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Door knocker earrings on the dance floor and on the mic, rap has birthed these ladies with attitudes using house music as their tool for sound. When you think of explicit female rappers, automatically Lil' Kim, Eve, Khia, and Remy Ma comes to mind but now more female rappers such as Amanda Blank, Santogold, Bunny Rabbit, Plastic Little and Illvia are making their presence in the club world with their savvy lyrics.

Many Americans view commercial hip hop as little more than a venue for scantily clad women and shallow lyrics about drugs, fast cars and fast cash. But on the West African stage, hip hop is proving to be a political weapon, capable of inciting rebellion and change.