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Louise Amanda Harman (born December 19, 1985<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2245374/ Lady Sovereign]</ref>), known as Lady Sovereign, is an England|English rapper<ref name="NewsComAU1">{{cite news|title=Sovereign hits her gold mine |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21235541-5007184,00.html |date=February 22, 2007 |publisher=News.com.au |author=Catriona Mathewson</ref><ref name="Voice1">{{cite news|publisher=The Voice |title=Jasmine's Juice |date=February 13, 2007 |author=Jasmine Dotiwala |url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=10867</ref>. Lady Sovereign is unique as the only white female artist in the primarily black British Grime_%28music%29|Grime scene.<ref>Frere-Jones, Sasha. "True Grime." ''New Yorker'', 21 March 2005. <http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/21/050321crmu_music></ref>. As a white MC, her authenticity has been contested within the British grime scene, "even though she grew up in the same kind of public-housing project - Chalk Hill estate, now demolished - that many grime artists did."<ref>Frere-Jones, Sasha. "True Grime." ''New Yorker'', 21 March 2005. <http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/21/050321crmu_music></ref> She has been compared to both Melanie C (namely her ''Sporty Spice'... read all