Lady Sovereign

One day, while taking a break from his busy schedule of (still) not(officially) dating Beyonce, Jay-Z looked at the Def Jam roster and realized what was missing was a pint-sized female rap prodigy. So faster than you can say "retired," Jay recruited the motor-mouthed, Cockney slang-slinging emcee Lady Sovereign. Public Warning, her rollicking Def Jam debut, is so good that it's easier to list what doesn't work: "Those Were the Days" is kind of boring. That's it. The moral of the story? As usual, Hova knows best.

"The biggest midget in the game" isn't a boast one soon forgets -- especially when it's
punctuated seconds later by a nasty "burp in your face." Meet Lady Sovereign, whose
frenetic flow and Eminem-like sass have already won the diminutive twenty-year-old a
dedicated following in her native U.K. Despite the sponsorship of label boss Jay-Z, Sov
doesn't have much in common with most stateside rappers. Her voice -- which al... More >