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The Lady of Rage

Rapper She rocked rough and tough with her hit 1994 single "Afro Puffs" after gaining national attention on Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle. Born Robin Yvette Allen, Lady of Rage released her debut album, Necessary Roughness, in 1997 on Death Row Records. She also has built a career as an actress and is best known as Coretta Cox on The Steve Harvey Show and Baby D in Ice Cube's Next Friday. In 2008, the ferocious rapstress performed at the BET Hip Hop Awards in a special tribute to female MCs and appeared in the show's 2011 cypher.

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Ladies First

Lil Mama, MC Lyte and Lady of Rage attend the Female Legends of Hip Hop Interactive Panel Discussion held at the L.A. Film School in Hollywood. Lyte is also readying a new reality competition series where she is looking for the next top female emc...

Lady of Rage

Lady of Rage rocked rough and stuff with murderous verses on "Lyrical Gangbang" and "Stranded on Death Row." She had a hit a few years later with "Afro Puffs," but her career never reached the potential she showed on The Chronic. She returned to t...

Lady of Rage

Afro Puffs may be her claim to fame but we remember Lady of Rage running hard with the Death Row boys in football jerseys and baggy jeans. (Photo: Jill Ann Spaulding/FilmMagic)

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton, Cheryl 'Salt' James and DJ Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Lady of Rage

The Ladies First Medley consisted of "Cha Cha Cha" by MC Lyte, Yo-Yo's "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" and "Afro Puffs" by Lady of Rage. Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Spinderella also did a medley of their hits within the set with "My Mic Sounds Nice," "Shoop...

Lady of Rage

While Yo Yo opened the door for West Coast femcees, it was the Lady of Rage who stomped her way through it. Her career got an incredible jump-start with guest appearances on Dre's The Chronic and Snoop's Doggystyle. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Im...

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