D.C. Scorpio

{{short description|American rapper}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = D.C. Scorpio

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| birth_name = Lanard Thompson

| alias = DC Scorpio

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| origin = Washington, D.C.
United States

| genre = {{hlist|Hip-Hop | Go-Go }}

| occupation = Rapper

| years_active = 1986–present

| label = {{hlist| Kolossal | I Hear Ya! }}

| associated_acts = Chuck Brown
Rare Essence

}}

Lanard "D.C. Scorpio" Thompson (also credited as "DC Scorpio") is a Washington, D.C.–based hip-hop recording artist.{{cite book|title=Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City |first=Natalie |last=Hopkinson |date=May 22, 2012 |publisher=Duke University Press Books |isbn=978-0822352112}}{{cite book |last=Chang |first=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Chang (journalist) |date=2005 |edition=1st |title=Can't Stop Won't Stop |location=New York City |publisher=Picador–St. Martin's Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cantstopwontstop00chang/page/407 407–409] |chapter=Chapter 18. Becoming the Hip-Hop Generation: The Source, the Industry and the Big Crossover |isbn=0-312-42579-1 }} He is best known for the singles "Stone Cold Hustler", "Beam Me Up, Scotty", and "Stone Cold Hustler II". D.C. Scorpio is considered to be a pioneer in the D.C. hip-hop scene, and is known for infusing go-go music and culture into his songs.{{cite book|title=Diamonds in the Raw: The Past, Present and Future of DC's Hip-Hop Movement |first=Sidney |last=Thomas |date=October 7, 2009 |edition=1st| publisher=Dog Ear Publishing, LLC |pages=17–20 |isbn=978-1608440696}} He also starred in the 1998 independent film Streetwise.{{cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson, Jr. |first2=Charles C. |date=2001 |title=The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop |publisher=Billboard Books |pages=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/206 206, 223] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }}