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Women are seen as a bit slack
	People always say to me 'You do bashment: slackness' Stush, UK Dancehall queen

Despite dancehall's explosion there are still only a handful of female artists in the scene.

With superstars aplenty, like Foxy Brown, Mary J Blige and Ms Dynamite, what's holding the queens of dancehall back?

We spoke to the women making power moves in dancehall - Lady Saw, Tanya Stephens, Ce'Cile, Crissy D and the UK's Stush, about their fight for the same recognition as the men.

And for the male perspective we got contributions from Degree, 1Xtra's Seani B and VP Records exec Maurice Hamilton.

Why aren't women making it in dancehall like they have in RnB or hip hop? Are you into the scene? Give us what you think.

freddie wobil
is always ma dream to met stush ..she is gud .she is ma celebrity..i love u stush....ghana

Nicole
dancehall female artists like pamputae and lady saw are doing bigg things they are not slack they jst tell it how it is a men feel intimidated by it.

Nkosie Campbell
I think i like it because it interest e me an i hope that i can meet them one day because i like to sing.