{"id":1440,"date":"2010-01-07T00:24:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2014-04-21T21:26:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T02:26:37","slug":"roxanneshante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/artists\/emcees\/roxanneshante.htm","title":{"rendered":"Roxanne Shante"},"content":{"rendered":"

Born Lolita Shante Gooden, Roxanne Shante was part of a phenomenon that took place in 1984.<\/p>\n

UTFO’s<\/a> song “Roxanne Roxanne” was a huge hit that year about their attempts to seduce a woman named Roxanne.<\/p>\n

One night Shante overheard WHBI’s Tyrone Williams, Mister Magic, and Marley Marl<\/a> discussing the fact that UTFO has skipped out on promised appearance.\u00a0 Shante offered to record a dis record.\u00a0 Her skills seemed up to par despite only being around 14-15 years old.<\/p>\n

Marley produced and she rapped the song, “Roxanne’s Revenge” and it made them both famous.\u00a0 In fact, Shante couldn’t go to school because so many people would stand outside of her classroom.<\/p>\n

Following her success there were over one hundred more “Roxanne” answer records.<\/p>\n

She began to tour constantly, freestyling her way through all takers.\u00a0 He war with UTFO continued as she would do anything to sabotage their shows and make them look bad.<\/p>\n

She had a few other hits (written by Big Daddy Kane) like “Have a Nice Day” and also “Go on Girl” from the movie Colors. <\/em>She also did a duet with Biz Markie in 1986 called “Def Fresh Crew”.\u00a0 She also worked with Rick James on a “Loosey’s Rap.”<\/p>\n

Other tracks of note were “Payback” and “Freestyle” in 1987<\/p>\n

1990 saw the release of “Big Mama” which took on every other female rapper in the game.<\/p>\n

Her most recent appearances were on the album “QB’s Finest” on a track called “We Live This” and on the a single from the UK group Mekon.<\/p>\n

Check Out Shante with Biz Markie in 1986<\/h3>\n