Murs on the Absence of Female MC’s in Hip Hop

This very sad but true commentary on why females are M.I.A. in hip hop, should make all of us who claim to love the music and culture take a look at themselves. The absence of women in hip hop is the big ugly elephant in the room that few want to talk about. It’s really a scary sign that the culture is not moving forward. In fact, women are playing less of a role than they did just 10 years ago. Some say that they’re not good enough to compete with their male counterparts. Start kickin’ that shit to me, and I have a Jim Crow story I’ll tell you about. I get very few submissions from females, and I wish there were more.

Sure hip hop can be degrading to women and chauvinistic. I also believe that this is reflective of society as a whole. But, even the porn business has women who are running companies, distributing and producing their own products. This is a problem in hip hop that needs to be fixed. Women have something to say and we need to listen. Their absence could be one of the reasons why hip hop started going sour. Think about it!