// Miss Rap Supreme // History of Female Rap
Ego Trip’s Abridged History of Female Rap
Hip-hop’s first all-female crew, the Mercedes Ladies, form in the Bronx. Though they never record, their name still kicks ass.
1976
Hip-hop’s first all-female crew, the Mercedes Ladies, form in the Bronx. Though they never record, their name still kicks ass.
1980
Debbie Harry rhymes “bar,” “car,” and “Mars” on Blondie’s “Rapture,” setting the “bar” extremely low for female rap.
1981
Funky Four Plus One, with female MC Sha Rock, is the first hip-hop group to perform on Saturday Night Live. Debbie Harry seen destroying (nursery) rhyme book backstage.
1986
Queens, NY, duo Supernature changes name to Salt-N-Pepa. Contrary to rumors, the name “Nutmeg-N-Cumin” is never up for consideration.
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