'Well, my name is Roxanne, a-don't ya know, I just a-cold rock a party, and I do this show,' 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté—neé Lolita Shanté Gooden—rapped over the beat for her hit song, 'Roxanne's Revenge' in 1985. Deemed one of the pioneers of battle rap, Shanté credits her rhyming and freestyle skills to watching comedian Nipsey […]
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