Clover Hope's "The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop" chronicles the history of women rappers. Exclusively for Insider, Hope shares the top five unsung female musical acts featured in her book.

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve heard Remy Ma’s diss record aimed at Nicki Minaj. If you’re really up on game, you’ve heard Remy’s second attack. Minaj hasn’t responded outside of Instagram ...

Hip-hop pioneer and battle rapper Sparky D shares her origins and her struggles in the early days of the genre to now.

Sparky D became one of the first female battle rappers in the music industry. She gained widespread recognition through her participation in the Roxanne Wars, responding to Roxanne Shante's "Roxanne's ...

Some pioneering hip-hop artists are in town to help a local nonprofit raise money to fight hunger. On Friday, classic emcees of 1980s renown such as Kurtis Blow of "Basketball" and "The Breaks" fame, ...

Portia has an intimate conversation with Doreen ''Sparky D'' Broadnax about her rise to fame in the 1980’s as one of hip hop's first female battle rappers. Sparky gives Portia the inside scoop on her ...