10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite is the recipient of the Mercury Music Prize, two BRIT Awards and three MOBO Awards. The English hip hop and R&B artist, rapper and record producer, Ms. Dynamite was born Niomi Arleen McLean Daley on 26 April 1981 in Archway, London. She was first known for her vocals on the UK garage underground track “Booo!”, which was regularly played on London pirate radio stations and was later released as a single. In February 2006, she won the Naomi Award for Worst Urban Act. A collection of new and upcoming UK hip-hop and garage artists was compiled, she and her rapping brother Akala was voted Best Hip Hop Act at the MOBO Awards in September 2006. There is no doubt that the 35-years-old hip hop and R&B artist, rapper and record producer is definitely a name to be reckon with in the music industry.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the English hip hop and R&B artist, rapper and record producer, Ms. Dynamite:

1. Ms. Dynamite was born Niomi Arleen McLean Daley on 26 April 1981 in Archway, London.

2. Her father is a Jamaican and her mother is a Scottish.

3. She grew up listening to reggae and hip-hop music.

4. She mentioned in an interview that though she wanted to become a schoolteacher or social worker, her biggest aspiration was to be a musician.

5. She is the eldest of eleven siblings, one of whom is a socially aware artist and journalist known as Akala.

6. She attended Acland Burghley School in London.

7. She is the recipient of the Mercury Music Prize, two BRIT Awards and three MOBO Awards.

8. In 2002, she won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize for A Little Deeper. She donated the £20,000 prize to the NSPCC.

9. She was first known for her vocals on the UK garage underground track “Booo!”, which was regularly played on London pirate radio stations and was later released as a single.

10. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games at the City of Manchester Stadium.