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'{{Infobox musical artist | name = Samantha Ronson | image = Ronsoncropped.jpg | caption = Ronson in January 2008 | background = solo_singer | Born = {{Birth date and age|1977|08|07|df=y}} | origin = [[Surrey]], [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<br />[[Pop rock]] | occupation = [[Disc jockey|DJ]]<br />[[Singer-songwriter]] | years_active = 1993–present | label = | associated_acts = [[DJ AM]]<br>[[Mark Ronson]] | website = {{URL|http://samantharonson.com}}}} '''Samantha Judith Ronson''' (born 7 August 1977) is an [[England|English]] [[singer-songwriter]] and [[disc jockey]] who lives in [[Los Angeles, California]]. ==Biography== Ronson was born in [[Surrey]] and raised in [[St John's Wood]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23823012-the-royal-family-of-rock.do|work=London Evening Standard|location=UK|title=The royal family of rock|first=Lydia|last=Slater|date=9 April 2010|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> She is the daughter of writer-[[socialite]] Ann Dexter-Jones and music executive and real estate entrepreneur Laurence Ronson.<ref name=Times-Correction>{{Cite news|title=Correction ("It's a family affair")|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=20 March 2005|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article432613.ece|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref><ref name=Profile-Mark-Ronson>{{Cite news|title=The man Amy and Lily go when they want a hit: Profile: Mark Ronson|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=27 January 2008|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3257098.ece|postscript=<!--None-->}} </ref><ref name=The-Buzz>{{cite web|last=Ikenberg|first=Tamara|title=The Buzz: A portmanteau for Paris|work=[[The Courier-Journal]]|publisher=Denise Ivey|date=21 May 2008|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/SCENE/80531002/-1/search|accessdate=2 June 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Her parents <!-- both parents or only her father?? --> are of [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] descent, with ancestors from [[Russia]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://juicy.smashits.com/2008/11/samantha-ronson.html |title=Samantha Ronson |publisher=Juicy.smashits.com |date=2008-11-27 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref><ref>Coyle, Jennifer. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1370141,00.html "Introducing ... Samantha Ronson DJ/singer-songwriter"] ''The Observer'' Guardian, 12 December 2004</ref> Ronson's family name was originally [[Aaronson]] but her grandfather Henry Ronson changed it to Ronson.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-509291/The-truth-svengali-seen-paying-late-night-visit-troubled-Amy-Winehouses-hotel.html|work=The Daily Mail|location=UK|title=The truth about the svengali seen paying a late-night visit to troubled Amy Winehouse's hotel|first=Claudia|last=Joseph|date=20 January 2008|accessdate=11 January 2011}}</ref> Ronson is related to former British Foreign Secretary [[Malcolm Rifkind|Sir Malcolm Rifkind]] and [[Leon Brittan]] (Lord Brittan of Spennithorne), and is the younger sister of music producer [[Mark Ronson]]<ref name=Profile-Mark-Ronson/> and the twin sister of fashion designer [[Charlotte Ronson]] <ref name=demons>[[Eliscu, Jenny]] (14 June 2007), [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/amy_winehouse_back_in_black_rehab_married_soul_beehive_diva "The Diva and Her Demons"] ''Rolling Stone'', (1028), pp. 58-69. Retrieved 14 December 2007</ref> Ronson also has five younger half-siblings and one step-sibling. Chris (step-sibling), Alexander and Annabelle, through her mother's remarriage to Mick Jones as well as David, Henrietta, and Joshua, through her father's remarriage to Michele Human. Her uncle and aunt are [[Gerald Ronson|Gerald]] and Dame [[Gail Ronson]]. After her parents divorced, her mother married [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] guitarist [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]] and moved the family to [[New York]]. Jones contributed to a childhood surrounded by music.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alexis Petridis |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/alexispetridis/story/0,,2183270,00.html |title=Alexis Petridis meets Mark Ronson |publisher=Music.guardian.