NICKI MINAJ: The Last Woman Standing.

Hip Hop has enjoyed the presence of beautiful and lyrically gifted female rappers since its golden era, the likes of Monie Love, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah,Yo-Yo, Da Brat, Boss, Nikki D, Rage, Eve, Lauryn Hill, Lil Kim, Foxy*Brown, Angie Martinez, Amil, Left Eye, Salt N Pepa, Rah Digga, Missy, Sole, Bahamadia, Vita, Charli Baltimore. These ladies have contributed their individual role in the game and have set the mark for other Femcees to follow, but in recent years Hip Hop has seen the decline of female rappers with alot of them stepping back into the shadows, most of them obviously retired  so they can start a family as its not easy to be in the game and keep the real family tradition of raising kids, its quite easier for men to cope with this but not for the ladies who turn mothers because the bond and obligation women have to their children is not the same as with men.

One would have expected that as the rap amazons are retiring, a new breed of female lyricist would be ready to replace them and work the paths their predecessors took, but this is not the case, the vacuum is so wide now that female rappers had to start coming back from retirement, who can blame them? But thanks to Nicki Minaj for stepping up to revive the glory of  femcees, her coming brought back the glorious days when female rappers break records and top chats, like Queen Latifah ( First female rapper to win a Grammy)  Da Brat ( first female rapper to go platinum ) and Missy (the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA,). Nicki  has set a standard for the new generation of  female emcees at a time when the game was lacking a female titan, she came in and her style and versatility was impossible to ignore by the Hip Hop heavy weights who took her in and embraced her. Yes the SAVIOR of female rap had come, she confidently said so herself in an interview years ago when she just got signed by Weezy to Young Money and she proved to be right,  Currently unequaled by any other female in the game unlike the 90's when we had contenders  like Kim and Foxy battling for supremacy and getting almost if not equal attention from fans,

Nicki Minaj stands out in this era of femcees and she's forced to rival the veteran Lil Kim as there seems to be no new comer in her league strong enough to stand on the same platform or enjoy the same fame and attention Nicki is getting right now, she has achieved alot in such a short time and she seems to discover her versatility by the day. The multi talented rapper and singer seems to be the last woman standing in a world where men dominate and the few female rappers making effort to share the spot light are still in the shadows, its no surprise that she gets  no love from some other rappers especially females as she seems to be getting all the shine for a while now. I sincerely hope for some new female rappers to step out or step up and give Nicki a good run for her fame, there is always room for a new act to shine but it takes  talent and the right persona to get where Nicki is today. Until the next femcee is ready to claim the top spot in the industry, Nicki Minaj remains the LAST WOMAN STANDING in the Hip Hop world.

FROM ROC'A'FELLA TO JAIL'A' FELLA. BEANIE SIGAL GOES TO PRISON AGAIN

If you know Hip Hop, the name Beanie Sigel shouldn't "Ring a Bell"  It should remind you of the prestigious Roc 'A' Fella Dynasty once ruled by Jay Z & Dame Dash. But sadly The empire collapsed like the Roman empire and ever since then things haven't been going well for some of these "Fellas" who once "Rocked".

Born Dwight Grant, the  39 years old  rapper Beanie is already facing a two year prison sentence for tax evasion and on Wednesday he was sentenced again for up to two years for a drug possession charge, he pleaded guilty to possession of an illegal drug Percocet, this led to six to twenty three months sentence at a county jail. The Drama began on August 29 2012 when a car he was inside was pulled over in a traffic stop after the policemen noticed the car swerving over the dividing lines.

Mr Sigal was not the one driving, he was said to be asleep when the car was stopped. The man driving the car Mr Gerald Andrews was given a pat-down and several prescription pill bottles and a small quantity of Marijuana was discovered, this led to the pat-down of  Sigal, revealing a bottle of codeine syrup, various pills hidden in a cigarette pack and about $4,500 in cash which he later claimed to have won in a casino. After a proper search, a fully loaded .38 caliber pistol was found in the car, more bad news for both Sigel and Andrews who are convicted felons and are prohibited from possessing a firearm. Sigel had previously served a federal sentence for firearms offenses in 2004.

Sigel was arrested just hours after the release of his newest solo album, “This Time,” which includes the song "That's All I Know" (featuring Akon).He recently experienced serious financial problems, mainly due to the tax issue, this album would have helped his financial distress but with his incarceration, lets see how his new label Ruffhouse EMI would handle it.

No doubt another sad story for the Hip hop community of Philadelphia U.S.A, Beanie Sigal is one of their rap heroes who rose to fame  in 1998 when he got signed to Rocafella Records, he left the label in 2009 after the end of his contract and at one time released a track dissing his former boss Jay Z, he signed to G Unit Records when the song was released. Well, this is not the first time he is doing time, he already spent one year behind bars in 2004, but lets hope this is going to be the last.