In honor of hip hop’s 50th anniversary, POPSUGAR celebrates the unparalleled excellence of women in hip hop. The publication explores stories with stars like Queen Latifah, Doechii, Saweetie, GloRilla, and more for its “All Hail the Queens” series. Read more about it inside.

“All Hail the Queens” brings the best women in Hip Hop to the front of the culture, where they’ve always belonged. POPSUGAR passes the mic to some of music’s biggest talents as they receive the flowers they have always deserved.

“Hip hop found me before I even knew what it was,” POPSUGAR Associate Editor Njera Perkins, shared of this month’s editorial theme, honoring women in hip hop. “I was about 4 years old when I first heard Lauryn Hill spitting rhymes on The Fugees’s ‘The Score’ and ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.’ In the following years, I discovered more femcees like Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Queen Latifah, who rapped unapologetically about their power. Their bold and brave efforts showed me all the ways women could take up space in hip-hop, even amid rampant sexism and misogyny. And as I’d later learn, women’s pioneering efforts are why hip-hop even exists.”

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