Can’t say that there aren’t any female rappers out right now besides Nicki Minaj.
Veteran hip-hop journalist Davey D has taken on the task of compiling 500 Female Emcees. Showing love to female emcees, he casts a spotlight on some known and an unknown acts.
Todays featured artist is Shadia Mansour. The British born, Palestinan is the self-proclaimed touches on topics like war and poverty that has ravaged her homeland of Palenstein.
Her first single, “Al Kufiya Arabiya” (The Kufiya is Arab), featured M-1 of the group dead prez.
She uses the track to emphasize the kufiya’s role as a symbol of Arab nationalism. The song was written when Mansour discovered an American made blue-and-white colored Arab scarf with Stars of David on it. Mansour introduced her song on stage in New York: “You can take my falafel and hummus, but don’t fucking touch my keffiyeh”.
Check out the video for the track below and follow Davey D’s 500 Female Emcees series here
Source: Color Lines
