A: Roxanne Shanté
(Q: What old school femcee is now a practicing psychologist?)
Roxanne Shanté was only 14 when she ethered UTFO over their own beat and then went on to battle future greats like LL Cool J and KRS-One . Even then, she was smarter than the label execs who hired her.
When negotiating her first deal with Warner, she insisted on a clause that the label would provide for her education. The label, calculating that Shanté would only take a few courses and quit, agreed to the idea. Instead, Warner ended up paying for her studies through the PhD level at Cornell University. The satisfaction in her voice as she describes how she played the system is priceless.
Today, Roxanne Shanté runs her own psychology practice, in addition to owning an ice cream parlor in Queens. And hip-hop’s coolest where-are-they-now story just might be Roxanne’s revenge on the music industry.
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