Day: January 6, 2012

50 CENT CLAIMS HE HAS INKED DEAL WITH PEPSI… BUT THIS IS NEWS TO PEPSI

January 6, 2012

Several days ago rapper/mogul Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent tweeted to his millions of followers that he had inked a deal with drinks giant Pepsi that would distribute his energy drink Street King nationally.  He added that every time his drink is purchased, a meal would be provided for a hungry child with a donation to the United Nations World Food Program.  The aim is to feed 1 billion children worldwide via the initiative. However Pepsi know nothing of this “deal”. A PepsiCo spokesperson said, […]

UK MUSIC: SKEPTA – YOU KNOW ME

January 6, 2012

….. I can’t quite figure out if old Skepta here expects us to take this new track seriously or if it’s supposed to be a joke. “Me and my black mates and some white niggas” and “Ah wha di bloodclart” What is going on here???? Hahahahahahahaha. Your thoughts please….

UK NEWS: MP DIANE ABBOTT CAUGHT UP IN NEW “RACE ROW” FOR ‘IMPLYING’ THAT TAXI DRIVERS DRIVE PAST BLACK CUSTOMERS

January 6, 2012

There is no stopping Diane Abbott this week! The woman is on a roll. (LOL). The Labour MP is is in trouble again after accusing taxi drivers of drving past black customers. Abbott tweeted, “Dubious of black people claiming they’ve never experienced racism,” . “Ever tried hailing a taxi I always wonder?” In response to her tweet the OUTRAGED spokesman for the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association Steve McNamara said: “This is a typically silly comment by Diane Abbott and deeply unfair.  The modern generation of taxi […]

UK NEWS: BOY ACCUSED OF BEING A WITCH TORTURED AND DROWNED

January 6, 2012

Via The Voice A teenage boy was tortured and killed by his sister and her husband because they believed he was a witch, the Old Bailey heard yesterday (Jan 5). Eric Bikubi helped his wife Magalie, attack her brother Kristy Bamu, 15, with sticks, a metal bar, hammer and chisel, before drowning him in their bath. The victim and his sisters, who had come from France to spend Christmas with the couple, was said to have undergone a ‘prolonged attack of unspeakable […]

UK NEWS: THE SOCIETY OF BLACK LAWYERS SENDS OPEN LETTER TO THE EVENING STANDING DEFENDING DIANE ABBOTT

January 6, 2012

Yesterday Labour MP/Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott caused OUTRAGE (yes it all kicked off folks!) after she tweeted that “white people love playing divide and rule. We should not play their game” during a conversation about the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, and then added that her comments were taken out of context – she was referring to 19th century European colonialism. Now the Society of Black Lawyers has stepped forward to publicly defend Abbott and sent this open letter to the Evening Standard. “The Diane Abbott row is a sideshow […]