
Photo: Fabio Venni from London, UK / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lady Sovereign is one of those artists I find more interesting in hindsight than the charts ever credited. A pint-sized rapper from London who Jay-Z personally signed to Def Jam in 2005 is a remarkable story on its own, but what grabs me is the audacity of selling sharp British grime energy to an American market that wasn't built for it. Tracks like 'Love Me or Hate Me' practically dared you to dismiss her. That polarizing edge is exactly why I rate her. She was unmistakably herself, and that authenticity ages well.
Overview
Louise Amanda Harman (born December 29, 1985) better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is a British rapper, best known for the songs "9 to 5" and "Love Me or Hate Me". She was signed to Def Jam in 2005 by Jay-Z.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lady Sovereign
- Name (Japanese)
- レディー・ソヴァリン
- Reading
- れでぃー・そゔぁりん
- Born
- December 19, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / singer / singer-songwriter / recording artist / composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Rapper — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.