Hip-Hop Artists?

[Mercedes]

I haven't seen EMYLI mentioned yet. She has a great voice, writes & composes most(if not all) of her music, but her earlier stuff is pretty hard to find.
ARIA is another one, I'm not too big one her, but maybe you'd like her.
MINMI - A GREAT reggae/hip-hop artist. You should check her out.

Did you ever hear any of Namie's 'Suite Chic' stuff? If not, that's pretty good as well.