Lady Luck (rapper)
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Lady Luck | |
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 Lady Luck in March 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shanell Jones |
| Born | August 30, 1983 (age 35) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Labels | Universal, Def Jam, The Greatest Entertainment |
Shanell Jones (born August 30, 1983), better known by her stage name Lady Luck, is an American hip hop rapper from Englewood, New Jersey.
Luck signed a five-album record deal with Def Jam worth between half a million and a million dollars at the age of 17 on the strength of several freestyles that she did for New York radio station WQHT-FM.[1] Luck was the subject of a feature in The New Yorker and a series of articles in The Source, which ran monthly installments on her career.[1][2]
Lady Luck was featured in the 2000 documentary film of Jay-Z's 1999 tour, Backstage.[3]
She is currently a cast member on the reality show First Family of HipHop & engaged to Entrepreneur Somaya Reece.
Discography
Mixtapes
| Title | Album details |
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| The Facelift |
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| Are We There Yet |
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Singles
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Rap |
AUS | FRA | GER | NL | NZ | SWI | UK [4] | |||||
| "Symphony 2000" (EPMD featuring Method Man, Redman and Lady Luck) |
1999 | — | 62 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out of Business | ||
| "Simon Says (Remix)" (Pharoahe Monch featuring Busta Rhymes, Redman, Lady Luck and Shabaam Sahdeeq |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Internal Affairs | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||||||
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | First Family of Hip Hop | Herself |
References
- ^ a b Samuels, David (1999) "Hip-Hop High", The New Yorker, October 18, 1999
- ^ Special Projects: A great day in Newark: Who's Who, NJ.com
- ^ BBC2 programme listings, BBC, retrieved 23 September 2008
- ^ "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Retrieved 7 July 2016.
External links
- Lady Luck at discogs.com
- Lady Luck Are We There Yet
- Instagram Page
- [1]
- Remy Ma Vs. Lady Luck Rap Battle
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