Day: June 16, 2011

ALICIA KEYS ‘KEEP A CHILD ALIVE’ BLACK BALL (LONDON)

June 16, 2011

On Wednesday night (15 June) Alicia Keys’ prestigious Keep A Child Alive Black Ball took place at London’s The Roundhouse. Jay Sean, Claire Forlani, Jesse Metcalfe and Wretch 32 were just a few of the celebrity attendees who came out to support the annual fundraiser in aid of raising awareness and money for victims of HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. With musical direction from Mark Ronson, the audience was treated to performances from Alicia Keys herself, Beth Ditto, Kyle Falconer, Tinie Tempah, […]

UK EVENT: INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT – WEEKEND OF HIP HOP CULTURE (SOUTHBANK CENTRE – LONDON)

June 16, 2011

London’s prestigious Southbank Centre presents:  Intelligent Movement: A Celebration of Hip-Hop Culture in association with Channel 4 Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 July 2011, a spectacular weekend exploring the four pillars of hip-hop  Djing, MCing, Breaking and Graffiti as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Festival of Britain with MasterCard. For event listing, tickets and registration please visit  southbankcentre.co.uk/hiphop  For more information on Channel 4 Street Summer programmes please visit  channel4.com/info/press/news/arts-at-the-heart-of-the-summer-schedule-on-4 Southbank Centre Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/southbankcentre Southbank Centre Twitter  http://twitter.com/southbankcentre  

UK NEWS: THE MEN BEHIND THE ALLEGED JOSS STONE ‘MURDER PLOT’

June 16, 2011

SHAME AND DISGRACE!!!! Via The Daily Mail A chilling note found in a car close to Joss Stone’s home allegedly contained details of a plan to ‘find a river to dump her in’. The soul singer, who has an estimated £9million fortune, was apparently the target of a plot to attack and rob her. Other handwritten notes found in the vehicle used the words ‘rob and kill, money in the safe, Joscelyn rob’, it was claimed. Detectives probing the case also apparently […]

LA REID BECOMES THE NEW HEAD OF EPIC RECORDS

June 16, 2011

X-Factor USA judge LA Reid will become the new chairman of Epic Records after the 4th July. Digital Spy reports that Reid has apparently started signing new artists including an act discovered on YouTube called Karmin. Click HERE to read more…. Well I see LA is off to a fine start . Discovering acts on YouTube and signing them. That should help turn around the Epic Group’s fortunes. *Rolls yes*