Lady Saw (born Marion Hall, 12 July 1972, Saint Mary, Jamaica), is a Jamaican reggae singer, known as "the first Lady of Dancehall". She is the first female deejay to win a Grammy Award and to be certified triple-[LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification] platinum. She is also the first lady to headline shows outside her native Jamaica. Early Life Marion Hall was born in summer 1972 in Galina, parish of Saint Mary. As a child she was a tomboy sold fruits and race wooden karts. At only 15, she took the name Lady Saw after famous Jamaican Deejay Tenor Saw, whose style she is said to emulate. She quit her sewing job at The Free Zone on the outskirts of Kingston;?That job wasn't for me?, she says. ?I would deejay at work during the day.?http://www.ladysaw.net/biography.php Bio on VP Records website to pursue music fulltime. She was soon signed to the Jamaica

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