It’s been more than four years since Rapsody released her critically-acclaimed album, Eve. In the time that she’s been away, Hip-Hop has seen a proliferation of women MCs. Names like Ice Spice, Latto, Glorilla, Sexyy Red and Scar Lip, now dominate Rap charts and playlists.

Though the traditionally male-dominated genre has diversified greatly, it has not always been seen as a positive. Just this past weekend, Nikki D, the first woman MC to ever be signed to Def Jam, blasted the way in which women in rap are being promoted.

Nikki saw Ice Spice’s recent performance at Power 105’s Powerhouse concert, in which the “Munch” rapper wore an extremely revealing Betty Boop costume, as the embodiment of what Nikki dubbed the “prostitution era” of female Rap.

Her comments followed a similar sentiment echoed by Fabolous over the Summer. The “Breathe” MC said in an Instagram story on July 16, “I love hearing female rappers talking some real s**t. Women are so strong. Have so many stories and perspectives that we need to hear in pure form. No disrespect to any female rappers out there but I think there’s only one style of female rap/Hip Hop being promoted, programmed and looked at as successful now.”

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