Ladybug Mecca has been played on NTS in shows including Ted Draws, featured first on 28 August 2018. Songs played include Fools - LSA, If I Need To Move On (Sometimes) and Dogg Starr.

Prominent in Mecca's history is her role in Digable Planets, a communal clan of poet-rappers that made "hip-hop bebob" popular in the '90s. Alongside her two male partners she burst onto the scene like a quiet storm, blowing away expectations and defining a new stance for ladies who followed on the mike. "Mecca The Ladybug makes great strides in proving women in rap don't need to scream and swagger in order…