A "Realness" B-Side: Roxanne Shanté

Update: 2018-07-25

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Roxanne Shanté is the queen of Queensbridge rappers. As a teenager in the 1980s, she lyrically demolished all comers. In this B-side outtake, we talk with Roxanne about meeting Prodigy, encouraging Hav to go solo, and how the water in Queensbridge bestowed her with rap superpowers.

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A "Realness" B-Side: Roxanne Shanté

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A "Realness" B-Side: Roxanne Shanté