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Marin |first=Rick |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E6DD1F3CF933A25751C1A9669C8B63 |title=Mayor of Spin City, for a Night |publisher=New York Times |date=2000-12-10 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> This marriage produced Ronson's two younger half siblings Alexander and Annabelle. Ann and Mick divorced in 2007. At age sixteen Samantha Ronson was in a [[rap music|rap]] group called the ''Low Lifes''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E5D71231F937A15757C0A962958260&scp=39&sq=Samantha%20Ronson&st=cse |title= THE NIGHT; Checking Up on the Children|accessdate= 6 August 2008|author=Bob Morris|date=24 April 1994|publisher=New York Times|quote= A small 16-year-old girl in large baggy clothes emerged from the darkness. 'This is Samantha', Ms. Jones said. 'She has a rap band called the Low Lifes.'}}</ref> ==Career== Ronson spun live for [[MTV]]'s New Year's Eve 2001 show from the network's studios in [[Times Square]].<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jerrygarcia/articles/story/5919796/really_randoms_prince_jerry_garcia Really Randoms: Prince, Jerry Garcia]{{dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref> In 2002, it was announced [[Duncan Sheik]] would be co-producing an album for Ronson that would be out in the spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/OKTB/lib00634,0F99373F05E4BF31.html |title=Inside Bay Area Archives |publisher=Docs.newsbank.com |date=2002-11-15 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> In 2004, she opened for [[JC Chasez]] on his [[Schizophrenic (album)|Schizophrenic]] tour. Ronson became the first rock act signed to [[Roc-A-Fella Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/ronson_sam/# |title=News - You Hear It First |publisher=MTV.com |date=2006-03-09 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> She released four songs under the label "Super" with very little public interest: "Pull My Hair Out", "Fool", "If It's Gonna Rain" and "Built This Way," and wrote and recorded her first album, ''Red''. "Built This Way" was featured in the movie ''[[Mean Girls]]'' starring [[Lindsay Lohan]] and [[Rachel McAdams]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YICHC |title=Mean Girls: Various Artists: Music |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> Although ''Red'' was never officially released, downloads were made available from her [[MySpace]] page. Ronson has also made a number of appearances on [[mix tapes]] produced by artists on the Roc-A-Fella label. In a January 2008 interview with MTV News, it was revealed Ronson had parted ways with her label and is currently focusing on DJing.<ref>[http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/21012008/397726/dj_samantha_ronson_at_sundance DJ Samantha Ronson At Sundance, MTV UK]{{dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref> She is or was a co-owner of the [[New York City]] nightclub [[The Plumm]], along with actor [[Chris Noth]] and [[Noel Ashman]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20209216,00.html|title=Samantha Ronson Says She's Homesick for New York|last=Sullvan|first=Emmet|date=27 June 2008|publisher=people.com |accessdate=12 August 2008}}</ref> ===Legal actions=== In May 2007, [[Lindsay Lohan]] crashed her [[Mercedes-Benz]] in [[Beverly Hills]]. Police found a "small amount" of [[cocaine]] in her car and [[blog]]ger [[Perez Hilton]] posted on his blog that the drugs belonged to Ronson, using another celebrity gossip blog as a source for the story. Two weeks later he started selling "Blame Samantha" t-shirts and called Ronson a "lezbot dj". Ronson hired [[Martin Garbus]] to start a [[defamation]] suit against Hilton and the original source for the story, ''Celebrity Babylon''. ''Celebrity Babylon'' agreed to issue a retraction and apology on the understanding that Ronson would drop the claim; Hilton's lawyers asked the judge to throw out the case as an assault on his [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|free speech]] rights. Garbus thought that it would be impossible to produce evidence that Hilton had acted with malice and reached an agreement with Hilton which would have kept Ronson from paying his legal fees. Ronson wanted Hilton's retraction and vetoed the proposal. Around the same time Garbus presented a $100,000 bill after the $25,000 retainer had been accounted for. Garbus withdrew from the case and neither he nor Ronson appeared at Hilton's hearing, where the judge ruled in Hilton's favour dismissing the case and ordering Ronson to pay Hilton's $85,000 legal fees.