The instantly recognisable female vocalist who came to the public eye as the First Lady and a lead member of the infamous So Solid Crew, featured on So Solid's first hit.
Groundbreaking single 'Oh No (Sentimental Things)' laying down the catchy And memorable hook. She would go on to enjoy various UK hits, including Oxide & Neutrino's 'No Good 4 me', and #1 hit single '21 Seconds' and its award-winning video, fellow band member Romeo with Romeo Dunn and more Adding each to her impressive résumé.
So Solid were to make waves within the music scene and break boundaries coming from the urban underground to achieving commercial appreciation, selling almost one million albums with Performances on TV MOBOs, BRITs and countless awards. After shining bright as the diamond of the crew and for her contribution to The So Solid Crew multi-platinum selling album 'They Don't Know', Lisa was instantly signed up for a solo project. Continued... Lisa's debut single 'All Over' entered the charts at No 2 and was an inspiration to future videos by Beyoncé amongst others, selling an impressive 90,000 CDs in its first day, followed by 'In Love' which entered at No 3.
Following her solo single releases, she launched her album Fittingly entitled 'First Lady', which clinched a Best UK Garage Act award at The MOBOs, where she also received nominations for Best UK Act and Best UK Newcomer. She is the only nameable artist to have found her foundations and establishment within garage, but then to develop and progress within the Industry. Lisa also supported Christina Aguilera on a very successful arena and Stadium tour of Europe.
Lisa proved a popular and very able celebrity participant of The Games 2005 On Channel 4 and E4 where she came second and earned a silver medal. Lisa has also presented various TV shows, including MTV from Ibiza, and is a very popular face in all the glossy magazines, Vogue which was shot by Mario Testino, cosmopolitan and Arena to name a few .
Lisa has been in great demand as a celebrity model and wears many other hats, including running a record label to bring through new artists, and is also an ambassador for the Prince's Trust. Added to this, Lisa has worked for charities including a plea to a missing girl to return home which ended very happily. Since then, she has taken time out to spend with her daughter. She was back with a bang in September 2007 with the hottest record in every club from the UK to Ibiza to Majorca and further, with a super sexy sensual video to match. The record was supported by Radio One and every other radio station.
'Bad Girl' was picked up by Universal Records fighting off competition from every major label in the UK. Lisa has various other projects to come including a TV show, modelling assignments and her own clothing range. Lisa was also the winning participant on ITV2's show CelebAir in October 2008. In 2009 Lisa rejoined the sosolid crew for a one off single entitled 'Since you went away' and then returned to her solo project and continued to record singles with many established House dj's ie.. Roger Sanchez, Loco Dice, Shadow Child, Citizen and more... Since then, Lisa has taken part in many tv, magazine 2 upcoming films for 2012 with Jason Cook, The devils dandruff and a animation called 'Rats in Space' but aside from that and most importantly her own business ventures.
Lisa Maffia embarked on an Australian tour alongside oxide and neutrino in 2017, covering Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, singing to 10,000 fans. Lisa Maffia has continued to pursue a career in presenting and acting and has recently cameoed in the brand new British film ‘Are We Dead Yet’ due to be released in 2018. Sky channel Brit Asia headhunted Lisa Maffia to present their one-off music and cooking TV show ‘Certified’, where she interviewed celebs whilst cooking authentic Asian food.
2019 Lisa Maffia has taken part in ITV2 celebrity couch trip, ITV’s full monty to raise awareness for cancer and is about to start a tour of uk and Spain with her company Hotloop which is a concierge service for Ibiza, Marbella and uk. In 2020, Lisa Maffia embarks on a 13-arena tour today with the likes of Maya, Eve, Fatman Scoop, Shaggy, and many more for Kisstory‘s UK tour. Lisa was headliner alongside Oxide & Neutrino & Romeo.
Since 2016, Lisa Maffia has opened her own booking agency that is now responsible for booking many UK and American artists. House Of Maffia is Lisa Maffia‘s side project that has been renowned to take on difficult projects, restoring original features and plenty of character with her incredible interior design eye! Lisa Maffia‘s most recent project is Maffia Rum, she has carefully crafted a five-year-aged spiced rum infused with Caribbean spices.
Launching with an online series called Maffia Rum in the mix, where Lisa catches up with her celeb friends, making cocktails blended with maffia rum. Watch out, the First Lady is back.