LADY Leshurr is one of the hottest rappers in Britain right now.
But away from music, she has appeared on Dancing on Ice, and on The Celebrity Circle.
Who is Lady Leshurr?
Lady Leshurr is a 35-year-old rapper from Birmingham.
Her real name is Melesha Katrina O’Garro and she was born on December 15, 1987.
In 2016, she won the MOBO Award, celebrating excellence in black music, for Best Female Act.
Then in 2019, she won the award for Best Rap/Grime Act at the Birmingham Music Awards, and received the British Empire Medal in the 2020 Birthday Honours.
She appeared on the 2020 version of Celebrity Masterchef.
Then in 2021, she made it to the semi-finals of Dancing On Ice.
In March 2021 she took part in Channel 4’s Celebrity Circle – winning the gameshow beating the likes of Blue’s Duncan James and Denise Van Outen.
In April and August 2022, Leshurr appeared as a guest panellist on the ITV show Loose Women.
Is Lady Leshurr married?
Lady Leshurr came out as pansexual in 2018 and is currently single.
She opened up to The Sun in February 2022 about her sexuality during her stint on Dancing on Ice, saying: “Joe Warren-Plant is a young one, but such a cutie.
“He’s definitely going to win the hearts of so many young girls around the country.
“But I’ve watched Denise Van Outen as I was growing up and I’ve always thought she was beautiful. She’s like the girl-next-door, with the blonde hair and blue eyes.
“I grew up in a white neighbourhood. I was around blonde-haired, blue-eyed girls and I always thought it was attractive.
“It’s what you’re used to seeing – even Barbie and stuff like that, that was the dream girl.
“I’d never draw the line at anyone. I’m open to everything and I’m spontaneous. That’s why I’m pansexual – because I love experimenting.”
What was Lady Leshurr’s big break?
Lady Leshurr is best known for her Queen’s Speech series of freestyles which launched her to fame.
Queen’s Speech 4, which was released in 2016, is considered to be her most popular.
Thanks to this, she is considered to be the most successful female Grime artist ever.
How did Lady Leshurr start her music career?
Born to parents from the Caribbean isle of Saint Kitts, she first starting writing lyrics from the age of six.
She then released her first mixtape at age fourteen.
Speaking in 2011 to The Independent she said: “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.”