Monie Love

Monie Love
Birth nameSimone Gooden
Born (1970-07-02) 2 July 1970 (age 54)[1]
Battersea, London, England
GenresProgressive rap[2]
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • actress
Years active1987–present
Labels
Websitetwitter.com/DaRealMonieLove

Simone Johnson[1] (born Simone Gooden)[3] (born 2 July 1970),[1] better known by her stage name Monie Love, is a British rapper, actress, and radio personality known for her singles during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Love is a radio personality for urban adult contemporary station KISS 104.1 WALR-FM in Atlanta, Georgia. Love is a pioneer female emcee, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, the first British female hip hop artist to hold that distinction.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Room, Adrian (10 January 2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 296. ISBN 9780786457632 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Johnson, Kevin C. (23 December 2011). "Q&A: Local artists pay tribute to Native Tongues rap acts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Mixmag [DAVE ANGEL]". 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 April 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Monie Love". Grammy.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.