Da Brat's 1994 debut album "Funkdafied" was a huge success. It went platinum, meaning that Da Brat was the first female solo rapper to have a platinum-selling album. Not only that, but she also won a Soul Train award for Best Rap Album, and three Billboard awards too: Top Hot Rap Artist, Top Rap Single, and Top Female Rap Artist (via 939X Indy).
For context, Da Brat went platinum three years before Missy Elliott released her debut album and two years before Lil' Kim's debut solo album. Okay, so Da Brat might have been pipped by Salt-N-Pepa as the first female rap act to go platinum (via The Source), but becoming the first female solo artist to go platinum is still certainly no mean feat.
While Da Brat has been focusing more on TV, and her family life, she's not entirely been staying away from music in recent years. Take, for example, her single "Quarantine With U" released in 2020 with a clear pandemic theme (via Variety). Could we see her hit the same heights again, decades later?
