A funny thing about Roxanne Roxanne, the new Roxanne Shanté biopic that went up on Netflix last week: The movie goes through the entire career arc that most music biopics go through, and for the ...

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 ...

There aren't too many 14-year-olds who changed the music world on their way to doing their mother's laundry, but that is the legendary backstory of Roxanne Shanté. In 1984, the young rapper spit a ...

It’s not to suggest that all rap music is about the rivalries or battles, but what was outstanding about Shanté is her involvement or her kick-off of the Roxanne Wars. Her involvement was her ...

Actress Chante Adams had just graduated from Carnegie Mellon University when she got a call from a casting agent who wanted her to audition to be the lead in the Roxanne Shante biopic "Roxanne, ...

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 ...

Netflix's Roxanne, Roxanne gives a moving glimpse of what it's like to be a young female trailblazer in a world that refuses to provide support, and Shante's story will most certainly leave a lasting ...

Any real hip-hop head will recognize the name Roxanne Shanté, the rap-battle prodigy who rose to fame as an adolescent and set a precedent for future female MCs like Queen Latifah and Nicki Minaj. And ...

Kangol Kid, a member of the Brooklyn hip-hop group UTFO whose 1984 song “Roxanne, Roxanne” sparked a legendary rap rivalry, has died at the age of 55. The emcee/producer born Shaun Fequiere’s death ...

Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the ...