One of the best things about NBFG is that we get to pay homage to some all-time female hero’s. First with the battle shirt and then last year we produced this tee of London’s own Cookie Crew - the UK’s most notorious rap duo from the eighties and early nineties. Through this I also got the opportunity to meet up with Remedee aka Debbie Pryce, to chat about the London scene in back in the day and of course get my original school wax signed. The interview appeared on notbadforagirl.com for a short while, but now thanks to Jee-Nice there’s gonna be another chance to read it in the forthcoming edition of Anattitude Magazine. Sweet!

Without a doubt one of the UK’s finest female mc’s making her way right now is Tor. Spotted here performing at the recent BBC’s Your Game sport and music event. Photos courtesy of the BBC. Check more pix here.

Props to all at Sin Cru for the NBFG shoot; Raskelle in SUPA, TrubLRoc in Roxanne and Remady in Signature Script. Photos by Mitzi De Margary

Photography and design: Karen Jane

My real passion is for designing new styles but I’ve always got time for the odd pastiche. It’s all about what you bring to it. Experimental Jetset’s original Beatle’s; John& Paul& Ringo& George tee has got to be the most emulated tee of recent times. Those guys created a beast, but it was the way they celebrate the other versions that inspired me to do this one back in ‘06. People always ask about this tee when I’m wearing mine and I tell them to go google it! For those that don’t know, these are 4 female emcees from the eighties, famous for their rivalry and battle raps. Roxanne Shante was the first female I ever heard on Electro 6 (my brother had it). It was “Roxanne’s Revenge” the answer to UTFO’s “Roxanne, Roxanne” and it was 1985 and I thought it was the best thing I had ever heard. Roxanne later went on to battle Sparky Dee, and there were many other answer records as part of that never-ending Roxanne saga. MC Lyte and Antoinette also put their issues with each other down on wax in 87/88. So these are my top ladies from eighties battleland. My ultimate fan shirt and one fo’ the heads!

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