Newcomer Chante Adams stars in one of Sundance’s biggest hits this year, “Roxanne Roxanne,” as one of the pivotal figures of 1980s hip-hop, Roxanne Shante. “It was a little nerve-wracking because I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A funny thing about Roxanne Roxanne, the new Roxanne Shanté biopic that went up on Netflix last week: The movie goes through the ...

Kangol Kid, a member of the Brooklyn hip-hop group UTFO whose 1984 song “Roxanne, Roxanne” sparked a legendary rap rivalry, has died at the age of 55. The emcee/producer born Shaun Fequiere’s death ...

Netflix has released the first trailer for Roxanne Roxanne, a biopic about the life of Roxanne Shanté, who changed the face of hip-hop during the early 1980s. The trailer stars Chante Adams who plays ...

Producer Mimi Valdes got a call from Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali in 2016 and she nearly had a panic attack. Valdes knew Ali just rehearsed with the lead actress of her upcoming film, a newcomer ...

Roxanne Shante's highly lauded biopic, Roxanne, Roxanne is set to debut on Netflix in a few days, an in support of the film, she's been opening up about a number of issues— including her experience ...

Queens native Roxanne Shanté — born Lolita Shanté Gooden — became a teen rap sensation in the '80s, at a time when hearing female rappers on the radio was rare. The film “Roxanne, Roxanne” tells the ...

Netflix has released the trailer for Roxanne Roxanne, which follows the career of Queens-born rapper Roxanne Shanté. Born Lolita Shanté Gooden, Shanté began rapping at the age of 13. She rapped with ...

'Roxanne Roxanne' will stream only on Netflix March 23rd. By Tom Breihan In 1984, a 15-year-old Queens rapper named Lolita Shanté Gooden took on the rap name Roxanne Shanté and released the single ...

In the 1980s, as hip-hop was budding in the streets of New York City, a teenage girl from the Queens projects emerged as one of the genre's first female stars. At 14, Lolita Shanté Gooden, better ...

Director Michael Larnell has returned to the Sundance Film Festival this season with his second feature, Roxanne Roxanne. The pic starring newly minted Oscar nominee Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis ...