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Mike and Dave's Rappers Award for "Queen of Rap" Awarded to Sha-Rock
Recipient
Sha Rock
Date1983
Mediumwood
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 9 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 13/16 in. (23.019 × 17.621 × 2.064 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.400.1
Text EntriesIn 1983, Sha-Rock received the Mike and Dave’s Rappers Award for “Queen of Rap” in 1983.
MC Sha-Rock (Sharon Green, b. 1962) was one of the original members of the Funky 4 and then became the +1 More when she returned to the group. With Funky Four +1 More being the first rap crew with a female MC, Sha-Rock is known as hip-hop’s “First Lady,” “Mother of the Mic,” and the most prominent and influential female battle MC. When the Funky 4+1 More disbanded, Sha-Rock joined a new group with two of her peers, Debbie D and Lisa Lee, called Us Girls. While a part of US Girls, they had their first major film debut in the 1984 hip-hop movie Beat Street. Sha-Rock’s early contributions to hip-hop paved the way for not only urban youth growing up in the South Bronx, but the foundation for emerging female MCs in hip-hop.
Brown wooden rectangular plaque. Silver emblem of a reef with two faded gold leaves on the right and bottom of plaque. White letters read, Mike and Dave’s Rappers Award 1983 “Queen of Rap” Sha-Rock over a black background.
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