Louise Amanda Harman (born 19 December 1985), better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is a British rapper and grime artist. She is noted for her small stature, her hip-hop style of dressing (particularly her liking for the Stussy clothing label), and professionally for her success in performing styles of music generally dominated by young black males.
Lady Sovereign was born Louise Amanda Harman to Nicola Wood and Aden Harman. She was rais...
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Louise Amanda Harman (born 19 December 1985), better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is a British rapper and grime artist. She is noted for her small stature, her hip-hop style of dressing (particularly her liking for the Stussy clothing label), and professionally for her success in performing styles of music generally dominated by young black males.
Lady Sovereign was born Louise Amanda Harman to Nicola Wood and Aden Harman. She was raised in North West London's Chalkhill Council Estate in Wembley. She was influenced by her mother's Salt-N-Pepa albums and began writing her own raps at the age of 14. She began MCing "in front of a mirror with a can of hairspray for a mic." She was inspired by Ms. Dynamite : "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. MC's are real, they write their own stuff, they rap about...
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