Lady Luck (rapper)
| Lady Luck | |
|---|---|
 Lady Luck in March 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shanell Jones |
| Born |
1983 (age 32–33) Englewood, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Labels | Universal, Def Jam, The Greatest Entertainment |
Shanell Jones (born 1983), better known by her stage name Lady Luck, is an American hip hop recording artist 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]
References
- 1 2 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
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