Lady Sovereign's Champagne Sadness

Lady Sovereign drank champagne when she lost her record deal.

The rapper admits her first instinct when learning her contract with Def Jam records had been terminated was to start drinking alcohol.

She said: "I'd gotten back from the Gwen Stefani tour, and I remember just being at home. I was tired, stressed. I'd stopped doing stuff. I wasn't cooperating with them, so to speak. I kind of knew it was going to happen, because I wasn't exactly making a million dollars.

"I found out, and I was kind of upset. I remember I had a big bottle of champagne in my house, so I drunk that all by myself. I was drowning my sorrows. I had to call my friends over to come make sure I was all right before it got to a different level of upset."

The 'Love Me or Hate Me' star - real name Louise Harman - now runs her own record label and says she is happier than ever.

She added to Decider: "Obviously I've got to work hard, but it all benefits me in a different kind of way. I can say 'No', and nobody's going to be p**sed off or breathe down my neck. I can draw the line and take breaks when I want to. I try not to. And getting to develop other artists is something I've always wanted to do."