ASN NEWS USA — SPECIAL REPORT

By ASN News Editorial Desk

ATLANTA (ASN NEWS USA)— It’s a Ladies First Monday in Atlanta. Hip-hop pioneer MC Lyte takes the stage tonight at 8 p.m. at City Winery Atlanta for one of the final stops on her “Road to the Hall of Fame” tour — five days before she is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The intimate show, with a second date tomorrow night, is a victory lap nearly four decades in the making. Lyte, born Lana Michele Moorer and raised in Brooklyn, built her name on sharp rhymes and classics like “Paper Thin” and her debut album “Lyte as a Rock.” Her 12-city tour began October 11 in Brooklyn and has carried her across the country toward the Hall.

Saturday, She Goes In

The 2026 induction ceremony takes place Saturday, November 14, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Lyte will receive the Rock Hall’s Early Influence Award, alongside Queen Latifah. Wu-Tang Clan enters as performers, in a class that also includes Sade, Luther Vandross, Oasis, Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, and Joy Division/New Order. The ceremony will debut on ABC and Disney+ in December.

“It’s a testament to a career that I’ve worked almost four decades in now,” Lyte said after learning she had been selected.

From the first woman of rap to command the mic on her own terms to a Hall of Fame stage — Atlanta gets to celebrate her tonight, up close, before history is made on Saturday.

Stay tuned to ASN News USA for more on the culture’s biggest nights.

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