Episode: Hip-Hop, Erasure & the Power of Black Women’s Voices (feat. Bassey Ikpi)

THE MIC IS OURS– Episode: Hip-Hop, Erasure & the Power of Black Women’s Voices (feat. Bassey Ikpi)

In this episode of Midlife Flyness, we dive into a conversation that’s long overdue: where are the voices of older Black women in hip-hop and culture? Poet, author, and cultural critic Bassey Ikpi joins me to break it all down, sparked by Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance and the glaring absence of Gen X Black women in the mainstream hip-hop narrative.

We explore how hip-hop, a culture we helped build, often erases Black women as they age—despite our influence as fans, creators, and culture keepers. From nostalgia to necessary reckoning, we discuss why it’s time for older Black women to reclaim space, demand visibility, and remind the world that we are still here, still shaping the culture, and still fly.

Tune in for an honest, insightful, and powerful conversation that challenges the narratives and uplifts the voices of the Black women who made hip-hop what it is today.

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