Editing MC Lyte (section)

==Personal life==
In 2016, producer and rapper [[Q-Tip (musician)|Q-Tip]] revealed on his [[Apple Music 1]] show ''Abstract Radio'' that he used to date Lyte in his days before landing a record deal with [[A Tribe Called Quest]]. In the early 1990s, Lyte was in a relationship with Todd "Todd 1" Brown (1970–2019), then the producer of ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/www.hotnewhiphop.com/hip-hop-mtv-legend-and-producer-todd-1-dies-suddenly-mc-lyte-and-queen-yonasda-mourn-news.86141.html%3f |title=Hip Hop MTV Legend & Producer, Todd-1 Dies Suddenly, MC Lyte And Queen Yonasda Mourn|website=HotNewHipHop|date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> and at that time she would also make public in an interview that they were engaged. Brown later said that the latter was part of a joke started by one of the hosts of the show Tyrone "T Money" Kelsie "he came up with the marriage idea and then mayhem ensued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/news/tichina-arnold-branching-out/ |title=Tichina Arnold: Branching Out|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref>

After the initial show, the story got so big that an interviewer actually asked Lyte about her "marriage"... and instead of her shooting down the rumor, she went along with it."{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}  Later it was speculated in the media that for a few years she had a relationship with actress [[Tichina Arnold]]. Later these rumors were denied by Arnold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/news/tichina-arnold-branching-out/ |title=Tichina Arnold: Branching Out|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> In May 2015, some media speculated that Lyte had dated R&B singer [[Janelle Monae]], but these rumors have not been confirmed by either of them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/janelle-monae-singer-allegedly-dating-veteran-femcee-mc-lyte/96ks1vj.amp |title=Singer allegedly dating veteran femcee MC Lyte|website=www.pulse.ng. |date=May 1, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/heavy.com/entertainment/2019/02/janelle-monae-partner-girlfriend-dating-history/ |title=Janelle Monae Partner: Is the Singer Dating Anyone?|website=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]]|date=Jul 19, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref>

In early 2016, she started dating [[Marines|Marine Corps]] veteran and entrepreneur John Wyche, after meeting him on [[Match.com]]. They announced their engagement in May 2017. "What can I say, except thank you Lord!!!... It's been a long time, this single life, and I thank you all for your prayers and kind words of hope," she wrote in an [[Instagram]] post dated January 21, 2017. "God has sent me true love. For all of you waiting on LOVE- don't give up – keep God first and he will see that you meet your match."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theknotnews.com/mc-lyte-marries-jamaica-wedding-22104|title=MC Lyte Marries Marine Corps Veteran in Jamaica Wedding|last=Chen|first=Joyce|date=August 14, 2017|website=The Knot News|language=en|access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essence.com/celebrity/mc-lyte-wedding-photos|title=MC Lyte Wedding Photos |website=Essence.com|date=October 24, 2020 }}</ref>

In August they exchanged their vows during a musical wedding in [[Montego Bay]], Jamaica. [[Reggae]] Congo bands played as Lyte walked down the aisle, and the couple's friend [[Kelly Price]] serenaded them during the ceremony. Afterward, an intimate gathering with only close friends and family members was held.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theknotnews.com/mc-lyte-marries-jamaica-wedding-22104|title=MC Lyte Marries Marine Corps Veteran in Jamaica Wedding|last=Chen|first=Joyce|date=August 14, 2017|website=The Knot News|language=en|access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essence.com/celebrity/mc-lyte-wedding-photos|title=MC Lyte Wedding Photos |website=Essence.com|date=October 24, 2020 }}</ref>
In August 2020 she filed for a divorce after three years of marriage.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Sarah|last=Michaud|url=https://people.com/music/mc-lyte-divorce-john-wyche|title=Rapper MC Lyte Files for Divorce from John Wyche After 3 Years of Marriage|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=August 17, 2020}}</ref>

She is an honorary member of [[Sigma Gamma Rho]] sorority.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}