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Lucas Secon (born 3 November 1970), known mononymously as Lucas, is a Danish 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 Video Music Award.[7]
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| Born | Lucas Secon Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Relatives | Paul Secon (father) Berta Moltke (mother) |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
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| Website | (under construction) |
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]
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.
Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon moved into music production and songwriting.
Lucas Secon has been nominated for the Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2010 won a BMI London Award in Pop Music for The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part".
Secon's son, Fabian, is also a recording artist[14]
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