Roxanne Shante Gets her PHD on Warners Brothers' Dime!




It's time for Hip Hop history class y'all. Before there was a Salt N Pepa, MC Lyte or a Queen Latifah there was Roxanne Shante, who shot to fame after she recorded an answer track to UTFO's classic rap Roxanne Roxanne. [<--please report to Youtube for further research] Roxanne Shante signed a recording contract with Warner Music when she was 14 and you know what happened next: she got stiffed on her royality checks and ripped off by lawyers, managers and label execs. Still, Rox was able to enforce a forgotten clause in her orginal contract where Warner had agreed to pay for her education for life. In 2001 Roxanne earned a Ph.D in psychology from Cornell University and forced Warner to stick to their agreement by threatning to go public with the story after they initally balked at paying her $217,000 tution.

Yeah Roxanne knew what time it was. She's really gifted. I'm glad she went out to pursue her education.

Very nice.

If she goes into practice, perhaps someday she'll even end up with a Warner executive on her couch.

that's awesome