# Roxanne Shante | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 22:47 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Roxanne Shante
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `roxanne-shante`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 22:47 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-30779aac9a3bee0d
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 8784
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 4
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 1
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Roxanne's Revenge, and Have A Nice Day
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Roxanne Shante was 14 when she recorded "Roxanne's Revenge" with producer Marley Marl in 1984. The track was a response to a series of diss songs about a fictional woman named Roxanne, and its sharp, energetic delivery made it an immediate hit in New York's hip-hop scene. That single, along with songs like "Have A Nice Day," established her as one of the first prominent female voices in rap. Her...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Roxanne's Revenge — https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante/roxanne-s-revenge
2. Have A Nice Day — https://lyroverse.com/roxanne-shante/have-a-nice-day