Hottest Women of … Hip-Hop!
Lil' Kim
Notorious B.I.G. brought the sexy, 4-foot-11, fellow Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, native into the rap game by making her the only female member of the Junior M.A.F.I.A. crew. Meet the self-proclaimed “black Pamela Anderson.”
Missy Elliott
Don't she look like a Halle Berry poster? Well, she's also one of the most successful writers and performers in the history of the game.
Lady Sovereign
“I was always playing tricks on people,” the impish, five-foot-one London MC says with a grin. “Say someone was drinking a bottle of water? I’d pour it down their shirt. People started to hate me.”
Queen Latifah
This Oscar-nominated rapper/CEO/TV star could fit (snugly) into any list of hottest women. And no, she don't know you from a can of paint.
Foxy Brown
Born Inga Marchand in Brooklyn, Foxy broke in on the strength of her contribution to LL Cool J’s “I Shot Ya,” and from there, the hardcore MC never looked back.
Eve
Philadelphia native and Ruff Ryders crew member Eve Jihan Jeffers hit paydirt with her debut solo album, Eve: Ruff Ryders' First Lady, which sold nearly 2 million copies. From there, she branched into film and TV while keeping close ties to her inner thug.
Princess Superstar
Wrapping hip-hop, punk and wacky jokes in a wardrobe lifted from Debbie Harry's closet proved a winning combination for unlikely NYC rapper Concetta Kirschner. In her words: “I never knew about the Bloods and the Crips/But I know about the tucks and the nips” (“Famous”).
