Roxanne Shante

Oct 29, 2007 by John    5 Comments    Posted under: hip-hop, music

Remember Roxanne Shante? Proper old skool b-girl. ‘Have a nice day’ was permanently in the 7″ pocket of my record bag. Back then she was only a 15 year old single mother from Queens, so a record label offered her an education as part of her contract. Well she not only took them up on the offer – she milked them for every penny, and now she’s a Doctor of psychology. Excellent!

Have a nice day

Who needs a royalty check?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shant%C3%A9

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  Claire October 29, 2007 at 10:45 pm

  That is so great. Who needs a royalty cheque indded!

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  John Braine October 30, 2007 at 2:47 pm

  Yeah I think it’s a great story. The best little nugget of news I’ve stumbled across in ages!

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  flossyla October 30, 2007 at 8:42 pm

  that is so cool. Myself n D are having a giggle on the couch here. Word up!!

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  flossyla October 31, 2007 at 3:31 pm

  a giggle about the article …eh just re-read my comment and it sounded a little ambigious!!

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  John Braine October 31, 2007 at 3:37 pm

  I got it. Didn’t think you were just giving me a random update on you and doc canoodling!

  Cheers
  J.

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