<ref name="suits">{{cite web|url= http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-samantha-ronson11-2008dec11,0,6925049.story?page=1|title=Samantha Ronson, the Web and suits to spare|accessdate= 8 December 2008|author= Harriet Ryan|date= 8 December 2008|publisher= [[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Two weeks later Garbus sued Ronson in New York for close to $142,000 in fees and services. He later dropped that suit. In May, Ronson filed suit against Garbus in Los Angeles County Superior Court, contending that his incompetence had lost the case against Hilton and asking for damages in excess of $300,000. Among the allegations was that Garbus failed to fulfill his duties as her attorney because he was focused on collecting his fees. In response to Ronson's malpractice suit he countersued to recover his fees.<ref name="suits"/> ===Relationship with Lindsay Lohan=== In 2008, media outlets began commenting on Ronson and actress [[Lindsay Lohan]], who were regularly seen being affectionate in public. Several newspapers, including ''[[The Times]]'' and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', published opinion pieces describing their relationship as romantic.<ref name=TimesLoRon>{{cite web|url= http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article4343457.ece|title= Lesbian Chic|accessdate= 2 August 2008|author= Sally Brampton|date= 20 July 2008|publisher=The Times}}</ref><ref name=LATimesLoRon>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-ca-lindsaylohan20-2008jul20,0,4097826.story|title=Lindsay Lohan & Samantha Ronson: Read all about it|accessdate= 2 August 2008|author= Kate Arthur|date=20 July 2008|publisher= [[Los Angeles Times]]}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/14/gayrights.celebrity?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront|title=Will Lindsay Lohan fight tinseltown prejudice?|accessdate= 2 August 2008|author= Bidisha|date= 14 July 2008|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> Lohan long refrained from commenting on the exact nature of their relationship, stating through her publicist that she "wants to keep her private life private."<ref name="LATimesLoRon"/> When pressed by a paparazzo to deny the rumours, Ronson responded, "Are you retarded?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.flynetpictures.com/index.php?module=assetserver&page=assetDetail&assetId=154548&lay_quiet=1|title=Exclusive: Samantha Ronson Denies Lohan Rumors|accessdate=2 August 2008|date=|publisher=Flynet Pictures}}</ref> In September 2008, it was widely reported that Lohan confirmed on the syndicated radio program, ''[[Loveline]]'', that she was, in fact, dating Ronson. During the program, DJ [[Stryker (disc jockey)|Stryker]] asked "You and Samantha have been going out for how long now?...Like two years, one year, five months, two months?" to which Lohan laughed, and replied "For a very long time." Stryker then went on to say "Well, I hope you guys stay together. You are a very lovely looking couple", to which Lohan replied, "Thank you very much."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7634272.stm Lohan 'comes out' on radio show] BBC News, 24 September 2008</ref><ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdgbKGT9Gv8WjQStqYAS2gwanWzwD93CPSO81 ]{{dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26856100/ Did Lohan open up about relationship with DJ?] msnbc.com - Access Hollywood, 23 September 2008</ref> Lohan's publicist originally stated that there was no confession;<ref>[http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Lindsay-Lohan-Lesbian/800047356 Lindsay's Rep: There Was No Lesbian Confession]</ref> however, on 14 October, following a tabloid report by [[Great Britain|Britain]]'s ''[[Daily Mail]]'' that claimed Lohan and Ronson's relationship was "on the rocks", Lohan's publicist told ''[[Access Hollywood]]'' that the report was inaccurate and, "They are fine." When personally asked by a paparazzo, Ronson responded, "Are you fucking kidding me!?