"A Woman's Touch"
Every home is made better with a woman's touch.

This is why Dubcnn is very excited to introduce to you a fresh new idea that will shine light on some key players of the female gender who have shaken our world of hip-hop and urban music -- and made it a better place.

A Woman's Touch is a very special series that will spotlight some of the most influential and powerful women in our country -- ranging from prominent female artists to power players and fierce leaders -- women who have made a tremendous impact on our society and within our culture today.

Jonathan Hay and Chad Kiser present the Dubcnn limited edition series -- however, A Woman's Touch would not make quite an impact without a woman's perspective; so we have brought onboard to help lead this revolution Sabrina, who is already working with the Who's Who of the industry.

If you have any news tips, ideas, or special guests you'd like to see featured, please contact Jonathan Hay via MySpace or email.

We always appreciate your input. This landing page will be the fixed location of this feature, so bookmark this page as well as the news section.
 

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ANGELIQUE NICHOLE  (January 2009) | Interview By: Jonathan Hay

   Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Angelique Nichole for our Woman’s Touch series here on Dubcnn.

Growing up in the same Cleveland neighborhood as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Angelique Nichole talks about being abandoned by her mother at the tender age of eight to fight and fend for herself, as she openly explains to us, “I had a very tumultuous life as a child. I had to endure shit that grown people have yet to endure, imagine [being] a child and experiencing things that a thirty year old has yet to experience…I did all that at eight,”

Dubcnn takes a few minutes to get to know this lady lyricist a little bit better as she holds it down for the ladies in this special series. A Woman's Touch...Every home is made better with a woman's touch.

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KITTY  (November 2008) | Interview By: Jonathan Hay

   Kitty is already known for her music here in the Dubcnn community. She learned the game from her big homie, Snoop Dogg, and has worked with Daz Dillinger…but game is to be sold, not told, so pick up her album Lyrical Gift (Fedha Entertainment), dropping at the top of ’09.

Hit her up on MySpace, it’s going down here kittystyle on this Dubcnn’s Special Series A Woman’s Touch.

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THE (SIS)TEM: THE ORACLE  (November 2008) | Interview By: Jonathan Hay

   As part of our continuing "Woman's Touch" series here on Dubcnn we took some time to speak to the Music Supervisor of a group called The (SIS)TEM. The all Female Collective based out of Leimert Park's Underground Kingdom, Project Blowed consists of Emcees, Vocalist, Dj's, Producers, Photographers and Breakers.

In this interview we speak to The Oracle about her role in The (SIS)TEM and also about her own projects as well as getting her feeling on the current local Hip-Hop scene. The Oracle also has some words for budding female talent.

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SHIRÉ  (August 2008) | Interview By: Jonathan Hay

   Singer Shiré is all too familiar with the feeling of her dreams slipping through the fateful hands of someone else’s fingers, after suffering a broken record deal when she was only a teenager. Shiré (pronounced “sha-ray”) was once a part of the first female group ever to be signed to Def Soul/Def Jam Records and made her debut on Dru-Hill’s second album on a duet with R&B singer, Sisqo. Both her group LovHer and Sisqo, the group’s founder, were later dropped from the label due to internal problems within. Shiré went on to feature on several platinum rap artist albums, such as DMX, Cam’ron and Method Man as well as a landing a single on the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack.

Rediscovered by Steve Rifkin and now signed to SRC/Universal Motown, Shiré is preparing her debut album Pickin’ up Da Pieces, slated to be released early 2009, and is busy promoting her controversial single “Used To LovHer” as well as her just-released debut single "Movin' On," produced by Midi Mafia and J. "Supa" Stokes for Hot City Music Group.

Shiré speaks with Dubcnn as part of “A Woman’s Touch,” a special Dubcnn series created to shine light on some key players of the female gender who have shaken our world of hip-hop and urban music -- and made it a better place. Oh yea – you’ve got to check her shoutout - - she sang a lil something for Dubcnn.


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SHONTELLE  (August 2008) | Interview By: Jonathan Hay

   Sugar, spice and everything nice describe this tropical mama, who grew up, per se, with megastar Rihanna in the beautiful island of Barbados. Shontelle, in eager anticipation of her next album Shontelligence (slated to be released fall of 2008), throws everything into the mix -- from Reggae-soul to pop dance and hip-hop -- as well as highlighting on some major features, such as fellow islander Rihanna in the album’s smash hit “Roll.” Signed to hip hop mogul and pioneer Steve Rifkin’s SRC Records, Shontelle exemplifies a woman’s strength, being only twenty-three years old and having already left a splash in the Caribbean by writing hit songs for several top artists.


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MS WILLIAMS (August 2008) | Interview By: Chad Kiser

The first entry in our A Woman’s Touch series, sees Chad Kiser & Jon Hay talk with the very talented Ms. Williams about her influences, the tragic death of her brother, and choosing music & entertainment over modeling. Coming from the Bay area, Ms. Williams is as versatile as they come.  Not only can she hold it down with the best of them on the mic, she’s a very beautiful woman, and an up and coming actress. We talk a lot about her myspace page, which has generated over 7.2 million hits! One look at this gorgeous woman and you’ll understand why she is such a sought-after young lady. 

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