SINGER

MC Lyte

1970 - Today

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Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper. Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first female rapper to release a full solo album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock. The album spawned the singles "10% Dis" and "Paper Thin".In 1989, she joined the supergroup Stop the Violence Movement, and appeared on the single "Self Destruction", which was the inaugural number-one single on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of MC Lyte has received more than 2,000,963 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). MC Lyte is the 3,870th most popular singer (down from 3,535th in 2019), the 18,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,412th in 2019) and the 998th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of MC Lytes by language

Over the past year MC Lyte has had the most page views in the with 263,686 views, followed by French (5,638), and German (4,653). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (81.45%), Egyptian Arabic (48.44%), and Portuguese (25.95%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, MC Lyte ranks 3,870 out of 4,381. Before her are Kurt Vile, Omarion, Oscar Loya, Joan Franka, Lisa Hannigan, and Paenda. After her are Hovig Demirjian, Jeronimas Milius, Amelle Berrabah, Debrah Scarlett, Emma Muscat, and The Kid Laroi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, MC Lyte ranks 1,003. Before her are Aled Jones, Kunio Nagayama, Irv Gotti, Kevin Campbell, Leleti Khumalo, and Omar Abdullah. After her are Hiroshi Miyazawa, Makoto Yonekura, Doug Christie, Brad Rowe, Victoria Pratt, and Tetsuya Ogura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, MC Lyte ranks 18,078 out of 20,380. Before her are Julian Edelman (1986), Rod Grams (1948), Chance Perdomo (1996), Logan Miller (1992), James Adomian (1980), and Ashleigh Murray (1988). After her are Joe Kovacs (1989), Earl Clark (1988), Nina Gordon (1967), Shane Harper (1993), Jacqueline Woodson (1963), and Mike Stulce (1969).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, MC Lyte ranks 998. Before her are Action Bronson (1983), Mindy McCready (1975), Lacey Sturm (1981), Kurt Vile (1980), Omarion (1984), and Oscar Loya (1979). After her are Aesop Rock (1976), Jane Monheit (1977), Alexis Jordan (1992), Rodney Jerkins (1977), Victoria Monét (1993), and Krayzie Bone (1973).

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