Nigeria's music scene has
seen a lot of female rappers
whose careers came and went
very quickly. We had the likes
of Sasha P, Weird MC,
Munachi Abii, who served us the odd hit here and there,
and then faded into oblivion. This isn't surprising, given that
rap/hip hop is a testosterone-
filled space, and you know
how men get when women try
and challenge the 'status
quo'.


Haddy Rappia, a female Hausa rapper is one of these
women challenging the status
quo, and is hoping to become
as big as Nicki Minaj some day. She is certainly an anomaly in
the rap game because she is
one of the only female rappers
from the very conservative
North.


Women in the male-
dominated music industry are usually hypersexualised (See
Nicki Minaj, Lil' Kim and Cardi
B), and it's very interesting to
see Haddy Rappia aiming to
storm the industry fully
covered up!

Her musical ability might need
some (a lot) of work if she
wants to be as big as Nicki
Minaj, but her courage and
self-assurance are endearing
to watch, and it's also great that she is holding on to her
tradition and culture whilst
pursuing a career that would
be considered outrageous.