![]() She was loud, proud, and vibrantly colorful in an era that was gasping for any semblance of character in our rappers other than 'it's lit.' She had talent, sure, great heaps of it, but it was Nicki's maniacal energy – capable of hosting three distinct personalities in a single verse – that hit the public conscious like a thunderbolt. Fierce female rappers have been a continual presence in the story of hip-hop (and are arguably responsible for its existence, but that's a story for a different time) the likes of Salt-N-Pepa, Lil Kim, and Missy Elliott have provided a much-needed dose of womanhood to the otherwise male-dominated genre, casually reinventing it many times over along the way.Įven so, the arrival of Nicki Minaj onto the scene circa 2009 and her subsequent rise to rap's uppermost echelons felt nothing short of revolutionary.
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