Lisa Maffia

Lisa Maffia (born 16 June 1979) is a British singer-songwriter, musician, rapper, actress, fashion designer, model and presenter, who originally came to the public's attention as the main female member of So Solid Crew. Whilst in So Solid Crew, the singer notched up five top 20 hits, including a Platinum-selling single "21 Seconds" and a Platinum-selling album They Don't Know. As a solo artist, she has released two top 10 singles and an award-winning album including the Platinum-selling single "All Over". Her most recent release to date was 2017's "Wah Gwarn". Maffia is mixed-race, born to a half-Italian mother and a Jamaican father.

Biography Maffia was born as Lisa Maffia in Brixton, London, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Anglo-Italian mother, Shirley Maffia. Through her mother, Maffia is a second cousin of actress Louisa Lytton: Maffia's mother Shirley and Lytton's mother Jane Nastri are first cousins. Maffia has a daughter, Chelsea, born when she was 18. It spent three weeks in the top 10. She then released "In Love" which reached number 13. the single had success over Europe leading to Maffia doing a European tour. On 20 August 2008, it was announced that Maffia would participate in ITV2's CelebAir, in which cameras followed her and other celebrities as they work as air hostesses. Maffia won CelebAir on 23 October 2008.

Maffia updated via Twitter that she recorded every other week (during January 2009 to August 2009), working with various producers including Roger Sanchez and Bloodshy & Avant and to expect a surprise US star. She also recorded four songs for the comeback album of So Solid Crew including "Since You Went Away", the video of which was shot in June 2009.

In January 2010, Maffia released and toured with So Solid Crew on their single "Since You Went Away". The track reached the top 10 in the independent singles chart, leading to various performances on Big Brother's Big Mouth, Channel 5's Five Live and Radio One's Live Lounge.

In March 2012, Maffia announced her underground single titled "Don't Stop the Music", featuring Maffia Recordz signees MC Romeo and Tyler Daley. Its worldwide premiere was aired on BBC's 1Xtra on 8 April 2012, and then went on to be released in July 2012. On 22 July, Maffia announced via Twitter she would be teaming up with Aggro Santos on a new track produced by Paul Morrell. Maffia also appeared on Peter Andre's album Angels & Demons on a track titled "X".

In July 2017, on BBC's 1Xtra, Maffia premiered "Wah Gwarn", the first single from her new album. Maffia also announced she would be executive producer for UK film Little Lighty, the first film to be produced under Maffia Media (Lisa's production company). In 2019, she presented her own music cooking show on BritAsia TV called Certified.

In December 2025, Maffia announced via Instagram the release of her debut autobiography in 2026 coinciding with her second studio album.

Awards

2001 MOBO Awards Best UK Garage Act (with So Solid Crew) – winner Best UK Newcomer (with So Solid Crew) – winner

2002 Brit Awards Best British Video (with So Solid Crew) for "21 Seconds" – winner Best British Newcomer (with So Solid Crew) – nominated Best British Single (with So Solid Crew) – nominated

MOBO Awards Best UK Garage Act (with So Solid Crew) – nominated

Dancestar World Dance Music Awards Best UK Garage Act – winner

2003 MOBO Awards Best UK Garage Act – winner Best UK Act – nominated Best UK Newcomer – nominated

2004 MOBO Awards Best UK Garage Act (with So Solid Crew) – winner

2018 Black Magic Awards Music Honour – winner

Discography Albums First Lady (2003)

Singles Year Title Chart positions Album UK UKR&B UKDance AUS NZ NLD SCO 2000 "Oh No (Sentimental Things) / Dilemma" (with So Solid Crew) — — — — — — — They Don't Know 2000 "No Good 4 Me" (Oxide & Neutrino feat. Megaman, Romeo & Lisa Maffia) 6 — 3 — — — — Execute 2001 "21 Seconds" (with So Solid Crew) 1 1 1 — — 45 9 They Don't Know 2002 "Romeo Dunn" (Romeo featuring Lisa Maffia, Tiger S & Thug Angel) 3 2 — — — — 20 Solid Love2003 "All Over" 2 1 — 42 23 42 9First Lady "In Love" 13 4 — — — — 31 "Women of the World" 77 19 — — — — — 2005 "Shake 4 Daddy" — — — — — — — Non-album single 2007 "Bad Girl (At Night)" (Dave Spoon feat. Lisa Maffia) 36 — 4 — — — 31 Non-album single 2010 "Since You Went Away" (So Solid Crew feat. Lisa Maffia and MC Romeo) 82 31 10 — — — — Non-album single 2012 "Don't Stop the Music" (Lisa Maffia feat. MC Romeo and Tyler Daley) — — — — — — — Non-album single 2017 "Wah Gwarn" 9 — — — — — — Non-album single 2026 "Fever" (Lisa Maffia and Molly Mouse) — — — — — — — Non-album single

Guest appearances Deeper Part 2 - Romeo feat. Lisa Maffia Released: 2002 X - Peter Andre feat. Lisa Maffia Released: 2013 Walk This Way - Rev Run feat. Lisa Maffia Released: 2014 Shine - FooR feat. Lisa Maffia Released: 2018 Bashdrill Remix - Shaqy Dread feat. Lisa Maffia, D-Live, J Kaz, Munie, & Big Zeeks Released: 2020

Concert tours Year Title Duration Shows 2003 Blues & Soul/First Lady Tour 1 April 2003 – 20 July 2003 (England) 30 The First Lady Tour (also known as the Blues & Soul Tour) was a series of short concert-like promotional appearances at University and club-type venues by Lisa Maffia that took place from April to July 2003. 2013 They Don't Know Tour 21 March 2013 – 5 October 2013 (England) 5 The They Don't Know Tour is Lisa Maffia's first official tour with So Solid Crew. Dates are: 21 March 2013 – IndigO2, London 2 October 2013 – Waterfront, Norwich, 3 October 2013 – The Institute, Birmingham, 4 October 2013 – The Ritz, Manchester, 5 October 2013 – The O2 Arena, London