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Black Women in Music

 * Hip hop has always been about telling stories. Rappers, both male and female, were known for employing repetition and wordplay to connect to their real-life experiences. With the hiphop industry being male-dominated, early on female rappers had to use male influences to create a name for themselves. Eve, Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim, and Trina were among the first wave of successful women in hip-hop in the late 1980s and early 2000s. However, the majority of the acts were either led onstage by all-male recording labels or well-known male rappers. With these black women becoming household names in the hip hop industry, it allowed for current female rappers to have “stand-alone” successes.