rappers as well, because rap is competitive.

[@EstherzCrown]

@@blaze2690 doesnt have to be

[@sunofabob]

We compare all rappers. Women should not be exempt. The bottom line is that they should not be judged exclusively for being women. This video highlights the fact tha we treat them differently but shouldn't. Not comparing them would be treating them differently.

[@dungeondragon5870]

Geez since when Nicki Minaj have worked with ghostwriter? Nicki writes her own bars man. U got a wrong information dude, u should've switch it with Cardi

[@prodigekunda5670]

Zulkifli Huntala thank you!! That’s exactly what I was thinking 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@davidjones6894]

Couch couch safaree

[@Lika.aliyah_]

there are SO many writers on queen READ THE CREDITS … and they ain’t producers so cut the cap. If thats the case then all the writers on Cardis music are producers as well cause yall wasnt in the studio.

[@benskyddd]

@@Lika.aliyah_ there's a lot of writers because every music producer gets writing credits, she also said that she only has a writer that HELPS her create HOOKs. so yes, she writes her own raps and many of the greats of hip hop complimented her for that

[@davidjones6894]

@adrian48315 Nicki offered safaree money for him helping her write pink Friday, but he declined it because he said he should get more

[@PLAY96CRIS]

My problem with female mc’s is definitely over sexualized rap content. I Don’t mind them owning their sexuality, but music catalogs centered around sex from ANYONE is whack to me. That may speak to a female demographic but it’s not for me. And the fact the majority of the more popular ones are rapping the same things makes it redundant and hard for me to differentiate between each of them.

[@MarkHallOfFame]

Couldn’t have said it better. I liked Lil Kim because she was sexual…but still had dope street records!!!

[@Anti-Identity-Entity]

I agree 💯 with everything you said but one thing….wtf is “owning your sexuality”? I feel like that’s a cop out excuse we make for more hyper Sex stripper rap so it isn’t given LESS acceptance. Like seriously, “owning my own sexuality”. By doing what exactly? That is straight retarded but I get why u said it, cuz it’s all we hear. But like I said on another comment, Females, RAP ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE.

[@Anti-Identity-Entity]

@@MarkHallOfFame I agree. And it was also cuz it wasn’t done by a million other ppl yet at that point. But the porn-rappers of today? I kinda think the media just makes ppl think it’s “empowering” to listen to this crap.

[@RushdownNinja]

Absolutely. Every female rapper rap about how good their pussy is damn near all the time. Its always a breath of fresh air when they rap about something else lol

[@miles46100]

@@Anti-Identity-Entity yeah the women think it's empowering, when it's really the exact opposite.

[@najinolan]

nicki never had ghostwriters. watch her interview with Flex where she addresses those false allegations and speaks on the double standards women in hip hop face. cardi should’ve been included on that list of women with ghostwriters instead. you can feel however you wanna feel about nicki and her music but she writes all her bars and has worked to raise the bar for women in hip hop. she deserves her respect. love your videos keep it up 🙏🏾

[@najinolan]

Al .. what do you mean? she’s worked with female rappers before.

[@mikeevans1254]

Al if you want I will sincerely send you a whole PLAYLIST of songs she’s collaborated with females on

[@kingkalebdash4856]

Al you’re looking for a reason to hate Nicki M... Just say it with your whole chest ready? I hate Nicki Minaj therefore I hate her music and accomplishment and influence... I’d respect you more if you said that rather than trying to find a bullshit reason to dislike her

[@sonyatucker1947]

yariso you don’t know what she had

[@AyelMathias]

A lot of Nicki's songs have co-writers listed on them and not just the hooks if you actually look it up that's not writing everything not saying she isn't talented but she definitely has co-writers help her like a lot of other rappers these days.

[@JakeMeesce]

Promoting Cardi by looping her in with the sociopolitical struggles of "black and latin women" when she's been exposed for being colorist on multiple accounts and then also trying to say that Nicki Minaj has a ghostwriter? ......seems fishy

[@tinybitch]

Cardi grew up in the hood alongside black people and clapped back at bullies, you being colorist by saying she doesn't represent where she came from because she is a lighterskinned Latina.

[@Zzzsz67383]

And he made it look like Nicki hates working with other female rappers and immediately praised Cardi for that one collab she did

[@nicholoylevy8725]

facts ... we see it

[@nicholoylevy8725]

@@Zzzsz67383 exactly , while nicki collab with foxy, kim , cardi, megan,doja and trina ... and praised all of them at one point

[@t-theartist6862]

Lol did you seriously just call cardi a colorist

[@blackice5224]

We get it comment section. Nicki didn’t have a ghostwriter.

[@indiscernibleStranger]

Fan girls man, They bully the human race.

[@Chrissy_Hills]

The very essence of being a rapper is writing your own verses, anybody would be upset.

[@indiscernibleStranger]

@@Chrissy_Hills Well, sNOOP DOGG AND DR DRE - still DRE , was written by JAY Z, cry about it.

[@mattblakk_]

Nicki fans are stupid

[@DIEIVREAL]

mann if they comin tht hard , they needa get off the internet

[@ak_hoops]

"Maybe the problem with female rappers is that we're calling them female rappers" damn, that part. I think that's all lit is actually.

[@yeetinggoddess2113]

What about white rappers

[@linus4693]

What's the problem with it?

