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The South Bronx MC from the legendary crew Funky Four Plus One is back on the map. Sha-Rock, the femme fatale that has corrected many of the misinformed that “it didn’t start with Salt-N-Pepa,” will be hosting a DC fundraiser on January 6th that will be taking place at Ladies’ Night at the Classic Hip-Hop Club.

For those who don’t know, now you know:

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Okay, so this has become yet another cliché, but until resolved, it will remain relevant: What can bring New York back?

As someone told me, it's a shame that the most anticipated albums of New York City hip-hop comes from rap veterans over the age of thirty. While many of them are respected, such as Ghostface, Nas, Method Man, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, LL Fool J, and a few others, this kind of leaves a limited space for newer rappers to emerge; a lot of the attention is focused on the big dogs of the game, thus leaving the younger and/or newer cats as a last resort.

In addition to that, watered-down, run-to-where-the-money's-at rappers, such as Fat Ho, don't realize that their retirement would pretty much be well appreciated, and would play a big part in keeping the rap game fresh. Right now, there's too much congestion, and not enough room for growth.

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On the VH1 red carpet, when asked about femcees such as Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim and their vulgar, tasteless marketing strategies and sprite-can-disappear-in-my-mouth lyrics, Salt of Salt-N-Pepa had this to say:

"I definitely think there's room for women to be represented in a better light...There's a responsibility when it comes to the microphone. [As far as "Let's Talk About Sex"] We were talking about safe sex. There was a message in the music."

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