From 2011 to 2013 she held the position of the President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy, the institution that nominates and awards the Grammies. Currently, she serves as the CEO of the above mentioned company. It focuses on management and the development of artists as well as production.
More, MC Lyte founded the global entertainment company named Sunny Gyrl Inc. Of course, all these mentioned musical pieces have added financially to the total size of MC Lyte’s net worth. “You Want This” (1995) video with Janet Jackson was nominated for the Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Award as the Music Video of the Year, “I Wanna Be Down” (1995) video featuring Brandy, Yo-Yo and Queen Latifah was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award as the Best Rap Video, and “Keep On, Keepin’ On” (1996) video with Xscape won the Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Award as the Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video. More, she has been nominated for three music videos awards, one of which she won. However, it should be noted that two singles “Ruffneck” (1993) and “Ride Wit Me” (2003) were nominated for Grammy Awards in the category of the Best Rap Performance – Solo.
All these releases contributed significantly to MC Lyte’s net worth. The following albums peaked at 14 th – “Act Like You Know” (1991),16 th – “Ain’t No Other” (1993), 11 th – “Bad As I Wanna B” (1996), 71 st – “Seven & Seven” (1998) and 95 th “Da Undaground Heat, Vol. A year later, the rapper released her second studio album “Eyes on This” which peaked in 8 th position on the above mentioned chart, the highest position reached by MC Lyte’s studio albums. MC Lyte then released her debut album “Lyte as a Rock” in 1988, which was listed as one of the 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source, though it peaked only in 50 th position on the Billboard R&B albums Top 100. Soon afterwards, MC Lyte signed a contract with Atlantic Records which was a great base for her burgeoning career. In 1984, she created the song “I Cram to Understand U (Sam)” which was released a few years later. To begin with, MC Lyte started rapping being 12 years old. So just how rich is this lady? The female pioneer of hip hop, MC Lyte, is known to possess an estimated net worth of $8 million. MC Lyte has been accumulating her net worth being active in the music industry since 1986. She was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by BET during the Hip Hop Inaugural Ball in 2013. She was the first solo female rapper, who released the studio album “Lyte as a Rock” (1988). She is a hip hop artist better known under the nickname MC Lyte. Lana Michele Moorer was born on the 11 th October 1970, in Brooklyn, New York City USA.
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