Meeting of the rap girls

Hip Hop is just for Machos with thick gold chains? That used to be. The ladies are fed up with bikini dances and background vocals - they prefer to do their own thing. In the US, female rapists like Missy Elliott or Eve have long been superstar status, and in Germany, too, the rhyme artists are on the rise. To make the female rap even better known, the first women's hip-hop festival "We B * Girlz" starts this week in Berlin. For four weeks, women from all over the world will share their passion for MCing, DJing, Breakdance, Grafitti, Beatbox etc.

We'll tune you in for the hip-hop party and give you some on the next few pages German rap protagonists.

Girls on the Mic: These rappers should be remembered

Pyranja

MC Pyranja, 30, born in Rostock, since 2001 in the Hip Hop business. She founded her own label and released three solo albums.

"Hey, sometimes I wake up and watch my life go by. Maybe I've already achieved something, but I can not say it's enough for me. I do not want to understand anymore, I do not want to be allowed to do so much anymore. See me and die a die, who wants to kiss my tears?

I pretend that I do not care, lie to myself and say: It's just fun. Now that I'm here, I'm not asking what I'm allowed to do. So do not get in my way, otherwise I'll say goodbye and that's it. "

Excerpt from the song "So oda So" by Pyranja, released on the album "Women and Technology" (Pyranja Records)

On the next page: TemmyTon from Hamburg

TemmyTon

TemmyTon, 27, German-Turkish from Hamburg, has released her first solo album in 2007. Not part of the "We B * Girlz" festival - is having a baby break.

"I start to realizeWhat is certain and what is shaky. Inside, I have to know what my intention is. Look at the past, with my dachshund look. Make self-talk and speak Tacheles, I take the step into the unknown and did not bend me. I like the hard core because it's the most real. Hardcore, the shell is shit, outfit and image my capital is verbal. I look around, put myself in my audience, that the devil is there, damn, I already knew that. (...)

Head up, chest out, stomach in'In this game you have to be a strong woman. Your dreams are the basic building block, so head up, chest out and stomach in. "

Excerpt from "Kopf hoch" by TemmyTon, released on her debut album "Komma aufn Punkt" (Schmuf Hamburg)

On the next page: Susius from Berlin

Susius

Susius, who has been active in the Berlin hip-hop scene for almost ten years, is a text writer for EMI and is currently working on a solo album.

"We drop word envelopes, because we all have something to say, LadyKay can ask or me! After line and thread: We B Girlz get you what everyone here needs - Masculinrap not today.

Whether tender, angular, hard or dirty, here every space that has rappers and talent has it, I make up for it, you're a woman, do you have more on it? Well, then get in touch, for the sampler next year, because We B Girlz does not fall apart! "

Excerpt from a song by Susius, released on the new "We B * Girlz Compilation"

On the next page: She-Raw from Berlin

She-Raw

She-Raw, 25, German-American, grew up in Berlin, calls herself "Princess of Rap" and will release her second solo album soon.

"Alta, girl, what's wrong with you? You're so funny, come tell me, what's up with you !? - I am still me. Man, I do not know. I think I have something to tell you. I'm not sure yet, but I think I love him ...

Could you see him?, would you understand me. It was only a moment, our eyes crossed. It was like fire in my veins, I knew I was not mistaken ... But I tell you: Could you see him, would you understand me ... "

Excerpt from "Could you ..." by She-Raw

On the next page: Sookee, the germanist

Sookee

Sookee, 25, has been on stage as MC and Slampoetin for six years, studying gender studies and German studies, first album released in 2006.

"Many people always just want to be right, while they empty their words to speech bubbles. What does "I love you" mean today? Just so that the body gets a bit of love? What? Surely not many people share this view, because most do not love the language, do not appreciate it - often hardly perceive it. Who does not respect language, always has the disadvantage.

I long for moments of fullness In everyday life, unfortunately, you only come across words. No matter what I intend to do in my life, in any case I fight for language and vocabulary - word! "

Excerpt from "Sayings" by Sookee appeared on the album "Kopf Herz Arsch" (Jubeko)

On the next page: The trio Jeneez

Jeneez

Ninjah, AnaRey and Roxy, from Berlin, have been making music together for four years. Debut album to appear in 2008.

"Come down first, get some air and just listen to me. You are a fighter and nothing has ever broken you. When I look at you, I see strength, even high in the curls. I know you, a long time, and giving up is not your thing. Bite tight, hold on, because the pain goes away.

I am always there for you, lean on you. Are you just not clear, call me. It's also in the middle of the night, I'll go. My sister, tell me what I can do. "

Excerpt from "smile" by Jeneez

On the next page: LadyKay from Berlin

LadyKay

LadyKay, all-rounder from Berlin, one of the few who rapt in English, makes theater and films besides.

"On a fast traintrying to forget my last name. I reach out for the world on a vast lane, got a tramp's cane. Looks like I'm against your grain looking out where my heart is. You taught me to go where the soul leads me, free like a gypsy on a trip. See you, picked out the good ones. And I was like a nerd and I took tons. Now I know where the road leads me, But I do not feel free that you track me. And I know you've been through my diary, it's okay, but you just told me. "

Excerpt from "What's next (Trust me)" by LadyKay

On the next page: Cora E., the pioneer

Cora E.

Cora E., 40, something like the "Big Mama" of the German women's rape, her debut album "CORAgE" appeared in 1998.

"I'm from a middle class, that's certainly in Germany. We were not upstairs and not downstairs.

My parents were divorced when I was just seven. Courts ham decided that two children stayed with the mother.

So we were three of us, moved out of the big house on Sylt, but the small apartment was right for me, because no father roared more. So I missed the sea very much. It was very hard for me to get used to the city.

I became a keychildThese are the children, where the parents are not at home, the mother is not standing by the window waving, for she went to the service day by day. It certainly was not easy for her to explain that she still likes us. "

Excerpt from "Schlüsselkind" by Cora E., released on the album "CORAgE" (EMI)