Roxanne
b. Adelaida Martinez. One of a strange flurry of rapping namesakes to emerge in the late '80s, after the release of U.T.F.O.'s Roxanne Roxanne. This Puerto Rican female MC, based in New York, was arguably the most talented, releasing a powerful debut album aided by the production genius of Jam Master Jay (Run DMC), Howie Tee and Full Force, who were behind U.T.F.O.'s original Roxanne Roxanne, and discovered Martinez when she was waitressing in Brooklyn. Sadly, when the Roxanne fracas finally died down, she was left without a bandwagon to hitch her career to.