Editing MC Lyte (section)

==Awards and nominations==

===Grammy Awards===
{{awards table}}
|-
|| {{grammy|1994}} || "[[Ruffneck (song)|Ruffneck]]" || [[Best Rap Solo Performance]]<ref name=Grammy>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/mc-lyte|title=MC Lyte|website=Grammy.com|date=February 15, 2019 }}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
|{{grammy|2004}} || "[[Ride Wit Me (MC Lyte song)|Ride Wit Me]]" || [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance|Best Female Rap Vocal Performance]] || {{Nom}}
|-
{{end}}

===Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards===
{{awards table}}
|-
|| 1995 || "[[You Want This]]" with [[Janet Jackson]] || Music Video of the Year || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || "[[Keep On Keepin' On (MC Lyte song)|Keep On Keepin' On]]" with [[Xscape (band)|Xscape]] || Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ||  {{Won}}
|-
{{end}}

===MTV Video Music Award===
{{awards table}}
|-
|| [[1995 MTV Video Music Awards|1995]] || "[[I Wanna Be Down]]" featuring [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]], and [[Queen Latifah]] || [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video|Best Rap Video]] ||  {{Nominated}}
|-
{{end}}

===Billboard Music Awards===
{{awards table}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997 || Herself || [[Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Artist|Top Rap Artist]] ||  {{Nominated}}
|-
| "[[Cold Rock a Party]]" || [[Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song|Top Rap Song]] ||  {{Nominated}}
|-
{{end}}

===BET Awards===
{{awards table}}
|-
| [[BET Awards 2004|2004]] || Herself || [[BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist|Best Female Hip-Hop Artist]] ||  {{Nominated}}
|}

===Other accolades===
* 2006 {{ndash}} [[Hip Hop Honors|VH1 Hip Hop Honors]] – '''Honoree'''<ref name="HHH" />
* 2013 {{ndash}} Hip Hop Inaugural Ball {{ndash}} Honored with the Lifetime Achievement<ref name="ib" />
* 2013 {{ndash}} [[BET Hip Hop Awards]] {{ndash}}  Honored with the Icon Lifetime Achievement '''I Am Hip Hop Award''' for her contributions to hip-hop culture<ref name="BETHH" />
* 2016 {{ndash}} [[Harvard University]] {{ndash}} Hutchins Center for African and African American Research's [[W. E. B. Du Bois Medal]]<ref name="hu" />
* 2019 {{ndash}} Trumpet Awards {{ndash}} Trail Blazer Award<ref name="ta" />