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/rep-no-truth-to-lindsay-and-sam-rocky-relationship-rumors_article_11681 |title=Rep: No Truth To Lindsay & Sam Rocky Relationship Rumors |publisher=Accesshollywood.com |date=2008-10-14 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> Lohan's father, [[Michael Lohan]], has been very outspoken in his disapproval of Lohan's lesbian relationship with Ronson and, on 24 September 2008, Lohan wrote a response to him via e-mail to the ''[[New York Post]]'': "Samantha is not evil, I care for her very much and she's a wonderful girl.... She loves me, as I do her." <ref name="Lindsay Dad">{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/09242008/gossip/pagesix/lindsay_dad__sams_hideous_130425.htm |title=Lindsay Dad: Sam's 'Hideous'|last=Johnson|first=Richard|coauthors=Paula Froelich, Bill Hoffman, and Corynne Steindler|date=24 September 2008|work=Page 6|publisher=[[New York Post]]|page=6|accessdate=2008-10-12}}</ref><ref name="Omg!">{{cite news|url= http://omg.yahoo.com/news/lindsay-to-dad-samantha-loves-me-as-i-do-her/13457;_ylt=AgdorqK6hZyR59j7EvFiclihpxx.;_ylv=3|title=Lindsay To Dad: Samantha 'Loves Me, As I Do Her'|last=Access Hollywood|date=24 September 2008|publisher=Omg!|accessdate=12 October 2008}}</ref> Lohan opened up about her relationship with Ronson in the December 2008 issue of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' magazine. She stated, "I think it's pretty obvious who I'm seeing... I think it's no shock to anyone that it's been going on for quite some time... She's a wonderful person and I love her very much."<ref>{{cite web|last=Heyman |first=Marshall |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/cover/lindsay-lohan-cover-story-1208-2 |title=Harper's Bazaar - Lindsay Lohan |publisher=Harpersbazaar.com |date=2008-11-10 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> On 6 April 2009, Lohan announced that she was taking a break from seeing Ronson to focus on work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.eonline.com/lindsay-lohan-taking-break-from-sam-focus-myself-20090406 |title=Lindsay Lohan: "I'm Taking Break From Sam to Focus on Myself" |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> Ronson stated, in a July 2010 interview with ''[[The Times]]'', that she loves Lohan as a human being, but the paparazzi attention grew to be too much, saying "I'm not gonna not hang out with somebody that I care about because of that s**t."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lindsay-lohan/news/229514-samantha-ronson-lindsay-lohan-danny-cipriani-kelly-brook|title= Samantha Ronson 'Still Loves' Lindsay|work= [[MTV News]]|accessdate= 2010-07-05|date= 2010-07-05}}</ref> She also stated "I’m not gay! I’m an equal-opportunity player! I still go back and forth."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.afterellen.com/blog/trishbendix/samantha-ronson-im-not-gay-im-an-equal-opportunity-player|title= Samantha Ronson: "I'm not gay. I'm an equal opportunity player."|work= [[AfterEllen]]|accessdate= 2010-07-06|date= 2010-07-05|date= Trish Bendix}}</ref> ==Albums== *Samantha Ronson & [[DJ AM]] - ''[[Challah (album)|Challah]]'' (2003) ==Singles== *"Pull My Hair Out" (2004) *"Built This Way" (2004) *"Fool" (2000) ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{Official website|http://samantharonson.com}} *{{imdb name|id=2466033|name=Samantha Ronson}} *{{MySpace|samantharonson|Samantha Ronson}} *{{Twitter|samantharonson}} {{Roc-A-Fella Records}}{{Roc Nation}} <!--LGBT and religious categories are not to be used in biographies of living people unless the person self-identifies with the label(s) in question and it is relevant to their public lives.--> <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Ronson, Samantha |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[DJ]], Singer, songwriter |DATE OF BIRTH= 7 August 1977 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[London]], [[England]], UK |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ronson, Samantha}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:English female singers]] [[Category:English emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:English expatriates in the United States]] [[Category:English-language singers]] [[Category:English Jews]] [[Category:LGBT Jews]] [[Category:Bisexual musicians]] [[Category:LGBT people from England]] [[Category:Nightclub owners]] [[Category:Hip hop DJs]] [[Category:People from London]] [[Category:Twin people from England]] [[Category:English people of Austrian descent]] [[Category:English people of Russian descent]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English socialites]] [[Category:Lindsay Lohan]] [[es:Samantha Ronson]] [[it:Samantha Ronson]] [[nl:Samantha Ronson]] [[ja:サマンサ・ロンソン]] [[no:Samantha Ronson]] [[pl:Samantha Ronson]] [[pt:Samantha Ronson]] [[ru:Ронсон, Саманта]] [[fi:Samantha Ronson]] [[sv:Samantha Ronson]]'