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MC Lyte and celebrity guests at The Prelude event (EURweb screenshot) *On Friday, June 23, 2023, the first annual edition of “The Prelude” took place at The Andaz in West Hollywood, California. Hosted by the Hip Hop icon MC Lyte and the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation, this exclusive dinner event marked the official kick-off […]

  GETTY *Hip-hop icon MC Lyte recently dopped a Choice Mix for Red Bull Radio, which is an hour long curated playlist of hits from female rappers including Queen Latifah, Cardi B, Keyshia Cole, Beyoncé, Lyte herself and many more.  “I took the mix around the world,” Lyte, born Lana Moorer, told Page Six. “We went […]

MC Lyte & John Wyche *Hip-hop icon MC Lyte admits she was “very distraught” after her marriage to John Wyche ended with a divorce in 2020.  The rapper’s ongoing separation from her ex was initially hard to navigate emotionally, MC Lyte said while as a co-hosting on “The Real” on Feb. 21, MadameNoire reports.  […]

[…] Depositphotos *It was only a matter of time before the #MeToo movement fully expanded into hip-hop, with some of the culture’s finest under fire. LL Cool J, MC Lyte and Bell Biv Devoe (BBD) are the targets of #MeToo supporters. Among the advocates is one who is taking the entertainers to task for spreading what […]

MC Lyte & John Wyche – Getty *MC Lyte is officially divorced from John Wyche and luckily for her, as part of their prenup, she gets to keep her music catalog. We reported previously that the hip-hop icon said she was “very distraught” after her short-lived marriage to Wyche ended in divorce in 2020.  […]

MC Lyte / INSTAGRAM *MC Lyte shared a photo of her new man on social media, and the move comes a year after she finalized her divorce from ex-husband John Wyche. According to The Jasmine Brand, the hip-hop legend is dating Aaron Johnson, 43, a professional in the tech industry. The couple reportedly met […]

* MC Lyte became the first female MC in 1988 when she released the album, “Lyte as a Rock” — but the hip-hop icon tells Page Six that she would not make it as a female rapper today. “I recently told somebody it would be really old-school for me to perform on stage with pants,” […]

Precious Way and MC Lyte *We caught up with MC Lyte during AllBlK’s “Developing and Creating While Black” panel during the AMC streamer’s TCA presentation this month, to dish about her role in the new series “Partners in Rhyme.” As reported by Deadline, the scripted original series comes from MC Lyte and The Jamie Foxx […]

John Wyche and MC Lyte – Essence.com (Photo by Shawn Pullum of PullCorp Media Group) *MC Lyte married her boyfriend John Wyche in a sunset ceremony in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Essence.com had access to the ceremony at the Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort, which saw the rapper, born Lana Moorer, walk down the aisle to a […]

MC Lyte *Legendary rapper/actress MC Lyte now has a problem on her hands with an artist she hooked up with for a project, but she never compensated him. Now she is being fitted for a lawsuit. The artist, Christopher Smith,  claims in legal docs that he was hired as an artist, animator and writer […]

Getty * MC Lyte and her husband are calling it quits after three years of marriage. The rapper, born Lana Michelle Moorer, has filed for divorce from John Wyche, TMZ and The Blast report. Lyte, 49, reportedly cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. The couple tied the knot in 2017, after meeting that same year […]

Recording Artist MC Lyte performs at the premiere party for NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’, ‘Chicago P.D.’ and ‘Chicago Med’ at STK Chicago on November 9, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. NBC has renewed popular dramas “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” for the 2016-17 season. *Misogyny has always been a part of hip hop, but the genre has […]

MC Lyte (Essence.com) *MC Lyte is about to be a married woman. The rap legend broke the news to Essence while being interviewed about her new book, “Your Man & Your Money,’ co-written with her business partner Lynn Richardson. His name is John, he’s from New York and Lyte said that she met him […]

*Mogul, VoiceOver Artist, and Hip-Hop legend MC Lyte honors Women’s History with a hard-hitting anthem to women across the globe with her new single “Woman.” Produced by Warryn Campbell, this track is a bold, lyrical celebration of womanhood featuring fellow hip-hop pioneers SALT of Salt-N-Pepa and Big Daddy Kane along with R&B crooner Raheem DeVaughn. […]

*(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 are. I am just so elated, and excited, it’s almost as though hip-hop, of all generations, have gotten like a dose of rejuvenation. We have been so […]