Women in hip hop music

This week in class we discussed the importance of women in hip hop and the struggles with fame that they faced. Personally I didn't know a lot of about women in hip hop because I don't usually listen to that particular music nor know the history of artists whether its male or female. I found out that it wasn't easy for women to become famous and popular as it was easy for males. Normally the females would have to partner with male artists which basically shows that they were legit artists. I thought this was quite ironic that for women to become big artist they still needed the help of men. The reason they were doing what they were doing was to prove that they could make it big like the male artists. In present day there are many female hip hop artists so that is living proof that women from the past who tried to make their mark on the world actually inspired more women to make it big in the genre of hip hop. One artist that we talked about that I was familiar with was Beyonce. She started out like every other women trying make it big and she was an icon in that time and it shows because even to this day she is popular. I admire how women of the past tried to set up women in the present to be just as good as men and make it just as easy for women as it is for men to succeed in hip hop music.