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‘I was in prison at 20 - and a music executive by 28’
By Jon Kelly
As he faced a long jail sentence, the life Niyah Smith had once dreamed of looked impossible. But the chance to turn his fortunes around came sooner than he expected.
On a warm London afternoon, a black Audi A3 cruised slowly along a ring road. Four young men were inside, and they d all just travelled to Birmingham and back. From his back seat, a 20-year-old named Niyah Smith looked up at the rear-view mirror and noticed a police car approaching.
The friend sitting directly in front of Niyah had spotted it too. Everyone just relax, he told the other passengers. The date was 19 June 2012.