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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Lady
Person · female · United States · Talbotton · born 1989
American rapper
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography173 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1366451672
Biography
Shameka Shanta Brown (born July 31, 1989), better known by her stage name Lady, is an American rapper. She was signed to rapper Plies' record label Big Gates Records on April 1, 2010. She has released three albums. Lady's songs have been featured on TV shows including Girls, Ray Donovan, and Skins.
Early life and education
Shameka Shanta Brown was born in Talbotton, Georgia. She graduated from Central High School in Talbotton in 2007. During her senior year at Central, Brown was class president.
Career
On April 1, 2010, Brown signed a record deal with the independent recording label Big Gates Records. She released the mixtapes Bitch From Around the Way, Bitch From Around the Way II, and Bout Dat Life.
Lady's song "Yankin" was prominently featured in a wedding scene in the HBO television series Girls and her song "Twerk" was featured in Showtime's television series Ray Donovan. The UK's Channel 4 show Skins has used her track "I Need". Lady and her songs have been discussed on Howard Stern's radio talk show, The Howard Stern Show.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16745378genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16745378seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_%28American_rapper%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_%28American_rapper%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
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Wikidata: Q16745378 · MusicBrainz: bff72513-5260-4f5b-94bc-a0bfeef1465c
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