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MC Lyte

La rappeuse MC Lyte, née Lana Michele Moorer le 11 octobre 1971 à Brooklyn à New York aux Etats-Unis, sort son premier album " Lyte as a rock " en 1988. Suivent, un an plus tard, " Eyes on this " puis, en 1991, l'album pop " Act like you know ". Deux ans plus tard, elle revient au rap avec " Ain't no other " qui se caractérise par son parler vrai. MC Lyte enregistre par la suite " Bad as I wanna B " (1996), " Badder than B-fore " et " Seven & seven " (1998).

Having begun her rap career in the early 80s as a breakdancer, she released her first single, "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)," which dealt with a lying boyfriends crack addiction, before signing a recording contract with First Priority. Her debut album, Lyte As a Rock, was released in 1988, featuring the previous single and "10% Dis," which targeted her former microphone rival, Antoinette.

This was followed by the releases Eyes on This in 1989 (including "Cappucino"). It spawned the album's first single "Cha Cha Cha", which peaked at #1 on the rap charts. Also featured was "Cappuccino" which is a metaphysical story weaved around a bad cappuccino experience. The "Cappuccino" video was directed by Ric Menello, who also helmed The Beastie Boys', "Fight for Your Right".

Her brothers are Milk Dee and Gizmo, known as Audio Two.

Legacy

In February 2006, her diary was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, as well as a turntable, vinyl records and other memorabilia from her fellow hip-hop pioneers, for a collection that will trace the history of the Bronx born music genre.

In October 2006, MC Lyte was one of the honored hip hop artists on VH1's annual award show, Hip Hop Honors. She was joined by fellow female MC's Da Brat, Remy Ma, and Lil' Kim as they performed some of her tracks, "Cha Cha Cha," "Lyte As A Rock", "Paper Thin" and "Ruffneck".

MC Lyte is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho, one of the four sororities that are a part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Currently, she is taking part in the MTV reality series Celebrity Rap Superstar as the mentor of Moesha actress Shar Jackson.

She currently Release New Song "Beautiful"

Single discography
Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop US Rap UK Singles Chart
1988 "I Cram To Understand You (Sam)" - - - - Lyte As A Rock
1988 "10% Dis" - - - - Lyte As A Rock
1988 "I Want You