MC Lyte

These all-female posse tracks help shape the hip-hop movement in the 1990s and beyond.

These classics are the perfect jams for your summer luvin'.

MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Salt-N-Pepa are rarely discussed regarding pioneers in hip-hop. While many women have come after them, these three hip-hop acts laid the foundation for the women in rap today to fly.

While spring is getting off to a cold and brisk start, these 18 rap and R&B collaborations are sure to head things up.

MC Lyte is engaged.

Originally released in 1997 "Love Jones" the movie features a young courting couple from Chicago. One a poet, the other a photographer...what seems to be a casual hanging out together, turns into an emotional roller-coaster as one tests the other in their relationship!

While the music industry, like many others, is dominated by men, these women demonstrate they have the power to change the world through their powerful words and voices. Check out 20 Songs to Celebrate the Superwoman in You.

The 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards featured an impressive line-up of performances on Saturday night (Sept. 20) in Atlanta. Among the performers that hit the stage included Common, T.I., YG, Ty Dolla $ign, Baby, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Bobby Shmurda and more.

Although the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards won't air on BET until Oct. 14, The Boombox has gathered all the best and worst looks from the red carpet.

BET has picked up four new reality television shows, one of them called 'Hip Hop Sisters.' The docudrama will follow rappers MC Lyte, the Lady of Rage, Yo-Yo, Smooth, Monie Love and Lil Mama as they attempt to relaunch their careers in hip-hop music.

Sources say a charter school in South Los Angeles will be forced to shut down its successful Hip Hop culture curriculum this June due to budget cuts. Founded by Sebastien Elkouby, The Global Awareness Through Hip Hop Culture program is one of the only educational Hip Hop courses in the nation offered to middle and high school students...

If you were wondering who would be the headliners for this year's Essence Festival in New Orleans wonder no more. Superstar rapper Kanye West will head to New Orleans this July to headline the 2011 Essence Music Festival.