Ms Scandalous

{{Short description|Musical artist, a.k.a., Savita Vaid (born 1985)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ms Scandalous

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| background = solo_singer

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| birth_name = Savita Vaid

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}}

| birth_place = London, England

| origin = London, England

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| occupation = Singer

| genre = Bhangra

| instrument = Vocals

| years_active = 2002–present

| label = Desi Jam, Major Moves

| associated_acts = Panjabi Hit Squad, Alyssia

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Savita Vaid (born 1985),[http://indianelectronica.com/content/view/233/83/ "Ms Scandalous: the new lady of British Asian sounds?]", Indian Electronica, 11 July 2005 better known by her stage name Ms Scandalous, is an English bhangra/rap artist.{{cite book|last1=M'Baye|first1=Babacar|author-link=Babacar M'Baye|title=Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts|date=July 29, 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810888289|pages=161–162, 170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWcSAAAAQBAJ&q=Ms+Scandalous%2C+bhangra&pg=PA162}}

Vaid was born in Southall, West London, into an Indian Punjabi Hindu family. She was signed by Panjabi Hit Squad after she was seen working part-time at a music store in Southall.{{cite web|last1=Baddhan|first1=Raj|title=It Is Ladies First for Ms Scandalous|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132454373.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194302/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132454373.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2016|newspaper=Birmingham Evening Mail|accessdate=23 September 2016|date=May 13, 2005|url-access=}} Her first recorded appearance was on Panjabi Hit Squad's 2002 album, The Streets, MCing for the second-to-last track, the garage remix of "Hai Hai".

Her first full-length album, Ladies First, was released in May 2005 while she was in her final year at university. She juggled producing and promoting the album with studying for her degree in arts management.{{cite web |last=Busby |first=John |url=http://www.ukmusic.com/features/interviews/ms-scandalous-meets-ukmusic.com.html |title=Ms Scandalous Meets UKMusic.com |publisher=UK Music.com |date=25 April 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104224148/http://www.ukmusic.com/features/interviews/ms-scandalous-meets-ukmusic.com.html |archivedate=4 January 2010}} The video for the second track, "Aaja Soniyah", entered the MTV Base top ten at no.4. The album itself topped Asian music charts everywhere{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and launched Ms Scandalous as the first Asian female rapper.

A second album, Aag, was released in late 2008 after a three-year break from the music industry. The album features the hit single "Aag". Panjabi Hit Squad and Alyssia produced the album and provided vocals.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}