Her signature song “Roxanne’s Revenge” is treated like it was just a blip or didn’t matter much. Larnell does achieve what is an incredible edit that cinematically was brilliant. He cuts from Shanté ...

The 1984 song “Roxanne’s Revenge” turned Roxanne Shante into a rapping sensation. Now, her story comes to Netflix in the film “Roxanne Roxanne.” Actress, Nia Long discusses playing the role of “Miss ...

The film, once set for Neon distribution, features music by the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA. 2017 Sundance favorite “Roxanne Roxanne” is finally getting a worldwide release. Soon after star Chanté Adams won ...

One of the most famous early hip hop rivalries revolved around UTFO’s “Roxanne Roxanne” a song about a girl who brushed off the crew’s advances. Working with Marley Marl and DJ Mr. Magic, Lolita ...

A hip-hop biopic about Roxanne Shanté, the original girl rapper from Queensbridge, fills in the legend of "Roxanne's Revenge." One of the built-in hooks of the biopic is that it tends to involve fame ...

If you ever fall down a Wiki well searching for the origin of musical diss tracks, you’ll inevitably learn about Lolita Shanté Gooden. In 1984, the 14-year-old from Queens adopted the stage name ...

The first time you press play on Roxanne Shante's visionary hip-hop single "Roxanne's Revenge," you're hearing it just as the artist did: with no idea about what's coming next. Shante was just 14 when ...

Over three decades ago, a 14-year-old girl from Queens stepped up to the mic and put one of early rap's most infamous diss tracks to tape. Roxanne Shante's "Roxanne's Revenge" took the scene by storm, ...

It looks like there is a Roxanne Shanté biopic in the works and we are here for it. The Sundance Institute announced that a Michael Larnell film about the hip-hop legend—Roxanne Roxanne—had been ...