Legendary rapper mc lyte remains owner of her music catalog in divorce settlement

by DIAMOND JEUNE January 18, 2023 ------------------------- MC LYTE has many things to be thankful for this year, one being that she is legally a free woman. News outlets are reporting that

the rapper’s divorce from entrepreneur JOHN WYCHE is officially finalized. In a list of things MC Lyte can keep, she will remain the rightful owner of her music catalog and its royalties,

which goes back to the late 1980s. In February 2022, MC Lyte opened up about her struggles after undergoing a public divorce. During an episode of _The Real, _the rap veteran shared that in

the beginning, she was incredibly distraught by the entire process.  She said, “I think in the very beginning, I was very distraught. I feel like there are phases whenever a relationship is

ending, whether you’re married or not. It’s that first phase of, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got to make this work for us. Then it’s like, Oh my God, I’ve got to make this work for everybody else

involved.’“ [embedded content] Later in the conversation, MC Lyte disclosed that she knew immediately after exchanging vows with Wyche in 2017 that the union wouldn’t last despite her all of

her efforts.  “You get to a point where you’re like, this isn’t working. It doesn’t matter. What really matters is that we end up in a happy place. It’s hard in the beginning, but you

realize to have happiness doesn’t mean you have to remain together, and it doesn’t mean that you are a failure because the marriage failed. It’s all ego. You just have to be able to let go.”

MC Lyte, who met Wyche on the dating website Match.com, filed for divorce in 2020, citing irreconcilable differences.  According to The Blast, MC Lyte’s marriage to Wyche was brief. Court

documents obtained by the publication state the “Paper Thin” lyricist separated from Wyche in January 2018, almost five months after they tied the knot in Jamaica in August 2017. The legal

docs also mention details about the pair’s prenuptial agreement. In it, MC Lyte and Wyche didn’t ask for spousal support, and the 52-year-old will be able to keep her belongings and the

earnings she made throughout the duo’s short-lived union. According to the court documents stated, “MC Lyte keeps her clothing, jewelry, watches, and personal effects in her possession,

custody, or control, and earnings and accumulations before the date of marriage, during the marriage, and post-separation, her Subaru, financial accounts in her name, all furniture,

furnishings, and other personal property in her possession, custody, or control. She also gets to keep her term life insurance policy.”