New Jersey is known for producing
some of America’s most talented
rap stars, and Lady Luck is one
of hip-hop’s and battle rap’s most
memorable artists. Luck signed
with Def Jam at just 17. Kevin
Liles even famously said, “Yo, she’s
ill.” (http://www.newyorker.com/
magazine/1999/10/18/hip-hophigh) Luck is also very popular in
the battle rap industry. Her most
debated, and most controversial,
battle was against Remy Ma. Some
of battle rap’s younger generation
have accused veterans like Lady Luck
of not being able to compete in what
they feel is a new era for hip-hop
and battle rap. The only way to find
out, is to set the battle up. But up
until then, I had a few interesting
questions for our girl, Luck...
Hurricane Du: Your last battle
was with Reese Steele — that was
more like a funeral service. That
battle took place a couple of years
ago; do you feel like you can top
that performance now?
Lady Luck: Yeah; of course,
because with that battle, I think
the sound system was bad. I
wasn’t really crazy about my
performance; I felt like I could
have been more charismatic and it
was just a lot of things that I felt
that I could have done 100 times
better.
Hurricane Du: Do you plan on
battling again? It was hilarious
the way you promoted for your
battle against Reese Steele; driving
around asking random people;
“who is Reese Steele?” Could
your fans expect the same type
of entertaining promotion for a
battle?
Lady Luck: I don’t know exactly
what I would do. First off, I don’t
know if I want to do another
battle; for years I didn’t want to do
another battle. But the way these
young ladies talkyou know, like they think they
are so big and bad. I’ve been
quiet for a minute; so l guess like
Roy Jones said, “Y’all must’ve
forgot!” I was definitely interested
in getting down with the new
thing. I was supposed to battle at
the Queen of the Ring, No Hold
Barred event — which was a dope
event. Shoutout to Babs Bunny,
Debo and Vague, but Ms. Hustle
backed out of that — and we
were supposed to battle at Smack.
I don’t know what happened —
but whatever it is — it f**ked up
the battle, with me and Hustle. I
would have slapped her around.
And then at NHB, Chanya Ashley
got on the microphone and called
me out and I’m like, “Aren’t you
cute?” I’m from the era where
n***as rap for real. I don’t know
who this little kid is; I guess I’m
going to have to show these little
n***as. They get a lot of YouTube
views and people are in their ears
all day. I don’t see what I would
gain by battling somebody who
lady luck
MURDER SHE SPOKE
has less of a following; the only
thing I would gain from battling
somebody would be to show y’all
n***as that y’all forgot. I didn’t
forget. I’ve just been writing R&B
songs, trying to sell pop songs and
all that other s**t. That’s the only
reason why I would battle. It ain’t
even the money
Hurricane Du: Do you have
anybody in particular that you
really want to battle?
Lady Luck: No. I mean, anybody.
There are some females that I
respect out of the QOTR league.
I always shout out K Prophet,
shout out E-Hart; [they have]
lines that make you go “oooh”. I
was talking to my homegirl today;
she was telling me about Iggy
Azalea. She said, “That white girl
got flow.” I’m like, “my n***a,
I wrote a song for a group of
strippers and they all had flow.”
So she’s like “So you don’t like
Iggy?” I’m the from the era where
you had to say something; it had
to be a metaphor, make a n***a
respect you — not just because
you could ride the beat. I mean
that’s good; that’s an emcee — you
can rock the party, but real rapper,
real lyricist? Nah, she’s trash. But
maybe that’s cool for her.
HurricaneDu: Recently a couple of
battle rappers have been involved
in some physical altercations.
What is your view on taking builtup animosity with peers to the
next level?
Lady Luck: I think that’s dope.
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