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MC Lyte Biography

MC Lyte is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on October 11, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She was a rapper who made her debut in the 1980s with Lyte as a Rock. She is considered one of the pioneers of hip-hop and one of the first feminists to emerge from the genre.

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In September 1988, she released her first album, Lyte as a Rock, with which she becomes the first female solo rapper to release a full album. In addition to the aforementioned “I Cram to Understand U (Sam)”, the album was highlighted by songs like “Paper Thin”, its title track, and the diss track “10% Dis”, a response from then-Hurby Azor associate Antoinette. Despite not having a great commercial performance, is considered one of the best and most important rap albums, both in the 80s and in history.

At age 17 in 1988, she released her single debut, I Cram to Understand U (Sam), about drug addiction and its impact on relationships, being one of the first songs written for the crack era. As she has stated, she was 12 years old at the time of writing. Also featured in the remix and music video of “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” by Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, which debuted in May 1988 on MTV.

Two of her brothers formed Audio Two. John Wyche was her husband.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 1990 became the first rap artist to perform at the historic Carnegie Hall.

MC Lyte Net Worth

MC Lyte is one of the richest Rapper from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, MC Lyte's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When she was twelve years of age, she began rapping.

She was a part of the sitcom In the House.

Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988’s critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock. In her artistic career she published a total of 8 studio albums (Legend of 2015 the last one to date), obtaining a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award and two Grammys nominations .

Her first acting role was in 1991, an off-Broadway theater play titled Club Twelve, a hip-hop twist on Twelfth Night alongside Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Lisa Nicole Carson. After she made her film debut in the 1993 movie titled Fly by Night, starring alongside Jeffrey Sams, Ron Brice, and Steve Gomer, she also starred other films, such as A Luv Tale (1999), Train Ride (2000), Civil Brand (2002) and Playa’s Ball (2003). In 2011, she guest starred in the Regular Show episode “Rap It Up”, portraying a member of a hip-hop group also including characters voiced by Tyler, the Creator and Childish Gambino. Lyte signed with the production unit, Duc Tha Moon, for three years and eventually made a deal with Sirius Satellite Radio.

On May 1, 1991, Lyte performs on “Yo! Unplugged Rap”, the first MTV Unplugged to feature rap artists, alongside A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and LL Cool J. In September 1991 Lyte releases her third album, Act Like You Know, where it goes to a new jack swing sound. Even though singles “Poor Georgie” and “When in Love” peaked at # 1 and # 3 on the Hot Rap Singles respectively, the album fell in the charts, only peaking at #102 on the Billboard 200 and #14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and reviews were generally mixed. That year she also participated in the socially conscious single “Heal Yourself” by the collective “HEAL Human Education Against Lies”, which also included Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, Run-DMC, Queen Latifah and LL Cool J.

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Less than a year and a half later, Lyte followed her debut album with the 1989’s album Eyes on This. This album, like its predecessor, received a great critical reception and is recognized as a Hip Hop classic. In this album, songs like the hit single Cha Cha Cha (which spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles, peaking at # 1), the socially conscious “Capuccino” and a new diss track to his rival Antoniette, “Shut the Eff Up! (Hoe)” stand out. At the beginning of that same year, Lyte joined Stop the Violence Movement with Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy and Heavy D, among others. Together they released the single “Self Destruction”, in response to violence in the hip hop and African American communities. The song debuted at No. 1 on the first week of Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs existence and the proceeds were donated to the National Urban League.

In 1996, MC Lyte began doing voiceovers, working on a short-lived BET show called The Boot and doing some branding for the Starz network, Tide, AT&T, the National Urban League, and many others. She did the voice of Tia for the Mattel toy line Diva Starz from 2000 to 2004.

Who is MC Lyte Dating?

According to our records, MC Lyte married to John Wyche. As of December 1, 2023, MC Lyte’s is not dating anyone.

For 1992 he begins work on his next album, titled Ain’t No Other, which is released on June 22, 1993. On this album he returns to a more hardcore sound and has better performance, both critical and commercial. Thanks to the single “Ruffneck”, (his third song # 1 on the rap list, # 10 on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs and # 35 on the Billboard Hot 100), which sells half a million copies, it becomes the first female rapper to achieve gold certification as a solo artist, in addition to earning a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Rap Solo Performance category.

Facts & Trivia

MC Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. MC Lyte celebrates birthday on October 11 of every year.

In August 1996, after signing with Elektra Records affiliate East West and more than three years after her last job, Lyte released the fifth album of her career, Bad as I Wanna B. With a sound more oriented to R&B and dance music, it would be far from the critical recognition of its first albums, although it became one of the most commercially successful. On this album they would stand out mainly for having the two most commercially successful singles of their career: “Keep On Keepin’ On”, along with the R&B group Xscape (# 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 3 on Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs and # 27 on the UK Singles Chart) and the Puff Daddy remix of his song “Cold Rock a Party”, (# 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, his fourth # 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and # 14 in the UK between other charts in Europe), in which Missy Elliott participates. With both he would achieve gold certifications in the US market, and for “Keep On Keepin ‘On” she also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in the category of best R&B, Soul or Rap video.

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