Wanda Dee

Wanda Dee (born April 12, 1963 as Lawanda McFarland) is an American hip hop artist.

Career Early life Lawanda McFarland grew up in the Bronx, New York. While still a teenager, she became the first female hip hop DJ as the protégée of hip hop DJ Kool Herc, who gave her the stage name "Wanda Dee". She was eventually introduced to Afrika Bambaataa, who inducted her into his Universal Zulu Nation. Alongside of her boyfriend/business partner, rapper Richard Sisco ("Sisco Kid"), she appeared in Beat Street, a 1984 film about the hip hop sub-culture produced by Harry Belafonte. Dee and Sisco's relative success - she received many offers to go on tour while he did not - contributed to the pair breaking up. At the time, Dee had already met Eric Floyd, her future husband and manager.

The KLF agreed to a settlement: Dee received a payment, a share in royalties and co-writing credits on the U.S. release of the album The White Room. Under the agreement, Dee also appeared in the "Stadium House" video to "Last Train To Trancentral".

Ben Butler, in an interview for The Big Issue Australia, asked Jimmy Cauty for his thoughts on "the act that was doing the rounds several years ago that called itself the KLF, but didn't feature either Bill Drummond or yourself [Cauty]". Cauty responded

Beyond the KLF In the early 1990s, Dee signed a multi-album record deal with her previous producers Stock & Waterman. A debut album was produced but the release came to a halt when Stock & Waterman's partnership disbanded in 1993. In 1994, still riding on the KLF success, Dee published the single "I Wanna See You Sweat" with German record company ZYX.

In 2003, Dee formed her own record label, Goddess Empire, and finally published her debut album, The Goddess Is Here. The same year, she also participated in the Zulu Nation's 30th anniversary performance.

Discography Singles "Blue Eyes" (1986, Lisson Records/Critique) "The Goddess"/"To The Bone" (1989, Tuff City) "I Wanna See You Sweat" (1994, ZYX) "I Like It Hard" (1997, Festival Records, Pride Music) "Love Like Mine" (2003, Goddess Empire Record Label)

Album The Goddess Is Here! (2003, Goddess Empire Record Label)