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Louise Amanda Harman (born 19 December 1985), better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper and grime artist.
She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males.
In 2010, she appeared on the seventh series of the reality show Celebrity Big Brother, being the third housemate to be evicted from the house.2005-2006: Early singles and EPs"The Battle" began a string of singles that would push Lady Sovereign into the spotlight.
While "A Little Bit of Shhh!", "9 to 5", and "Sad arse Stripper" were selling well, free Internet-only freestyles like "Tango" and "Cheeky" were becoming just as popular.
On 15 November 2005, Chocolate Industries released the Vertically Challenged EP, which collected most of her singles recorded to date.
In April 2006 she released her second EP, Blah Blah in the UK.
She released yet another EP, but was limited for US radios; Size Don't Matter!Aside from her own records, 2005 saw Lady Sovereign appear as a guest or contributor on several projects.
She began 2005 by appearing on the grime compilation Run the Road, both as a solo artist and with The Streets.
When The Ordinary Boys released the single "Boys Will Be Boys", Lady Sovereign came back with a reply remix, featuring the music and chorus of the original, but with mostly her own vocals to the tune of "girls will be girls".
In May 2006, she was featured on the Ordinary Boys single, "Nine2Five", a remixed version of her own "9 to 5", credited as "The Ordinary Boys vs Lady Sovereign." "Nine2Five" entered at #39 in the UK top 40 singles on downloads only, and jumped to #6 upon availability as a CD and 7" vinyl single during the week commencing 22 May 2005.
This is her highest chart position to date.2006-2009: Public WarningLady Sovereign capped off 2005 by meeting with the American hip hop artist and CEO of the labels Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records, Jay-Z.
This marked her foray into the American music scene.
With Usher and L.A.
Reid seated next to him, Jay-Z asked for one on-the-spot freestyle from Sovereign before offering her a contract with Def Jam.
With the single "Hoodie", Lady Sovereign released her full-length debut, Public Warning, on Def Jam in 2006.
Lady Sovereign is the first non-American female to ever be signed to Def Jam Record Label.On 31 October 2006, her debut album, Public Warning, was released, featuring "Random", "9 to 5", "Hoodie" and single, "Love Me or Hate Me", which was also released on the same day.
The music video for the single features Lady Sovereign mocking stereotypical ideals of femininity by satirizing popular dress and mannerisms.
Some of the lyrics include I'm fat, I need a diet/No, in fact I'm just too light/I ain't got the biggest breast-ises,/but I write all the best disses/I've got hairy armpits/But I don't walk around like this/I wear a big baggy t-shirt that hides that nasty shit.
With the lyrics continuing in this satirical nature, Lady Sovereign continues to comment on and express her dissonance with female lifestyles in popular culture.
She began an American tour on 23 October 2006 and soon after appeared on Late Show with David Letterman.
In addition to her own tour, she appeared as the opening act for various artists, including The Streets and Gwen Stefani on her 2007 The Sweet Escape Tour.On 17 October 2006 "Love Me or Hate Me" became the first video by a British artist to reach #1 on the United States (and original) version of MTV's Total Request Live.
"Love Me Or Hate Me" was released in the UK on 29 January 2007, with the album following on 5 February 2007.Lady Sovereign has recorded a cover of The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" for The O.C.'s new album, Music From The O.C.
Mix 6 "Covering Our Tracks".2009-present: Jigsaw and HiatusLady Sovereign released a second album in spring 2009.
She also went on tour.
After a final dispute with Island Records, it was revealed on her official webpage that she was going to release on her independent record label, "Midget Records", and that her second studio album was fully written and some songs were already recorded.
She also said the album was going to be released in the United States and United Kingdom on 7 April 2009.
On Monday, 8 December 2008, Lady Sovereign restated that her new album, titled Jigsaw, would be released on 6 April 2009.
She also released a free single entitled "I Got You Dancing", making it available on her MySpace site and her official website.Lady Sovereign officially went on hiatus after that and took to her official Twitter page stating in mid-2012 that she will be planning to release new material under her independent record label 'Midget Records' quoted by her "When the time is right"."Random Night" and aftermathIn 2006, a San Francisco based fan named Zach Slow made an 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.Andrew Bancroft, a local MC known as "Jelly Donut", originally involved with the "random night" endeavour, attended a 7 January 2007 show in San Francisco at Club Mezzanine dressed in a donut costume and attempted to challenge her to a rap battle.
She responded by throwing a drink and spitting.
At her request, security escorted Bancroft out of the venue.Arrest for assaultIn September 2009, while in Brisbane, Australia for the Parklife Festival, Lady Sovereign was arrested for assault and drunk and disorderly behaviour after spitting on a nightclub bouncer, claiming a transvestite had attacked her in the club's bathroom.
She had only been in the country seven hours before the assault occurred.
She was ordered to pay a fine of $400, and $200 in compensation to the bouncer.Personal lifeIn a 2010 interview with in Diva magazine, Lady Sovereign said that she came out as gay in the house during Celebrity Big Brother but that it didn't end up in the broadcast show.