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'The Branch on Which I Sit': Reflections on Black British Feminism - Heidi Safia Mirza, Yasmin Gunaratnam, 2014

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In 1998, Vibe magazine ran their revolutionary "Rap Reigns Supreme" cover, fronted by female heavyweights Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, and Lauryn Hill. Over 20 years later, Paper magazine ran "Women in Hip-Hop: The Voices of Our Generation," which had 14 of rap's rising stars and an instantly iconic photo shoot featuring Saweetie, City Girls, Rico Nasty, and CupcakKe, among others. The feature felt like a watershed moment: The last shoot Paper magazine had done featuring more than one female rapper that garnered this amount of interest was the 2017 #BreakTheInternet "Minaj à Trois," depicting three different versions of Nicki Minaj. At that time, she was arguably occupying the bronze, silver, and gold spots herself.

If a British publisher were to create a similar, seminal cover in 2019, we'd have more contenders than ever: Ms Banks, Nadia Rose, Br3nya, Flohio, IAMDDB, Stefflon Don, Trillary Banks, Alicai Harley. On the whole, UK rap is in a very healthy place - among the boys, Dave's debut album charted at number one, and rap and grime artists crop up in the top 10 weekly. And though female rappers here have historically been few and far between, the general consensus is that this is a big year for them, too.

"This is a great time for UK music," says West London rapper Br3nya, who felt this year it was now or never for her career. "So much is going on. If I don't come out this summer, what am I doing? I'm just playing games."

Over the years, there have only been a handful of well-known female grime artists - Lioness, Cleo (formerly known as Mz Bratt), and Lady Leshurr, to name a few - and arguably even fewer rappers. There are industry legends Ms. Dynamite and Speech Debelle (who both went on to be Mercury Prize winners), the controversial but relatively successful Lady Sovereign, Natalie Stewart (formerly of Floetry), and Paigey Cakey.

The cliché of catfights and habit of pitting female artists against each other won't die that easily.

But mainstream interest in female rappers in Britain is at an all-time high. Last month saw the launch of the Queens of Art tour, the first in the UK to feature an all-female lineup. It has been a brilliant year for Ms Banks, who performed her most high-profile gig yet at the BRIT Awards alongside Little Mix, and released a single with BBC Sport ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup. There is Keedz, an MC who straddles both grime and rap and who released her first EP, Let Me Introduce Myself, last year, and 17-year-old Lewisham lyricist Dis, who just signed to GB records.

The past few years have seen an uptick in collaboration. This week, super-producer will.i.am enlisted powerhouses Ms Banks, Lady Leshurr, and grime artist Lioness for his new track "Pretty Little Thing," in partnership with the retailer. Even Nicki Minaj (who is often characterised as the genre's Cersei Lannister, hellbent on maintaining her throne) brought out British female rap talent Lisa Mercedez, Lady Leshurr, and Ms Banks during the Manchester Arena stint of her world tour last year.But the cliché of catfights and habit of pitting female artists against each other won't die that easily.

Due to a history of animosity amongst artists in the Paper magazine shoot (Rico Nasty, Bali Baby, Cuban Doll, and Asian Da Brat have had very public feuds with each other), Photoshop was required to create the final image. Though this may be the case if the same number of prominent male rappers were photographed together, the stereotype that women don't support each other was immediately drawn on in reports. Abigail, one half of British rap duo Abigail and Vanessa, feels there is a grain of truth to it:

"Females in the UK don't like to support each other. That's a very big factor. We've noticed most of our supporters are men - 70 percent of the support comes from men. I think there's a bit of envy there."

For Br3nya, it's been a very different story. She says that as soon as she entered the scene, she was inundated with support from the likes of Nadia Rose, Alicai Harley, and Ms Banks as well as male artists Dave, Stormzy, and Not3s. What she does feel, however, is that we see more coordinated, campaign-type support amongst male musicians, such as when artists encouraged fans to get Stormzy's "Vossi Bop" to number one, as well as Dave's album Psychodrama. She said:

"With the UK, I feel like there's this sort of brotherhood. When one person releases something, all of them are like 'guys let's get this to the chart' and vice versa. With women, we obviously do support each other but not enough of us are in a higher place to make a difference."

