Lucas Secon

Lucas Secon, also known by the stage name Lucas, is a world-renowned Grammy Award , MTV Award and Emmy Award-nominated record producer, songwriter,Golden Poets Award winner, DJ, rapper, singer and artist/conceptualist. He lives in London, United Kingdom.

Secon has contributed to seven number one records and many other singles and albums.[1] Secon is also known for his own single, "Lucas with the Lid Off", from his 1994 album Lucacentric.

He has contributed to over 50 million album sales and has garnered many multi-platinum, platinum and gold plaques for singles and albums sold and has produced and written for such acts as Britney Spears, The Pussycat Dolls, Kylie Minogue, Toni Braxton, Snoop Dogg, Gym Class Heroes, IAM, Sugababes, New Boyz, Cee-lo Green, Big Time Rush, Travis McCoy, Mos Def, Cassidy, The Wanted, Pixie Lott,Fighting With Wire, Sean Paul, Alexandra Burke, Sean Kingston, JLS, The Saturdays, Mohombi, September, Blak Twang, Tweet, Rivers Cuomo, Sly and Robbie, Steve Aoki, Chubb Rock, Kool Keith, Lady Of Rage, Pete Nice and many more.

Lucas Won a BMI US Airplay Award for The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part" in 2010. He also won an award for biggest airplay record of the year for Stan Walker's"Black Box" single. Lucas was nominated for an Emmy Award for Big Time Rush"Boyfriend" featuring Snoop Dogg and New Boyz and a Grammy Award and an MTV Award for his own single "Lucas With The Lid Off".

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Early life

Secon was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of American entrepreneur and Pottery Barn founder Paul Secon, and world-renowned Danish artist Berta Moltke.

Secon spent his childhood between New York and Copenhagen while also living in Venice, Italy and London, England before settling in New York after graduating high school. He attended New York University, majoring in Psychology and Philosophy with a minor in Music Business.

Secon won Spin Magazine's Golden Poets Award for his poem "The Ice Age" (out of 150,000 entrants), which became a song on To Rap My World Around You. Paul Secon and Lucas also wrote a song together called "Red,White and Blues",detailing America's unfaithful relationship with its own people and it's shady,opportunistic foreign politics/policies on his album Lucacentric.

Career

1990-1994: Solo career

Signed to Uptown Records by Andre Harrell, Secon debuted in 1990 with the album To Rap My World Around You.

In 1993 he signed with Atlantic Records and released his 1994 album Lucacentric, a much more jazz-influenced work than his previous effort. Lucacentric hit the Top 40 in at least 10 countries. It also spawned the single "Lucas with the Lid Off", which peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became his only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. The music video for his the single, directed by Michel Gondry, received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form[2] and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video[3] in 1995. The video features a very distinctive and memorable style, being shot in one take among a variety of different sets. It was voted #4 in an MTV list of the "Best Videos of All-Time".

He has also worked as a DJ for many different artists such as Lifer's Group, Jamalski, Yasmin, and even for his own work. He started DJing as a 15 year old in Copenhagen, Denmark, even entering the Danish DMC World DJ Championships contest.

Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon's focus switched to production and songwriting.

Personal life

Lucas' father, Paul Secon, is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Pottery Barn along with his brother Morris Secon. He also worked as a songwriter for Nat King Cole, The Ink Spots, and The Mills Brothers and many more. His mother, Danish artist Berta Moltke, was the head of the Danish Academy of Arts for several years and has exhibited around the world for the last 35 years.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Production discography

References

  1. ^ "Lucas Secon". Miloco. http://www.miloco.co.uk/clients/recent_clients/Lucas_Secon.php. Retrieved 2010-05-06. 
  2. ^ Rock On The Net: 37th Annual Grammy Awards - 1995
  3. ^ Rock On The Net: MTV Video Music Awards History: Best Male Video

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