Music Bennett has taught dance since the age of 11 creating a
nightclub performing group at aged 14. Her rap career began with her dance group The Brutal Ladies in 1984 and was the first female hip hop/jazz DJ on a local pirate radio station, playing local clubs until she entered the DMC Rap Championships in 1988 and was spotted by Les Adams a.k.a. L.A. Mix. In 1989, she featured on
L.A. Mix's UK No. 25 hit "
Get Loose", which became a hit after L.A. Mix had been diagnosed by
Stock, Aitken and Waterman as being "unlikely to score another hit" after their UK #6 hit "Check This Out". The following year, she had a solo hit with "
Feel the Rhythm", which charted at No. 51 on the
UK Singles Chart. In 1991, Jazzi rapped on the
DNA song "
Rebel Woman", which sampled
David Bowie's "
Rebel Rebel" and charted at No. 42 on the same chart. Around the same time, DNA remixed
Kylie Minogue's "
Shocked" and added a rap part written and performed by Jazzi. The DNA Remix of the song was then released as a single (it was not originally planned for release) and charted at No. 6 on the
UK Singles Chart, becoming Minogue's thirteenth consecutive top ten hit. Jazzi also performed the track on
Top of the Pops. Bennett says she was only paid £200 for writing and performing the rap, and does not get any publishing royalties. Jazzi told Minogue that previously she thought the singer's music was "shit". Many house tracks have used Jazzi's
a cappellas for remixes and in 1994
Chris & James sampled "Feel the Rhythm" for their UK No. 74 hit "Calm Down (Bass Keeps Pumpin')". In 1991 after buying herself out of her record deal, she returned to teaching dance and building Wolverhampton's first community dance studio, Sweatbox.
2014: Big Brother Bennett participated in the
fifteenth series of
Big Brother UK, entering on Day 1 on 5 June 2014; She also noted that if she was not the first one to be evicted, she would be celebrating her fiftieth birthday in the house. On Day 4, she was asked to hand out a Big Brother 'killer nomination', which meant that the selected housemate would automatically face eviction every week for the whole time they were in the house. She selected Jale on the grounds that she did not like her ways feeling that she was selfish and not a team player. Upon selecting her killer nomination, Bennett's tenure as Power housemate expired and fellow housemate Chris was selected; he nominated Pauline for the next eviction. A few days later, she had to be rushed to hospital to be treated for a burn. She became the second housemate to be evicted on Day 16 (with 79.4% of the public vote). ==References==