{"id":900295,"date":"2026-10-30T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900295\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:36:09","slug":"wnba-finals-halftime-show-has-aerosmith-beyonce-collaborator-mc-lyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900295\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Finals Halftime Show has Aerosmith\/Beyonce collaborator MC Lyte"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hip-hop pioneer MC Lyte<\/a>, who is part of this year\u2019s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class, is set to perform during Game 7 of the WNBA Finals<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The highly influential rapper<\/a> will handle the halftime show<\/a> duties during this Halloween matchup between the hometown Golden State Valkyries<\/a> and the visiting Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the series currently knotted up at 3-3, this game 7 will decide the 2026 WNBA championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unlike the past three Finals halftime acts at Chase Center \u2014 San Francisco\u2019s Larry June, Vallejo\u2019s LaRussell and Oakland\u2019s En Vogue<\/a> \u2014 MC Lyte<\/a> is not a Bay Area artist, but rather hails from Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

MC Lyte<\/a> rose to prominence in the late 80s, famously becoming the first female rapper to release a full-length studio album \u2014 the groundbreaking \u201cLyte as a Rock\u201d \u2014 in 1988.<\/p>\n

She\u2019d later join forces with KRS-One and other talents in the supergroup known as Stop the Violence Movement. The group released \u201cSelf Destruction\u201d in 1989 \u2014 which reportedly was the inaugural chart-topper on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.<\/p>\n

Over the years, she\u2019s collaborated with Beyonce, Jay-Z, Aerosmith and many other top acts.<\/p>\n

MC Lyte\u2019s most recent album is \u201c1 of 1,\u201d her ninth full-length platter, which hits stores in 2024.<\/p>\n

MC Lyte<\/a> was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, under the musical influence category, earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The national anthem at the WNBA Finals game 7 will be performed by the Glide Ensemble<\/a> from Glide church in San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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