The rapper and the muslim: contradiction?

I caught this short video clip on youtube showing a muslimah, Miss Undastood rapping thoughts about her life. She has just released her latest album 'Hijabi Hip Hop 2010'.

First thing i did was to read the comments left by viewers. You can tell a lot from these thoughts about the state of public sentiments of any given issue posted. And this one is no different. Suffice to say most people who logged in to watch the video are Muslim fans, with comments like

"keep that vibe sister Salaamulaikum! Rap is universal, and the gift came to me at 11 keep spitting sister. Marshallah!"
and,

"masha allah i love this sister may allah bless you and grant you jannatul firdouze"

However, there was one who reminded the viewers of the permissablitity of the performance with music to which four people so far have expressed agreement:

"salam u aleykoum my brothers and my sister we can discuss this thing the whole night but the beats are haram just daff for the women and JUST on weddings or special events so you can say what ever u want i have the proof from the hadith from sahih bukhari if she wants to do something for the religion and for ALLAH SWT then she can do a video or something but not with something haram may good show us the right way inshallah."

I know it’s a controversial issue - should women perform when their voice is an aurat? Are there any school of thoughts that allows for women to perform in public while keeping to her faith? Is performance accompanied by music halal? etc

This is my take on the issue. As a Muslimah, Miss Undastood speaks directly to the highly impressionable teens and young adults. She gets the message of one-ness of worship and servitude across in her raps. She presents herself as a stage performer not in the conventional rap artist attire but as a Muslimah who is modestly attired. As a Muslim myself, I like her. I might not necessarily gravitate to the genre of the music she makes, but i would like to think that she is doing what she feels comfortable as a Muslim and i appreciate that in her. My stand as a muslim is as long as we live our lives to serve the Creator and as long as our intentions do not sway from that sense of servitude, i would like to think Allah will be pleased with us, Insha’Allah. May Allah be pleased with this lady and may she continue to be guided in her chosen field.