Lucas Prata
| Lucas Prata | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lucas Prata |
| Born |
December 30, 1978 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Dance-pop, House |
| Labels | Robbins Entertainment, Ultra Records |
Lucas Prata (born December 30, 1978) is an American house musician and DJ. Born in Bayside, Queens, New York, he has produced several hits such as "Never Be Alone", "And She Said", "Love of My Life", and "Let's Get It On." Prata and Dan Bălan produced The "Ma Ya Hi Song," an English version of the international hit "Dragostea din tei" by Bălan's original band, O-Zone. "The Ma Ya Hi Song" did not achieve the success of the original, which went to number one in 27 countries and sold over eight million singles throughout the world in various languages.
Prata attended the University of Miami in Florida. During his time at the University he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. In his senior year, Prata won the Mr. University of Miami contest for his vocal ability. This win convinced him to pursue singing as a full-time career.
Moving back to his native New York after graduating with a double major, Prata recorded and released his own singles.
In the summer of 2000, Prata found himself teamed up with Salt-n-Pepa as the opening act for their North American tour. Thousands of fans in 80 cities caught Lucas' performances which included his hit single at the time, "Fly Away"
In his continued pursuit to further his career, Lucas found himself in the C+C Music Factory studios auditioning for a group. This is where he met Ricky Crespo, who at the time was the programmer/co-producer for C+C. Lucas and Ricky quickly became friends and began creating music that began to attract the attention of major record labels.
Within a span of several months, Lucas's songs "Never Be Alone", "And She Said" and "Love of My Life" featuring Reina all scored major airplay on such radio stations WKTU and WMPH. The second single from his debut album, "And She Said", saw crossover success on the New York City Pop music station, Z100 where it a garnered national airplay and went on to be a number 1 Dance Airplay single for 4 consecutive weeks in Billboard. "And She Said..." went on to be the 2006 New York Mets anthem with a parody made by David Brody from New York's Z100 Morning Show. In 2008 Coca Cola and the Olympics teamed up with Prata to use "And She Said..." as part of their campaign along with a bottle dedicated to the song and Prata for China.
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