Sha Rock of The Funky 4 + 1, widely credited as the first female MC, took to social media earlier this week to announce a court victory against her former record label Sugar Hill Records for back royalties.

"Back in the early 90s, after returning to the United States from Germany, I worked effortlessly to find an attorney to take on Sugar Hill Records," Sha Rock explained. "No one wanted to take my case, and I eventually came across a woman who put me in touch with Artist Rights Enforcement in New York City, who fights for artist rights. I became their first hip hop client."

"We’ve been back in forth to court since the 1990s. We’ve won all of our cases and now 42 years later I as well as the Funky 4+1 More, The Furious 5 and Reggie Reg from the Crash Crew have been vindicated. We won our final judgement."