Femcee

/ˈfɛmsiː/ noun

Definition

A female master of ceremonies or female rapper who serves as a host or performer in hip-hop culture.

Etymology

A blend of 'female' and 'MC' (master of ceremonies, pronounced 'em-see'). This term emerged in hip-hop culture during the 1980s-1990s as a gender-specific label for women rappers and DJs.

Kelly Says

Femcee is a perfect example of how new communities create their own vocabulary—hip-hop culture needed a way to honor and specifically identify women artists, so speakers blended 'female' with the existing 'MC' abbreviation they already used.

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