Ms Dynamite honoured

Rap star Ms Dynamite has been honoured for her “courageous” contribution to the campaign against gun crime.

The singer was presented with the Capital Radio Big Voice Award by the mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence at the Women Of The Year Lunch and Assembly 2003, held at the Savoy Hotel in London.

The award was made in recognition of Ms Dynamite’s call for an end to gun violence in Birmingham.

The singer read from a poem she had composed calling for black people to “start loving instead of killing each other. Instead of putting ourselves down, let us help up our sisters and brothers”.