Music legends MC Lyte, Chuck D and Questlove of The Roots are among celebrities who’ve teamed with the Smithsonian on a forthcoming rap and hip-hop anthology that’s being touted as a “powerful ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora & hip-hop's class acts. In our exclusive interview last month, while enjoying breakfast at ...

MC Lyte doesn’t think she would make it in today’s rap game — because she likes to wear pants on stage. The hip hop legend — who in 1988 became the first female MC to release an album, “Lyte as a Rock ...

The forthcoming album will serve as the follow-up to 2015’s Legend and the Brooklyn native’s ninth studio album overall. MC Lyte dropped some news on MC Sha-Rock and Grandmaster Caz during a recent ...

Hip Hop icon MC Lyte wants to help Black girls code. MC Lyte, known for records including “Ruffneck” and “Paper Thin,” has a deep appreciation for the sector of technology as it has played a major ...

As MC Lyte’s character attempts to create a superstar out of her niece, the series explores the music industry from all angles, which she hopes can give audiences a new perspective. As a veteran ...

MC Lyte shepherds the rap career of a technicolor wig sporting teenager in Partners In Rhyme. The ALLBLK sitcom features the trailblazing rapper as a hip-hop pioneer named Lana Crawford who becomes an ...

The embodiment of hip hop, Brooklyn’s own MC Lyte has been moving crowds for over 30 years, and is revered as one of the genre’s most respected lyricists, among both men and women who rock the mic.

For years we’ve all been wondering how MC Lyte has kept the same baby face that she had when she dropped “Paper Thin” back in 1988. At the 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture Beauty Carnival, the ...

MC Lyte is now free from her short-lived marriage. She is officially divorced from John Wyche, who she married in August of 2017. The two divorced due to “irreconcilable differences,” The Blast ...

The company, which has increasingly embraced ticket reselling in recent years, shut down its website with no warning last week. By Dave Brooks Ticketing company Lyte appears to have gone out of ...