As well as the success of British men in the genre, the increase of UK female rappers' visibility can be equally attributed to the success of female counterparts in the United States. Cardi B's meteoric rise from 2017 onwards seemed to spell the end of an era where Minaj was the solitary face of female rap. There have been other notable acts over the years - Azealia Banks, Angel Haze, Junglepussy, Dej Loaf, Young M.A, Rapsody - but the one in, one out policy so often applied to black women prevailed. It says a great deal about the state of things when you consider the only woman who came close to being considered a real commercial contender was Iggy Azalea.

Rap is already a heavily male genre, but the ultra-violence of drill means there is an even smaller minority of women represented in it.

Post-Cardi, however, rap more closely resembles a golden age. At one time, Da Brat, Eve, Trina, and Rah Digga were all in the top 100 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - the most female rappers to appear on that chart ever. Whilst still not quite there, we're closer than we have been in a long time, with Audra the Rapper, Kash Doll, Tink, HoodCelebrityy, Tommy Genesis, Ling Hussle, Megan Thee Stallion, Ace Tee, Wynne, Tokyo Jetz, Queen Key, Dreezy, and their contemporaries.

As rapper Vanessa tells me:

The UK [female] scene, we don't like to allow others to come up. In the male scene, they're for it, but when it's females it's not the norm. It's seen as "what are you doing? You're a girl. You should focus on Instagram.

The UK is very difficult, I can't lie. The support here is very minimum compared to America. People message us and say "you lot need to go America, you would get big over there." But it's sad because if everyone was positive I'm sure there would be more rappers in the UK.

The idea that black women need to move stateside to see success is common, whether it be singers (Estelle, Sade Adu), actors (Naomie Harris, Letitia Wright), or comedians (Gina Yashere). Support for black women in the United States is still minimal, but much better comparatively. British female rappers struggle to receive BRIT and even MOBO nods but are acclaimed overseas: Stefflon Don made history last year, being the first British musician featured on theXXL Freshman Class cover and one of the few women. Little Simz was the only Brit and woman in BET's 2017 cypher. Lady Leshurr, who is considered criminally underrated in the UK, is widely celebrated in America, largely because of building an online following through her "Queen's Speech" freestyles.

The internet has been crucial in the rise of female rappers everywhere - acts such as Princess Nokia, Lizzo, and Chika Oranika have found fans through platforms like YouTube, Twitter, SoundCloud, and Instagram. Cardi B is a Vine star, turned Instagram star, turned rapper, and more alternative rappers like Noname, Tierra Whack, Leikeli47, Doja Cat have found fans outside of the mainstream first. For female rappers in the UK, it has been game-changing, opening them to an international, more receptive market and allowing them to circumvent industry gatekeepers who are notorious for having issues marketing black women.

Br3nya's first outing was a viral accident over 10 years ago, after a drunken sing-along with friends called " All Types of Bread" was uploaded to Facebook and went down in British hood history. She started taking music seriously at 14 by freestyling at parties.

"Without [the internet] I don't know how people would know me," she said. "That's how I started, because I posted a freestyle. Nicki Minaj did a Chun Li challenge and because of the response I got, I turned it into [my single] 'Good Food.'"

Social media is largely responsible for the music careers of Abigail and Vanessa also, neither of whom had musical ambitions prior. Vanessa was an influencer (known online as Ivorian Doll), aspiring model, and YouTuber. That all changed when she and her friend Abigail became notorious on social media, after an altercation with another online personality that ended up going viral. Off the back of it, the pair recorded a song for fun a few days later called "The Situation."

