Lucas Secon

Lucas Secon, also known by the stage name Lucas, is a record producer, songwriter, DJ, rapper, and singer. He lives in London, United Kingdom. Secon was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Secon played association football for Scandinavia's biggest club FC Copenhagen's youth team from age 6 to 16. He then played for Frem in Copenhagen but music ended up taking over. He grew up in New York musically through hip hop and He also studied many forms of martial arts from Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon-Do, kick-boxing to Wing Tzun Kung-Fu which he stuck with for 5 years. Secon spent his childhood between New York and Copenhagen while also living in Venice, Italy and London, England before settling in New York after graduating from high school. He attended New York University, majoring in Psychology and Philosophy with a minor in Music Business.

Career

1990-1994: solo career

Signed to Uptown Records by Andre Harrell, Secon debuted in 1990 with the album To Rap My World Around You.

In 1993 he signed with Atlantic Records and released his 1994 album, jazz-influenced Lucacentric which hit the Top 40 in at least 10 countries. It also spawned the single "Lucas with the Lid Off", which peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became his only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. The music video for his the single, directed by Michel Gondry, received a Grammy nomination 37th Annual Grammy Awards and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video in 1995. Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon began working on production and songwriting.