{"id":41,"date":"2018-03-20T22:34:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T22:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/2018\/03\/20\/remy-ma-is-all-about-empowerment-for-womens-history-month\/"},"modified":"2018-03-20T22:34:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T22:34:30","slug":"remy-ma-is-all-about-empowerment-for-womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/2018\/03\/20\/remy-ma-is-all-about-empowerment-for-womens-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Remy Ma is &#8216;All About Empowerment&#8217; For Women&#8217;s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/remy-ma\">Remy Ma<\/a>\u00a0praises the power of women. The outspoken rapper consistently uses her platform to discuss self-image, and the\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AOvCyD9bbDM\">video for her latest single<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)&#8221;\u00a0&#8212; the\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/mint-condition\">Mint Condition<\/a>-sampling track featuring\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-brown\">Chris Brown<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; celebrates the beauty and diversity of black women. It\u2019s not a far departure from her 2006 hit &#8220;Conceited,&#8221;\u00a0when Remy first let the world know that her self-confidence was unshakeable. 12 years later, she\u2019s encouraging more women to feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">In honor of Women&#8217;s History Month, Remy has crafted a playlist that is, naturally,\u00a0very pro-women. &#8220;This month is all about empowerment so I wanted to share some of the songs that keep me motivated and moving forward and I hope they do the same for you!&#8221;\u00a0she told\u00a0<i><em>Billboard<\/em><\/i>. With tracks from Rapsody, Dej Loaf, and Missy Elliott, the playlist prominently displays the talents of female rappers from various generations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/files\/styles\/article_main_image\/public\/media\/remy-ma-2018-cr-columbia-records-billboard-1548.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Columbia Records<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Remy Ma Previews New Music, Brings Out Lil&#8217; Kim, Desiigner and More For Star-Studded NYC Show<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Remy also wants to foster a culture of collaboration among\u00a0female emcees. During the NBA All-Star Weekend, Remy hosted a Women\u2019s Empowerment Brunch, where she told\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/music\/news\/remy-ma-female-rapper-collaboration-1202704179\/\"><i><em>Variety<\/em><\/i><\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;there\u2019s strength in numbers.&#8221;\u00a0She continued, &#8220;We all bring something different to the table, and once people realize that, stop fighting each other, work together and help build each other up, we\u2019ll grow even more.&#8221;\u00a0Her playlist hints at this collaborative spirit with a feature of Queen Latifah\u2019s empowering anthem, &#8220;U.N.I.T.Y&#8221;\u00a0Also heavily featured on the playlist? Another rap\u00a0queen,\u00a0Lil Kim, who Remy recently brought out at her NYC show on March 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The remainder of Remy&#8217;s 25-track-long playlist neatly blends &#8217;90s hip-hop staples with today\u2019s hits. From Kendrick Lamar and SZA\u2019s &#8220;All the Stars&#8221;\u00a0to Bruno Mars and Cardi B\u2019s &#8220;Finesse,&#8221;\u00a0the list is packed with songs that make you want to groove. In many ways, it\u2019s a family affair, featuring fellow members of Terror Squad including Big Pun\u2019s posthumous &#8220;It\u2019s So Hard&#8221; and Remy and Fat Joe\u2019s &#8220;All The Way Up.&#8221;\u00a0Even Remy\u2019s husband, Papoose makes an appearance with his single &#8220;Back On My Bull&#8212;&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remy Ma\u00a0praises the power of women. The outspoken rapper consistently uses her platform to discuss self-image, and the\u00a0video for her latest single\u00a0&#8220;Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)&#8221;\u00a0&#8212; the\u00a0Mint Condition-sampling track featuring\u00a0Chris Brown\u00a0&#8212; celebrates the beauty and diversity of black women. It\u2019s not a far departure from her 2006 hit &#8220;Conceited,&#8221;\u00a0when Remy first let the world know that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}