East London boy turned mega successful Hollywood/TV star Idris Elba returned to Hackney to open a new affordable housing project (Elba House), named in recognition of his achievements. Click HERE to read more….
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I hope that one day Lewisham Borough Council recognises my achievements and names an affordable housing project (council estate) after me. Spence House has a nice ring to it don’t you think?
Anyway congratulations goes out to Idris and those lucky Hackney residents.
I bet they have hired a full-time nanny to take care of the child. I’m sorry but I cannot see either of these two being hands on parents, especially Elton.
Friend to Mad News and fellow blogger Brown Eyez has once again left me questioning the world we live in, and the mindset of certain individual’s in this country (within the world of entertainment) with her latest blog post.
Meet Noni Zondi who some are hailing as being the UK’s answer to Nicki Minaj
*looks away and shakes head.*
According to Brown Eyez,
She is part-model, part-video vixen, part rap-stress, part singer, part hostess, professional dancer, part glamour model, and 100% full-time Entrepreneur.
*Note – The Noni in the photograph on Brown Eyez’s website and the Noni featured in the above footage doesn’t actually look like the same person.*
Young women in this country who look at the American scene, and believe that showing off a generous sized backside, and becoming a “video vixen” is going to set them on the path to fame and fortune are sadly very naive and delusional. I fear for them.
Former video vixens Angel Lola Luv and Buffy The Body could be seen in a succession of music videos 3/4 years ago. They were featured in magazines like XXL Magazine and King, and enjoyed some success. However where are they now?
But I wish Noni the best of luck with her various ventures.
The BBC has turned children’s book series Rastamouse in to a cartoon series.
Rastamouse is a children’s book series, written by Genevieve Webster (an author and illustrator) and Michael De Souza (a Rastafarian swimming instructor). Rastamouse books are written in rhyme with a Jamaican accent.
Rastamouse is the main character. Other characters that play a big part in the books are Scratchy and Zoomer. There are three Rastamouse books available. These are Rastamouse and the Crucial Plan, Rastamouse Da Bag-a Bling and Rastamouse and the Double-Crossin’ Diva.
Radio /TV personality Reggie Yates will apparently be the voice of Rastamouse -NO COMMENT!!!!
Check out an extract from the article that calls out the recent Adidas Originals UK – We Are London campaign.
Adidas Originals UK also got in on the act with their 2010 campaign entitled ‘We Are London‘ not one of the campaign’s model leads who are a mix of artists in the UK grime scene was a black female. Astonishingly, with a campaign entitled ‘We Are London’ it failed to show any female Black grime musicians of which there are some and they are of the same ilk as the artists they featured in the campaign. A recent Guardian article extolls the virtues of a ‘new breed’ of female grime MC, its a shame Adidas did not feel they were worthy enough to be recognised in their campaign, which from the name, you would think show a fair representation of ‘London’.
Check out the article by Hood Celebritys blogger JR Ewing which talks about today’s UK music scene and his hopes for the scenes future.
Well Christmas is finally over, new year was what ever you made of it and now its time to get serious, time to see if the new years resolutions you made can be made into a reality. Have you really got what it takes to be a better person, to live out your dreams and to stop the tom foolery, or is it going to be just another year?
2010 was a big year for British music in more ways than one. A platform to be heard from is there now, avenues that were closed before are now beginning to open. Artists having no feedback is almost a thing of the past. Blog sites and websites dedicated to delivering unsigned artists music to the masses are here now. Most importantly new artists are appearing on a daily basis which can only benefit all those involved in the music world.
I have never listened to so much British music in all my life as I did last year. It was a learning curve for me and sometimes I loved what I heard and other times it would leave me frustrated, very frustrated. I admire the effort put in to most of the music I’ve heard, but feel we could still be making better music and becoming more creative. 2011 is gonna be a very good year for music in Briton, I feel it in the air.
In 2010 the volume of music coming to my attention grew not just because of my involvement in www.hoodcelebritys.com, but because of the hard work and effort of so many artists aspiring to be making the kinda moves that Dizzee Rascal, Kano and Estelle are making. Due to the U.Ks top performers doing so well, radio stations are willing to turn to the underground side of music to find songs to air on there prime time shows.
If you are thinking of releasing a mixtape this year there’s a few things you need to do. An album cover is important but you aint gotta pay some half hearted graphic designer for this, if you are, look no further than FunnyTummy his designing technique is making noise for all the right reasons.
Honestly if you can’t afford one just take your camera out with you and start taking snaps of everything it will not be long till you have something you can run with. Continue Reading……
Current “woman of the moment” Jessie J performs the acoustic version of her hit single Do It Like A Dude with world-famous Red Bull Music… ‘Rehearsal Rooms’, an original series presented by friend to Mad News PinBoardBlog.com and filmed by their production house PinBoard Film.
Usher’s European tour kicked off in Berlin (Germany) several nights ago, but the star ended up disappointing his fans and there is definitely some drama going on behind the scenes. Check out the footage below…
Perhaps opting to change his R&B style to bubble gum Pop/Dance music and dumbing down to sell records has finally taken it’s toll on Usher.
Pull yourself together and go back to making real music Usher!
