TV Show0%
First Ladies of Hip-Hop
The women behind the beats. The pioneers who broke barriers in Britain and the US from Sha-Rock to Speech Debelle. Neneh Cherry honours the trailblazers and game-changers.
Oct 7, 20231 seasons3 episodesReturning SeriesEN
Cast spotlight
Jump into full cast pages for bio, socials, and recent work.
Episodes
1–3 of 3
Ep 1Episode 1
Oct 7, 2023
59m
The women behind the beats - hip-hop’s great women pioneers always struggled for recognition, both in Britain and the US. Now they share their stories of how they shaped the genre.
Ep 2Episode 2
Oct 7, 2023
59m
The story of how some of hip-hop's greatest women, from Roxanne Shante and Salt-N-Pepa to Monie Love and Eve, fought for their voices to be heard in hip-hop's male-dominated era.
Ep 3Episode 3
Oct 14, 2023
59m
From the 1990s onwards, hip-hop women reached the very top, from Lauryn Hill and Eve to Nicki Minaj and beyond.
Networks
BBC Two
GB
