Newcomer Chante Adams stars in one of Sundance’s biggest hits this year, “Roxanne Roxanne,” as one of the pivotal figures of 1980s hip-hop, Roxanne Shante. “It was a little nerve-wracking because I ...

Chanté Adams glides through the 10th floor of The Chamber Group’s downtown New York building. She’s especially jubilant. Not because the city has issued a snow day due to snowflakes the size of ping ...

Roxanne Shanté talks her historic Hip-Hop career, from being the first battle rapper on record to surviving the industry’s wildest moments—including six months living with Rick James. She even weighs ...

In the 1980s, as hip-hop was budding in the streets of New York City, a teenage girl from the Queens projects emerged as one of the genre's first female stars. At 14, Lolita Shanté Gooden, better ...