Ms Dynamite: 'Baby break was best move'
R&B star Ms Dynamite has no regrets about falling pregnant shortly after breaking into the bigtime, because she needed a break from the pressures of the music industry.
The 23-year-old singer put her career on hold in 2003 to give birth to son Shavaar - despite the reservations of her record label and then-boyfriend Dwayne Seaforth - because she didn't feel ready to deal with international fame.
Dynamite, real name Niomi Daley, says: "You could tell everyone was thinking, your timing couldn't be worse, even if they didn't actually say it. I did plan it, though. Dwayne and I talked about having a baby.
"At first, he was, like, 'I don't think this is the right time for you career-wise. I don't want all these people looking at me, thinking, what have you done?
"I said: 'Well, if that's the only reason not to, then we're doing it. I felt like it was the right time. Although for Ms Dynamite it wasn't, for Niomi it totally was. But now, looking back I feel for Ms Dynamite it was right, too.
"I don't think I was ready to go to the States, to make it international."