"This is just all so funny," Abigail says with a laugh. "We were like, what we're going to do is release this song, we're going to call it 'The Situation,' and it's going to be so funny because the way we released it, people thought it was a diss track. When it came out it was like 'oh, they're actually good at music,' and everyone forgot about the situation."

The response to the song was primarily shock - not at the misleading title, but that the song was actually good. They soon released follow-up tracks "Snapchat" and "Spare Me," girly-bops over gritty drill beats that they hope will "pave the way for all the female drillers." Rap is an already heavily male genre, but the ultra-violence of drill means there is an even smaller minority of women represented in it. Abigail and Vanessa don't take themselves remotely as seriously as their male peers, however, talking about dating and money-making in songs reminiscent of the 2018 drill-inspired ear worm "Fleek Bop" from the Mela Twins.

"There's female rappers here, but why is it in a particular genre, we're scared to go there?" Vanessa says. "We don't have to rap about shooting people and stuff, you can rap about what you want to rap about but on a drill beat. We were like, let's do that and confuse the nation."

They hope to "confuse" listeners globally, too, with plans to make waves in America specifically and eventually, internationally. Whilst it is clear at least in the states that the future of rap is for now female, women in the UK are doing all they can to ensure theirs is as bright. The issue isn't a lack of women making this music - it's about a lack of support that stops them from being heard.

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In 1998, Vibe magazine ran their revolutionary "Rap Reigns Supreme" cover, fronted by female heavyweights Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, and Lauryn Hill. Over 20 years later, Paper magazine ran "Women in Hip-Hop: The Voices of Our Generation," which had 14 of rap's rising stars and an instantly iconic photo shoot featuring Saweetie, City Girls, Rico Nasty, and CupcakKe, among others.

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Melesha Katrina O'Garro (born 15 December 1987), known professionally as Lady Leshurr (), is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. She is known for her Queen's Speech series of freestyles, the fourth of which became popular in 2016. Her subsequent freestyle, Queen's Speech 5, was called "brilliant" and "2015's crowning freestyle" by . In 2021, she entered the Channel 4 series The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer, catfishing as Big Narstie, and won. She also competed in the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice, where she reached the semi-final.

Melesha Katrina O'Garro was born on 15 December 1987 to Kittitian parents. She became interested in poetry and writing at the age of six, but decided that writing music would bring her to a wider audience. She released her first mixtape at the age of fourteen. In her words:

I grew up around music. My mum used to play a lot of reggae like Sister Nancy and Bob Marley around the house so basically, when I was around six, I was messing about and doing my own little raps and songs. My family are all rappers and singers anyway so I was always involved in it from a young age.

Leshurr played one of the lead female roles in Vertigo Films' 2009 film . In 2010 Leshurr's first television music video appearance came in the music video ' Game Over Female Takeover', featuring Amplify Dot, Mz Bratt, Ruff Diamondz and others. The music video was directed by Nick Donnelly and produced by Carla Marie Williams. Leshurr won second place in the Best Female category of the Official Mixtape Awards 2011. To complement the music releases, she has designed a range of merchandise, the "Friggin L" clothing line named after her 2011 mixtape Friggin L.

In 2016, she won the MOBO Award, celebrating excellence in black music, for Best Female Act. In 2019, she won the award for "Best Rap / Grime Act" and in 2020 she won "Best Solo Female" at the Birmingham Music Awards. In 2019, Leshurr performed at The Nicki Wrld Tour in Birmingham and Manchester as a special guest for rapper Nicki Minaj.

She was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

In 2020, she appeared in a commercial advertising for beauty brand Olay and became the first Black British woman to lead a campaign for the company.

In late 2020, it was announced that Lady Leshurr would be joining the line-up at BBC Radio 1Xtra with her own Saturday afternoon radio show. In February 2023, it was announced that she would be replaced by Joelah Noble as presenter of the Saturday afternoon show.

In 2021, she appeared as a contestant on the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice, partnered with Brendyn Hatfield. After surviving three skate-offs during the competition, Leshurr was eliminated in the semi-final, leaving her in fourth place. She also won The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer.

