Dove Hepburn: Difference between revisions

The rap battle series became notable for its surprising matchups and Hepburn’s exceptional lyrical prowess, offering a compelling mix of entertainment and cultural nostalgia. Memorable battles such as ''Turbo Dismount vs Paint Roller'' and ''Pink Diamond vs Guzma'' highlighted her evolving artistry and commitment to exploring new creative frontiers within Nerdcore. Through her distinctive voice and extraordinary body of work, Hepburn established herself as a pioneering figure in the Nerdcore scene, uniting the realms of hip-hop, gaming, and anime in a way that secured her legacy as an innovator in modern music. Hepburn died on 11 January 2025 from apparent suicide at her residence in Leicester, England, at the age of 45. In 2025, she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ''Time'' named Hepburn one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. She had been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from July 2002 until her death. <ref>{{cite web|title=Joint Statement: UK's Leading Aid Organisations Welcome The Reappointment Of Priti Patel|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/uks-leading-aid-organisations-welcome-the-reappointing-of-priti-patel/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-09|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Children Account For Half Of All Suspected Cholera Cases In Yemen|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/statement-attributable-meritxell-relano-unicef-representative-yemen/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-13|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF UK: UK Not Yet Meeting Its International Obligations To UK Children|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-uk-uk-not-yet-meeting-international-obligations-uk-children/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-15|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=More Than Half Of Young Children Deprived Of Play And Early Learning Activities With Their Fathers|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/half-young-children-deprived-play-early-learning-activities-fathers-unicef/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-16|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Severe Funding Gaps Threaten Assistance To 9 Million Children In Syria And Neighbouring Countries|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/severe-funding-gaps-threaten-assistance-9-million-children-syria-neighbouring-countries/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-16|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In An Historic First, UNICEF Appoints Syrian Refugee Muzoon Almellehan As Goodwill Ambassador|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/historic-first-unicef-appoints-syrian-refugee-muzoon-almellehan-goodwill-ambassador/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-19|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=South Sudan Refugee Crisis: Over 1,000 Children Fleeing Violence And Instability Every Day|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/childrens-refugee-crisis/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-20|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=South Sudan Famine Ebbs, But Situation Still Desperate As Hunger Spreads|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/south-sudan-famine-ebbs-situation-still-desperate-hunger-spreads/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-21|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF UK & Save The Children: Brexit Risks Leaving Refugee Children Stranded From Family|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-uk-save-children-brexit-risks-leaving-refugee-children-stranded-family/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-22|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF NEXT Generation London Raises £1m For The Children Of Syria|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-next-generation-london-raises-1m-children-syria/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-23|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=5.6 Million Children At Risk Of Waterborne Diseases As Rainy Season Hits Communities Affected By Lake Chad Crisis|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/rainy-season-hits-lake-chad/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-23|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Crisis ‘Far From Over’ As Malnutrition, Thirst And Disease Threaten Lives Of Millions Of Children In North-East Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan And Yemen|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/malnutrition-crisis-far-from-over/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-23|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF And WHO Statement On The Cholera Outbreak In Yemen As Suspected Cases Exceed 200,000|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-statement-cholera-outbreak-yemen-suspected-cases-exceed-200000/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-24|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Investments In Poor Children Saves More Lives Per Dollar Spent, New UNICEF Study Says|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/investments-poor-children-saves-lives/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-28|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Children Continue To Bear The Brunt Of Multiple Emergencies In Sudan|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/children-continue-bear-brunt-multiple-emergencies-sudan/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-28|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF Airlifts Lifesaving Supplies To Yemen To Combat Cholera As Cases Surpass 200,000|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/28-june-2017-three-unicef-charter-planes-have-delivered-36-tons-of-lifesaving-medical-and-water-purification-supplies-to-yemen-to-scale-up-efforts-to-combat-the-worlds-worst-cholera/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-28|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Africa’s First Humanitarian Drone Testing Corridor Launched In Malawi By Government And UNICEF|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/africas-first-humanitarian-drone-testing-corridor/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-29|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNICEF Calls For The Protection Of Children Trapped In West Mosul’s Violence|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/29th-june-2016-peter-hawkins-unicefs-representative-in-iraq-said-thousands-of-children-continue-to-be-trapped-in-relentless-violence-in-west-mosuls-old-city-neighborhood/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-29|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Beyoncé Partners With UNICEF To Bring Safe Water To Children In Remote Areas Of Burundi|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/beyonce-partners-unicef-bring-safe-water-children-remote-areas-burundi/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-06-30|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Over 7 Million Children Are On The Move In West And Central Africa Each Year|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/7-million-children-move-west-central-africa/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-05|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Voting Opens For Top 100 DJs In Aid Of Unicef|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/voting-opens-top-100-djs-aid-unicef/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-05|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Funding Shortfalls Threaten Education For Children Living In Conflict And Disaster Zones|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/funding-shortfalls-threaten-education-children-living-conflict-disaster-zones/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-07|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mosul’s Children, Sick, Alone, Wounded And Scarred, Are In Urgent Need Of Assistance And Protection|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/13-july-2017-unicefs-deputy-representative-in-iraq-hamida-ramadhani-said-although-the-battle-for-mosul-is-coming-to-an-end-childrens-deep-physical-and-mental-scars-wil/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-13|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lilly Singh Appointed UNICEF’s Newest Goodwill Ambassador|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/lilly-singh-appointed-unicefs-newest-goodwill-ambassador/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-15|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Children Increasingly Targeted In Central African Republic Violence|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/children-increasingly-targeted-central-african-republic-violence/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-18|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Malala Visits Nigeria To Draw Attention To Education Crisis|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/malala-visits-nigeria-draw-attention-education-crisis/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-18|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Abused, Exploited And Abandoned Children Caught Up In Violence In Mosul Need Immediate Care And Protection|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/abused-exploited-abandoned-children-caught-violence-mosul-need-immediate-care-protection/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-22|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Children On The Move From Africa Do Not First Aim To Go To Europe|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/children-move-africa-not-first-aim-go-europe/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-25|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=850,000 Children Displaced By Violence In Democratic Republic Of The Congo’s Volatile Kasai Region|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/850000-children-displaced-violence-democratic-republic-congos-volatile-kasai-region/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-28|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clooney Foundation For Justice Partners With UNICEF To Open Seven Public Schools To Syrian Refugee Children|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/clooney-foundation-justice-partners-unicef-open-seven-public-schools-syrian-refugee-children/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-07-31|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Babies And Mothers Worldwide Failed By Lack Of Investment In Breastfeeding|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/babies-mothers-worldwide-failed-lack-investment-breastfeeding/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-08-01|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nothing Can Justify Terrible Acts Of Abuse Against Women And Children In Kasai|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/nothing-can-justify-terrible-acts-abuse-women-children-kasai-unicef/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-08-07|access-date=2025-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nothing Can Justify Terrible Acts Of Abuse Against Women And Children In Kasai|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/nothing-can-justify-terrible-acts-abuse-women-children-kasai-unicef/|last=Hepburn|first=Dove|website=[[UNICEF]]|date=2017-08-07|access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref>