But MC Lyte said in 2004 that there are a lot of female rappers out there.

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The king gave it to his countryman Thomas Lyte as thanks for the gift of a grand, illuminated pedigree.

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The entertainment included DJ MC Lyte, singers K'Jon, Robin Thicke and Grammy-Award winner Usher and The Source, an 18-piece band.

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Sure, there's MC Lyte, Foxy Brown, Missy Elliot, M.

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James I, the Scotsman who reigned while Shakespeare wrote many of his masterpieces, including "Macbeth, " is portrayed in the Lyte Jewel, an enameled gold locket bearing on its cover (reversed at left) the royal monogram IR, for the Latin Jacobus Rex.

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