Lana Michele Moorer was born on the 11th October 1970, in Brooklyn, New York City USA. She is a hip hop artist better known under the nickname MC Lyte. She was the first solo female rapper, who released the studio album “Lyte as a Rock” (1988). She was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by BET during the Hip Hop Inaugural Ball in 2013. MC Lyte has been accumulating her net worth being active in the music industry since 1986.
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.
To begin with, MC Lyte started rapping being 12 years old. In 1984, she created the song “I Cram to Understand U (Sam)” which was released a few years later. Soon afterwards, MC Lyte signed a contract with Atlantic Records which was a great base for her burgeoning career. 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 50th position on the Billboard R&B albums Top 100. A year later, the rapper released her second studio album “Eyes on This” which peaked in 8th position on the above mentioned chart, the highest position reached by MC Lyte’s studio albums. The following albums peaked at 14th – “Act Like You Know” (1991),16th – “Ain’t No Other” (1993), 11th – “Bad As I Wanna B” (1996), 71st – “Seven & Seven” (1998) and 95th “Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1” (2003). All these releases contributed significantly to MC Lyte’s net worth.
MC Lyte Net Worth $8 Million
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. More, she has been nominated for three music videos awards, one of which she won. “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. Of course, all these mentioned musical pieces have added financially to the total size of MC Lyte’s net worth.
More, MC Lyte founded the global entertainment company named Sunny Gyrl Inc. in 1997. It focuses on management and the development of artists as well as production. Currently, she serves as the CEO of the above mentioned company. 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. In addition to this, she has launched a boutique called Shaitel in Los Angeles. All the above mentioned engagements have also increased the net worth of MC Lyte.
Concerning her private life, MC Lyte claims to be single – in fact rumours have spread that she might be gay, although MC Lyte neither confirms nor denies the rumours, quoting the well known proverb “Never say never”.
BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video, Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song, Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance, Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Artist, Poor Georgie, Keep On, Keepin' On, Pape...
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TV Shows
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Fact
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Made a song with Beyonce Knowles, Missy Elliott and Free called "Fighting Temptations".
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Honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.
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Lyte has also received a Billboard Artist of the Year Award, been nominated for a Grammy and after having two nominations, won a Soul Train Award (for Video of the Year). *
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She has received two RIAA certified Gold singles and a Platinum single.
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MC Lyte was the first female Hip Hop artist to receive a Gold record (certifying over 500,000 units sold).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House
2016
TV Series
Centric Celebrates Selma: 50th Anniversary Music Special
2015
TV Movie
MC Lyte ft. Lil Mama & AV: Ball
2014
Video short
Performer
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
Taylor Powell
Regular Show in Space
2011
TV Series
Demel-ishun
Half & Half
2004-2006
TV Series
Kai Owens
Da Jammies
2006
Video short
Syrin (voice)
Strong Medicine
2003
TV Series
Nikki
Playas Ball
2003
Laquinta (as Lana 'MC Lyte' Moorer)
Platinum
2003
TV Series
Camiile Fareal
Holla
2002
TV Series
Guest
Civil Brand
2002
Sgt. Cervantes
For Your Love
1998-2002
TV Series
Lana
The District
2002
TV Series
Karla
Train Ride
2000
Katrina Daniels
Get Real
1999
TV Series
Beth Hunter
A Luv Tale
1999
Aklia
In the House
1998
TV Series
LuLu
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
1997
Sista Tu Lumumba
New York Undercover
1995
TV Series
Female Rapper
Fly by Night
1992
Akusa
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rap Critic Reviews
2014
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
21 & Over
2013
writer: "Jukebox" - as L. Moorer
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
Documentary performer: "Cold Rock A Party", "My Story" / writer: "Cold Rock A Party" - as Lana Moorer / writer: "My Story"
10 Years
2011
writer: "Jukebox" - as L. Moorer
Limitless
2011/I
writer: "Jukebox" - as L. Moorer
Dance Central
2010
Video Game publisher: "Rump Shaker" / writer: "Rump Shaker"
Cold Case
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Hills
2008
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Entourage
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
Video Game performer: "Cha Cha Cha"
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Lana Moorer, "Fighting Temptation" / performer: "Fighting Temptation"
Anne B. Real
2003
performer: "Boy Like That"
Deliver Us from Eva
2003
performer: "Ride Wit Me" / writer: "Ride Wit Me"
Blue Crush
2002
writer: "Jam For The Ladies"
Civil Brand
2002
performer: "All We Want", "Illegal Penetration", "Death", "Angel Dust" / writer: "All We Want", "Illegal Penetration", "Angel Dust" - as Lana Moorer
Liberté-Oléron
2001
performer: "Jammin'"
Love & Basketball
2000
performer: "Lyte As A Rock" / writer: "Lyte As A Rock"
Woo
1998
performer: "Woo Woo Party Tonight" - as M.C. Lyte / writer: "Woo Woo Party Tonight" - as Lana Moorer
Caught Up
1998
"I Like" / performer: "I Like" / writer: "I Like" - as Lana Moorer
All That
1997
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dangerous Ground
1997
performer: "Keep On Pushin'"
New York Undercover
1997
TV Series 1 episode
Sunset Park
1996
performer: "Keep On Keepin' On" / writer: "Keep On Keepin' On"
Amongst Friends
1993
performer: "Brooklyn"
Mo' Money
1992
performer: "Ice Cream Dream" - as MCLyte / writer: "Ice Cream Dream" - as MCLyte
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
BET Awards 2013
2013
TV Special announcer
2012 Soul Train Awards
2012
TV Special presenter
BET Awards 2012
2012
TV Special announcer
BET Awards 2011
2011
TV Special announcer
BET Awards 2010
2010
TV Special announcer
BET Awards 2009
2009
TV Special announcer
BET Awards 2008
2008
TV Special announcer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
2012
Documentary short co-producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
WGN Morning News
2016
TV Series
Herself - Performer
2015 Soul Train Awards
2015
TV Movie
Herself
Steve Harvey
2015
TV Series
Herself
The Comedy Underground Series, Vol. 4
2015
TV Movie
Herself - DJ
Unsung
2011-2015
TV Series documentary
Herself / Himself
The Comedy Underground Series, Vol. 3
2015
TV Movie
Herself - DJ
Sisterhood of Hip Hop
2015
TV Series
Herself
BET Awards 2015
2015
TV Movie
Herself - Announcer
Hustlers Convention
2015
Documentary
Herself
Black Girls Rock!
