Right!

Never be the "first lady of..." a record label

FACTS, these ladies got cheated. They propelled these men to startdom but got a bad deals

👏🏾 Exactly

Agree! It’s so unfortunate because all of these ladies were so talented!!!

Terry Crews went through some unspeakable shit so it's being famous in general that makes you degrade yourself

@@matty7006 or wanting to get famous

I love how folks act like these male rappers didn't suck someone's sick for what they had. The casting couch does not discriminate

@@anarchist_parable but that doesn't make sense. If the casting couch person is gaye, they most likely wanna do the succking instead of the other way around 😅

@@anarchist_parable mmh 😌🙌🙌

You had Rah Digga rapping about the streets of poverty in Jersey, Lauryn Hill was rapping/singing about heartbreak and her story, Missy Elliott was rapping about futuristic hip hop stuff lol Lil Kim was rapping about leading a man on sexually but then not giving him no sex and taking anything from him just because you’re a woman and you’re in control, etc etc people try to make narratives about female rappers but they all were rapping about different things and in different ways... hell if you listen to Left Eye solo rap album she’s the only female rapper in history that made a song telling her fans to not commit suicide and to keep faith and stay strong during hard times.., that literally has never been done.

Yup just by hearing these ladies you cld tell them apart... Dang I miss the good ole days... 😢💯💜

Agree

You definitely right.

please stop lying there were a lot of copycats

U dummy she announced that she looking at female artist from the late 90s n early 2000.. Why don u just listen harder.. I bet ur parents called u hardheaded..

I love her.

Rah Digga technically is a 2000s rapper lol her career mainly was bigger in the early 00s from her starring in the huge box office hit 13 Ghosts to her hit features and songs that charted on billboard were in the 2000s lol

Facts my dude

There's something about him, I just can't put my finger on 🤔

It truly is a mans world

I agree 💯

@@carayj yeah I always said that myself something dark! In my opinion

@@carayj he a chicago nigga that claim Atl

Yes! I love her voice!

She was my favorite rapper

Virgo! lol

Her voice was dope

She was definitely swagged out

I'm still a Rah Digga fan. You're absolutely right about "Dirty Harriet." That's a great album.

Yes! Still have it !

FACTS!!! I was just bangin that a few days ago

Rah was dope! My favorite joint of her's is "Earrings Off" on Marco Polo's album🔥🔥🔥

True

Yeah plus with her charting on billboard she then crossed over into Pop/Rock with the feature with Avril Lavigne then she was being pushed as mainstream being casted as a judge on that dance crew MTV show... but then it’s like in 2009 once she went on stage with Jay Z and Alicia Keys it’s like she got blackballed which will forever be weird to me

I don't care what nobody say. Her Voices of the Young People is hot. That album is good as hell.

My lip gloss was poppin when i was in hs. It seeemed like nicki dissed her when she said sorry lilttle mama in that song and it was done from there

Its sad because Lil Mama could really rap alot better than some of these new male rappers

yes

We know where she is though this video is about the unknown disappearing rappers we seen eve in a sitcome.and recent talkshows we dont need an update on her

@@VirgoDoll she hasn’t done anything lately. She married a millionaire and has step children but most wouldn’t know that because why? She’s not current on the music scene. Plus her show was probably close to 15 -20 yrs ago back in the early 00’s

@@DollFaceox she’s on the view, she is doing something

You know where she is that's all that matters😊

Infamous Syndicate was hard too.. Both women could flow.. So much bias in late 90s n early 2000s hip hop.. But as a man I still believe only 2 female artist that be hitting everytime is Missy n MC Lyte..

@@julbri7105 MC Lyte was a little before my time, but Missy Elliott is probably the most overlooked rapper/producer since 2000.

@@keydaniels Truly is.. She kinda was the first mainstream female producer.. There were other female producers back then.. They were not making tracks a lot like they do now.. I'm like J Cole Middle Child to this music.. But I do my history on things I enjoy.. All type of black music, art, film.. Just to learn a lil of what is what.. Like my favorite female artist now is Tierra Whack N Rico Nasty.. A chick name Jade from texas.. N these two duo a white chick Wisconsin n mixed one from Cleveland..

