Celebrating 50 Women of Hip-Hop for Over 50 Years of Hip-Hop

The Hip-Hop Queens Brunch is a national celebration honoring the pioneering and influential women who helped create, shape, preserve, and advance Hip-Hop through music, DJing, dance, fashion, media, entertainment, business, entrepreneurship, and cultural leadership. Launching in Los Angeles in November 2027, the inaugural celebration will bring generations of Hip-Hop Queens together to receive their flowers, share their stories, reconnect, and celebrate the extraordinary legacy they helped build.

More than an awards event, the Hip-Hop Queens Brunch is about sisterhood, recognition, history, and legacy. It creates a space where pioneers and today's culture keepers can come together while introducing their stories and accomplishments to a new generation. We will honor 50 remarkable women representing more than 50 years of Hip-Hop and celebrate the role women played in transforming an American-born culture into a global movement.

2. YEAR-ROUND IMPACT

Taking the Legacy Beyond the Brunch

The celebration is only the beginning. Throughout the year, Hip-Hop Queens will work to bring the knowledge, experiences, stories, and leadership of our Queens directly into communities through mentorship, workshops, school visits, nonprofit collaborations, lectures, podcasts, documentaries, oral histories, digital content, wellness initiatives, and cultural preservation.

Our year-round programming will particularly focus on women and girls, connecting them with opportunities in education, leadership, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, career development, homeownership, wellness, confidence, mentorship, and economic empowerment. By connecting generations, we can turn the legacy of the women who helped build Hip-Hop into opportunities for the girls and young women who will shape what comes next.

3. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Leadership, Guidance & Cultural Stewardship

The Hip-Hop Queens National Advisory Council will bring together respected women and men from Hip-Hop, entertainment, music, media, business, education, philanthropy, and community leadership who believe in the mission and long-term future of Hip-Hop Queens.

Council members will provide guidance, cultural insight, relationships, expertise, resources, and national visibility while helping us strengthen programming, develop strategic relationships, identify opportunities, and protect the integrity of the culture and its history. The Council will help ensure that Hip-Hop Queens grows with purpose while remaining connected to the people and communities whose stories we represent.

4. OUR THREE-YEAR VISION | 2027–2029

From Los Angeles to a National Movement

2027 begins the legacy. Our inaugural Los Angeles celebration will establish Hip-Hop Queens as a platform for honoring the women who helped build the culture and preserving their stories in their own voices.

Over the next three years, our vision is to grow Hip-Hop Queens into a national cultural, educational, and women and girls' empowerment platform with year-round programming, mentorship, storytelling, community initiatives, corporate and nonprofit collaborations, and future Hip-Hop Queens celebrations in additional cities.

By 2029, we envision a growing national network connecting Hip-Hop Queens, young women and girls, schools, nonprofits, corporations, foundations, educators, mentors, and communities—ensuring that the women who made history are celebrated today while their legacy creates opportunities for generations to come.

Her Voice. Her Legacy. Her Crown.