In 2021, Leshurr announced a partnership with Kamo Premium Vodka, through which she became a co-owner.

In April and August 2022, Leshurr appeared as a guest panellist on the ITV show Loose Women.

Leshurr has named Ashley Walters, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Ms. Dynamite, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne as her primary influences. Nia Kay, a competitor on The Rap Game season 2, stated that Leshurr was one of her influences due to her uniqueness and rap skill.

Leshurr came out as pansexual in September 2018.

In late 2019 Leshurr took time out from her music career following the death of her sister from breast cancer.

On 22 October 2022, Leshurr and Sherelle Smith allegedly assaulted Leshurr's ex-girlfriend Sidnee Hussein and Hussein's new girlfriend Chante Boyea. She was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and Smith was charged with one count of the same offence. Both women pleaded not guilty to their charges and were bailed. Twelve months later, the pair were found not guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court. The prosecution said that Leshurr had bitten Boyea's hand, while the defence said that Leshurr had been bitten by Boyea's Belgian Shepherd dog. After her acquittal, Leshurr said that her career had been ruined due to loss of deals and income because of the charges.

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Melesha Katrina O'Garro (born 15 December 1987), known professionally as Lady Leshurr (), is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. She is known for her Queen's Speech series of freestyles, the fourth of which became popular in 2016. Her subsequent freestyle, Queen's Speech 5, was called "brilliant" and "2015's crowning freestyle" by .

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Akosua graduated from Kingston University London with a BA (Hons) in Fashion and amassed an impressive resume of fashion industry experience whilst in London. From designer to co-owner of a fashion brand and now creative director of her own brand A A K S, has resulted in a broad industry knowledge from multiple perspectives.

Born in Ghana and still her primary home, Akosua finds herself traveling mostly throughout Africa and Europe every few months to work with local artisans, experience diverse cultures and discover new inspirations for her brand.

Since launching in 2014, A A K S has been shortlisted as an emerging designer from Africa by Vogue Italia, featured by Vogue, Elle Decoration, CNN, Forbes Woman Africa, Guardian UK, The Times UK and most recently the Economist as one of the African brands advocating for sustainability in the fashion industry.

Akosua now stocks her woven bag collections in over 60 stores worldwide including Anthropologie, Bloomingdales, J. Crew, John Lewis, Nordstorm and United Arrows.

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Akosua graduated from Kingston University London with a BA (Hons) in Fashion and amassed an impressive resume of fashion industry experience whilst in London. From designer to co-owner of a fashion brand and now creative director of her own brand A A K S, has resulted in a broad industry knowledge from multiple perspectives.

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Standing on a windy rooftop in London's Soho, rapper Ms Banks is telling me about the film she just watched. 'Oh my gosh, it was an emotional rollercoaster!'

The movie in question? Cult indie flick Patti Cake$, which set Sundance Film Festival alight and which centres around aspiring hip-hop artist Patricia Dombrowski - a 23-year-old who's determined to escape the humdrum of her narrow New Jersey existence by achieving rap star status. (Stream it on NOW TV.)

In an era of Stormzys and Drakes and following years of male-orientated hip-hop biopics - Straight Outta Compton, All Eyez on Me, 8 Mile - watching a rags-to-riches rap story with a woman at the helm is refreshing. And clearly overdue. The film got a 10-minute standing ovation at Cannes last year.

But while Australian actress Danielle Macdonald successfully conveys the struggles of not being taken seriously (she's mocked, called 'Dumbo' and her mum is the town drunk), off-screen, what's it really like to be a female MC trying to break into the mainstream?

We tracked down three rising UK-based artists to find out the reality, compared to the big screen.

South London rapper Ms Banks (real name Tyra Banks - yep, really) first showcased her lyrical talents at an open mic night aged 18. She's since amassed over 100,000 Instagram followers and earned herself a fanbase that includes the likes of Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, whom she toured with last year.