Still do. Her tapes is 🔥

@@julbri7105 Mc lyte was dope lyte as a rock was my shit when I was a kid

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Nice

Was today years old realizing that now lol

That's dope

Never noticed

and still do in a way

@@RigbyHuxtable Nicki and wayne

Well those rappers did pick them to be by their side

Its actually really common. Missy and Timbaland, YoYo and Ice Cube, La Chat and Gangsta Boo with 3 6 Mafia, Lauryn Hill with the Fugees, Lil Kim and BIG, Princess Loko and Tommy Wright III, Lady of Rage and Dr Dre/Snoop Dogg, Da Brat and Jermaine Dupree, Trina and Trick Daddy, Eve and DMX, and theres others. I think thats why you hear a lot of disrespect towards female rappers nowadays. A lot of the women in rap now didnt come up with a male acquaintance, they werent some established male rapper's sidekick.

@@emmadilemma7800 This is business more than anything. Their male counterparts either had more leverage in the industry, a strong fanbase, or a record label that allowed them to put on female rappers. Now that the music industry sees how profitable female rappers are, they can skip that process in terms of getting signed, and now, many can remain independent for quite some time. But they still go through a subtle system of being put on, whether it be with who they collab with, who they date, or even their management company.

Energy Vampires

and just straight up bitter, so unattractive

That's not true... They all gave 2 versions. The first they blamed men then they came back with honesty.

Amil gave that wack story of gaining weight then she admitted that she just didn't like the industry. Shawna dissed Luda when she walked off and didn't even tell him that she was pregnant and feared being on stage in that condition. How should he react when one day she's there & the next she gone without explanation?

That’s the music business

Women in the Industry in general😔

Back then, the wanted look was skinny or slim.. that if you got a lil thicker you’re suddenly not wanted. NOW in this era it’s all about being thick and not wanting the skinny slim bodies anymore🤕. Why can’t we just accept all bodies? Regardless oh how they look, slim waist or not, all bodies are beautiful

and now the bigger the butt implants, the better

Exactly, I’m 5’5 and 140 lbs and still considered skinny compared to my peers 🤷🏾‍♀️

That's what they choose to do. If they don't want to do what is required of them, then they can go get real jobs

yeah back then pop girls ran the industry. now the rap girls run the industry these days

@@milanozz8202 Sadly, yes.

Missy is a musician and producer as well as a singer, writer and rapper. Her game, skills and paper is all the way different than an "artist".

The 90s pop era was trash #notsorry

@@DoraWinifred In your opinion in which is in the minority, they had the most commercial success, not to mention there song's have more views on KZfaq, and it's miles ahead of music today.

Kim literally had 2 hits in the 2000s ..... eve Trina Missy vita jacki o khia they went hard then tho

Same I don't like how underrepresented women are in the rap industry I'm really hoping one day 50% of mainstream rappers are women

Yh everyone looks and sounds the same

@@LisaF777 true honestly that’s all rap rn men & women

Azelia Banks, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Iggy Azalea....pretty diverse right there, plus there's more. You have to be a certain type a person to want to be in the entertainment business, its very seedy.

mixed or lightskin

THAT PART !!! 👏🏾👏🏾

Because rap audience got bigger and blame Millennials and Gen z men from those generations love the mixed ambiguous woman the most BUT men were pushing for them back in the day still we just didn’t see or hear it like we do now

@bye N SAY THAT AGAINNN👏🏾‼️‼️

Y'all know good and damn well if Charli came out now you all would be calling her white. Dead ass stop playing lmao.

@@bgcrp2005 damn millenials get blamed for every damn thing. I was in high school when rappers started putting mixed, light skin bug booty models in their videos. That is GEN X! Jay Z, Nelly, Luda, Bun B.... all GEN X

Amil was LAME. She at 0 charisma and personality. I'm sorry but I think they picked her because her voice was just "different" at the time.

Idk... sounds like most of them just left under their own choice and really didn't want the business🤔

@@MrJreed1000 wym? You can clearly tell the men basically used them for their own gains and threw them away when they weren’t “good anymore”. The other half went their way to make a stronger bond with God, which is honestly such a good thing

@@Wrstbehavior okay... they left ... that was my point ...

@@Wrstbehavior plus putting everything on men really demeans the value of women and their talent.. It allows women to always fail and have a scapegoat ... "its someone else's fault I wasn't successful "... " if a man didn't do this .. I would've been bigger "... its a sad barritive for some solid mc's

Fax

Beauty standards and light skin privilege. There is still some though.

@Locust Queen Who's y'all? Blame the record industry execs who actually get to pull the strings and whitewash the industry for profit.

