Nas, LL COOL J, and Questlove have come under fire for allegedly overlooking female rap pioneers in their respective Hip Hop 50 celebrations.

On Tuesday (January 2), MC Debbie D — the self-proclaimed first solo female rapper – took to X (formerly Twitter) to share an open letter calling out the aforementioned trio for omitting several foundational female Hip Hop acts from their events last year.

“Brothers and Sisters: The Grammy Awards and Yankee Stadium events were a beautiful celebration of hip hop commemorating 50 years of our existence,” she began. “With the recent Grammys show in particular, LL says ‘everyone cannot be in the show,’ to which I understand.

“We gotta get to the place where we are not afraid to say it out loud!” - Monique (Comedian/Actress) #MCDebbieD #ImAPioneer @llcoolj @Nas @questlove pic.twitter.com/89al7HmP5Y

— MC Debbie D, PhD. (@MCDebbieD) January 2, 2024

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