Lady Luck (rapper)

Infobox musical artist


Name = Lady Luck
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Shanel Jones
Alias =
Origin = Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Genre = Rap
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active =
Label = Universal Records
First 2 First!

Lady Luck (born 1982) is the stage name of rapper Shanel Jones.

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.Samuels, David (1999) " [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1999/10/18/1999_10_18_196_TNY_LIBRY_000019357 Hip-Hop High] ", The New Yorker, October 18, 1999] After several arguments with the label, Luck was released from her Def Jam contract three years later. Although she recorded an album, "Turn My Mic On" in 2001, it was not released. 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. [http://www.nj.com/specialprojects/index.ssf?/specialprojects/greatday/whoswho.html Special Projects: A great day in Newark: Who's Who] , NJ.com] These days, she is best known Fact|date=September 2008 for her Fight Klub freestyle battle with another female rapper, former Terror Squad member Remy Ma.

Lady Luck was featured in the 2000 documentary film of Jay-Z's 1999 tour, "Backstage". [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=today&service_id=4284&filename=20080509/20080510_0035_4284_22586_85 BBC2 programme listings] , BBC, retrieved 23 September 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/iamladyluck Lady Luck's Myspace Page] Myspace Website
* [http://www.garageband.com/artist/ladyluck Lady Luck's Garageband Page]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lady+Luck Lady Luck at discogs.com]
* [http://24hourhiphop.com/hip+hop+Interviews/LADY+LUCK/981/ 24 Hour Hip Hop interview]
* [http://www.rapcapital.com/interview/ladyluck.htm RAPCAPITAL interview]