@@user-dv3kq3rm4h um no. Cuz when it's time to promote some of yall don't pop up. All talk

@Locust Queen exactly.

Nikki and Meg and city girls are all brown dark skin girls

Rah digga is tight, never heard a verse from her I didn't like

And kut klose or allure?

Isyss! Loved them

Stfu, & preach at the same time. I loved "TG4." Sevyn Streeter was in that group.

@@mizzjacquettaxx6974 Allure had me "All cried out." So much, my CD player cussed me out

@@mizzjacquettaxx6974 yes kut klouse & Also brownstone

Same! I love this channel for being so different ❤️

Yes and SOOO NOSTALGIC

@@LisaF777 same even though I wasn’t even alive in the 90’s 😂

@@LBay-ko9jf me too

Truth ❤️ this channel mesh with my nostalgic thoughts lol

She is I actually follow her and she is saved now living a peaceful life

It's a good thing that she went to Christianity. Because nobody was buying her music.

@@Tariqueeee there's always one star apple out of the bunch she actually was successful during her height everybody loved her and listen to her music I Still turn it on from time to time oh... She had a platform you don't even have a profile pic have a great life

@@NicoleKeith-Smith 😅😅

I feel for you if you think she changed bc of "god". She made so many BAD choices in her life... She had to change bc she was ashamed.

Yesss Amil was one of my favs growing up ... her and Sole’ .. buts also like Jay seemed trust worthy bc of what he did for foxy career.

Yeah I think that was just an excuse to drop her “she gained weight” is stupid

She lives in North Carolina now I heard a rumor that works at a Walmart

@@colossus112785 She explained that rumor was untrue. She has interviews on youtube explaining why she left Rockafella.

@@colossus112785 she does live in North Carolina... But the Walmart part is a lie.

She is married to The muslim guy that used to.do all the stepping for Public Enemy...SW1...i think is his name?

She's heavily into spirituality and is married to Professor Griff. That came out of nowhere lol

Ex Wife?!

@@tishpowell5278 yes..they use to be married and I think they have a child together..

@@AberrantAlien I know it did come out of no where..him and genuine seem so different..

Heck I’m tryna be 125

I'm tryna be that 90-2000s model type now

@@cwytchsparks right! I’m trying to be built like them! I’m petite but not tall so I fit their aesthetic more so than I do the overly hourglass look

@@lee_rayyy58 facts I'm tall (5'9) but I was always slender growing up (think Aaliyah's build) so my body structure fits the model type than the overly curvy figure. No disrespect to all the hourglass figured women out there ofc

@@cwytchsparks trends come in ways I guarantee in the next decade at least our body types will come back “in style”

Exactly. Shawna was actually helping Ludacris. He probably would still have good music now.

Luda was mad petty. Even Chingy said without saying Luda was petty and jealous on BET Where Are They?

That part

no listen to amil’s song quarrels featuring Carl Thomas ! she explains the real reason of why she left the industry 💯

@@tatyanah5098 lamo you crazy!🤣🤣

Amil was the shit

@ShandraJohnson right, I kept saying Cardi B reminds me of a rapper from back in the day just couldn't put my finger on it. Thanks

Amil voice was kinda boring. I only have a CD maxi single from her.

Facts.

Amil voice was ill she just needed better production and direction

Well honestly, the Industry followed the Hollywood Standard that in order for women to be considered successful, glamorous and a sex symbol (eye candy) they had to be thin. As not to lose credibility and capital the Rap Industry followed suit until they saw the measured success and mass appeal from female rappers of the likes of Queen Latifah, Missy Misdemeanor Elliot, Mia X and any other big boned thick female emcees that ever rocked the mic. Basically in a nutshell, those women paved the way for rappers like Lizo

Yeah because Amil was pretty & The same thing happened with Eve too

Well u don't buy Beanie Seagal's album for sex appeal. You buy it for music appeal. You wanna blame thr sex appeal doible standard, then complain to God for making men and women differently, then blame God again for making the female body so beautiful to look at.

@@giq8747 yeah but they also have to blame themselves for basically saying Women are shiny objects

while i couldn’t find her exact height online, in pictures she looks to be around the same height as beyoncé who’s 1.7m - so using that for reference, amil was at a perfectly healthy weight for herself at 135 pounds. the entertainment industry is extremely toxic and promotes so many unrealistic standards, it’s unfortunate she had to give up making music because of it.