[@stormiiofficial8880]

@@linus4693 basically saying “female rappers “ mean yeah they are good compared to other females but aren’t on the same level as men… you never hear MALE rappers you just call them rappers but you refer to women as FEMALE rappers

[@person8520]

@@yeetinggoddess2113 that’s different

[@theg.o.a.t5180]

@@yeetinggoddess2113 White rapper's can spit but some of them wanna be black

[@owilliamssterling]

Actually, Nicki has never used a ghost writer...also The reason the new prominent female rappers like Megan, Cardi, City Girls, Asian Doll, etc. are all so similar is because they are all influenced by Nicki Minaj and their labels are trying to mold them into the next Nicki. This video should have focused more on Nicki Minaj's impact on the new generation of women, hyper sexualization, the push for mainstream/cross over appeal, and Lyricism. Diversity in female rap is definitely needed though.

[@JM-uj9pt]

DrOTH it’s popular to downplay her impact on the current state of female rap because people wanna focus on the 2 wigs she wore that were similar to Kim and credit everything Nicki did to Kim. The funny thing is that people wanna skip her impact and their story doesn’t add up.

[@philbosh03]

@@JM-uj9pt she did steal everything from kim wtf is u talking about

[@philbosh03]

@@JM-uj9pt without lil kim nicki wouldnt have a career

[@eking5715]

@@philbosh03 you missed hus points. Kim wasn't around the past 10 years.

[@JM-uj9pt]

Phil Bosh except the wigs what else did she “steal”? Rap the same? As far as I’m concerned lil Kim was never animated, Kim never had personas or at least used them in her craft, Kim was never theatrical, Kim never sang, Kim relied on the heavy tongued 90s flow which isn’t the case with Nicki, Kim never switched 5 flows in 1 song, Word play is totally different and use of literature too. Kim wore wigs, Nicki had lacefronts if anything each colour represents personas and it’s synonymous with her craft of which Kim rocked them for the heck of it. Kim was a fashion icon yes, Nicki was camp hence the outrageous clothing that represented Roman. It’s like Katy Perry and Gaga, Katy had colourful wigs for fun and Gaga rocked them to represent her work. Sir that statement shows how narrow minded you are and how much of a bandwagoner you are. If anything Nicki always counts Kim as an inspiration despite the allegations

[@keij7382]

Ermmm when did Nicki say she's worked with ghost writer.

[@thedime5938]

Kei J I was thinking the same thing

[@prodigekunda5670]

He’s tryna get some money off Nicki’s name coz Nicki never claimed this for the longest 😂😂😂

[@malaysiariley7880]

That's why it's called a GHOST writer you don't admit to it 😭😭 Nicki dont write neither does Cardi

[@davidjones6894]

Emmm safaree

[@erickiam25]

It’s widely known nicki used safari as her ghost writer

[@Kaydark]

We had mad female rappers around. Most of the largest female rappers disappeared for whatever reason around the early 2000s with a like 5-year window except for Nicki.

[@Thesexmen]

Ong

[@adriana8109]

Nicki monopolized the game for female rappers

[@kennyg.6608]

Enasiothegreat eNastyO, agreed. thats why Nicki blew up. she is very talented and has that "it" factor. she came in the game before social media blew up and still successful while it's this way.....cardi just came in and jumped on the social media 'anybody' can rap now so let's hype them up even if they have no talent. cardi needs to start singing.....judging from her 'please me' video/song..

[@thatnigerianbeauty5065]

@@kennyg.6608 this is the realest comment I've seen in a long time

[@shadowsmith1386]

@@kennyg.6608 she trash she need to get out the Game cardi B

[@daviangarcia155]

Nicki has NEVER said she used ghost writers, she has peoole that write hooks and chorus but NEVER any raps

[@erickiam25]

Davian Garcia well of course she had to lie

[@מתןרוכמן-ג6ק]

@@erickiam25 or , and this is very far fetched I know its stupid She write her own raps why are you coming from the standpoint of her lying why would you assume that

[@erickiam25]

@@מתןרוכמן-ג6ק lies

[@bestb9110]

@@erickiam25 nope. we've seen her write. other people have seen her write.

[@imsogay95]

Nicki has stated multiple times that she writes her own raps, yet you include her in a list of people with ghostwriters and exclude someone who said straight up that she doesn’t write most of her raps. Also, Remy Ma admitted in an interview that she started this beef because she didn’t understand how Nicki was doing so well. Nicki has also worked with PLENTY of female rappers, but we are just going to ignore that? Credibility = 0

[@prodigekunda5670]

Exactly

[@odelldixon1232]

Nicolas Micah lies you tell dumb bitch

[@odelldixon1232]

Prodige Kunda he's telling a lie

[@imsogay95]

bigjayking24 you’re really stupid as fuck huh? Remy and Kim are both delusional washed up bitches who couldn’t chart on Billboard if they paid a million dollars. Not that any of those broke ass bitches have that kind of money. Remy wants Nicki’s success so damn bad that she tried to pull her down to her level with some wack ass diss track but it didn’t work bc Remy has the damn personality of a rock and nobody is checking for her dumbass. The industry lies on Nicki’s success daily and you sheep fall for it every time. Don’t tell me to pay attention when you’re sitting there with ya damn eyes closed

[@marriewalker8766]

Nicolas Micah ok calm down lmao nobody cares that much ab one person 😂

[@kingneptune-z4q]

You missed DojaCat smh she so underrated (edit: Stop commenting on this obviously dated comment) like No fcking sht

[@angelbarajas9180]

She does not just do rap and she is very diverse so that's why but ya Doja is underrated

[@matthewsales]

have yall actually read her lyrics... yeah sonically her songs are great they sound good and all but, lyrically she's trash 😭😭😭😭😭

[@shannan0520]

Tia Tamera chick...please. Only dummies are impressed by her and her abc rhymes. Mediocrity at its best. Im sick of it. Quit trying my intelligence.

