Where The Ladies At?? (Women In Hip Hop Panel) @ Toronto Free Gallery in Toronto, ON - Sat Mar 6th!

DD Radio is proud to present a Women in Hip Hop Panel as part of the upcoming T-dot Pioneers project. The project runs for a few weeks, but our panel, entitled "Where the Ladies At?" takes place on Saturday March 6th at 2PM at the Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor St. West).

Panellists Include:

- Michie Mee, legendary Canadian MC
- Isis, Thunderheist
- Jeni MacKenzie, Radio Host, Flow 93.5FM
- Tara Muldoon, HipHopCanada /Publicist
- Daniella Etienne, Universal Music Canada/The Remix Project
- True Daley, Soul Hip Hop artist/Pop Culture Critic
- Lady P, Toronto's first female Hip Hop MC
- DJ L'Oqenz, DJ/Educator/ former tour manager for Zaki Ibrahim

Moderated By: Droppin' Dimez Radio - Canada's ONLY All Female Hip Hop Show, CKLN 88.1FM (Mel Boogie, JJ Rock & Big G)

Outline:

Droppin’ Dimez Radio, partner with T-Dot Pioneers Project to present “Where the Ladies@?”: a frank discussion between women representing various areas of the music industry. Since Sylvia Robinson’s integral role in the emergence of rap music as a commodity with the release of the Sugar Hill Gang, women have played a major role in the success of hip hop music and culture. In Canada, one of its first hip hop stars, Michie Mee repped the female cause ensuring gender was always a topic of discussion. Despite hip hop’s overly macho image, there has always been space (at what cost?) within hip hop where men did not entirely dominate the industry (although, often behind-the-scenes). Today, talented female MCs like Jean Grae and Eternia can scarcely be heard with the same resonance of their predecessors like MC Lyte or Queen Latifah. If hip hop culture is more globalized, and generates billions of dollars a year, why are we hearing less female voices, in particular from female MCs? We hope to offer information and education about women’s struggles and successes in the Canadian urban music industry and shed some light on how to collectively break through the “glass ceiling” when it comes to achieving and defining success in this market.