She shot to fame after achieving a string of hits as a rapper in the 1990s.
And Betty Boo looks like she hasn’t aged a day in those 30 years, as she continues to keep her music career going.
The music star is now 53, and is instantly recognisable due to still sporting her iconic hairstyle from her solo career.
Betty, whose real name is Alison Moira Clarkson, was huge in the early 1990s, with hit tracks like Doin’ The Do, Where Are You Baby? and Let Me Take You There.
She often sported a chic style complete with colourful outfits reminiscent of the 1960s and was known for her sassy and tough attitude.
Betty Boo looks like she hasn’t aged a day 30 years after achieving a string of hits as a rapper in the 1990s, as she continues to keep her music career going
The music star is now 53, and is instantly recognisable due to still sporting her iconic hairstyle from her solo career (pictured now left and right in 1991)
She often sported a chic style complete with colourful outfits reminiscent of the 1960s and was known for her sassy and tough attitude (pictured in 1991)
Her 1990 debut album, Boomania, was certified platinum and she won a BRIT award for British Breakthrough Act in 1991.
However, Betty’s follow-up album GRRR! It’s Betty Boo failed to crack the Top 50 and she did not release another solo record for three decades.
The rap star had been forced to quit showbusiness altogether in her mid twenties as she grieved for her mother and other family members.
She told The Telegraph: ‘I had no choice. I had to leave the industry. It was the right choice because there was no way I was ever going to [continue working]. I grieved for a long, long time over my mum
‘It was a total tragedy. And if I’m honest, I was in automatic mode and didn’t deal with my own grief. I thought in the back of my mind, “Yeah, I’ll get back to making music.” But I never did’.
However, while she stopped her solo career, Alison continued making music behind-the-scenes.
She co-wrote the track, Pure and Simple, which became the smash hit debut single from Hear’Say after they won reality series Popstars, in 2001.
She has also written songs for Girls Aloud, Dannii Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and BBC children’s show, The Tweenies.
Her 1990 debut album, Boomania, was certified platinum and she won a BRIT award for British Breakthrough Act in 1991 (pictured centre in 1991)
However, the rap star was forced to quit showbusiness altogether in her mid twenties as she grieved for her mother and other family members (pictured in 1991)
However, while she stopped her solo career, Alison continued making music behind-the-scenes, writing songs for Girls Aloud, Dannii Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and BBC children’s show, The Tweenies
She co-wrote the track, Pure and Simple, which became the smash hit debut single from Hear’Say after they won reality series Popstars, in 2001 (Hear’Say pictured in 2001)
Alison released her first album in three decades, Boomerang, in October last year, containing singles Get Me to the Weekend and Shining Star.
Classic Pop magazine describes the LP as a collection of ‘bangers as gloriously floor filling as anything in her hip-hop heyday’.
Alison previously explained that she got her lucky break after meeting rappers Public Enemy in her local fast food restaurant.
Betty was part of The She Rockers and signed to the independent record label Music of Life at the time.
She spoke of she managed to secure a spot on Public Enemy’s tour after the schoolgirls confronted the hip-hop group in McDonald’s.
She said: ‘I found it…it was a really great outlet for me to express myself. When I was 15, I discovered Salt-N-Pepa and it was all over from then.
‘I wanted to be them. I was half Malaysian, half Scottish. Nobody really looked like me. Even though I look quite European now, I was very different looking to now.
Alison released her first album in three decades, Boomerang, in October last year, containing singles Get Me to the Weekend and Shining Star
Classic Pop magazine describes the LP as a collection of ‘bangers as gloriously floor filling as anything in her hip-hop heyday’
‘I think I was 17. I was definitely 17, yeah, we were just walking past McDonald’s and saw Public Enemy.
‘On stage, they’re really radical and quite scary figures but we just couldn’t believe we had seen these titans of rap in our local McDonald’s!
‘I went “Oi!” and they said “Oh, you’re obviously rappers, come and spit a 16” and [Professor] Griff started beatboxing.
‘They said “Awesome, we want to produce your records.” We were on tour with them, it was great.’
Alison previously explained that she got her lucky break after meeting rappers Public Enemy in her local fast food restaurant (pictured in 1990)