Hailing from Birmingham, Lady Leshurr is best known for her Queen's Speech series of freestyles which went viral in 2015. Her standout single ‘Queen's Speech 4’ garnered worldwide attention and has racked up over 56 million YouTube views!
Born Melesha O'Garro in 1988 to parents from the Caribbean Isle of St. Kitts, her first foray was into poetry and writing at age six, before releasing her first mixtape at age 14. 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 raps and songs. My family are all rappers and singers anyway so I was always involved in it from a young age."
Her accolades include winning a MOBO Award for Best Female Act in 2016, following up the second place she received in the same category at the Official Mixtape Awards in 2011.