MC Lyte Lines Up New Sitcom And 2027 Movies Before Rock Hall Induction

MC Lyte has a sitcom on her schedule and movies lined up for production in 2027, giving her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame moment a decidedly forward-looking twist.

The rapper is preparing to work behind and in front of the camera rather than simply collect another career honor.

“Our company is co-executive-producing a new sitcom. I’m acting and directing in it,” Lyte said in a new Billboard interview.

She also revealed that she filmed a YouTube series with VanVan in Charlotte, North Carolina, although she didn’t supply titles or release dates for those projects.

Those details give shape to plans she had only hinted at publicly. In September, Lyte told AllHipHop she had acting and directing work coming as she returned to the studio with Warryn Campbell, the producer behind her 2024 album, 1 of 1.

“There’s some acting stuff coming up,” Lyte told AllHipHop’s Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur in that conversation, which also touched on her directing work. “So I’m just excited.” Discussing her client projects as well, she added, “We are just overflowing with things to do. So, the to-do list is long, Chuck.”

The screen work isn’t a sudden detour. Lyte previously played Detective Monroe in the BET+ series Angel, and she discussed her growing enthusiasm for directing with AllHipHop in 2024 after making the short film Break Up in Love.

That earlier television role put her in a crime drama, a different format from the sitcom she is now planning to help produce.

Her relationship with VanVan also predates the newly disclosed series.

The young rapper joined her Sunni Gyrl roster, and the two participated in the Kennedy Center’s 2023 tribute to Queen Latifah, connecting Lyte’s mentorship work with another woman whose career moved between records and Hollywood.

Building those ventures has meant learning more than how to deliver a verse.

Looking back on the obstacles she faced, Lyte told Billboard, “The hardest part was just the business.” She described a learning curve that required young performers to understand the commercial side alongside their creative work.

The Hall recognition dates back to an earlier breakthrough: her 1988 debut, Lyte as a Rock, made her the first female rapper to release a full-length solo album. A year later, Eyes on This brought another milestone as the first solo album by a female rapper to enter the Billboard 200.

Lyte’s induction ceremony takes place November 14 at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater.