The Grammy-winning producer 9th Wonder, bigs up the ladies that have been holding it down for a minute.

9th Wonder spoke with Karmaloop TV about female rappers in Hip-Hop, explaining that in a male-dominated game, women have equal footing. During an interview with his Jamla Records artist Rapsody, the Grammy-winning producer explained that ladies who can rock the mic are as present as ever in Hip-Hop.

“A lot of people think of Hip-Hop, the Lauryn Hill-esque female MCs is missing from the game. I don’t think it’s necessarily that. I don’t think it’s a situation where female MCs or female rappers are missing from the game. We have female rappers,” noting Nicki Minaj, Jean Grae, Rah Digga and more. “We have MCs in the game. I think what’s missing is it’s been a while since somebody has shown us what’s beautiful about Hip Hop.”