Zaire Miylaun Stewart (born June 25, 1995), known professionally as Lady London, is an American rapper and songwriter from The Bronx, New York, currently based in Los Angeles. Her debut studio album ''S.O.U.L.'' (Signs of Universal Love)—preceded by two

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s—was released on November 3, 2023.

Early life

London was born in The Bronx, New York, to a Jamaican mother and Trinidadian father. Raised in her grandmother's house in

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, she started composing poems at the age of 11, which she used as "an outlet to speak about eranger and what was bringing erin

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spaces". She graduated in 2012 from Mother Seton Regional High School in Clark, New Jersey."Seton Class of '12 has 100% college acceptance"
'' Courier News'', June 6, 2012. Accessed November 13, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark, conducted commencement Thursday with the principal, Sister Regina Martin, awarding diplomas to 133 graduates.... Following is the list of graduates, including their hometowns... Zaire Miylaun Stewart, East Orange" London attended Howard University, where she studied and received a bachelor's degree in science before later attending the University of Southern California and receiving a master's degree in that same major. During that time, her original goal was to become an orthopedic surgeon.

Career

In March 2018, London posted a video of her freestyling while sitting in a car via her Twitter account, which soon went viral and received praise from media outlets. Afterwards, she began recording and posting more freestyles titled "Lady Londays", which helped her gain more traction. On July 30, 2019, she independently released a song titled "Woosah" to digital platforms and started a dance challenge to promote the track. In 2021, she released two official singles: "Money Over" and "Never", which were both accompanied with music videos, to generally favorable reviews from critics. On January 14, 2022, London released her first solo full-length project, a

titled ''Lady Like: The Boss Tape''; the mixtape consists of thirteen tracks, majority of them being freestyles. A few months later, she released a single "What Is It Giving", produced by

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, alongside its music video. While speaking on the song, she said: "Creating this record, I wanted a chant... one that felt comfortable enough to repeat, while also being full of caption-worthy rhetoric. The perfect balance." In September 2022, London made her acting debut in the Sanaa Lathan-directed

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drama film ''On the Come Up'' as the character Ms. Tique. To promote the film, she was featured alongside Jamila C. Gray and Rapsody on a song of the same name, which was later featured on the film's soundtrack. On March 23, 2023, she signed a joint

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with High Standardz and Def Jam Recordings. On April 14, 2023, she was featured on the remix to Ciara's song "

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" entitled the "Girls Mix" alongside

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. On October 10, 2023, she performed on the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher alongside Brooke, Gloss Up and

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. London's debut

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''S.O.U.L.'' (acronym of Signs of Universal Love) was released on November 3, 2023. The album was preceded by the releasing of two singles "Yea Yea" (with

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) and "Do Something" (featuring Jeremih). It features guest appearances from Dreezy, Jeremih, B-Boy Stance, Tink, Omeretta the Great,

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and Mila J.

Musical style

A defining aspect of her style is her bravado and her “Boss-Lady” persona.

Discography

;Studio albums * ''S.O.U.L.'' (2023) ;Mixtapes * ''I Kant Make This Shit Up'' (2022) * ''Lady Like: The Boss Tape'' (2022)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:London, Lady 1995 births Living people 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers 21st-century women rappers African-American women rappers African-American poets American women rappers Def Jam Recordings artists Howard University alumni Musicians from East Orange, New Jersey Rappers from New York (state) Rappers from the Bronx Rappers from New Jersey American rappers of Jamaican descent American rappers of Trinidad and Tobago descent University of Southern California alumni