The biopic Roxanne Roxanne, available March 23 on Netflix, tells the story of the young woman at the centre of it all. Shante grew up in a Queensbridge, New York City housing project.

Roxanne Shanté, born in Queens, New York, on November 9, 1969, entered the rap game at a time when hip-hop was predominantly male-dominated. Shanté’s big break came in 1984, when she was only ...

Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the first solo female rapper to take home a Grammy for lifetime achievement.

In 1984, the young rapper spit a diss track, " Roxanne's Revenge," that put grown men to shame. That story is at the centre of a new Netflix film called Roxanne Roxanne.

Roxanne Shanté came in spitting venom with confidence. The record hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart (now Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs), making it Rick James’ final chart-topping single.