This list is a tribute to the women pioneers who broke through the extremely dude-centered genre of rap. The range is impressive: At one end, we have Queen Latifah, who I hope will be my best friend in my next life. She just radiates positive energy, and she probably has a lot of hot gay friends she would be happy to fix you up with. At the other end, MC Lyte scares the **** out of me.

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