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{{Short description|Russian singer (born 1973)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2020}}
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|background      = solo_singer
|birth_name      = Lika Olegovna Pavlova
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|origin          = [[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], [[USSR]]
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|genre           = [[Pop music]], [[hip hop music]], [[techno]]
|occupation      = singer<br>DJ<br>music producer
|years_active    = 1990–present
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'''Lika MC''' (also called '''Lika Star''', real name '''Lika Olegovna Pavlova''', {{langx|ru|Лика Олеговна Павлова}}) is a Russian female techno/rap singer and a [[DJ]]. Lika MC is part of the girl-dominated techno scene phenomena in post-USSR [[Russia]].
Born Lika Pavlova in [[Lithuania]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lika-star.ru/ |title=Lika-star.ru |access-date=2016-02-04 |archive-date=2016-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111175400/http://lika-star.ru/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> she started working as a DJ at the age of 15, using the stage name Lika MC. She followed with composing and mixing her own songs in 1990, which ended in the release of her debut album ''Lika Rap''. In 1992, her single "Let it Rain" was chosen for a two-week run on [[MTV]]. After that Lika changed her name to Lika Star, and continued recording under the new alias. Her last album ''More than Love'' was released in 1997.
In 2002, magazine interview she mentioned a possible move to London and joint project with the British techno band [[Apollo 440]].
Journalist Andrey Shental mentioned that in the 1990s Lika MC was emulating the best trends of contemporary pop-music, and successfully managed to mask the absence of strong voice by technological hype.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colta.ru/articles/raznoglasiya/13743|title=Преданная революция, или Девяностых не было|last=Shental|first=Andrey|date=27 January 2017|website=Colta.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''Lika Rap'' ''Лика Рэп'' (Gala Records, CD,1992)
* ''Fallen Angel'' ''Падший ангел'' (Gala Records, CD, 1993)
* ''RAP'' (Gala Records, CD, 1994)
* ''More than Love'' ''Больше чем любовь'' (RDM, CD, 1996, 1997)
* ''I'm'' (NOXmusic 2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/283195-Лика|title=Лика|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=29 August 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Russian dance musicians]]
[[Category:Russian pop singers]]
[[Category:Russian techno musicians]]
[[Category:Russian people of Lithuanian descent]]
[[Category:Russian record producers]]
[[Category:21st-century Russian women singers]]
[[Category:Women record producers]]