[@milanozz8202]

She’s trash

[@kingneptune-z4q]

QueenHoneyBella she has more songs than the ones on her youtube channel she has a second channel called doji doj that she adds all of her soundcloud songs, shes really talented and have bars and can sing

[@staticsight]

Tierra Whack is my favorite rapper making music rn. Her work is just so incredible.

[@angelbarajas9180]

She's not my favorite but she's good I hope she gets famous from XXL

[@IAmKenziePiper]

Yea she's good

[@thefactsaccordingtogabbie149]

Yes, love dig her videos.

[@l9kl294]

Yes she'd deserve getting famous, she's very talented. But she's black so its automatically harder for her...

[@ladydontekno]

Everyone should be listening to Whack World.

[@ETphonehome89]

The moment you mentioned Nicki using a ghost writer, you lost credibility.

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

I actually hate Nicky Minaj (even though I used to love some of her songs), but she's an original rapper compared with Cardi b!!!

[@neversa2786]

Ralph Stop spreading lies he even admitted himself he never wrote a word for her

[@DARUSTA254]

@Ralph wheres the link mate

[@leevon2wheels320]

I miss Lauryn Hill!!... So skilled, I can't imagine anyone questioning her ability. It means so much more that she did it based on her talent/hard work without having to rely on over sexualizing her obvious, natural beauty or her lyrics/videos.

[@reksio2214]

Bhad Bhabie is way better than Lauryn hill tf

[@mrpoetry6264]

@@reksio2214 dry joke

[@Niyanutcase]

​@@reksio2214 No the fuck she isn't gtfo

[@sirah1282]

Fans don’t realize that they’re harder on female rappers too over the men and contribute to the stereotype that women can’t get along. You can name four male goats but the moment Cardi and Nicki are in the same sentence, there’s an argument. Comparison is used on female rappers for getting likes on comments to justifying why their favorite deserves to be “Queen” While Nicki is more respected for her pen game and successful legacy, Cardi is in her own lane and the two really don’t have to be compared.

[@jmsj3881]

Sirah I agree. Nicki is extremely in her own lane

[@sirah1282]

How do I Look? You are literally proving my point.. Cardi and Nicki sound completely different.

[@Introvertsan]

Quite true

[@hakeemjones9512]

Could someone tell me when and where Nicki said she had gost writers🤔

[@MyMusicWrld]

never.

[@antwanjenkins6594]

She never but she have ghostwriters

[@MyMusicWrld]

Antwan Jenkins she never has ghostwriters either. pls do ur research

[@antwanjenkins6594]

@@MyMusicWrld she dont got to tell yall everything. She dont got ta admit She a liar

[@MyMusicWrld]

Antwan Jenkins ok prove to me she has ghostwriter.

[@chanelautrey8495]

Okay okay DAMN he made ONE mistake stating Nicki has worked with a ghost writer. Don’t let that distract you from the actual message. side note: he’s absolutely right, we shouldn’t label them ‘female’ rappers. No one calls men ‘male’ rappers, they’re just rappers. Gotta get to the root of s problem in order to solve t

[@QuincyLavarus]

CORRECTION: Nicki NEVER worked with a ghostwriter. they tried to offer her a deal with ghostwriters and she wouldn't take it because she wants to say what SHE wants to say. She's not Cardi(ovascular)B(ronchitis)

[@kingkalebdash4856]

Yes! Nicki was offered a deal with Atlantic Records, but they demanded her to sign with writers.. She she’s absolutely not... Now Atlantic does anything to make people hate nicki whole propping up Cardi.. we can see through the bs 🦄🦄

[@parisraquel1140]

KingKalebDash and they also offered her a 360 deal so they could turn her into a slave like cardi b but it didn’t work

[@kingkalebdash4856]

Paris Raquel they are so disgusting. They have so many black artists signed to them, and they make them be silent slaves to the label... and now they see nicki being free worth $90 million and it must make them mad lol

[@parisraquel1140]

KingKalebDash yup , that’s why most of their artists are blinged out , got cars and houses , atlantic is paying for all of that to make them look good but really their puppets for the label so they can profit off of the general public

[@kingkalebdash4856]

Paris Raquel saw a video of Cardi and and her dad the other day and they were driving a honda loool She’s broke and most definitely being ripped off by Atlantic

[@IMZ44]

Female rappers of the early and late years of the 90s were skilled MC. Missy Elliot and Queen Latifah just to name a few. Capture the world with their talents and just being real.

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

I don’t have a problem with female rappers but it depends if I like them or not tbh.

