Nia Long will not lose. Just a few weeks after ABC announced it was canceling Uncle Buck (after a single season) the 45-year-old beauty popped up on Roxanne Shanté’s Instagram page and revealed ...

Roxanne’s revenge was sweet indeed. Twenty-five years after the first queen of hip-hop was stiffed on her royalty checks, Dr. Roxanne Shante boasts an Ivy League Ph.D. – financed by a f… ...

Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the first solo female rapper to take home a Grammy for lifetime achievement.

The dramatized story of Roxanne Shanté’s life is coming to a computer near you. Starring Nia Long, Mahershala Ali and Chante Adams, Netflix is releasing the biopic Roxanne, Roxanne in March ...

The first time you press play on Roxanne Shanté’s visionary hip-hop single “Roxanne’s Revenge,” you’re hearing it just as the artist did: with no idea about what’s coming next.

NEW YORK — Nia Long plays Roxanne Shante’s mother in a new docudrama on the rap pioneer’s life, but when the actress and Shante sit down to chat in real ...

When it was done, some 87 “Roxanne” tracks had been released, according to Shante. The artist — a mother of two grown children who now lives in Newark, NJ, runs an education nonprofit for ...

NEW YORK — Nia Long plays Roxanne Shante's mother in a new docudrama on the rap pioneer's life, but when the actress and Shante sit down to chat in real life, their bond reveals itself to be ...

At 14, Roxanne Shanté become a revered rapper in New York and beyond. ... [Shanté's mother] had to be hard, no nonsense. One of her rules was nobody should be out past 9 p.m.

Rather than a conventional music biopic about an ’80s hip-hop artist and her place in history, “Roxanne Roxanne” is more of a compelling personal saga that happens to be interspersed with music.

Rapper Roxanne Shante on August 9, 1988, in New York City. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images. Aug. 4, ... Shanté survived domestic abuse, among other hardships as a teenager mother.

Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the ...