Lady Luck
Lady Luck in 2012
Background information
Birth nameShanell Jones
Born (1981-12-07) December 7, 1981
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, songwriter
Years active1999−present
LabelsUniversal, Def Jam, The Greatest Entertainment

Shanell Jones (born December 7, 1981), better known by her stage name Lady Luck, is an American rapper from Englewood, New Jersey. She 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.[1] Luck was featured in The New Yorker and a series of articles in The Source, which ran monthly installments on her career.[1][2]

Luck was featured in the 2000 documentary film of Jay-Z's 1999 tour, Backstage.[3][4] In 2017, she was a cast member on the reality show, First Family of Hip Hop on Bravo TV.

Discography

Mixtapes

Title Album details
The Facelift
  • Released: May 15, 2017
  • Label: Lady Luck
  • Format: Digital download
Are We There Yet
  • Released: June 7, 2011
  • Label: Self released
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
R&B		 US
Rap
"Symphony 2000"
(EPMD featuring Method Man, Redman and Lady Luck)		 19996228 Out of Business
"Simon Says (Remix)"
(Pharoahe Monch featuring Busta Rhymes, Redman, Lady Luck and Shabaam Sahdeeq		 —— Internal Affairs
"—" denotes items which failed to chart.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2017 First Family of Hip Hop Herself

References

  1. 1 2 Samuels, David (1999) "Hip-Hop High", The New Yorker, October 18, 1999
  2. ↑ Special Projects: A great day in Newark: Who's Who, NJ.com
  3. ↑ BBC2 programme listings, BBC, retrieved September 23, 2008
  4. ↑ Diehl, Matt (September 22, 2000). "Music Review: 'DJ Clue Presents Backstage — Mixtape (Music Inspired by the Film)'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

Further reading

  • Hope, Clover (2021). The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1-4197-4296-5.


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