Yeah they are from around my way. She (Vita) still lives out here in jersey near home. Once in while you will see her in a local grocery store or out and about. Ahe is super cool.

@@just-a-jerseygirl-lori9109 That is sooo dope! I love to hear when celebs are down to earth. Thanks for sharing

Yea, that was a fun fact

Vita my girl she was jus slept on Oooh baby u want me Ooooh baby u want me Well u can come get this lap dance for free🎶🎶

😂😂

Right

🤣🤣🤣🤣 IM SCREAMING!

@ShandraJohnson no, she had multiple record's, hits after hits & was in a few movie's. Ashanti pretty much the only person from Murda Inc to actually kept going and still going

Never be the last! Lisa did too much? Playas fuck up too. JD should have jumped on MULLATOTHEREALSAVAGE!!!

And those same men have to rely on other men to put THEM on!

@@jciv9149 like who?

@@Aries16603 men control the industry Jimmy Lovine and Clive Davis are two of them!I’m sure it don’t end with them…

The newbies too, except Doja, she made a name herself

@@sow2312 This is the social media era. Literally anyone can get famous. Plus Doja is under a label where men make her music and cuts her checks.

Genius

The male rappers used their popularity to put these female rappers on the map. They made great features but when it came to the solo albums, you clearly just heard it, the sales were low. So watchu talking about Willis ?

Yeah, I kinda figured the same when I wouldn’t see them again, and a lot of them were amazing and deserved better. I notice a few started acting, still, it sucks how they’re treated like a passing trend and made to sign shitty contracts and then dropped.

Bingoooooo💯💯💯💯 only one THAT really got 2 shine was Mia X & Lil Kim oh yeah the Da Brat

​@@renaldsunset Sales were low due to LACK OF PROMO. Look at how their mixtapes were doing. Jacki-O damn near went Gold before being signed. Rah Digga + Shawnna were heating up too.

I came for La Chat!!!

Mia X

Mia, boo and lachat better than the chicks in this video

One time for the South!

Yesss to everyone listed here. Part 2, let’s go.

@Blue Siren I mean yes and no because it’s keeps us coming back for more .😂😂😫

Ikr... we need mmoorreee lol

😄 facts

Right!! I'm ready for, pt 1, 2, 3,4......

Kevin Samuels would be proud. 🤣🤣🤣

If he were a high value man we would have known this a long time ago glad she is doing well because they really tried to black ball her.

Wackio lol

How can they use payola but she had barely any success not even radio play?🤔 this is just a case of the Grammys just throwing a black person in for the hell of it & if they bought a Grammy she would of had won one

Charli Baltimore was actually a very dope lyricist, objectively, so her earning a grammy nod wouldn’t necessarily be a pay-for-play.

Tiara W they buy the nominations too she was good but I remember that era something was off with her having a nomination

FACTS! Irv blamed other people but it was his fault

awww Miss Onika taught u a new word here's your Cookies 🍪

Solé married ginuwine and had about 5 of his kids, but I think they're divorced now

Mia X left No Limit and is now a professor or teacher

Solé is still rapping, but tackles it from a more spiritual/new age angle, and the music remains FIRE.

Solé lives a Spiritual Lifestyle now her music 🎶 is on YT.

Mia X stopped rapping to raise her children after her mom passed away. She’s now a chef and an activist in New Orleans.

Right life was a lot similar

Yeah

Me too😫 its not the same I want it back

Most definitely

Everything about the late 90e and early 2000s was the best. The air felt different, music was good, life was good. I was teenager at that time and I miss it 😩

Jay z wanted to be like everyone

@@erickiam25 but now everybody wish they was Hov!

The commission was started by Biggie not by Hov. He just kinda got stuck with it when Biggie was killed but the group never went anywhere. Biggie also had a clothing line similar to roca wear before they revamped it

@@LJ11892 BIG first now Hov. See what I mean? Smh

@@AyeishaN0Curry get your facts straight, biggie came up with the idea to create the commision and jayz along with Charlie Baltimore was gonna be in the group, however big died, so the commision went to the grave along with biggie.......get your hip hop history facts straight before you start making up shyt.....

Yessss

Same lol

Yup

GURL...! I was just sayin' the same thing, but was like (to myself) - - "yo ass jus late to the gate".

