How Trina flipped the script on stereotypes of Black women in rap

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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How did the "bad bitch" replace the "ride or die chick" in hip hop? In this episode of Louder Than A Riot we talk to the original baddest herself, Trina, about how her career flipped the script on dusty old stereotypes of Black women in rap, and left men down bad. We also sit down with Trick Daddy, the man that put her on, to hear how he feels to see her shining; and check in with Latto, a rapper carrying the torch that Trina set aflame 25 years ago.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Robin Hilton from NPR Music and today I'm excited to share the next
0:04.0	installment of NPR's new season of Louder Than a Riot with you.
0:08.4	This season, Louder Than a Riot is digging into the unwritten rules of rap and the rule
0:13.2	breakers who refuse to play nice.
0:16.2	In this episode, they sit down with Miami Legends, Trina and Tricked Daddy to get the real
0:21.0	story behind the making of their classic song, Nan.
0:25.0	It's a story that reveals how Trina brought sexual agency and creative autonomy to a genre
0:30.5	where women were often reduced to role-playing misogynistic male fantasies.
0:35.8	This is the story of how Trina gave birth to a generation of rappers, from Megan the
0:40.6	Stallion, to City Girls, to Lotto.
0:43.8	And just a quick note that this episode is more explicit than usual, so please be advised.
0:49.5	I won them before we begin.
0:52.3	This podcast is explicit in every way.
0:54.8	In this episode, includes profane language and descriptions of sex, high to kids.
1:01.1	I was at one of my friends house.
1:05.1	And we were just hanging out.
1:06.8	We just always hang out.
1:08.6	And Tricked Cards.
1:10.0	This is Trina.
1:11.8	The Miami rapper goes by many names.
1:14.6	The baddest bitch.
1:16.3	I'm in Princess.
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