[@arlowesley]

Midnight Club Still Cancelled Soz that’s how it should be... something tells me someone got paid to create what appears to be a culture piece, but is really just Cardi B/ team’s team propaganda video...

[@kennyg.6608]

I don't either. unless it's cardi b. she needs to focus on singing because that seems to be her forte after I heard 'please me', she can't rap,she does not have the wordplay mechanics and touch that Nicki has on the mic, it's clear as day that she should start singing her heart out in keyshia cole, brandy,or Monica fashion

[@Introvertsan]

And their voice doesn't sound annoying

[@Queen-ut1dy]

@@kennyg.6608 Ugh I hope you're joking 💀💀💀 Cardi can't sing for shit tf are you on

[@catvapecult5876]

Nicki said she doesn't have ghostwriters and with that long she been in the game it will be impossible to hide a ghostwriter

[@bryanexantus3277]

Likr she never admire she copy kim

[@catvapecult5876]

@@bryanexantus3277 how cause she is a female who could rap she was inspired by kim. Useing your logic jcole copied nas then. Using your logic tupac copied rakim.

[@krazeehorse337]

Lyren Hill is dope at it ,as a classy lady and saying something that matters in real life then dumb down music

[@ArtSmosh1274]

They consider her the best female rapper.

[@christopherarcher5271]

Agreed

[@theg.o.a.t5180]

@@ArtSmosh1274 Facts Nicki Minaj not even close to her level of skill as some may claim

[@garyklich]

NICKI MINAJ WROTE HER ALL RAPS, TELL ME WHEN THE HELL NICKI SAID SHE WORKED WITH GHOSTWRITERS?????????

[@missmissy6739]

@wILL why are you guys so obnoxious??? If I male rapper said he never used ghost writers y'all will believe him. What is so hard to understand that a woman write her rap?? Does writing come with a penis??? Can't the female brain formulate raps?? I'm just tired of this stupid sexism. This woman writes her damn raps. The way she talks, tweet and her mannerisms are evident in her raps. Quit this stupidness

[@me3105]

Look at her credits she used plenty not co writters

[@davadreviewer5509]

Ralph Only Drake?

[@marcelhawkins382]

So left eye didn’t rap 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@shadowsmith1386]

Dude slow ikr

[@alpacheeto2589]

i saw her picture in there somewhere!

[@ATD909]

Hard to count her when she didn't even had a solo album or even a solo song

[@alpacheeto2589]

@@ATD909 irrelevant. she rapped. that's like saying a guitarist isn't a guitarist cause she plays in a band

[@esics8123]

Mia X?

[@djpraxpk8427]

If you said India, in the regions represented by female rappers, because of MIA then I hope you correct that. MIA is essentially a British rapper whose roots are in Sri Lanka.

[@lv9265]

Imagine making such a high quality video and not checking all the facts, that's such a silly mistake. I'm a little disappointed.

[@sunflowerspring9301]

I noticed that too. Except if he put there Raja Kumari.

[@fromthehills814]

This dude gives me me BlackySpeakz vibes. Fire video tho🔥🔥🔥

[@coolshirtkid]

Dung Beetle i’d say he’s far more knowledgeable and credible in his opinions than blackyspeakz

[@alexmarin8727]

He sounds just like Jacques Morel from Genius

[@catvapecult5876]

@@coolshirtkid he thought nicki had ghostwriters not even close to blackyspeakz

[@bagtalk938]

Nicki has never admitted to having ghostwriter 😂😂

[@callmecide]

That's not true

[@bleukev]

Because she’s never had one.

[@parisraquel1140]

Emmanuel Eze true , atlantic offered her ghostwriters she didn’t take them

[@callmecide]

@@parisraquel1140 people just trying to discredit her

[@antwanjenkins6594]

But she dont write her own stuff by herslef only on her first mixtape look super basd. How yall beleive nicki but not cardi. All yall hoes

[@AustinMuramoto]

Get your facts straight because Nicki Minaj always wrote her raps.

[@nicojimenez9614]

1- when did nicki minaj state that she engaged herself with ghostwriters in some way, shape, form or fashion? 2- while in the same breath you didn't name-drop cardi b at all? someone who has OPENLY stated (multiple times) that she doesn't write her own raps and "is just tryna make money and get herself mad rich"?

[@dinerotto4211]

Cardi b don’t have ghostwriters, she writes and sometimes she have co writers just for her chorus/hooks just like Nicki. And she don’t only make music to be rich af. She was in a musical school, she used to perform and always wanted to be an artist and worked as a stripper to put that money on her music career

[@מתןרוכמן-ג6ק]

@@dinerotto4211 she admitted multiple times of using ghostwriters and shouted out her writer couple of times

[@themarkofl1649]

@@dinerotto4211 She's still a stripper lol I prefer female lyricists who don't need to rely on selling their bodies to climb the rap ladder.

[@darkkingriku]

Because I don’t like Cardi or Niki and they’re what’s popular right now, society has been making me feel like I have something against female rappers. But when I remember how much I love rappers like Noname, SZA, and Lauren Hill it reminds me that it’s not a gender thing, it’s a content thing. I need my MCs to say something real that can be related to

[@oleytash]

Marem Mareba is dope to

[@dabossman5650]

Tru but SZA not rap

[@Thesexmen]

SZA not a rapper

[@elyaspoellnitz6163]

True but sza is not a rapper

[@darkkingriku]

Y’all are right, SZA is not a rapper, but sometimes she does give me Drake vibes even tho Drake has always been considered a rapper to my knowledge

[@romeowilliams301]

No mia x?? These list always seem 2 forget she held her own and rolled with the big dog's.

