Dear John (MC Lyte song)

"Dear John"
Single by MC Lyte featuring Common & 10Beats
from the album Legend
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2014[1]
GenreConscious Rap
Length3:20
LabelSunni Gyrl Inc.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Loudbox
MC Lyte singles chronology
"This Is Your Life"
(2014) 		"Dear John"
(2014) 		"Ball"
(2014)
Music video
"Dear John" on YouTube

"Dear John" is a single by MC Lyte featuring Common & 10Beats from her subsequent eighth solo album Legend.

The song seeks to give a positive message about maintaining a father-son relationship and also serves as the official anthem of #EducateOURMen, the scholarship arm of the MC Lyte foundation's Hip Hop Sisters Network.[3] It chart on the real-time US Billboard + Twitter Trending 140, where it peaked No. 3,[4] being Lyte's first solo work to appear on a chart since her album Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1.

  1. ^ "MC Lyte Teams Up With Common for New Song, 'Dear John'". BET (website). September 10, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Check Out MC Lyte And Common's Video For "Dear John"". XXL Mag. October 23, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "MC Lyte Returns, Charts With 'Dear John' From Next Album". Billboard.com. Retrieved October 1, 2021.