The award to the late Prince was accepted by his niece. Also speaking on his behalf were four of Prince’s bandmates, and his ...

Rapsody is the third female rapper to win Best Melodic Rap Performance, following Lauryn Hill, who won the award in 1999 for ...

pioneering freestyle rapper Roxanne Shanté, gospel-music mainstay Dr. Bobby Jones, early English punk-rock firebrands the Clash, and — posthumously — Prince and Frankie Beverly.

Roxanne Shante gets her flowers and makes history at the same time. Rapper Roxanne Shante will be the first female solo rapper to receive the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement award. The trailblazing ...

We all know that Prince was a musical genius, but at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards on Saturday (Feb. 1), Jimmy ...

Roxanne Shanté is widely thought to be one of the first female rappers with a solo hit — 1984’s “Roxanne’s Revenge” — and will soon be the first solo female rapper to receive a ...

Roxanne Shante reflects on her Hip-Hop legacy as she is set to become the first solo female rapper to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy this week. She will be ...