This illustrated bookhighlights 100+ women in rap, from icons to forgotten voices,who helped pioneer and shape the most culturally significant music genre of the last half-century
Clover Hope is a Brooklyn-based writer who has previously worked as an editor at Vibe, XXL, Billboard, and Jezebel. Hope has written for a range of publications far and wide, including Essence, GQ, Wall Street Journal Magazine, the New York Times, Cosmo, Elle, and the Village Voice, among others. She is currently a contributing editor at Pitchfork and an adjunct professor at NYU. She was a cowriter on Beyoncé’s Black Is King film.
"This is the quintessential, comprehensive book about women in the
rap industry that I've been waiting for. It shines a bright light
on a history of overlooked female talent and breaks down the
ingenuity of our current generation of stars."
--Issa Rae, creator and star of HBO's Insecure
*Issa Rae*
"This book is achingly overdue. Women in hip-hop, as musicians,
journalists, and executives, have always dealt with a staggering
and sobering truth. Hip-hop, which we love and hold dear, does not
always love us back. With The Motherlode, Clover Hope loves on us.
She peels back the layers--the joy and pain--and makes sure our
untold stories are now told and retold."
--Aliya S. King, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Keep the
Faith
*Aliya S. King*
"Clover Hope has offered up here such an engaging, enlightening,
addictive book. It's one of those reading experiences where you say
to yourself, 'Okay, let me just read one more chapter,' and then
two hours later you're sitting there having accidentally read a
third of the book swearing to yourself, 'Okay, but for real this
time, just one more chapter.' I wish I could read it again for the
first time."
--Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year
Book
*Shea Serrano*
"This book is a lively colorful celebration of the flyest
formidable forces that keep rap music flourishing into the
future."
--Elliott Wilson, music journalist, chief content officer of
TIDAL
*Elliott Wilson*
“The author and journalist Clover Hope’s enthralling book gives
female architects of hip-hop their long awaited dues.”
*The New York Times*
“The book’s infographics and beautifully illustrated portraits by
Rachelle Baker are made to reel readers into every next page.”
*Forbes*
“The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop illustrates the
stigmas, career breakthroughs, highs and lows of hip hop to show
how these iconic women helped shape and change the culture of
rap.”
*The Root*
“Over the course of the book’s 238 pages of essays, factoids,
interviews, and gorgeous illustrations by Rachelle Baker, Hope
leaves very, very few stones unturned in pursuit of a fuller,
richer, more in-depth history of women’s contributions to hip-hop
music than has ever been attempted before.”
*UPROXX*
“An appealing survey that highlights many unsung heroines along
with the superstars. For hip-hop fans and music historians
alike.”
*Library Journal*
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