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Why I love Margate
with Lisa Maffia
For the past 24 years, Lisa Maffia has been synonymous with the UK garage and grime music scene. In the early 2000s as one of the most notable members of Hip Hop collective So Solid Crew, the group achieved mainstream success, charting at number 1 in the UK singles charts with ’21 seconds’ and winning three MOBO Awards and a Brit Award. A further three singles ‘They Don’t Know’, ‘Haters’, and ‘Broken Silence’ would chart in the top 10 with So Solid Crew establishing themselves as pioneers in the UKG and grime scene. Still touring and having been a resident of Margate for some years now, CommunityAd were able to catch up with the Queen of UK garage where we talked most memorable career moments, her business venture in the town and, of course, why she loves living in Margate…
I love Margate and I really think the area is changing into something quite incredible 22
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Growing up, who were your musical influences and who would you say has helped you the most through your career? Musical influences came mainly from my lifestyle and the people close to me, I enjoyed going out and having fun with friends so a lot of my songs reflect good times in the club. My mum was my biggest supporter throughout the early stages of my career and today it would be my daughter, they’re both encouraging and supportive of everything I do in music.
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