When did you first discover you could rap?

'I come from a really musical family. Both of my uncles were rappers and when I was 11, they encouraged me to give it a go. I was really into poetry as a kid, so I already knew I could write rhymes - all I needed to do was add a beat.'

What inspires your lyrics?

'I saw a lot growing up in south-east London. I first started writing lyrics to express myself and to stop myself from acting out in other ways, so I rap about the things I've been through, the things I've seen, the stories I hear from my friends... that's my inspiration.'

In Patti Cake$, we see Patti struggling with pre-stage nerves. Do you ever get nervous before performing?

'I do get nervous, but as soon as I'm on stage, I know that I deserve to be there. I love how Patti gives herself positive affirmations that she's a boss b**** before she performs. I can relate to that. I remind myself daily that I am a queen and that I am strong, ambitious and caring. Some rappers can be egotistical, but I think it's cool to be considerate and kind.'

What's the most common misconception about women who rap?

'A lot of people think that female rappers are boisterous, or that if we show a little skin, we're trying to be overtly sexy. Whether I'm in a dress or a tracksuit, I can go as hard as any guy. I don't rap because I want to fit in with the boys - I rap because I love rapping. Through my music, I want to speak for the girls and spread the message that we can make it in any industry.'

- Listen to Ms Banks on SoundCloud
Funmi Ohiosumah, aka Flohio, has been touted by Naomi Campbell as a woman 'changing our future'. She's quickly gaining buzz for her energetic style and unapologetic, sharp-witted bars. Having spent the first eight years of her life living in Nigeria, she moved to Bermondsey in London as a pre-teen and let the culture shock inspire her music.

Describe the first time you performed?

'It was at my local youth club and I was very young, around 14 years old. I remember standing completely still, with everyone staring at me, and I rapped standing in the same spot the whole time. I didn't move. That night, I went home and watched a video of Lil Wayne performing. By the time my next show rolled around, I was jumping around, standing on benches, you name it. I couldn't stay still.'

How do you stand out in a crowded industry?

'What's key is remembering that it doesn't matter where you've come from - everyone is unique in their own way. That's why I don't see other artists as 'competition.' If 10 people are saying one thing and you're saying something different, then who are you competing with? There's space for everyone in this game, as long as you stay fresh and relevant.'

'I rap about anything and everything, but I would never want to put anyone down with my lyrics. I want my music to be inclusive. I rap to encourage people to stand up for themselves and to inspire self-belief.'

What's your advice to other aspiring rappers?

'Enjoy it! And don't stress too much. Have fun with it and keep striving to make this industry - and the art - better. If you do that, you can't lose.'

With Glastonbury and the 2018 Commonwealth Games (where she represented her city) ticked off, Birmingham-born Sherelle Robbins is on a mission. She's garnering attention for her intelligent rhymes and thought-provoking lyrics and cites Lauryn Hill, Lady Leshurr and Ms Dynamite as her inspirations.

Who's your coolest Instagram follow?

'Missy Elliot. I went to do a show in Australia, got off the plane and saw that she was following me. I had to check for the double blue tick to believe it was really her!'

What are the challenges of working in a male-dominated industry?

'Sometimes when I go to events that have a predominantly male line-up, they won't even pass me the mic - I have to literally grab it from them. On the plus side, you do tend to get more attention as a female rapper as we're still a rarity. It has its pros and its cons.'

Patti counts her nan and best friend Hareesh as her biggest fans. Who's your biggest supporter?

'My mum, my sister and my nieces. They always listen to my music and they're very understanding of what I do. I'm so grateful to have them as not everyone has that support system and that must be tough.'

Where do you want to see the rap industry go in the next five years?

'I definitely want to see more women rapping or even working behind-the-scenes, be it as producers or sound engineers. A lot of the time, we're just not seen.'
Listen to Lady Sanity on SoundCloud To watch another talented female rapper in action, stream Patti Cake$ on NOW TV or choose from over 1000 other movies.

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