There's been an ongoing debate as to the reasons female mc's aren't at the height of the hip hop industry. Beside such idols like Missy Elliott, Little Kim, Eve, Trina, Shawnna, and Foxy Brown, the new century hasn't seen many others rise to a prominent standard. There are a number of reason, from being too sexual to being too manly, from being too high-maintenance to being too grimy. For whatever you think the female rap artist is doing it is ultimately causing their downfall.
 In a perfect world I have a solution to such a demise. Of course as you may know any dream can come to reality and what I have to suggest may very well start the process of a more equal arena concerning women in the hip hop industry.

1. Band Together
 Nothing disturbs me more than the way women treat each other, especially when it comes to this industry. Ever since we were kids, girls were always quick to abandoned one of there fellow females for the approval of their male counterparts. Even in relationships, if it's serious or rather if it's not as well, it takes days to get in touch with your home girl while the men still have Friday nights out with the boys. Every time you see a woman MC accepting an award she's surrounded by men instead of a click of down ass females. Every time you see collaborations you see a gang of men and maybe one woman. What about women collaborating with each other? I would love to see 3 women on a track featuring one dude.
 We're constantly competing with men, doing anything we can to gain acceptance and it never seems to appease them no matter what is done. To a woman if another woman backs her click up, she's considered a force to be reckon with, to a man she's just a crazy bitch and that's not very supportive. We hold power in numbers, so the more of us that support each other more people will take us seriously. If you sell your own girl out, you'll sell anyone out.

2. Don't Forget Your Body, Just Be More Than Your Body
 We've heard it a thousand times. We talk about our kit-kats more than anything else and everyone is just plain sick of hearing about it. Sure, it's something that is pretty special, it's the door to new life and can drive a man loco in the head, bending to the will of your mighty oochie power. But it's not all there is to us. I believe a lot men have it right, they talk about things many people as a majority can relate to. The wonderful thing about females is that many of us experience not just the woman aspect of life but also that of a man. Many of us are single mothers, or hustlers, or orphans, or victims of serious crimes, and even the villains. We have many subjects to discuss that the world can relate to other than fancy clothing or sex and the skillful artist can incorporate it all together making the bigger of picture of life come to light. Expand your knowledge, write about everything. We have a bad habit of succumbing to the will of man when we really need to succumb to will of our experiences. If it shouts to be written, write it even if it's not the club booty romper. Ice Cube said it best at the 2009 Hip Hop Awards, "Don't be a slave" and he meant that for everything, radio and TV. Keep doing what's in your heart, make it hot but most of all make it real.

3. That Glass Ceiling is Thinning, Lets Break it!
 I know of many women who have great ideas and make better decisions about business than some men. Don't let your talent corner you into being only an entertainer. Own more of what you do by becoming involved. Learn the business and create a business. The more women we have in executive positions the better our chances of opening the flood gates for more ladies to come through. Like I've mentioned before we always succumb to the will of our mighty men and it's high time we join them in their ranks instead of adopting new "play fathers" to take care of everything we're doing. Now granted we don't have to bash men over the head with "my hips are bigger than yours, move over!" but if you have a talent for running things or creating brands and new avenues then I think you have every right to run a business or at least hold enough shares to have input in the way things are ran. I understand that we may have been through so much that it feels good to have someone else take over once in awhile if not always, but it's that kind of thinking that lets people know you'll never have what it takes to maintain a career. Men think they want a housewife, but isn't it always the ambitious, creative, and full of life women they go after?  If you can't take a serious interest in the how your career is going and where it should go then what makes you think anyone else will.

These are the main issues I have with Female Mc's and being one myself is something I take very seriously. I've learned through trial and error what works and what doesn't and realized I was following trends instead of setting my own. I hope to be a focal point in the Female Rap community and give full support to those who are definitely making a change without hate and just pure hope and willpower and realistic ideas. If everyone believed the hype of "that's just the way things go, you can't change that." Then Black people would have never founded the Civil Rights Act.

Ya better believe it.