Lady Luck (rapper)

Shanell Jones (born December 7, 1983), better known by her stage name Lady Luck, is an American hip-hop artist from Englewood, New Jersey. Luck 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]

Lady Luck
Lady Luck in March 2012
Background information
Birth nameShanell Jones
Born (1983-12-07) December 7, 1983
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, songwriter
Years active1999−present
LabelsUniversal, Def Jam, The Greatest Entertainment

Luck was featured in the 2000 documentary film of Jay-Z's 1999 tour, Backstage.[3] In 2017, Luck was a cast member on the reality show, First Family of Hip Hop and is currently engaged to entrepreneur Somaya Reece.

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 Certifications Album
US US
R&B		 US
Rap		 AUS FRA GER NL NZ SWI UK
[4]
"Symphony 2000"
(EPMD featuring Method Man, Redman and Lady Luck)		 1999 —6228——————— Out of Business
"Simon Says (Remix)"
(Pharoahe Monch featuring Busta Rhymes, Redman, Lady Luck and Shabaam Sahdeeq		 —————————— Internal Affairs
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2017 First Family of Hip Hop Herself
gollark: I can run it on my VPS, although the latency to basically everywhere is quite high because it's a vaguely terrible VPS.
gollark: It would still be broken, we had this issue before by a few percent.
gollark: Wait, it probably isn't that as that would make no sense, hmmm.
gollark: It should probably fix itself soon if it's what I think it is.
gollark: It is possible that there are some minor anomalies.

References
  1. 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 23 September 2008
  4. "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Retrieved 7 July 2016.


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