The Most Successful Female Rapper Of All Time

Music has had its share of successful female rappers including old time greats, Queen Latifa and Little Kim but lately in the Hip Hop arena, we have yet to see a female rap artist attain success next to the likes of the male dominated genre. This tale held true until an eccentric, Spunky, fun whited, and quirky lyrical artist stepped on the scene in 2009 with a slew of music features on other artists singles and topping the charts at number 1 with her first hit single "Your Love". Ever since the rapstress has stepped foot on the hip hop scene her consistency with producing great records and growing fan base, has made the barbie beauty a force to reckon with. When comparing the statistics to other female lyricists to date, Nicki Minaj can be hailed as the most successful female rapper of all time.

According to Carlton Jordan.com other female rap artists album sales produced a certain amount of numbers, the details are as follows.

Trina 

Da Baddest B***h – 33K

Diamond Princess – 67K

Glamorest Life – 77K

Still Da Baddest – 47K

Amazin – 33K

Lil Kim 

Hardcore – 78K

The Notorious K.I.M. – 230K

La Bella Mafia – 166K

The Naked Truth – 109K

Missy Elliott 

Supa Dupa Fly – 129K

Da Real World – 131K

Miss E So Addictive – 250K

Under Construction – 259K

This Is Not A Test – 143K

The Cookbook – 176K

*Drum Rolls Please*

NICKI MINAJ 

PINK FRIDAY – 375K

PINK FRIDAY ROMAN RELOADED – 254K

According to the Statistics, Nicki Minaj effortlessly supersedes all with only a mere two albums released, if the lyricist is able to maintain these type of numbers for her third album, then I believe it is safe to say that she is an artist rapping consumer friendly greatness, an act banking in her own lane. I look forward to hear more music coming from Nicki Minaj and to watch her empire grow as she becomes the most 

successful woman in Hip Hop today. To learn more about Minaj please visit her website at http://mypinkfriday.com/events#tour

References

Jordan C. 2012, April 17. Nicki minaj on track to become the most successful female rapper in history. retrieved from. http://www.carltonjordan.com/2012/04/17/nicki-minaj-on-track-to-be-most-successful-female-rapper-in-history/. April 22, 2012

Minaj, N. 2012. My pink friday. Retrieved from http://mypinkfriday.com/events#tour. April 22, 2012

  

Business Over Talent: Iggy Azalea V.S Snow Tha Product

Ask any established artist how easy was it for them to  break into the music industry, I can almost guarantee that the answer would be it took good music, excellent management with a dash of blood, sweat, and tears. Now, if you ask the same question to a female artist she would answer all of the above and then some. New artists that are female have to live a double standard when pursuing a music career especially in the genre of hip hop, women cannot just be talented but they also need to be visually pleasing to the viewers eye, typically in an over sexualized manner. In the hip hop community sex sells and unfortunately for some artist that are not visually and sexually appealing to the eye, have little chance attaining success.

For instance, freshman class new comer rapper Iggy Azalea has a good flow but I'm not too sure if crediting her success is due to her rapping skills, the 21 year old's image is reminiscent  to white barbie with a voluptuous body, don't get me wrong she is good but her visual package is what sells her, it reels in the viewers because she is hot! on the contrary, independent artist Snow Tha Product has a flow that can compete with Nicki Minaj, she is that good with her skills but in order for her to get any serious offers by labels she is going to need to revamp her image or create a story behind her music that is interesting enough to gain more of a following. In my opinion Snow can give Iggy a run for her money but because of the double standard in the industry it is likely that Iggy will remain the dominant player because of her well developed image. 

Only time will prove if listeners will  begin to remotely care about the talent rather than the look but during a tumultuous time in the music indusry execs more than likely will choose half the skills for the full image deciding business over talent. 

Check out below videos of rappers Snow and Iggy doing their thing!