Lucas Secon
Lucas Secon, (born 3 November 1970) also known by the stage name Lucas, is a record producer, songwriter and rapper. He has written and produced for artists including the Pussycat Dolls, Alesso, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, Toni Braxton and Mos Def.[1][2][3] Secon has won a BMI Award[4] and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards[5][6] and an MTV Award.[7]
Lucas Secon
Lucas (as singer/rapper)
- Musician
- DJ
- singer
- songwriter
- rapper
- record producer
- recording/mixing engineer
- programmer
Paul Secon (father)
Berta Moltke (mother)
1990–present
(under construction)
Early life[edit]
Secon is the son of Berta (née Moltke) and Paul Secon.[8] His mother is a painter from Denmark and served as the former head of the Danish Academy of Arts;[9] while his father, who was American and of Jewish descent,[8] was a musician, songwriter, music critic, Billboard reporter, and businessman who co-founded the retailer Pottery Barn. Paul Secon's songs were performed by Nat King Cole, the Ink Spots, Rosemary Clooney,[10] and the Mills Brothers, who recorded Secon's composition "You Never Miss the Water (Till the Well Runs Dry)".[11]
Career[edit]
1990–1994: solo career[edit]
Signed to Uptown Records by Andre Harrell, Secon debuted in 1990 with the album To Rap My World Around You.[12]
In 1993, he signed with Atlantic Records' East Coast hip hop and dance music record label, Big Beat, and released his 1994 album, the jazz-influenced Lucacentric. It also spawned the single "Lucas with the Lid Off", which peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] and became his only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. The music video for the single, directed by Michel Gondry, received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video[7] in 1995.
Songwriting and producing career[edit]
Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon moved into music production and songwriting.
Lucas Secon has been nominated for Grammy and MTV awards, and in 2010 won a BMI London Award in Pop Music for The Pussycat Dolls I Hate This Part.