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Toné!, in the song "Dr. Soul". This single peaked #10 on Billboard Black Songs. [34] In 1990 MC Lyte performed at Carnegie Hall. [35] MC Lyte's DJ since the start of her career, DJ K-Rock, is a cousin, Kennith Moorer; aside from a break in 1992, the two have toured consistently to the present.
Aug 23, 2023 · A Q&A with MC Lyte, one of hip-hop’s most decorated and recognized trailblazers. The legendary Brooklyn-born MC’s latest project celebrates hip-hop’s 50th anniversary by giving other seminal women creatives the chance to tell their stories.
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Aug 9, 2023 · MC Lyte has been grinding since 1987, first as powerhouse MC during rap’s golden age, then as an actor, radio personality, and entrepreneur, among other pursuits. With the new Netflix...
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Aug 8, 2023 · Al Pereira/Getty Images. MC Lyte is one of the most recognizable pioneering voices in rap across generations. If you’re not a Gen Xer or early Millennial who knows her for her music, you’re a late millennial or early Gen Zer who knows her for being the voice behind each BET Awards or the 2023 Grammy Awards.
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Aug 12, 2023 · Frazer Harrison/Getty Images. CNN —. MC Lyte, one of hip-hop’s pioneer emcees, tells CNN she’s “elated” with how far hip-hop has come since its inception back in 1973. “Look where we ...
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Aug 8, 2023 · Aug 8, 2023. ‘The only girl here’: MC Lyte on 50 years of hip-hop. Pioneering rapper MC Lyte on her early influences, the globalization of hip hop and the new wave of female emcees. By Adam Davidson. The word trailblazer gets tossed around a lot.
May 3, 2022 · (Jati Lindsay) 5 min. MC Lyte is tired. You can hear it in her voice, the same smooth alto that made the rapper a hip-hop legend. It’s the end of a long day of interviews, sound checks —...
