Adelaida Martinez (born July 24, 1963), better known by her stage name the Real Roxanne, is an American female hip hop MC who recorded for Select Records.
Martinez was born in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s, she, the producer of Roxanne Shante, and others were engaged in the Roxanne Wars, a series of answer records inspired by UTFO's hit song "Roxanne, Roxanne", being the officially sanctioned artist in response to all of the answer records. She scored her biggest hit in 1986 by teaming up with Howie Tee on the single "Bang Zoom (Let's Go Go)", which reached No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart, her only UK top-40 song to date.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played tracks from the female MC in the late 80's on his radio programmes, as well as her rival, Roxanne Shante, which he nominated her track, Queen Of Rox, as part of his Peelenium 1985.
Shows Played[]
- 03 April 1985 (Muriel Gray): 'The Real Roxanne (Compilation LP-Street Sounds Electro 6)' (Street Sounds)
- 1986
- 16 June 1986: Bang Zoom! (Let's Go-Go) (12") Cooltempo
- 1988
- 11 October 1988: Respect (LP - The Real Roxanne) Urban
- 1989
- 04 July 1989: Roxanne's On A Roll (Norman Cook Remix) (12") Urban