Bio of Soldier Queen

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I'm Yvonne Louise Hall, born February 20 (Pieces/Joseph).        I have two children who I love and adore, and themselves are showing musical talent like me an my father.  I have owned a Florist and have worked for top London clothes boutiques as a Personal Shopper.

My hobbies are creating music, writing songs, driving like a male chauvinist pig, making floral arrangements for functions, raising funds for the local school for ethnic minorities, Sankofa Learning Centre, where I organised a fund raising twelve mile walk, and selling Italian designer wear at the local market with my fellow business associate.

My Father was drummer and played for Stevie Wonder and many other great artists in the '70s, and was on tour for the first four years of my life.  I am a deeply spiritual and intuitive person, grounded in my knowledge of self and black history which I was indoctrinated in by my father from an early age.  He introduced me to the great contemporary artists upto that time.

My mother was 17 years old when I was born.  She found herself in an unsettled relationship when I was young, and so I was sent to live with a friend of the family at 5.  I returned to live with my mother at 15.  She died in 1992 at the age of 41, leaving me as the only girl and my three brothers.

This step mother later went on to earn an MBE and my step father, Jimmy Lindsay, was a hit reggae singer in the '80s (Ain't no Sunshine and That's why I'm easy).

I was an acknowledged poet at school.  I enjoyed performing and went on to perform solo at school, appeared in the local press, and the televised GLC Festival of Performance Arts.  During these years I was encouraged by praise from my audience.

I wrote my first rap at 16 and later performed it on stage, where it very well received, which encouraged me to continue.  During this time I performed at many London West End clubs, where I found myself and my talent as a female rap artists, who could relate life experiences to my audience, like a female 2 Pac

I studied drama at college and was recognised as a talented actress with natural comic timing.

After leaving college I went to Jamaica for two years, back to my roots and back to urban living.

I write my own material, usually within half an hour.  I've worked with top underground engineers, and was one of the top 5 female rappers in the early 80s in the London underground scene.

I often wake in the morning with a musical rift/hook in my head.  And often regret that I'm not in a environment where I can record my ideas as they come to me, as I'm sure some of these are hits.

I've been an opening act for Beenie Man, spontaneously took the mike at a Coolie and LV concert in the mid 90s.  I've been approached my Irie FM and Choice FM.  This year, I was best act in a local event.