Month: November 2008

UK MUSIC NEWS: SINGER TAIO CRUZ/ROKSTARR MUSIC RESPONDS TO MAD NEWS

Several weeks ago I dedicated an entire post to UK R&B/Pop singer Taio Cruz (click here to read). In my post I asked Taio why he has never cast a black actress/model to play his love interest in any of his music videos and I’ve finally got my answer…. Via Taio’s label Rokstarr Music What kind of Racist blog are you running here? We as Black people search for equality and pray for an intergrated society where all of us, black, white, asian, or other are all looked []

YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE DAY

This is one sexy lady and boy can she move! CLICK HERE TO WATCH [Thanks M] WARNING: THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE WORK  PLACE AND IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED THEN DO NOT CLICK ON LINK!

UK MUSIC: WILEY FT KANO AND GHETTS – ‘SHE GLOWIN’

I see that the UK’s now jumping on the vocoder bandwagon……… Anyway Wiley, Kano and Ghetts attempt to get their sexy on in the video and on this track for the ladies. The video and the track make me smile…….. Plus I am in SHOCK right now… a UK music video featuring male black artists, and they have actually hired black women to appear in the video alongside them. For once they haven’t been relegated the background!!!!! Also in one scene Ghetts is sitting next to a gorgeous dark skinned sista. Wow… First []

BET CYPHER (UK EDITION) FT GHETTO, SKEPTA, GIGGS & CHIPMUNK

Sorry I’ve been a bit slow on the updates. It was a slow news day yesterday and the Virgin Media Broadband service is currently experiencing technical difficulties in my area. Anyway I am back online for now, so check out the BET (UK Edition) Cypher featuring Giggs, Skepta, Chipmunk and Ghetto. Hmmmmmm this is pretty lacklustre….. Your thoughts please……

YOUTUBE FAVOURITE: ANGRY JAMAICAN WOMAN AT STRATFORD TRAIN STATION (LONDON)

I just came across this clip again and it still managed to bring on a huge belly laugh Smoking in all public places in the UK is now banned, but one sorry individual (man wearing the pink shirt) chose to ignore this law while standing on a train station’s platform, and is then verbally blasted to Kingdom Come. If only he had bothered to take notice of the huge red ‘NO SMOKING’ sign….   Please note that this footage was filmed using a mobile phone so isn’t of the best quality visually but just listen to []

UK RAPPER/BET AWARD WINNER GIGGS LASHES OUT AT BBC, MTV AND THE UK INDUSTRY

Giggs – The BET UK Award winner has lashed out at the UK industry by releasing a you tube video naming the industry executives in the European market he believes are trying to stop his career from growing.   MTV Base and The BBC’s 1Xtra supremo controllers have been named, as Giggs warns even though they are “Black Balling” him, he will not be stopped.   ‘The Last Straw’ was removed before the BET awards after it was raised as an issue that would disallow []

UK NEWS. RAPIST FATHER JAILED FOR LIFE AFTER DAUGHTERS GIVE BIRTH TO SEVEN CHILDREN

A man who fathered seven children by raping his daughters was jailed today at Sheffield Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 19 and a half years. The 56-year-old man “took pleasure” in knowing the harm he was doing to his two daughters and threatened them with a “real hiding” if they refused to have sex with him, Sheffield Crown Court heard. The defendant, who called himself the “gaffer”, made his elder daughter pregnant seven times, fathering two children by []

VIDEO/TRACK: JIM JONES FT SEN & SHOOTA – ‘BAD SANTA’

Admittedly when I first heard this track I thought ‘what is he doing???’ But after listening to it a second time I now love ‘Bad Santa’ and it has definitely put me in the mood for Christmas. This track would also make a brilliant alternative Christmas Carol in years to come. My Jim Jim is so forward thinking it’s almost scary. Your thoughts please……

UK TV: ONE TO WATCH – BRITAIN’S FIRST BLACK STAR

If you happen to be UK based and at home tonight then watch the documentary ‘High Society’s Favourite Gigolo’, which will take an in depth look at the meteoric rise and fall of Britain’s first black superstar, Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson.  Up until this point I’d never heard of Leslie Hutchinson. Hmmmmmmm I wonder why???? Via The London Paper He was our highest-paid performer, a singer, pianist and actor whose suave good looks guaranteed invites to the top parties – not to mention­ the fact he was a wartime ­entertainer []