✅ MC Lyte, born Lana Michele Moorer in Brooklyn, New York, is widely recognized as one of the first solo female rappers to release a full-length hip-hop album, Lyte as a Rock (1988). ✅ She was the first female MC ever nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance with her 1993 single “Ruffneck.” ✅ MC Lyte broke barriers in hip-hop media, becoming one of the first female rappers to have her videos played heavily on MTV and BET in the late ’80s and early ’90s. ✅ Beyond music, she’s a

✅ On the track It’s Mine by Mobb Deep featuring Nas, the chorus is sung by Nas himself (not a guest singer) and is a clear lyrical instrumental interpolation of The Boy Is Mine by Brandy & Monica (“You need to give it up…” → “Y’all need to give it up/We don’t give a fuck/What y’all niggas want/Thug life is mine”). ✅ On the single Nas Is Like (1999), the main sample used by producer DJ Premier remained unidentified for nearly a decade before being traced to “What Child Is This?” by John Rydgren &

✔️ Bahamadia appears on Proceed III by The Roots, one of the least-talked-about cuts from their early era, where her verse was recorded in one take according to band interviews. ✔️ She’s one of the very few MCs outside the core to appear on Guru’s Jazzmatazz Vol. II, dropping a verse on Respect the Architect—a placement many casual fans never realize she has. ✔️ Her 1996 single Uknowhowwedu quietly peaked at #17 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart, outperforming several major-label acts that year

Get Money (by Junior M.A.F.I.A. ft. Lil’ Kim & The Notorious B.I.G.): ✅ The original track’s instrumental is fundamentally sampled from You Can’t Turn Me Away by Sylvia Striplin (1981). ✅ The official remix, titled “Gettin’ Money (The Get Money Remix)”, uses a different instrumental sampled from Don’t Look Any Further by Dennis Edwards (1984). ✅ On the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the single spent 20 weeks, eventually peaking at #17. ✅ On the UK Official Singles Chart, the remix “Gettin’ Money (Th