Watch: Brenda Edwards’ heart-breaking song at Acton vigil to music pioneer son Jamal Edwards

Brenda Edwards sang a heart-breaking tribute to her son Jamal, at the vigil to the music pioneer in Acton last night.

The 31-year-old - who helped launch the careers of Ed Sheeran, Dave and Jessie J - tragically died on Sunday after a sudden illness.

A vigil was held to remember the Chelsea fan outside his mural in Acton, with candles, photos and Blues scarves laid out.

Dozens of people from across the capital came together to pay their respects to the west London lad.

Devastated Mum Brenda, a Loose Women panellist who finished fourth on the X Factor in 2004, sang Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston in tribute.

The Acton Notebook website, which organised the vigil, said: “We hope that the vigil will help those that knew him, or of him, to come together to process their grief and to show their respect and admiration for a young man who has achieved so much in his short life, and done so much for his community.

“An outpouring of love and admiration.

“A community came together tonight in the warmest way - all for you Jamal Edwards - rest in peace our hero.”

Who was Jamal Edwards?

The entrepreneur gained fame from setting up SBTV in 2006, a web-based platform championing new music, particularly in the genres of hip-hop and grime.

Edwards was a teenager when he launched the broadcasting and production film channel to upload clips he had recorded of his friends performing on the estate where he lived in Acton, west London.

By 2014, he had amassed an estimated fortune of around £8 million, and had worked with and helped to launch the UK music careers of the likes of Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Dave, and Ed Sheeran.

He was also an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, a charity headed by the Prince of Wales, and in 2014 he was awarded an MBE for his services to music.

Speaking to PA after being made an MBE, he said he started SBTV to give his friends a platform, and to try to help them get their videos on MTV.

He added: “YouTube was like a year old. I was like ‘I’ve got a camera for Christmas, I’m going to start filming people and uploading it’.

“Everyone was looking at me like ‘what are you doing, like you can compete with these major corporations’, but I think I was early enough to believe that I could make a change.”