The video for "Ladies Night" featured an all woman production crew and cast and was deemed a "must see" by "Complex".
(meta data) TITLE: The Sorority Pays Tribute To The Women Of Rap With "Ladies Night" | The FADER ON NEWSSTANDS Summer 2019 Summer Music All Posts Featured Posts Trending Posts US Edition UK Edition Canada Edition ## Follow the Fader Press Enter to Search US Edition UK Edition Canada Edition Hip-Hop # The Sorority Pays Tribute To The Women Of Rap With "Ladies Night" ## The Toronto collective celebrates International Women's Day with some inspiration from a classic hip-hop moment. By Pooja Seshadri March 08, 2017 This International Women's Day, no woman should be left behind. As rappers, Toronto's Haviah Mighty, Keysha Freshh, Lex Leosis and pHoenix Pagliacci of The Sorority know this too well, and with the "Ladies Night" track and video they're speaking out on the labor, resilience, intellect, and beauty of all women — especially musicians. It's a tribute to the 1997 song of the same name, by Lil Kim, Left Eye, Angie Martinez, Missy Elliott, and Da Brat. But in the updated "Ladies Night," the group spits cutthroat bars about standing in solidarity with Muslims and Black Lives Matter; two groups where the lives of women have always been particularly, visibly, at stake. The track also underscores how women are overlooked for their creativity and contributions to artistic fields, and how the "dopest bitches" like "The Foxy's, Remy's, Latifahs, the TLC's and the Kim's" are never noticed. One verse ends with, "Y'all still ain't putting females on your festival stage? The fuck?" There couldn't be a more direct callout to music media and its consumers for ignoring the work of black women in creating the commercial industry of today. "As all great ideas do, the idea to remix 'Ladies Night came in a group chat'," The Sorority explained to The FADER via email. "We'd been talking about the lack of respect for hip hop and new generation rap beefs, (ie. Lil Yachty dissing B.I.G., Remy Ma's diss on Nicki) and we wanted to offer a new narrative, to let women know with this video we can share spotlight, lift each other up, and celebrate our achievements. We also wanted to make a video for us, by us. So we set out building an all-women video production crew, brought in an all-women cast (featuring some prominent Canadian legends like Michie Mee and Eternia), partnered with a training and fitness venue called Pursuit OCR and scheduled the shoot during their women-only drop in hours, and raised money for a cause. The budget for this video was small, but we were able to raise over $600 for Toronto Rape Crisis Centre. This video shoot is more than just another music video; it is a reminder that no matter what race, religion, body type or ability, there is always room and time for women to come together and flourish; there is always space for 'Ladies Night.'" Haviah Mighty, Hip-Hop, Keysha Freshh, Lex Liosis, pHoenix Pagliacci, The Sorority ### Trending #### Katreese Barnes, SNL musician and Lonely Island collaborator, has died #### Cover Story: Young Thug's Slime Century Hip-Hop #### Starter Pack: Young Thug Hip-Hop #### Bon Iver's Justin Vernon says he made "a huge mess" of Eminem, Tyler, The Creator incident Hip-Hop #### Freddie Gibbs on JAY-Z's NFL deal: "fuck Colin Kaepernick" Hip-Hop music / Features The Sorority Pays Tribute To The Women Of Rap With "Ladies Night"
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The Sorority (rap group)
History.:2016–2017: Formation.
The group was formed in 2016, after collaborating on a cypher for International Women's Day for online hip hop music platform Team Backpack, which went viral. The original members included four Toronto-area rappers: Keysha Fressh, Lex Leosis, Haviah Mighty, and Phoenix Pagliacci. Later that year, the group released their first single, "Undun" and were named one of "Now" magazine's  "Toronto Musicians to Watch" in early 2017. For International Women's Day 2017, The Sorority released "Ladies Night", a tribute to Lil' Kim's song "Not Tonight".