[@Aja_Says]

romeo Williams absolute FACTS!!

[@truthtdp]

What big dogs? Master P & No Limit? Those guys weren’t big dogs they were trash.

[@romeowilliams301]

@@truthtdp yeahhhh

[@ashdacraft]

truthtdp Master P is one of the smartest and entrepreneurial in the game. Always out of trouble and bout his money till this day. And during the no limit era they ate. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@lonelyarmy375]

Women in rap can be feminine, cute and soft like take example of k-pop female rappers. You don't need to be disrespectful spitting out fire or show Alpha traits. I believe these are common misconception.

[@Hh-gp4gv]

Nicki Minaj has never used ghost writers. shes written everything shes rapped

[@me3105]

Safari and meek mill wrote her songs for 6 years when she used to were those crazy clothed and wigs

[@bestb9110]

@@me3105 no, not at all actually. have you heard safaree rap? kindergarden shit. also, we've seen her rap + her mixtape era.

[@doesntknowbetter6415]

If you have talent you’ll shine and it’s been shown with acts before. Period. Rappers like Meg are not gonna be hailed as legends in years to come.

[@NostalgicFatts]

A lot of the music just be trash 🤷🏾‍♂️. The substance of the tracks is what does it for me. Only female I can listen to now a days is Rhapsody

[@sonickhable]

You're just looking in the wrong places then. A lot of smaller artists have tracks filled with substance, its just that more simpler artists are pushed up

[@dabossman5650]

Rico Nasty and Noname

[@MrEOM41]

Right most of these female rappers every other line they talking about they vagina 😂😁 trash

[@dabossman5650]

@How do I Look? I think shes quite good. Wb Tierra Whack?

[@shadowsmith1386]

@@MrEOM41 facts

[@stephanolivier7852]

Nicki has worked with 3 female rappers since Remy dropped shether. You say Nicki has ghostwriters but didn’t put cardi on that same list yikes also you’re being hypocritical for assuming a female rapper has ghostwriters cuz she’s a female, there’s no proof where Nicki said she had ghostwriters.

[@prodigekunda5670]

stephan olivier facts😂

[@sow2312]

And beforeShether she work with M.I.A, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Trina, Dej Loaf

[@kahlifaspinallb.9630]

Don't forget Megan thee stallion and cardi b

[@skaterboi65]

I really don't understand what dudes have against ladies y'all must be gay assum

[@alcasinoblack872]

Magnorphieous The Great exactly!

[@chihabgm7796]

well, theyre not really "against" women. its just that males dont admire much women because they see them as either a sexual or romantic partner for the most part.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

You a joke

[@rhymas4334]

The fact that you think this is about sexism not Talent.Just shows that you must be here to ride the white Knight train huh People that are actually into Hip Hop hate Cardi.Simply because she's the epitome of culture appropriation.Also I don't think screaming all the time while failing to form proper sentences helps her case. And as Far as Nicki goes.You better put Respect on her name 😀

[@SuperDMoney30]

Magnorphieous The Great y’all just trash lmao

[@sheltertwo7957]

It makes me genuinely sad that Danielle Bregoli is more included in the modern hiphop canon than Snow Tha Product is.

[@themarkofl1649]

Same brother. Her bars on "Not for the weak-minded" left me dumbfounded. I really thought there was no hope for female rap until I found her and then listened to the females who she grew up listening to (Miss Hill, Missy Elliott, etc). I thought people like Cardi B or Saweetie were the pinacle of female rap and that used to make me very sad 🤣

[@reksio2214]

Bhad Bhabie >>>>>>>> Snow the product

[@andrewsuarez2684]

Why you saying Nicki worked with ghost writers when she never has. Everyone knows she’s wrote ever single rap in her life

[@Techaktien]

Young M.A. = Young Male Artist

[@KingLanes237]

Soo true...XD

[@keyaivyjones5019]

Lol

[@ladya3302]

Ignorant

[@ImSloJoe.gaming]

You thoroughly explained everything and covered probably most questions that would be asked. Good shit💪

[@fairadiarra3790]

The problem is they all copying Lil Kim create your own lane

[@jmai189]

no ones copying that fad

[@candacelaws409]

j mai look at Nicki then

[@jmai189]

Candace Laws nicki queen of rap

[@noKeokay]

Faira Diarra just bc they wear colourful wigs doesn’t mean they copy her! People like Jannet Jackson, Madonna and Cher all wore wigs before Kim!

[@Andre-gc2lo]

@@jmai189 nahhh im sorry Missy takes that the whole way.

[@yanstar274]

I don't listen to female rap because i am fan of lyrical rap. We need a female Kendrick, Cole, Lupe to get me invested. We have Iggy singing C.R.E.A.M, Nicki singing Anaconda or Cardi/Megan singing WAP. I can't relate to this. Rapping about sex, money, gang, drugs is not my type. Where is the rap about life and real life struggle? That's what we are missing from female rappers.

