Princess Loko

Andrea Summers (August 2, 1979 – May 21, 2020), also known as Princess Loko, was an American rapper best known for her fast, "double-time" syncopated rap flow, and early feminist candor. Notably rapping in Memphis, Tennessee group Ten Wanted Men alongside Tommy Wright III and La Chat during the early-to-late 1990s, she is widely considered to be a pioneer of rap music in South Memphis.

Musical career Summers began rapping in her teenage years as a method to communicate her thoughts on the over-policing, constant surveillance, and rampant crime in her hometown of Whitehaven, Memphis, a predominantly Black community in the 1990s (due to white flight) best known for its proximity to Elvis Presley's Graceland. She would also frequently discuss avoidance of the gaze of men who attempted to use intimate relationships to exert power over her and other women. “I felt they were just as good as the guys,” Wright said. “That’s big to me – I never really thought about it being special. I just looked at it as ‘They’re dope.’”

Death In 2020, Summers died from complications of congestive heart failure.

Resurgence In 2022, producer Kelman Duran, who had received permission from Summers' family, estate, and close friend Wright to use her catalog of songs in his productions, sampled Wright's song with Summers (1994s "Still Pimpin") to create dembow and reggaeton-infused opening track "I'm That Girl" from Beyoncé's seventh album Renaissance.

Discography Ten Wanted Men Albums Wanted Dead or Alive (1995) 10 Toes Down (1997)

Solo Mixtapes Game Recognize Game (2001)

Albums It’s All On Me (2006) Long Ovadue (2012)