Lady Luck (rapper)

Shanell Ayana Jones^[1] (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.^[2] Luck was featured in The New Yorker and a series of articles in The Source, which ran monthly installments on her career.^[2][3] 2020 she became a music supervisor, winning an Emmy Award.

Lady Luck
Lady Luck in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Shanell Ayana Jones
Born	(1981-12-07) December 7, 1981 (age 43) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter
Years active	1999−present
Labels	Universal, Def Jam, The Greatest Entertainment

Luck was featured in the 2000 documentary film of Jay-Z's 1999 tour, Backstage.^[4][5] In 2017, she was a cast member on the reality show, First Family of Hip Hop on Bravo TV.Her single "STROKE" which was released on the television show went Platinum online. In 2023, she released "Praise."^[6]

She is of Puerto Rican descent.

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

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US R&B	US Rap
"Symphony 2000" (EPMD featuring Method Man, Redman and Lady Luck)	1999	62	28	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