The contest was an annual event held at The Fever Night Club.
Winners of this prestigious contest have included some of the greatest
names in Hip Hop; LL COOL J, FAT BOYS, RUN DMC. The main event was
the annual Rap Battle. ROXANNE SHANTÉ was the first female to ever
enter and win the ‘Freestyle Champion/Battle Rapper’ competition.
ROXANNE SHANTÉ was raised in the Queensbridge Public Housing Projects, in Queens, New York.
At the age of 14, Roxanne released her first single “Roxanne’s Revenge”. It was the first response
record for the UTFO track “Roxanne Roxane”.
Roxanne prompted ‘The Roxanne Wars’. These wars
included over 86 response records, all aimed directly at Roxanne Shanté. She was the first female
Rapper to have Platinum Singles and Gold Albums. Subsequently, Roxanne became the first internationally known female Rapper. Roxanne also helped launch the careers of the following Hip Hop icons; BIG DADDY KANE, BIZ MARKIE, MC SHAN and NAS. Roxanne Shanté has been an integral influence and role model for many artists in the music industry and empowered female artists in all genres. She is one of the most sampled cross-genre voices; artists such as JANET JACKSON, BLACK EYED PEAS, NAS, JAY Z, J-COLE, BASEMENT JAXX have sampled her.
ROXANNE SHANTÉ continues to be one of the most in demand ‘Classic’ Hip Hop acts. Roxanne has
been immortalised in the biographical motion picture “ROXANNE ROXANNE”, which is Produced by
PHARRELL WILLIAMS & FOREST WHITAKER and Executively Produced by Roxanne Shanté.
“ROXANNE ROXANNE” the movie is released on NETFLIX on the 23rd March 2018.
The ‘ROXANNE ROXANNE’ World Tour marks the 35th Anniversary of the event that launched the career of the Hip Hop legend, ROXANNE SHANTÉ and coincides with the NETFLIX premier of “Roxanne Roxanne”.
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DATES AVAILABLE FOR EUROPEAN TOUR - SEPTEMBER 2018
Hits include: “Roxanne's Revenge”, "Have A Nice Day”, "Bite This", "Queen Of Rox (Shanté Rox On)"...