Who we are
Rhyme like a Girl (RLAG) is dedicated to creating spaces and opportunities for aspiring and established female MC's and hip-hop artists to develop, grow and build relationships with one another, as well as, promote positive images of women in hip-hop music and culture. The core artists in the collective perform and tour as a band.
RLAG PerformancesRhyme like a Girl performs original written songs, spoken word and freestyle rap with DJ and/or live band. |
RLAG GlobalSeveral RLAG Alum and currently active MC's have followed in Toni Blackman's footsteps touring with music diplomacy programs and as independent artists. They've performed and taught in Brazil, India, Serbia, Ecuador and all over Africa and North America. The RLAG Legacy resonates around the globe. |
RLAG Workshops For GIrlsThe RLAG workshops illustrate the way this form of artistic and cultural expression can be a powerful tool for women and girls to honor their own voices, generate positive images, become activists and transform their creativity into a powerful tool to change the world. |
RLAG has featured in events with ESSENCE Magazine, Eve Ensler’s V-Day Festival, the Alliance Against Sexual Assault here in NYC, Take Back the Night, Studio Museum in Harlem, the New York Restoration Project, Black Girls Rock, Lincoln Center, The Apollo Theater, Ohio State University, The Girl Scouts, Girls Inc., a host of Women’s Month events and the Sista2Sista Summit.
OUR GOALRhyme like a Girl provides the communal vibe and safe space that girls and women need to nurture their skills. |
First Let'sLISTEN
Hip-hop is so much more than what we hear on TV and Radio. Although women have been a part of hip-hop music and culture since the beginning, their contributions have never been fully acknowledged. Imagine what hip-hop would sound like with women's voices receive more light! RLAG demands that the world LISTEN to what girls and women have to say.
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Now let's WORKSHARE
Please SHARE when you see us on social media, hear a song or a video of an RLAG Performance. We are so grateful when our believers share pics and add their own commentary as to why it is important to support women in hip-hop. We are rebooting in 2018 because the demand for RLAG is increasing and we want to be able to meet the need. We intend to be a part of the world changes taking place. RLAG is on the forefront of the paradigm shift.
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IT'S UP TO USSUPPORT
There are a multitude of ways you can support our work. Connect RLAG to resources and paid booking opportunities for workshops and performances. Let us know if you have partnership ideas! Tell your friends who work in the media to help heighten the visibility of our movement. You can buy merchandise, buy music from the individual artists and check out their own ventures. RLAG is brilliant collective of educators, teaching artists, writers, entrepreneurs running both for profit and non-profit ventures! Look for the GoFundMe page and let your money do the talking. We are determined to use our talents to make a difference.
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