[@televisedpork7993]

Check out Tierra Whack, Rico Nasty, Noname, Rapsody, and Doechii for female rappers with more lyrical substance. Also, Nicki has quite a few songs that are more lyrically deep than a lot of her popular ones.

[@matthewmann8969]

Well Lauren Hill, Erikah Badou, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, Charlie Baltimore, Lady Of Rage, Remy Ma, Nicky Minaj, And Eve are all great spitters

[@Rowmega]

Don't play with Nikki like that! You better go check them old freestyle videos on youtube bruh. She is quick wit it!

[@terrellwilliams1208]

You forgot Iggy Azalea, Trina, Khia, Shawnna, and Azalea Banks. Whoever I missed y'all let me know

[@terrellwilliams1208]

And mia x, queen pen, Jackie-O, sole, and amil

[@montprice6722]

He missed alot

[@jeffdakid5845]

Also Lefteye

[@tinybitch]

You should have missed Iggy amd Azealia Banks, LOL. We're not talking about rap attempters, we're talking about actual artists.

[@lexx8207]

EVE

[@kardowalker]

Me personally, I don't listen to women rappers. I'm not against female rappers, I just don't listen to them because there's nothing I heard from them that relates to me. Most women rappers, to me, try to act too hard, make too much lyrics about sex, or make music that is not for me. I have yet to hear a female rapper make a in-depth song that made me go "wow" like how 8Ball "My Homeboy's Girlfriend" does or Immortal Technique's "Dance With The Devil". Both of those are in depth, realistic, story telling songs that made me understand and relate to it even if I wasn't there. I respect and give female rappers props but they don't speak to me. It is what it is.

[@attackofthebarbz6101]

Kardo Walker maybe u should listen to nicki minaj deep songs

[@kardowalker]

@@attackofthebarbz6101 does she have any deep songs that it's something I can understand and relate to in a story kind of fashion?

[@jeremiahhardin11507]

Kardo Walker yeah, listen to “all things go” and “dear old Nicki”

[@kardowalker]

@@jeremiahhardin11507 Ok I just listened to both songs and the 1st one was ok but it wasn't a story fashion, there wasn't a part 1, part 2, and part 3 to it. She talked about relations with her various family members and how her cousin was gunned down and somehow she feels responsible. I don't get how she does because the way the streets go is if people "want to kill you" then that means you probably did something you weren't supposed to but since he asked to stay with her and she denied it, for some reason she feels all responsible for it? I feel the song would've been better if she wrote a song to "the killers" talking about her cousin and how of a good person he was and go into graphic detail about them doing the actual act of murder. Now, that would've got me intrigued. The second song is just her talking about her old self and something about me as a person, I don't like to hear someone talk about theirselves throughout the whole song. There wasn't a point in the song where I thought "wow that's crazy". The song is basically "I used to be this and now I'm rich" and to me, that's not relatable.

[@jeremiahhardin11507]

Kardo Walker If so listen to the crying game

[@BobYourHeadMusic]

The problem with female rappers is its obvious that labels are using them to try and finesse our money. Its like when hollywood takes a movie you already love, remake it, and cast the roles as all females as a way to finesses our money, instead of creating new interesting movies we would be happy to pay for. I've already seen this movie with better actors, why would i pay for a downgraded version of the same thing? Same with female rappers. The music industry had a problem, ppl think rap is boring and repetitive. Instead of saying "Lets find some interesting, talented artists to add to the roster" they said "instead of improving, lets just do the same boring, repetitive music but lets have women rap it instead of men". Its lazy and obviously a clear rip off of our money. And on top of all that they are fake. None of the shit they rap is true, they are just reading scripts handed to them and its obvious.

[@TheKingtonioShow]

Nicki Minaj writes her music! Get it together‼️👨🏾‍💻

[@JasonTheCosta]

When did Nicki say she worked with a ghostwriter?

[@aidenmcd2726]

Nicki Minaj writes all of her raps. She has never said she has used ghost writers and she can freestyle to prove it

[@AP-hl8rg]

As an immigrant to this country and growing up here in the 90s, hip hop especially women hip hop artists was so influential to me. For 15 years, I followed underground hip hop. Now 30 years old, hip hop feels so washed up even the women artists out, they feel so similar and I try to find positives about it but it feels very repetitive now.

[@juztooeazy5187]

The difference is, men are judged solely on their skill. Looks and dancing as Cardi mentioned are a plus, but usually not what men do. Female rappers use their sex appeal to sell themselves in almost every instance musically. We must understand, we must present ourselves how we want to be treated. In no other line of work can one use sex appeal to advance, and be taken seriously. Lauren Hill, for example gets taken seriously. Because her focus is skill and art.

[@jameshaley3611]

Exactly Nicki always made it known she write her own raps since her very first interview so where is the receipt that she claimed to work with a ghost writer?

[@brad6546]

Megan's first point was wrong because Rico Nasty used to sound like Uzi and she blew up off that.

