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| | Ladies First: Female MCs |
 | | Women, a part of hip-hop since the beginning, fought to thrive in a genre where, according to the "Vibe History of Hip-Hop," males originally were the biggest consumers and wanted to hear other males. |
 | | Then, in the mid-'80s, the ladies broke through with the "dis" record, reacting to "Roxanne, Roxanne," a U.T.F.O. song about a stuck-up girl. |
 | | Queen Latifah is still probably the first name that comes to mind when people say "female rapper." The New Jersey native delivered the anthem "Ladies First" on her debut, "All Hail the Queen," in 1989, and distinguished herself from other female artists with an Afrocentric image played well in the Native Tongues scene. |
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