Women in Canadian Hip-Hop: Beyond the Headlines

The builders

1. Michie Mee — the first lady (see our feature): Jamaican funk and Canadian style, years before (see our features) the word existed (see our features).
2. **Choclair's collaborators? no — the 90s *wave*** — the women (see our features) behind (see our features) the scenes (see our features): the DJs — the promoters — the writers (see our features).
3. **The 2000s' bridge *generation*** — the women (see our features) between (see our features) the underground (see our Halifax feature) and the mainstream (see our features): the names (see our features) the fans (see our features) know (see our features).
4. Haviah Mighty — the 13th Floor (see our feature): the Polaris arrival (see our features) that announced (see our features) the new center (see our features).
5. Backxwash — the horror-rap (see our feature) visionary (see our features): the trans (see our trans feature) voice (see our features) that rewrote (see our features) the genre's (see our features) possibilities (see our features).
6. **The next *generation*** — the young MCs (see our features) building (see our features) now (see our features): the future (see our features) arriving (see our features) already (see our features).

The beyond-headlines truth

The truth (see our features): the women (see our features) were (see our features) always (see our features) there (see our features) — the headlines (see our features) just (see our features) didn't print (see our critics feature) the names (see our features). The canon (see our hip-hop features) revising (see our features) itself (see our features) now (see our features) — the names (see our features) restored (see our features), the credit (see our credit feature) due (see our features). The (see our features) women (see our features) built (see our features) it (see our features). The (see our features) headlines (see our features) catch up (see our features).