From Da Brat to Queen Latifah, these are the female rappers that shaped ‘90s hip-hop fashion through authenticity, exploration, and defying the boundaries within the genre.

This style features small, tight braids styled close to the scalp, often in rows or patterns. One of the standout features is beads, added to the ends of some braids. The beads can be wooden, plastic, ...

Alicia Keys took the Fulani braid—a style featuring cornrows in the front with box braids in the back—and made them her own. And thanks to the current Y2K resurgence, this style is back in a major way ...