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Lady Sovereign
Musical artist

Louise Amanda Harman (born December 19, 1985), known as Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper.

Early life

Lady Sovereign was born to Lynette Parsons and Aden Harman. She was raised in northwest London's Chalkhill Estate, a public housing project where she says her upbringing could get dangerous or depressing. She was influenced by her mother's Salt-N-Pepa albums and words, and began writing her own raps at the age of 14.

She began uploading some of her songs and a picture to various music Web sites. Then she dropped out of school and landed a job acting in an educational film about the life of an up-and-coming MC who also dropped out of Preston Manor High School at 16.

She convinced some producers that she could construct a soundtrack for a film, the demos for which landed in the hands of record producer Medasyn. He partnered Sovereign with Frost P, Zuz Rock, and Shystie for a male vs. female MC freestyle battle, titled "The Battle". It was released in 2003 on Casual Records. Every artist that was featured on "The Battle" has gone on to be signed by a record label.

Harman's moniker refers to a large sovereign ring that she wears.

Career

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Television Appearances

Lady Sovereign has appeared on Soccer AM several times. She has appeared in a feature story on the Cartoon Network and in an educational movie called X-ED which can be viewed on YouTube.

On October 23 2006, Sovereign made an appearance on American talk show Late Night with David Letterman. The lyrics "If you hate me, then f*ck you" were changed to "if you hate me, then I hate you" for the show.

Feud with Jelly Donut

In 2006 a fan named Zach Slow made online plea to raise $10,000 for a "random" night with Lady Sovereign. The effort garnered wide media coverage, and was successful in both raising the required funds and securing the agreement of the artist to attend.

The aftermath was acrimonious, with both sides exchanging insults in the San Francisco Chronicle . A local DJ known as "Jelly Donut", originally involved with the "random night" endeavor, attended a January 7, 2007 show in San Francisco. At the show, he dressed in a large jelly donut costume and organized fans to chant "Battle Jelly Donut" while they attempted to lift him onstage, ostensibly to "duel" Lady Sovereign. After much disruption, Lady Sovereign threw a drink on Jelly Donut, and spat towards his face. Security escorted Jelly Donut out of the concert.

Discography

Albums

Year Album UK U.S. CAN
2006 Public Warning 80 48

EPs

Year Title
2006 Vertically Challenged
2006 Blah Blah
2007 Those Were the Days

Singles

Full singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK U.S. AUS IRE
2005 "Random" 73 — — — Vertically Challenged EP
Public Warning
2005 "9 to 5" 33 — — — Public Warning
2005 "Hoodie" 44 — — — Public Warning
2006 "Nine2Five" (vs. The Ordinary Boys) 6 — — 25 -
2006 "Love Me or Hate Me" 26 45 48 — Public Warning
2007 "Those Were the Days" 88 — — — Public Warning

Promo singles

Year Title
2004 "The Battle" (Featuring Frost P, Shystie & Zuz Rock)
2004 "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)"
2005 "A Little Bit of Shhh"
2006 "Blah Blah" (featuring Kalie Burgess)

Notes and references

  2. ^ Catriona Mathewson (February 22, 2007). "Sovereign hits her gold mine". News.com.au.
  3. Jasmine Dotiwala (February 13, 2007). "Jasmine's Juice". The Voice.
  4. http://www.winamp.com/media/music-artist/691765
  5. http://www.helpmegetrandomwithladysovereign.com/
  6. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/29/PKGMQKFJDC1.DTL
  7. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/19/PKGMQKFLP11.DTL
  8. http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/39176929

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