First things first : hip-hop ladies who changed the game /

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Includes bibliographical references.Beginnings. Cindy Campbell planned and promoted the first official hip-hop party. Yup, that one -- Millie Jackson, rap's first "mother" -- Some of the first rap records (and the ladies who made them) -- MC Lyte, the first lady of rap voices -- MC Trouble was Motown's first woman rapper -- TV/Film. Interlude : can Courtney Sloane interior-design my house? -- The ladies in and around the first hip-hop movie, Wild Style -- Roxanne Shanté, the subject of the first widely released biopic about a woman rapper (and some of the other ladies we need biopics on!) -- Dee Barnes, the first woman to host a hip-hop program on broadcast television with Pump it up! -- Leslie "Big Lez" Segar, the first and only woman to officially host Rap city -- Heather B. was the first Black woman on a reality TV show -- Sophie Bramly, the woman who brought "yo!" to MTV first -- Queen Latifah was the first rapper to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- Megan Thee Stallion, the first woman to perform a rap at the Oscars -- Fashion. Interlude : Eve, my personal style icon -- April Walker is the first woman to have a dominant hip-hop fashion brand -- Lil' Kim, the first "blueprint" for the modern woman in rap -- Misa Hylton, the first godmother of hip-hop style -- Music. Interlude : what do you know about ESG? -- Mary J. Blige, the first (and only) "queen of hip-hop soul" -- Missy Elliott, the first woman in rap to go to the future -- Gangsta Boo, the first lady of crunk music -- Trina, da (first and only) baddest b**** -- Nicki Minaj, the first woman rapper to completely demolish two goated men on a track -- Print/Radio. Interlude : Danyel Smith, the first Black person and first woman to be editor in chief at Vibe, and many, many other things -- Honey, the first magazine to speak to Black women of the hip-hop generation -- Kim Osorio, the first woman editor in chief at The Source magazine -- Angie Martinez, the first Latina hip-hop "voice" in the Radio of Hall of Fame -- Awards/Certifications. Interlude : a very random thing I learned about Foxy Brown -- Salt-n-Pepa were the first all-woman rap act to have an album go gold and platinum -- Da Brat, the first solo woman rapper to have a platinum album -- Ms. Lauryn Hill, the first woman to win five Grammys in a single night -- Cardi B is the first woman rapper to earn three diamond-certified records."First Things First, hip-hop is not just the music, and women have played a big role in shaping the way it looks today. First Things First takes readers on a journey through some notable firsts by women in hip-hop history and their importance. Factual firsts like Queen Latifah becoming the first rapper to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauryn Hill making history as the first rapper to win the coveted Album of the Year Award at the GRAMMYs, April Walker being the first woman to dominate in the hip-hop fashion game, and Da Brat being the first solo woman rapper to have an album go platinum, and metaphorical firsts like Missy Elliott being the first woman rapper to go to the future. Altogether, First Things First is a celebration of the achievements of women in hip-hop who broke down barriers and broke the mold. So the next time someone doesn't have their facts straight on the ladies in hip-hop, you can hit them with 'first things first'..."--