Lin Que

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Lin Que (born Linque Ayoung in Queens, New York) is a female hip-hop artist. Lin Que was a member of hip hop group X-Clan as Isis. She released her debut album Rebel Soul while affiliated with X Clan in 1990.

Lin Que left X-Clan to work with MC Lyte. No longer, Isis she rhymed as Lin Que and released a couple of singles for Sony and Elektra. She eventually went into A&R work and graphic design, and she appeared briefly in Spike Lee's He Got Game and Ted Demme's Who's the Man?

She has collaborated with various artists such as Will Downing, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Smif-N-Wessun, The Beatnuts, Monifah, Ce Ce Peniston, and more.

Her last venture was a brief encounter with the Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated group Deadly Venoms. After leaving the group for business reasons shortly after its debut album was recorded and never released, she remained writing and creating music with producers Sugar Al Cayne, Azteknique, and Ayatollah. She has written for MC Lyte and has been producing music as well.