Teagan Angell, Fordham University

Drake accused Megan Thee Stallion of lying about Tory Lanez shooting her in 2020, making her the industry’s latest mistreated female rapper.

Chelsie Ross, Florida A&M University

The Queen of Rap is no stranger to public feuds, but her recent battle with Latto sheds light on the way she treats her fellow artists.

Re’nesia Mills, University of Tampa

Female rap artists like Yung Miami, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion make mature music all the time, but why are parents bothered by it?

Arianna Taylor, University of Rochester

The backlash to Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion’s hit song is incredibly hypocritical, and ignores the track’s empowering message.

Maddy Ipema, Columbia College Chicago

Hip-hop culture needs to make female representation and diversity a priority.

Christine Bushart, Georgia State University

Megan Thee Stallion’s moniker for summer 2019, “Hot Girl Summer,” illustrates the shifting demography of the rap game to include more women.

Grace John, Rutgers University

A fierce, multilingual, female rapper? Yes, please.

Taylor Miller, SUNY Cortland

With her new album ‘Invasion of Privacy,’ Cardi B is breaking records and rising to the top of the rap scene — and she’s just getting started.

Christian Zeitler, Carnegie Mellon

Where other female rappers have broken into the male-dominated world of hip-hop by out-manning their competition, Noname flips the script, delivering soft, dense lines of poetry.