Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, and the Women Who Owned the Mic
The Golden Age of hip-hop wasn’t just a boys’ club. From Queen Latifah’s crown to Lauryn Hill’s Grammy sweep, the women of 90s rap rewrote the rules of who got to hold the mic.
The Golden Age of hip-hop wasn’t just a boys’ club. From Queen Latifah’s crown to Lauryn Hill’s Grammy sweep, the women of 90s rap rewrote the rules of who got to hold the mic.
On May 14, 1998, 76 million Americans skipped dinner, ignored their phones, and stared at the same television screen to watch four New Yorkers go to prison for laughing at a fat guy getting carjacked. That was the Seinfeld finale, and it was the loudest exclamation point on a decade where comedy ran the country….