- What video do you wanna see right now Freddy on "Video Music Box?"

- Well, it would have to be the latest video that I directed which is "Ladies First" by Queen Latifah featuring Monie Love.

♪ Ooh, ladies first ♪ ♪ Ladies first ♪ ♪ Ooh, ladies first ♪ ♪ Ladies first ♪ - [Monica] Latifah, she was really a pioneer very early on.

"Ladies First" had an enormous impact.

It was a record that influenced multiple generations of women.

♪ A woman can bear you break you take you ♪ - You know, it's funny when you're doing it you don't necessarily think about, "Well this is gonna be a feminist statement for all time."

♪ Who said that the ladies couldn't make it ♪ ♪ You must be blind ♪ ♪ If you don't believe me, well here, listen to this rhyme ♪ ♪ Ladies first, there's no time to rehearse ♪ ♪ I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe ♪ ♪ A female rapper with the message to send ♪ ♪ The Queen Latifah ♪ - That video was a huge part of making that statement.

♪ The sound totally a yes ♪ ♪ Let me state the position, ladies first, yes ♪ ♪ Yes ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ - [Monica] Monie at her side and it was a great video, it had all these fantastic images of powerful black women.

♪ Can't flow ♪ ♪ Can't flow ♪ ♪ Stereotypes, they got to go ♪ ♪ Got to go ♪ ♪ I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse ♪ ♪ With what ♪ ♪ With a little touch of ladies first ♪ - I thought she was very important as a powerful black woman who stood with a straight spine and she wore that African garb and celebrated her history and where she came from.

We needed that kind of messaging as kids, and I think especially black women, young girls needed to see the Queen Latifahs.

- People like Queen Latifah was able to cut through the noise to kinda demand that women have a space at the table in ways that they hadn't before.

We belong here, we take the stage, we're speaking back, we're not gonna be sidelined, we're not gonna be disrespected.