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Lucas Prata (born December 30, 1978) is an American house musician and DJ from New York City. His singles include “Never Be Alone”, “And She Said”, “Love of My Life”, and “Let’s Get It On”. In the summer of 2000, Prata joined Salt-n-Pepa as the opening act for their 96-city North American tour, around the time of his hit single “Fly Away” At an audition at the C+C Music Factory studios, Prata met Ricky Crespo, the programmer/co-producer for C+C, and they began working together on music that was played on major radio stations across the US. Prata’s hit single “Let’s get it on” became a #1 hit in 18 markets in the US.

Over the following months, Prata’s singles “Never Be Alone”, “And She Said”, and “Love of My Life” (featuring Reina) all received substantial airplay on radio stations WKTU and WMPH. The second single from his debut album, “And She Said”, had crossover success on the New York City pop station, Z100 where it gained national exposure, holding the #1 dance airplay single spot for four consecutive weeks in Billboard. The track became the 2006 New York Mets anthem, in a parody version, “And We Say…Let’s Go Mets”, written by David Brody from New York’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, which Prata performed live at the team’s 2006 postseason rally on October 3. In 2008, Coca Cola and the Olympics in conjunction with Ultra Records used “And She Said…” as part of their campaign along with a dedicated bottle.