Ms. Dynamite

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Ms. Dynamite (born 1981), also known as Niomi McLean-Daley, is a British R&B/hip-hop musician.

1 Biography
2 Career
3 Discography
4 Awards and opinion polls
5 External links

Biography

Ms. Dynamite was born in London on April 26, 1981, to a Scottish mother and Afro-Caribbean father. She grew up listening to reggae and hip-hop music. Though she wanted to become a schoolteacher or social worker, her biggest aspiration was to be a musician. She is the eldest of eleven siblings and attended Acland burghley school in Tufnell Park.

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Career

Whilst working at the radio station RAW FM, Ms. Dynamite was discovered by Richard Forbes at a West End club. After working briefly with the garage act So Solid Crew, she released her debut album, A Little Deeper in 2002, featuring the hit songs "It Takes More" and "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee". In 2003, the album was also released in the USA to critical acclaim.

In 2002, Dynamite won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize, a music award given to groundbreaking British and Irish acts, for her debut album A Little Deeper. She donated the £20,000 prize to the NSPCC.

Her first public performance was at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games at the City of Manchester Stadium. On July 2, 2005, she performed at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park. Amongst the songs performed was "Redemption Song".

In September 2005, she returned to the limelight (having taken time off to give birth to her son, Shavaar) with a new album entitled "Judgement Days." Featuring more social commentary, in songs such as the single, "Judgement Day," and the Tony Blair critique, "Mr. Prime Minister," reviews of the album were not as favourable as those of her debut. The double-A side lead single, "Judgement Day" and "Father," reached #25 in the UK chart. The second single will be "Fall In Love Again" (previously titled "When I Fall In Love").

On the 6th January 2006, Ms Dynamite was arrested outside a London Nightclub, after a brawl in which she punched a female police officer in the nose whilst in custody. She was convicted and sentenced to sixty hours of community service.

In February 2006, she won the Naomi Award for Worst Urban Act.

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