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Limited Series – Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

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Examining the role the irrepressible women of hip hop played throughout the genre's 50 years.

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Natalie Autostraddle 08/10/2023
... Making queerness a five-to-ten minute segment at the very end, as if it wasn’t what we were talking about all along, was short sighted and leaves a bad taste on what was otherwise clearly a work of love and care. Go to Full Review Carmen Phillips Autostraddle 08/10/2023
Ladies First brings some of these women, who are perhaps now primarily known as famous survivors of abuse, and instead reinstates them as being the experts and contributors who built hip-hop that they are. Go to Full Review El Hunt London Evening Standard 08/08/2023
4/5
With so much male-dominated hip-hop history to set right, Ladies First has a big task on its hands, and largely pulls it off. Go to Full Review Shelli Nicole Vogue 10/16/2023
It’s a love letter, a sharing of history, and even a business plan by a group of Black women for the Black women—of all generations—who are watching. Go to Full Review Marty Brown Common Sense Media 09/05/2023
4/5
But the astonishing thing about the documentary is that it doesn't simply retell history; it uses hip-hop as a way to discuss complex and critical issues that Black women face not only in the music industry, but in American culture at large. Go to Full Review Diego Jemio Clarín 08/22/2023
4/4
The series leaves you with a strong desire to run and listen to the music of these pioneers and current figures of the genre. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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MC Lyte

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Queen Latifah

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Rah Digga

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Latto

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Tierra Whack

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Sha-Rock

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 9, 2023 Shaping Hip-Hop Sha-Rock, Roxanne Shanté and MC Lyte claim space for women in the early days of hip-hop, delivering rhymes with unique perspectives and bold messages. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 9, 2023 What Are They Up Against? In a male-dominated industry, women face criticism, colorism and other obstacles as they set out to define their own narratives, both on wax and off. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 9, 2023 What Have They Lost? Artists, producers and writers recount stories of abuse and erasure while working in hip-hop amid contract disputes, acts of violence and more. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 9, 2023 What's Changing? As women reflect on their journeys across decades of hip-hop, they spotlight the sisterhood in rap and celebrate being stronger together than apart. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Dream Hampton, Troy Carter, Raeshem Nijhon, Carri Twigg, MC Lyte, Nicole Galovski, Justin Simien, Jennifer Ryan, Diana Mandelare-Au
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 9, 2023
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