In this week's episode:

• Zeus Network, the streaming platform home to reality series like Baddies and Joseline’s Cabaret, has it’s own network. Their first artist, Biggie, is a Baddies castmember. Following the success of Stunna Girl, Joseline Hernandez’s music breakthrough, and Natalie Nunn’s popular singer, is the future of female rap Baddies coded? Come get your chain.
• Pierre and Sesali discuss Cardi B’s Little Miss Drama tour stops in Detroit and Cleveland where she brought out Kash Doll, Fendi the Rapper, and Chance the Rapper.
• Coi Leray might have a banger with her new single “Better Than Yours.”
• Saucy Santana might not need to return to the booth. He’s allegedly making tens of thousands of dollars a month on TikTok Live.
• Tasha K is scrambling to pay Cardi B the $4 million she owes after losing a defamation suit. And Cardi is not taking her foot off Tasha’s neck.
• The biggest story of the week is Latto’s new single, “Business & Personal”, which also doubled as her pregnancy announcement. Pierre and Sesali dive deeper into her pregnancy on Ass Last.

Purse First is the only podcast exclusively about female and queer rap, hosted by Sesali Bowen (@Badfatblackgirl) and “Prince” Pierre Phipps (@PrinceCharmingP).

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In this episode:

• Bay area legend Kamaiyah made history as the first female rapper to headline the Fox Theater in Oakland. Staying local might be the key to longevity for female rappers.
• Nicki Minaj claims to be neurodivergent, while Doja Cat admits to a borderline personality disorder diagnosis and Lil Nas X addresses fans after court for a battery charge related to his own alleged mental health crisis.
• Female rap’s decline is sending the girls overseas. Despite becoming the first female rapper this year to surpass 700 million streams on spotify this year, Doja’s biggest booking yet is in Rwanda for Global Citizen’s Move Afrika Festival. Similarly, industry veteran Lil’ Kim is headlining two shows in Australia, Vivid Sydney and Melbourne's Rising. This is her first time in Australia in 15 years.
• Has public opinion finally turned against GloRilla? Some are accusing her of being a Pick Me.
• For Ass Last, available exclusively on Patreon, we are following up on a theory about Doja Cat and congratulating the latest expecting mom in female rap.

Purse First is the only podcast exclusively about female and queer rap, hosted by Sesali Bowen (@badfatblackgirl) and "Prince" Pierre Phipps (PrinceCharmingP).

Join our Patreon for bonus content and early access to episodes.

Follow the show on socials @pursefirstshow

In this episode:

• Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B reunited at the Houston stop of Cardi’s Little Miss Drama tour, proving that there is no beef between them.
• Former Purse First guest Kaliii, dropped a new single featuring Frankie Bleu. She’s spilling tea about being dropped from her label and body shamed for her postpartum weight. Is this another sign of the declining state of female rap?
• Eve’s Grammy-winning sophomore album Scorpion turned 25 years old last week. The hosts reflect on the early aughts and her crossover success.
• Sesali and Pierre send their love to Monaleo, who had to cancel the remainder of her Who Did the Body? tour after requiring emergency surgery to repair a cyst that caused an ovary and fallopian tube to be removed.
• Sesali has been so entertained by Doja Cat’s social media but she has a theory about her recent retort to Timothee Chalamet.

Purse First is the only podcast exclusively about female and queer rap, hosted by Sesali Bowen @badfatblackgirl and "Prince" Pierre Phipps @PrinceCharmingP.

Join our ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content!

Follow us on socials: @PurseFirstShow