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Lady Sovereign

Lady Sovereign
A woman in a purple t-shirt and black skinny jeans with sun glasses and a baseball cap with a "Bobbed" haircuit singing into a microphone
Lady Sovereign at Parklife 2009
Background information
Birth name Louise Amanda Harman
Also known as Lady Sovereign, SOV, Big Midget
Born (1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 31)
Origin Wembley, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2003–present
Labels
  • Casual (2004–2005)
  • Chocolate (2005–2006)
  • Def Jam (2005–2008)
  • EMI/Midget (2009–present)
Associated acts
Website Myspace.com
Lady Sovereign discography
A Caucasian woman in her mid-twenties raps with a microphone to her mouth, wearing long brown pigtails, a black blazer, a yellow t-shirt, and a golden necklace.
Studio albums 2
Music videos 12
EPs 2
Singles 7

Louise Amanda Harman (born 19 December 1985), better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper. She is best known for the songs "9 to 5" and "Love Me or Hate Me".

Lady Sovereign was born Louise Amanda Harman in 1985 to Colin Andrew Harman and Nicola Harman (née Wood), in Wembley, northwest London. She grew up in the run-down Chalkhill Estate — a council estate that has since been demolished — with her parents and two siblings, older sister Chloe Christie (born 1984) and younger brother Richie Colin (born 1987).

Lady Sovereign was a tomboy who played football and hated wearing dresses. She had difficulty fitting in at school and was expelled from Preston Manor High School at 15 because of her abysmal attendance record and bad behaviour. A number of menial jobs followed, until she decided to pursue rap after hearing Ms. Dynamite on the radio: "When I heard Ms. Dynamite's track 'Boooo!' in 2001 it inspired me. I hadn't heard a female MC before that. She's real. Her presence, her image, the way she does everything... she opened so many doors for us girls, MCs are real, they write their own stuff, they rap about what they know, the stuff around them."

Lady Sovereign began uploading some of her songs and a picture to various music web sites when she was 15. She told Newsweek in 2006 that comments initially ran along the lines of, "You're white. You're a girl. You're British. You're crap."

Lady Sovereign signed with Universal in 2004. She released a number of solo records and opened for Basement Jaxx, The Streets, Dizzee Rascal, D12, and Obie Trice.

Her mother Nicola was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour and died on 14 March (Mothering Sunday in the UK) 2010.


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