[@jay-tthomas6100]

I am so disappointed in this comment section. I did not come here to hear discussions on whether or not Nicki Minaj wrote her rhymes, we're all aware of her lyrical prowess. We should be having conversations on what we can do to better influence and impact women in rap and open up peoples eyes to them and help them understand that rap is rap, and to also recognize the double standards imposed on women and that skill is skill no matter the gender. If I'm being completely honest, I feel that a good portion of this rap generation is following the "Pinkprint" and that's exactly what the problem is. Women can be proud of their sexuality and not have to flaunt it, women can wear clothes that don't expose half of their bodies and still be beautiful, sexy, and attractive. However, in the same stance, it is okay to walk the line a bit at times and break the rules. Once upon a time, you had women that were sexual and still showing respect for their bodies and still had bars. Rapsody, Queen Latifah, Lauryn, Rah Digga, Da Brat, etc. all these women weren't scantily clad only for the sexual fantasies of men, they spoke of truths of their lives that they lived, and they brought each other up without throwing shade, calling names, and starting drama. This is the image we need to restore, this is what will help women in rap be taken seriously again.

[@Richie_like_rhino]

6:52 wtf u mean Nicki has a Ghostwriter she writes everything she spits you must been getting confused that's cardi B😑😤

[@enbji]

Nicki Minaj does not use a ghost rider, you good?

[@bangmain5355]

I don't see a problem with female rappers. They're rappers

[@sweetqueenladybug2028]

At 2:32 he starts calling the names of the female rappers from the 1980s all the way to the 2010s.

[@nikelnicole]

The 'problems' of yesterday has significantly decreased. F. Rapper had to fight to be taken seriously; just like any male dominated profession. Maybe they were kicked out of studios. Artists like MC Lyye, Queen Latifah, etc. did the ground work to open doors and knock down stereotyping in the late 80's - early 90's. The 90's artists like Missy, Da Brat, Lauren H., Eve, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown were all different and welcoming. The audience had not only options but were not forced to have a a preference. They were ALL doing well at the *SAME* time. There was a symbiotic relationship b/t record labels. They worked with each other directly or indirectly (maybe to protect themselves/ their artist[s] or out of respect) by not putting out singles and albums at the same time and creating unnecessary drama. The *CURRENT* 'problem' is the music industry and fans. They are pit against each other. Most rappers fall into this trap and become the aggressor, attacking each other for no real reason. The music industry operating like it's the Hunger Game, esp. towards black females (not only rappers). Unhealthy and unnecessary competitions are created to sabotage the 'competitors'. PLUS female are sexually abused on a higher level than males.

[@theburgerrepublic4203]

MC Lyte is my favourite female rapper, and salt and peppa are really good too. Lauyre Hill is amazing too, OLD SCHOOL!

[@Lgonzalez33]

I don’t understand the statement of Cardi has worked with female rappers before just because she worked with City Girls which were on her husbands label so that was obvious she’s worked with Nicki which on the other hand does work with female rappers like Foxy Meg Doja Trina and I’m sure more too come she’s very selective with what she hops on and who she does it with. There’s a reason why Nicki is at the top and will stay there she’s a great business woman and she knows how the industry works it’s no surprise right when you think she’s peaked she tops herself.

[@notdatwoo]

didnt even mention Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes 🙄 c'mon now

[@maxmaggio9350]

I TUNED OUT WHEN YOU FAILED TO MENTION AZEALIA BANKS. she is the prime example of a female rap LYRICIST under such intense scrutiny that she just breaks down simply because she’s female. One of the most innovative women in the industry smh

[@smeminem1258]

Nicki was right, imagine if women had come out with mumble rap, the whole genre would not exist

[@dabossman5650]

Rico Nasty Noname and Rapsody good current ones

[@jeremiahminaj2756]

Nicki never said she has had a ghost writer before. She has literally said she's written every rap of her carrer.

[@Kimeikus]

What a disappointing comments section. Instead of engaging with the video, they were too focused on about the Nicki Minaj thing.

[@erickiam25]

Nicki is responsibilities for pushing the ideas that only one female rapper can be hot at one time

[@jameshaley3611]

I love Nicki but i do agree. I always think when they say there can only be one female at a time. What about Queen Latifa, Missy Elliot, Eve, kim and i believe lady luck. There were alot of female rappers out at the same time when i was growing up. Now i see what happened.

[@tiannabarber5388]

No.

[@PixiieGrotto]

That’s like saying because for three years of my life I was the only baby in my family, I’m responsible for push single child homes. Nobody was recognized and was overshadowed maybe. She didn’t say she had to be the only one she just was🤷🏽‍♀️

[@charmaine9737]

Kiara Moore exactly

[@erickiam25]

Kiara Moore yes she did. She always said there can only be one

[@breeisjustababy]

2:07 all my Kpop fans, peep how he included CL 😲

[@akshayasolanki4764]

Oh yeah

[@thasme5370]

Better make a video titled “THE PROBLEM W MALE RAPPERS” bc they’re not doing too hot either. Js

[@The-X-Territory]

The main problem with female rappers is that an awful lot of them are wack (especially recently). Not saying all of them are, there are some solid female rappers out there (I could praise Lex Bratcher all day), but the most popular female rappers follow a lot of the faults that all modern popular rappers follow as well, they just aren’t good.

[@count-abra4864]

A male rapper is a male rapper. A female rapper is a female rapper. They both do rap music. No skill difference

[@kristoffernaslund9455]

Its pretty easy, rap is a predominantly male genre, which is why few female rappers fit in.

