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Ms. Dynamite
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Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite is a hip-hop artist from United Kingdom formed in 1981. 9 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Hip-Hop · United Kingdom · Best hip-hop albums

9
Releases
20022022
Active years
1981
Formed

Discography

3
A Little Deeper cover

Most popular

A Little Deeper

2002 · 17 tracks

Singles & EPs

6

Credits

1

Records Ms. Dynamite worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

Appears on

11

Releases by other artists featuring Ms. Dynamite.

Featured tracks

11

Collaborators

9

Community

More about Ms. Dynamite

Honors

2
  • Order of the British Empire

    ×1

    Order of the British Empire

    • · Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Mercury Prize

    ×1

    Mercury Prize

    • 2002

Award data from Wikidata; photos via Wikimedia Commons — click a photo for its author and license.

Ms. Dynamite at a glance

Born in
Archway district
From
United Kingdom
Active since
2001
Instruments
voice
Labels
Polydor Records, Relentless Records
Educated at
Acland Burghley School

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Children listed are those with their own public record, so the list may be incomplete.

About

Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley and popularly known as Ms. Dynamite is a double Brit Award and three time MOBO Awards winning R&B, UK garage, and hip hop singer and rapper. Ms. Dynamite was born and raised in Archway, London, England, to a Scottish mother and a Jamaican 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, one of whom is a grime artist known as Akala. While 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, which won Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize for Album of the Year for 2002. 2001

Ms. Dynamite in brief

How many Ms. Dynamite releases are on Riffiter?
9 releases are catalogued, spanning 2002 to 2022.
When was Ms. Dynamite formed?
Ms. Dynamite formed in 1981, in United Kingdom.
What genre is Ms. Dynamite?
Ms. Dynamite is catalogued under Hip-Hop, R&B.
What is the most recent Ms. Dynamite release on Riffiter?
Wile Out of Nowhere, released in 2022.
What awards has Ms. Dynamite won?
Ms. Dynamite has 2 award wins on record, including Order of the British Empire (1×), Mercury Prize (1×).

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