MC Lyte’s style evolution reads like a vibrant love letter to hip‑hop’s legacy. It’s bold, unapologetic, and endlessly elegant. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, she dominated stages and street corners ...

On surprising new albums, '80s trailblazers LL Cool J and MC Lyte sound thrillingly revitalized, thanks to sharp production choices and a... In 2016, De La Soul, one of rap’s most elemental groups, ...

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.

MC Lyte was the first woman in hip hop to drop a full album back in the ’80s so when theGrio asked the legend her thoughts on the new generation of rapping ladies, she instantly got excited. The ...