[@ok-ys9vj]

y'all just gonna act like radio and payola deal was the reason bodak yellow went Number 1. IOP didn't DESERVE Grammy over AstroWorld and certainly not any #1. It's all bought by their label and it's sad

[@AintNothinNice]

3D NA’TEE from New Orleans should always be mentioned when it comes to female rappers....she raps just as well if not better than a lot of dudes...

[@ORGANICsoulJAZZ]

PROBLEM WITH FEMALE RAPPERS (also same problem with female sports) is that WOMEN DON'T SUPPORT them! 🤔

[@crystalo3402]

"Twerk helped City Girls join the ranks of Nicki Minaj..." did I hear that correctly???????? ummmmm what!

[@sohandesai4055]

Clearly there is no research put into Nicki's work. She's quite versatile in terms of lyricism and matter covered. And she doesn't use ghost writers. Smh....

[@minado2512]

Nicki writes Her own bars ... boy you best correct yourself 🙃

[@Jondigioso19]

Make sense since her bars are trash

[@animezae]

Nicki writes her own music and always has. Safaree helped her to bring Roman to life, that was all.

[@essojay4856]

Although there is definitely sexism in the music industry, in the pop music industry, an average of 75% of all number one hits has a female artist featured on it.

[@BrandonNinja]

Sex sells, tell me I'm wrong. It's easy to be judgemental but the truth is well... the truth.

[@diesel101raw]

2 problems Female Rappers have. They don't have the same Hunger as Men and they don't have as good of Discographies as Men. How many people can name their Top 10 Hip Hop albums and can say Female Rappers albums were in there ? I'll wait. Lauryn Hill was the closest thing to having the same Hunger as a Man(Hell back then I feel certain Male Rappers were scared to let her out rap them on their own songs). But he problem was she only had 1 solo album and worst Fugees only had 2 albums. And that's another thing.....Longevity. What female Rapper has Jay Z Longevity ? Exactly

[@pharaoh9391]

diesel101raw i think they have the hunger but I think females in general struggle with being appealing lyrically and sonically for both men and women. And as far 10 albums I think that’s a lil more opinion based.🤷🏿‍♂️ just my thoughts though

[@diesel101raw]

@@pharaoh9391 albums may be opinion base but don't see female albums in any opinions. I'll tell u that much. Lauryn's album was great but it was Rap and R&B

[@pharaoh9391]

diesel101raw true....but I’ll consider it a classic rap album. Just like take care by Drake was technically a rap/r&b album he sang on half of it. But I do feel they have the hunger I just think it’s how to reach the masses idk though lol just a guess

[@diesel101raw]

@@pharaoh9391 I'll say this. She cudda had a Rap Classic album if she wanted to. And I'll give her this Miss Education > The Love Movement & 808s Heartbreak. She had the potential to ne up their wuth the guys. She just stopped early

[@attackofthebarbz6101]

Pink print is a classic album by nicki

[@RobGradyVO]

Tierra whack doesn't get even a shred of the amount of respect she deserves bruh.

[@maggieverschut8872]

Fr

[@dannicruz1170]

Nicki has never had a ghost writer 😂

[@michaelwatkins8167]

Your final comments regarding labeling of women as female rappers and not rappers is 💯. But to take it one step further most women don't get recognition in the rap game without a major record deal and once they are in the industry they become part of the cookie cutter formula. RAPSODY came into the game with strong indie projects and therefore she already had an identity. This is also true regarding Tierra Whack. Cardi b album shook up the world and destroyed the 1 hit wonder myth as well as showed the world having a team of writers is not bad. I would like to get rid of the notion that a rapper cannot be authentic if he/she is not writing their own lyrics. Yet pop culture artist have a plethora of background support and makes kazillions of dollars. From a business perspective being self contained is a good thing and with that said I think the real problem is maintaining creative control once she signs with a major.

[@LadyRosze]

You said everything I was thinking. Thank you so much for this video!

[@Quisee]

Newsflash, this will never change in hip hop... its a 80% Male fan base and being we're not females it's not going to be easy for us to relate... so how do you get that 20% female audience to like you? You're going to have to be special....

[@pharaoh9391]

King Petty idk I know a lot of females that love rap and ironically they’re into the male artist just as tough if not tougher tbh

[@makhyletaylor9530]

Nicki never had a ghostwriter

[@tylerlewis8229]

Safaree Is Her Ghost Writter

[@Trenttassy]

A lot of top women rappers aren’t on the same level as top male rappers. It’s not a sexiest thing.

[@ArtSmosh1274]

@Dtrix Lamar not really

[@shauncameron8390]

@Dtrix Lamar No they're not. Most of them are only marginally better than a middle-of-the-road male rapper.

[@Kyuubi2009]

Because most of the female songs are for other females but when they spitting real life shit i respect them more like rapsody, young ma, lauryn hill and nicki when she actually spitting... Because they talk about real shit Im not trying to hear no ratchet shit all the time same goes for a man

[@renegadetherapper]

Another thing... I think it's just inevitable that hip hop is male dominated. It's a very aggresive and masculine genre over all, which appeals to men more often than women, though still appeals to women sometimes of course, like it appeals to me and other girls I know. But how come nobody complains that POP MUSIC is dominated by females??? Because for some reason it's obvious to people that pop music appeals to a feminine audience and rap appeals to a masculine audience, overall. Just is what it is