Shanell Jones (born December 7, 1981), better known by her stage name Lady Luck, is an American rapper from Englewood, New Jersey. She signed a five-album record deal with Def Jam worth between half a million and a million dollars at the age of 17 on the strength of several freestyles that she did for New York radio station WQHT-FM. Luck was featured in The New Yorker and a series of articles in The Source, which ran monthly installments on her career. Luck was featured in the 2000 documentary film of Jay-Z's 1999 tour, Backstage. In 2017, she was a cast member on the reality show, First Family of Hip Hop and was engaged to entrepreneur Somaya Reece. Discography Mixtapes Singles As featured artist Filmography Television References Further reading External links Lady Luck at discogs.com Lady Luck Are We There Yet Instagram page Remy Ma Vs. Lady Luck Rap Battle 1981 births American women rappers African-American women rappers Def Jam Recordings artists Living people People from Englewood, New Jersey Rappers from New Jersey Songwriters from New Jersey 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American women musicians African-American songwriters 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women 21st-century women rappers