God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop

God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-HopAn NPR Best Book of the Year "Without God Save the Queens, it is possible that the contributions of dozens of important female hip hop artists who have sold tens of millions of albums, starred in monumental films, and influenced the direction of the culture would continue to go unrecognized." AllHipHop. com Cant Stop Wont Stop meets Girls to the Front in this essential and long overdue history of hip hops female pioneers and its enduring stars.

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