Greatest Female Hip-Hop Artists of All Time — The Real Story Behind The Music

The music industry spent decades trying to convince the world that women didn't belong in hip-hop. Ten women proved them catastrophically wrong. In this chapter, RAP-UNTOLD counts down the 10 greatest female hip-hop artists of all time — not just by chart numbers, but by the real, documented, verified stories behind the music. Roxanne Shanté winning a rap war at fourteen years old with one freestyle. Lauryn Hill recording the greatest hip-hop album ever made at twenty-three while pregnant. Salt-N-Pepa releasing "Push It" as a B-side afterthought and receiving the first Grammy nomination ever given to a female rap act. Missy Elliott building a sound so far ahead of its time that Rolling Stone named "Get Ur Freak On" the greatest song of the 21st century in 2025. And Cardi B ending a nineteen-year drought for solo female rappers at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 — with her very first major label single. Ten women. Ten songs. The chapter that should have been told a long time ago. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell — new chapters drop every week. 💬 Comment: Who is YOUR greatest female rapper of all time? #RapUntold #FemaleRappers #LaurynHill #NickiMinaj #CardiB #MissyElliott #SaltNPepa #MCLyte #QueenLatifah #LilKim #RoxanneShante #MeganTheeStallion #HipHopHistory #WomenInHipHop #GreatestFemaleRappers