BY DEAN MEMINGER • JUN. 24, 2019

Sharon Green, also known as MC Sha-Rock, is now in her mid-50s and finally getting props for her role as one of the originators of hip hop.

It all started when she was a South Bronx teenager in the 1970s. Often appearing shy with a baby face, she had a powerful voice and knew how to rock the mic.

Although Sha-Rock was born in North Carolina, she grew up in New York and began rapping in parks and at parties. She was a part of the group, Funky 4 + 1. She was the plus one.

In 1979, they became the first rap group to sign with a record label, making Sha-Rock the first female rapper to record a song.

"When I was rhyming it was on your skills alone, because I was out there with male emcees and prolific male emcees,” Sha-Rock said. “But I had skills."

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