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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Ms Scandalous
| image =
| image_size = 220
| caption =
| background = solo_singer
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| alias =
| birth_name = Savita Vaid
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}}
| birth_place = [[Southall]], [[London]], [[England]]
| origin = [[London]], [[England]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = [[Singing|Singer]]
| genre = [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]]
| instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]]
| years_active = 2002–present
| label = Desi Jam, Major Moves
| associated_acts = [[Panjabi Hit Squad]], Alyssia
| website =
}}

'''Savita Vaid''' (born 1985),<ref>[http://indianelectronica.com/content/view/233/83/ "Ms Scandalous: the new lady of British Asian sounds?]", ''Indian Electronica'', 11 July 2005</ref> better known by her stage name '''Ms Scandalous''', is an [[England|English]] [[Bhangra (music)|bhangra]]/[[Hip hop music|rap]] artist.<ref name="crossing_traditions">{{cite book|last1=M'Baye|first1=Babacar|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}}</ref>

Vaid was born in [[Southall]], West [[London]], to a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] family. She was signed by [[Panjabi Hit Squad]] after she was seen working part-time at a music store in Southall.<ref>{{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=subscription |via=[[HighBeam Research]] }}</ref> Her first recorded appearance was on Panjabi Hit Squad's 2002 album, ''The Streets'', [[rapping|MCing]] for the second-to-last track, the garage remix of "Hai Hai".<ref name="crossing_traditions"/>

Her first full-length album, ''[[Ladies First (Ms Scandalous 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="crossing_traditions"/>

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}}

==Discography==
* ''The Streets'' (with Panjabi Hit Squad; 2002/Tiger Entertainment)
* ''Ladies First'' (2005/Desi Jam Recordings)
* ''Aag'' (October 2008/Major Moves)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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