Do superheroes walk from place to place, so they don't make the rest of us feel bad, or do they leap tall buildings and soar majestically through the sky? Playing small doesn’t serve the world,so after going viral dozens of times freestyling to hip-hop classics and current hits, it’s now Lady London’s time to fly. The newly-signed High Standardz/Def Jam artist recently released her debut extended EP titled S.O.U.L – Signs of Universal Love, based entirely around the 12 zodiac signs. The project takes consumers through a whirlwind of erratic yet sonically stimulating emotions, often on the first listen.

Born Zaire Stewart, Lady London grew up, primarily, in East Orange, New Jersey. Per the culture of the New York City Metro Area, in the late 1990s, Hip-hop was quite literally all she had grown accustomed to hearing. In addition, London garnished an affinity to a ton of R&B, especially from the neo-soul era of the early 2000s, Reggae and gospel music, which grounds her emotionally and spiritually even as she spits some of the cockiest and most aggressive bars you’ll ever hear. “Even with lyricism and in the midst of chaos, disrespect, and other topics in my music, I do always try to take a moment to give praise and thanks or acknowledgement to God.”

As much as she loved music, her path from fan to artist only began, in earnest, five years ago. The child of Caribbean parents, Lady London had her sights set on becoming a doctor and was very close to reaching that goal, after having already received a B.S. from Howard University and a Masters's degree from the University of Southern California. In 2017, she wrote, illustrated, and self-published a fiction book, entitled TRUTH, to add to her list of ever-growing accolades.

From her earliest days, poetry was a passion and “an escape from everyday life” says the multihyphenate. In 2018, a video of her reciting one of her poems garnered nearly nine million organic views, eventually setting her on a different path altogether. She decided to defer medical school and follow her other God-given talent to see where it would take her. London began a weekly freestyle series entitled “Lady Londays” that would draw accolades from Busta Rhymes, Cardi B, Timbaland, and Nas, and others. She gained momentum with each freestyle and sharpened her pen to a fine point. She made a collection of her viral poem, along with some of her most beloved freestyles with her mixtape Lady Like: The Boss Tape with her Foxy Brown-inspired song and video “Lisa’s Story”, marking the closing of the chapter of her career and beginning her entrance into the next level.