The Real Roxanne
Sign in to saveAlso known as Adelaida Martinez, Joanne Martinez, Roxanne, Adelaida Joanne Martinez
American hip hop emcee
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1963-07-15
hip hop
Discography
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Following the massive success of UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne" single in late 1984 and early 1985, over 100 answer records appeared, and several female rappers adopted the Roxanne alias; the Real Roxanne (born Adelaida Martinez) was perhaps the most talented of the bunch and really only had to contend with Roxanne Shanté for the title. It took her until 1988 to release an album, by which time the Roxanne fad had run its course; still, the self-titled release packed a wallop thanks to producers Jam M
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adelaida
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1963-01-15
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- pseudonym
- The Real Roxanne
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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