Roxanne Shante
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Lolita Shante Gooden (born November 9, 1969),[1] better known by her stage name Roxanne Shante, is an American rapper. She first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and was part of the Juice Crew. The 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne is a dramatization of Shante's life.
Early life and career
Shante was born November 9, 1969 in
In 1985, Shante released a record together with rapper
Hiatus
By the age of 25 Shante was largely retired from the recording industry. She continued to make occasional guest appearances and live performances, as well as mentor young female hip-hop artists. She made a cameo appearing on VH1's hip hop reality show Ms. Rap Supreme giving rap-battle strategies to the finalists of the show. She was in a series of
Biographical claims
It was reported by
Roxanne Roxanne film
A dramatized biopic about Shante's life,
Legacy
At the height of her career, Shante was referred to as the "
Discography
Studio albums
- Bad Sister (1989)
- The Bitch Is Back (1992)
References
- ^ a b "Roxanne Shanté Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "About Roxanne Shanté". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016.
- ^ Baker, Soren (August 26, 2014). "Full Force Recalls Making UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne," Revisiting Song For New "Full Force: With Love from Our Friends" Album". Hiphopdx.com.
- ^ "About Sparky D". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Round One: Roxanne Shante vs Sparky Dee – OldSchoolHipHop.Com". Oldschoolhiphop.com. January 7, 2010.
- ^ "Roxanne Shante Biography – OldSchoolHipHop.Com". Oldschoolhiphop.com.
- ^ Thomas, Dexter (September 2, 2017). "How the best rapper of 1985 was sabotaged because she was a girl". Vice.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
Years later, Roxanne approached Blow and asked him why he sabotaged her. According to Roxanne, he said it was because she was a girl.
- ^ Elafros, Athena. "Are Female Rappers Authentic?". Hip Hop Icons. p. 208.
- ^ "VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs". hiphopgalaxy.com. September 29, 2008. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Sitdown with EmEz (August 23, 2015). "The Sunday Sit Down With EmEz: Roxanne Shante". YouTube.
- ^ Reilly, Dan (December 8, 2008). "Life After Rock: Roxanne Shanté". Blender.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009.
- ^ a b Dawkins, Walter (September 2, 2009). "Rapper behind 'Roxanne's Revenge' gets Warner Music to pay for Ph.D". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
- ^ Sheffner, Ben (September 5, 2009). "Copyrights & Campaigns: Roxanne Shanté speaking about her 'Ph.D.'".
- ^ Sheffner, Ben (September 2, 2009). "Roxanne's Nonexistent Revenge: Heard about the rapper who forced her label to pay for her Cornell Ph.D.? It never happened". Slate.
- Daily News, "Correction", September 4, 2009, p. 33
- ^ "ROXANNE SHANTE REVEALS BREAST CANCER BATTLE". The Boombox. November 2, 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (January 20, 2017). "Sundance 2017: 'Roxanne Roxanne' Salutes Hard Life of Rap Pioneer". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (January 27, 2017). "Sundance Film Review: 'Roxanne Roxanne'". Variety.
- ^ "Roxanne Roxanne (2017)". IMDb.com. March 23, 2018.
- Indiewire.
- ^ "Home Entertainment Recordings/Recent Releases". The New York Times. December 10, 1989.
- ^ Dean, Jonathan; Angelini, Francesca; Cairns, Dan; Thorogood, Tom (August 19, 2018). "100 hip-hop tracks to love: from the ones you know — Run-DMC, Stormzy, Lauryn Hill, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop — to the ones you should". The Times.
- BET.
- ^ Weiner, Natalie (March 1, 2018). "The Story of Roxanne Shanté: How a Teenager From Queens Became Rap's First Female Star". Billboard.
- Consequence. March 14, 2018.
- ^ Duncan, Amy (November 22, 1989). "Latifah - The Queen of Rap". The Christian Science Monitor.
External links
- Roxanne Shante at AllMusic