Lady leshurr biography

British rapper and singer (born 1987)

Musical artist

Melesha Katrina O'GarroBEM (born 15 December 1987), known professionally as Lady Leshurr (),^[3] is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and producer.^[4] She is known for her Queen's Speech series of freestyles,^[5] the fourth of which became popular in 2016. Her subsequent freestyle, Queen's Speech 5, was called "brilliant" and "2015's crowning freestyle" by Spin.^[6] In 2021, she entered the Channel 4 series The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer, catfishing as Big Narstie, and won. She also competed in the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice, where she reached the semi-final.

Early life

Melesha Katrina O'Garro was born on 15 December 1987^[7][8] to Kittitian parents.^[9][2] She became interested in poetry and writing at the age of six,^[10] but decided that writing music would bring her to a wider audience.^[9] She released her first mixtape at the age of fourteen.^[11] In her words:

I grew up around music. My mum used to play a lot of reggae like Sister Nancy and Bob Marley around the house so basically, when I was around six, I was messing about and doing my own little

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Birmingham born Lady Leshurr is a female MC/singer and producer. 

A powerful performance on last year’s Glastonbury Introducing stage has thrown Leshurr into the limelight and she is fast becoming known as “the one to watch” (Mike Skinner – Guardian Newspaper).

Leshurr’s material blends her unique sound with popular genres encompassing house, hip hop, dancehall and pop. Citing Lil Wayne as one of her key influences, Leshurr could already be his female equivalent. She loves to experiment and constantly seeks to further her vision to create a sound that takes music to a whole new level.

Leshurr has featured on tracks with Tinie Tempah, Wiley, Lethal B and Dot Rotten, and since signing a publishing deal with EMI, she was worked with a range of producers including R1, Noisa, Loco and Wizzy Wow. She was a part of the Female Takeover alongside Lioness and Baby Blue, and was also invited by DJ Cameo to feature on his collaboration track, “Who’s Dat?”. Leshurr recently supported Wiley on his nationwide tour and has just finished touring with Lethal B and Ghetts as part of the Bigga Fish tour.

The talk of the UK’s urban scene, Leshurr

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