When Sparky D recalls her time as an MC (late 1970s until 1989) in a high-quality interview with the Anattitude Magazine in 2008, she drops names like Lisa Lee, Sha-Rock, Debby Dee and Roxanne Shanté. We also hear about all-girl crews like the „Us Girls“, and how they battled „The Playgirls“ in a venue that is called the Roxy in Manhattan. The Playgirls are Sparky D’s crew that she rocked together wich City Slim and Mo Ski before they split 1985.

I think the word legendary is right here. Of course it’s stories. But still – It is amazing how Sparky D remembers that time by talking about all the girls and women she knew back then…

The 1980s are known as the golden age of HipHop. But they’re also known as the time, when the drug crack took over entire communities in the larger cities of the United States. The culture and it’s socio-economic surroundings are closely linked in the case of HipHop. And crack, as a drug, but also as a symbol of ghettoization did play a big role in it. Sparky D was victmized by that drug only shortly after her first album was released. This caused a tragic and sudden end to something promising…

Today we know that Sparky D survived the addiction and other hardships that came with it, like severe domestic violence. Since her recovery she is engaged in Christian social work, still friends with her former producer and father of her kids, Spyder D and her name is still known as having had a huge impact back then…