Mother reunites with missing son after spotting him in rapper Bugzy Malone's video

The Manchester-born rapper said a mother got in touch after the video's release (Picture: PA Wire/PA Images)

A mother searching for her son has been reunited with him after spotting him in a video by rapper Bugzy Malone.

The Manchester-born rapper said his video, Run, featured genuine homeless people, rather than actors, and once the video had been released a relative got in touch.

In an interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra, the 27-year-old said reuniting the mother and her son was one of the “proudest moments” of his career.

Malone said his management team received an email from the concerned mother shortly after the video came out, in August.

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Today we went out and reshot the whole video, I told em I don’t want to pay actors I want to connect with and pay the real people of the streets. I’ve been at the bottom it’s not easy, homeless or not you must treat people with respect rich or poor. People that have struggled are the special ones out ere! Shout out the city that taught me all that I know I will help as much as I possibly can. 🖤❤️

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Malone, real name Aaron Davis, said: “We got an email off a mum of one of the guys, the guy had been missing for six months, to a year.

"He was on the missing list. And when she's seen him in my music video, it made her go out and find him."

Malone added the man is now reunited with his loved ones and has a girlfriend.