MC Lyte
MC Lyte is a Brooklyn rapper who, with her 1988 debut Lyte as a Rock, became the first female rapper to release a full solo album, establishing a blunt, technically sharp style that opened doors for the women who followed her. She later became the first solo woman rapper certified gold, with 1993's “Ruffneck.”
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we haven’t charted MC Lyte yet
this stretch of the river isn’t mapped. we trace the watershed one artist at a time — and we’re always heading further upstream.