Born on 7th August, 1977, Samantha Ronson is a British singer, song writer and DJ. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She is famous for her hip-hop genre songs.
Samantha Ronson was born in a wealthy London family. Her mother is writer-socialite Ann Dexter-Jones and her father is Laurence Ronson, a real estate entrepreneur. Her parents are of Jewish descent with ancestors from the countries Austria, Russia, and Lithuania. Samantha was raised in Conservative Judaism from her childhood.
Samantha has two siblings, one brother and one sister. Mark Ronson is a music producer and Charlotte Ronson, who is Samantha's twin, is a fashion designer. Samantha's family is related to politicians Leon Brittan and Malcolm Rifkind. Her parents were divorced and her mother married guitarist Mick Jones, a foreigner. He is a reason for Samantha's interest in music as she had a childhood surrounded by music. At the age of 16, Samantha Ranson was in a rap band called Low Lifes.
In the year 2000, Samantha Ronson performed live for MTV new year's eve in New York Times Square. In 2004, an announcement was made that Duncan Sheik was going to co-produce an album for Samantha. She distinguished herself from others by by doing the rock act for Roc-A-Fella Records. Under the label "Super", she released four songs which are "Fool", "Pull My Hair Out", "Built This Way", and "If It"s Gonna Rain'. She recorded and wrote tracks of her first album "Blue".
Samantha Ronson made some appearances on mix tapes which is produced by artists on the Roc-A-Fella label. In an interview to MTV earlier this year, she said that she has parted ways with the label and that she is concentrating more on DJing.
Red is her album which was not released. But the tracks were made available on internet to download by myspace. Her track "Built This Way" was used (featured) in the movie "Mean Girls" starring Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan. She was a co-owner of New York City nightclub The Plumm, along with the actor Chris Noth and few others.
In the year 2008, media started commenting about Samantha and Lindsay Lohan's relation. They are often seen affectionate in public. Some newspapers like The Times and Los Angeles Times published articles about them and interpreted their relation as romantic.
Though she is a singer, writer, and a DJ, she is in news more for her personal life than her professional life.
