It’s a UK thing: Mis-teeq chat with ilikemusic.com

"Seriously! I mean at that time I'd not seen female MCs in the UK before," adds Alesha. "But I did it and the feedback was really good, and from that point I started developing it and taking it more seriously. Then I'd go to clubs and, when I got the chance, I'd pick up the mic. But the guys didn't want to give me the mic, so I'd just persist and hover around the DJ bit, have a little go and it went on from there."

"It's a good thing because when she first started she was a bit shy," says Sabrina. "But I always said that it adds something, an element of difference, and it was the first time I'd ever heard a woman MC and I was like, 'Alesha you have to do that,' and she was like 'No Bri, don't make me look stupid.'"

"I was convinced I'd look stupid," laughs Alesha, who got more confident after getting such a good response and has now perfected her husky MCing style.

Chicks on the Decks
"Female DJs are great but they don't get a lot of support you know, they really don't," says Alesha.
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