“Jenny From the Block” got her big break as one of the legendary Fly Girls on In Living Color. She rewrote the rules for dancers turned actresses turned pop stars. Segar is still in media, co-hosting Tha Spin Room on Dash Radio and showcasing her fitness routine on Instagram. At some point, he said it to my face, that I’m not what men want to see on television.”ĭespite Johnson’s apparent misgivings, Big Lez became one of BET’s most beloved VJs. “I made the adaptations, but thank God for my skill set,” she said in 2019. “When I got to television, to BET, the producers that wanted me for Rap City had to fight with the executives and Bob Johnson because I wasn’t the girl that made Bob Johnson’s d- hard. Even at BET, she was made to feel like she didn’t meet a standard. But even as she became a sex symbol to a generation of fans, Segar had to battle colorism as a dancer and a host. Lez stood out: Her fit physique and dimpled smile made her the epitome of an around-the-way chanteuse, and her fame was only bolstered by her time on Rap City.

“She’s always been a talented chick and she went on to do some iconic shit. “One thing I’ve always tried to do is give these young ladies respect and love and try to put them in the position to rock,” LL COOL J recalls about casting Lez to dance in the “Around the Way Girl” vid. LL remembers giving Lez her big break in his video. Lez became a household name among Hip-Hop fans in 1994, when she made the leap from dancer to media personality as co-host of BETs hit Rap City. She was also prominently featured in the opening credits for Fox’s hit sitcom Living Single. The brown-skinned beauty was a fixture in early-’90s Hip-Hop and R&B videos - you could spot her in LL’s “ Around the Way Girl,” Heavy D’s “Black Coffee” and countless vids by stars like Mary J.

Prior to the mid-1990s, beautiful women in rap videos tended to be window dressing, treated as ornaments to the rap star flexing at the center of attention.

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