Omg late af

@Blue Siren Nicki has been around for a while and she's not leaving anytime soon because she a has a solid fanbase

Yeah I think Doja will be around for a while. Honestly, Megan too if she opens up in her music more and tells more stories. She has a few records I think show more potential than her normal hypersexual tune... I think the City Girls will get bigger over time. They're a niche I dont see going away totally and I think QC still has some fight... I dont see Cardi doing music for that much longer. I like Asian as a rapper, but eh. Kash is about to start acting, which she should. She can rap too but I think people don't connect with her voice..

I certainly hope not, we've got to break this cylce of having only a few women rappers in the mainstream

None expect Nicki and maybe cardi will last this decade

@@BiasReviews yess Doja is definitely here to stay

I recall reading an interview she gave and saying that Jay wrote her raps and the stuff he was writing about wasn’t her style

@@mzcain1521 oh wow that’s a twist.

Honestly thoug, anyone associated with Murder Inc really got screwed over hard...not many survived unfortunately

@xo Lynn she's not funny looking she just has a strong bone structure

She's doing ok, her and her daughter are on GGHH NYC

None of Charli Baltimore albums got released

I was obsessed with Charli growing up. I spent most of my preteens and early teens waiting for her album to come out. It never did! Lol.

😂😂😂😂

Luda been shady he pulled the same BET stunt to Nicki Minaj too

He did?

@@colmekaglass6488 yes Luda is shady asf if he did it to shawnna and Nicki who knows how many women he’s done it to.

@@Gh-oy6zv N look where he at now!!! If it wasn't for Fast n furious....bc that music career is over. Been over!!!

As much as i like luda musically, he does seem kinda shady as a businessman. You notice how no one on DTP was dropping any albums except for maybe chingy & even he had to break away from DTP after that 1st album.

Right

Ikr ! Her and Empressive channel are on point. Remind me of the old Vh1 Behind the music series.

Definitely is and your right Ms Birthday - I presume that’s what your screen name is with all the numbers 😊😇😊, lol

🤣 you are absolutely right...

She is married to professor griff who is in public enemy after being married to Ginuwine first

@@blackbutterfly8136 I know I follow her on ig

@@officialkevonn I dint think she was that memorable as a rapper I only remember the songs you mentioned.

Yes I loved her!

Why do you have to be so petty for? Lol That may be the case for some of these Women, but Maybe It's just Female rappers careers usually don't have much Longevity that's not a diss at female rappers just been a common theme throughout the industry and some of it's unfair yes, but also it's just that some of them didn't want to or didn't have that IT factor to be a big mainstream name in the Music Industry, Blaming it all on men is just illogical.

@@isaiaharmand8841 if you triggered just say that 🤣

@@amyontv How am I triggered? Lol my comment wasn't hostile nor did I say anything disrespectful or out of pocket I just wanted you to think more relastically instead of just blaming men for everything.

Well Jay-Z wanted to keep Amil on the scene and in the game but she didn’t want to be there anymore. So it’s not like all the men in the industry were “using” these women. And one other point is, some of these men were using their own popularity in the industry to promo some of these female MCs, however in some of these cases that didn’t work out as planned and it resulted in this informative and really interesting video.

@Man On The Moon Nailed it

Yup!!

True💯👀🍿☕

She said she wasn’t about to bow to Jay z n call him god n ion blame her ya soul is the heart of gold

@@loveangel102 Periodt

She details this in her song “Quarrels” ft. Carl Thomas

Raspy ??...She sounded like a little girl....

Amil walked so Cardi B could run

Bia reminds me of Amil

Me too !!

Chyna Whyte? Do you mean Foxy Brown

@@thenotoriousk.i.m5684 Chyna Whyte was a rapper associated with Lil Jon and the eastside boyz

Lil Chat And Gangster Boo Can Rap Their Ass Off AND MEMPHIS STAND UPP

Chyna Whyte had that 🔥🔥🔥 verse on Bia Bia never heard anything commercial wise by her after that

Gangsta Boo still dropping

Welp you’re gonna be getting something soon

I think Luda might of hit it a few times and got jealous

@@shakiraevans6067 he did definitely 💯‼️

She was fine fine to😍

@@jameswilson9966 yes she still is💯

Yes and getto twins

Shit Mercedes too 😍😍🔥

Who

I thought Jade was a singing group?

This is a good list

Lady luck as in queen of the ring female rapper?cause if so shes🔥🔥🔥

@@salwashabazz7329 Jade the rapper not R&B group LOL!!! she was missy protégé in early 2000's she on the song gossip folks with missy elliott and had the song big head produced by timberland.