2015
TV Movie
Herself
The Real
2015
TV Series
Herself
2014 Soul Train Awards
2014
TV Movie
Herself - Announcer
BET Awards 2014
2014
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
Exhale
2014
TV Series
Herself
The Message
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself(2014)
The Queen Latifah Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
American Music Awards 2013
2013
TV Special
Herself
2013 Soul Train Awards
2013
TV Special
Herself
2013 BET Hip Hop Awards
2013
TV Special
Herself
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
TV Series
Herself - Muscial Guest
BET Awards 2013
2013
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
2012 Soul Train Awards
2012
TV Special
Herself
BAD25: The Short Films of Michael Jackson
2012
TV Movie
Herself
BET Awards 2012
2012
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
2012
Documentary short
Herself
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
Documentary
Herself
Diary of a Decade: The Story of a Movement
2012
Documentary
Herself
American Revolutionaries: DMC
2011
TV Movie
Herself
BET Awards 2011
2011
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
Lopez Tonight
2011
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Business as Usual: The Exploitation of Hip Hop
2011
Documentary
VH1 Divas Salute the Troops
2010
TV Movie
Herself - Performer
My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop
2010
TV Movie documentary
Herself
BET Awards 2010
2010
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
The Mo'Nique Show
2010
TV Series
Herself
The BET Honors
2009
TV Movie
Herself
What Ever Happened to Hip Hop?
2009
Documentary
Herself
BET Awards 2009
2009
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
Black to the Future
2009
TV Series
Herself
Say My Name
2009/I
Documentary
Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown
2009
Documentary
Herself
BET News
2008
TV Series
Herself
BET Hip Hop Awards 2008
2008
TV Special
Herself
5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors
2008
TV Movie
Herself
Just In with Laura Ingraham
2008
TV Series
Herself
Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?
2008
TV Movie
Herself - Host
BET Awards 2008
2008
TV Special
Herself - Announcer
The Boot
2008
TV Series
Herself - Host
Parallel Paths
2007
TV Series
Herself (2007)
Celebrity Rap Superstar
2007
TV Series
Herself
The Good, the Bad and the Bling
2007
Documentary
Herself
Hip Hop Life
2007
Video
Herself
BET Awards 2006
2006
TV Special
Herself
Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later
2006
TV Movie
Himself
Ali Rap
2006
TV Movie
Herself
3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors
2006
TV Movie
Herself - Honoree
The Drug Years
2006
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Made You Look: Top 25 Moments of BET History
2005
TV Special documentary
Herself
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
TV Series
Herself
Live 8
2005
TV Special documentary
Herself
Love Lounge
2005
TV Series
Herself
Letter to the President
2005
Video documentary
Herself - Recording Artist
Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama
2005
TV Series documentary
Herself
Black in the 80s
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
There's a God on the Mic
2005
Documentary
Herself
The Art of 16 Bars: Get Ya' Bars Up
2005
Video documentary
Herself
My Coolest Years
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself - 'B-Boys & B-Girls'
My Wife and Kids
2004
TV Series
Herself
Hip-Hop Honors
2004
TV Special
Herself - Host
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos
2004
Video documentary
Herself (segment "You Want This")
Female American Rap Stars
2004
Video
Herself
Def Poetry
2004
TV Series documentary
Herself
4th Annual BET Awards
2004
TV Special
Herself
I Wanna Thank My Mama: The BET Awards*04 Nomination Special
2004
TV Movie documentary
Nominee Commentator
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
2004
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Essence Awards
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2003
TV Series documentary
Herself
Hip Hop Babylon 2
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Soul Train
1992-2003
TV Series documentary
Herself / Guest
The 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
2003
TV Special
Herself
2nd Annual BET Awards
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The It Factor
2002
TV Series
42nd Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration
2001
TV Movie
Herself
The Lyricist Lounge Show
2000
TV Series
Herself (2000)
Cousin Skeeter
1998
TV Series
Herself
All That
1997
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
1997
TV Special
Herself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1997
TV Series
Herself
Moesha
1996
TV Series
Herself
New York Undercover
1996
TV Series
Herself
The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
1995
TV Special
Herself - Performer
In the Mix
1994
TV Series
Herself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
TV Series
Herself
Sesame Street
1992
TV Series
Herself
Sisters in the Name of Rap
1992
TV Movie
Herself
In Living Color
1992
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam
1992
TV Movie
Himself
Unplugged
1991
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Arsenio Hall Show
1990-1991
TV Series
Herself
The Marsha Warfield Show
1990
TV Series
Herself
Star Search
1983
TV Series
Judge (2004)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Rap Solo Performance - Female
For the song "Ride Wit Me."
Known for movies
Limitless (2011) as Soundtrack
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) as Herself