Editing MC Lyte (section)

==Early life==
'''Lana Michele Moorer''' was born in the [[Queens]] borough of New York City<ref>{{Cite web |title=MC, Lyte {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/mc-lyte |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> and was raised in the [[East Flatbush, Brooklyn|East Flatbush]] section of [[Brooklyn]], New York City. She began [[rapper|rapping]] at the age of 12.<ref name= "first ladies">{{cite web | url=  http://thesource.com/2016/03/25/the-first-ladies-of-rap-mc-lyte/ | title= The First Ladies Of Rap: MC Lyte | first= KC | last= Orcutt | work= [[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|  date= March 25, 2016 | access-date= September 2, 2016}}</ref> MC Lyte's original stage name was Sparkle.<ref name=halftimeinterview /> She recorded her first track at age 14, which was released 2 years later.<ref name=clip>{{cite web| author= MC Lyte| url= http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/full-clip-mc-lyte-breaks-down-her-entire-catalogue-brandy-janet-jackson-ll-cool-j-more | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064736/http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/full-clip-mc-lyte-breaks-down-her-entire-catalogue-brandy-janet-jackson-ll-cool-j-more |archive-date= July 15, 2014| date= January 7, 2011| website= [[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe.com]]| url-status= dead| title= Full Clip: MC Lyte Breaks Down Her Entire Catalogue (Brandy, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J & More)| access-date= September 2, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|1}}

She regards [[Milk Dee]] and [[Audio Two|DJ Giz]], the hip hop duo [[Audio Two]], as "totally like [her] brothers", because the three grew up together. Audio Two's father, Nat Robinson, started a label for them, called [[First Priority Music|First Priority]].<ref name=halftimeinterview>{{cite interview| quote= Actually Milk and Giz are totally like my brothers but they are not my blood brothers but I was basically raised within that family. |author= MC Lyte| title= MC Lyte | url= http://halftimeonline.net/blog/mc-lyte/| website= HalftimeOnline.net| access-date= September 2, 2016}}</ref> After making the label, Robinson made a deal with [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] under the condition that Lyte would get a record contract with Atlantic as well.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Vibe History of Hip Hop|last=Light|first=Alan|publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]]|year=1999|isbn=0-609-80503-7|location=New York City|pages=[https://archive.org/details/vibehistoryofhip00ligh/page/182 182]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/vibehistoryofhip00ligh/page/182}}</ref>