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<\/a>By: De\u2019Arbreya Lee, Brooke Kelly & Jennifer White<\/strong> Although radio stations are heavily dominated by male rappers, Jackson, Mississippi\u2019s own 97.7 has been spotlighting female emcee, Lady C, since age 15.<\/p>\n Coming into the game at the age of 10 through inspiration given from listening to her older brothers, Crystal McGrew, a senior elementary education major, has made a name for herself.<\/p>\n Lady C, who has performed in 20 states since beginning her career eight years ago, got her first start on the airwaves with the single \u201cRice Crispy\u201d which included brother and rapper Yung Pigg.<\/p>\n \u201cI got started when I was 10 years of age\u201d, said McGrew, now a 22 year old college student.<\/p>\n Other than her hometown of Jackson, Atlanta is one of McGrew\u2019s favorite cities to perform in. When on stage, McGrew says the crowd reaction is one of the best parts of performing.<\/p>\n McGrew says she likes to rap about life, clothes, and having fun.<\/p>\n Looking at the current state of female rappers in hip-hop, the doors haven\u2019t always been welcoming. The 1980\u2019s and 90\u2019s gave birth to many of raps greatest female emcees and while Young Money artist Nicki Minaj has stepped on the scene as raps newest big female rap success, much of the music crowd today is still waiting for the emergence of a dominant female rapper.<\/p>\n \u201cI like the old school folks really,\u201d said McGrew who recalls Mia X as one of the first female rappers she admired. McGrew believes making it big in the rap industry can be difficult for women because record companies often judge females on their looks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very hard,\u201d said McGrew about making it into the industry, but she isn\u2019t letting that stop her.<\/p>\n \u201cI totally disagree [with how things work], but at the same time that\u2019s how it goes,\u201d McGrew, who recently lost 16 pounds said.<\/p>\n \u201cSuck it up like a champ,\u201d is how she says she deals with the music industry\u2019s demands on female artists.<\/p>\n \u201cPractice. Practice. Practice. Rehearsal. Rehearsal. Rehearsal,\u201d said McGrew on her philosphy to improve her skills and performance.<\/p>\n After graduation, McGrew would like to move to either New York, Atlanta, or California to take her music career to the next level.<\/p>\n If you like to purchase Lady C\u2019s album \u201cDiamonds, Crystals and Pearls,\u201d log on to the website www.lady2dac.com to purchase the album for $10, or individual songs for one dollar on i-tunes. This Sunday, McGrew will be performing at Dreamz JXN in downtown Jackson at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: De\u2019Arbreya Lee, Brooke Kelly & Jennifer White Staff Writers Although radio stations are heavily dominated by male rappers, Jackson, Mississippi\u2019s own 97.7 has been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nWhile older rappers have most influenced McGrew, she said, \u201cI have to respect Nikki Manaj because she\u2019s holding it down for the ladies\u2026.what female rapper you know made a million off a mixtape?\u201d<\/p>\n