Day: June 29, 2012

UK MUSIC NEWS: LETHAL B LAUNCHES STAY DENCH RECORDS

June 29, 2012

It was announced yesterday that rapper Lethal B (real name Maxwell Ansah) has launched his own music label Stay Dench Records and has entered in to partnership with Absolute Marketing & Distribution for label services and physical/digital distribution. When asked about the partnership Lethal told Music Week “Our combined efforts so far for the BBC Match Of The Day England Vs Sweden single – produced by Doneao – between Stay Dench and Absolute has been wicked. To have my own platform where I […]

LAURYN HILL PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION, FACES 3 YEAR PRISON TERM

June 29, 2012

Singer Lauryn Hill admitted in court today that she failed to file three years of taxes on income of $1.8 million. The star now faces a 3 year prison term and $75,000 in fines and will be sentenced in late November. However Hill’s attorney Nathan Hockman claims that the federal government is making an example of his client because of her celebrity status. According to Hockman, “There are many people in society who fail to file their taxes on time who only […]

UK NEWS: 15 YEAR OLD ETHIOPIAN OLYMPIC TORCHBEARER GOES MISSING

June 29, 2012

Via BBC News An Ethiopian teenager who was part of the Olympic torch relay has gone missing from a hotel in Nottingham. Natnael Yemane, 15, was a torchbearer as part of an official international programme team as the relay entered the city on Thursday. Police said he left the Jurys Inn, Waterfront Plaza, at about 21:15 BST and did not return. Officers added they were concerned for his well being as his English is limited and he is not “street-wise”. The teenager […]

R.KELLY CANCELS PROMOTIONAL APPEARANCES DUE TO THROAT COMPLICATIONS

June 29, 2012

Black Voices reports that R.Kelly has cancelled promotional appearances for his new album (Write Me Back) and memoir (Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me) because of throat complications. The singer had surgery last year to treat an abscess on his vocal cords. Kelly’s publicist said in a statement that ‘he was on his way to New York on Wednesday morning when he became ill and returned to Chicago for medical treatment’. … Oh dear this doesn’t sound good.

LICKY LICKY UK ANTICS: TIM WESTWOOD INTERVIEWS NICKI MINAJ

June 29, 2012

BBC Radio DJ Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood interviewed rapper Nicki Minaj last weekend after her performance at the Hackney Weekend music festival. In the interview below Tim continues to pretend (like most high profile DJs in the UK) that he is a huge Nicki Minaj fan and hypes her up to the fullest. All you can do is sit back, laugh and cringe while watching this. Hahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaha.

UK TV: BIG BROTHER CONTESTANT WARNED OVER CALLING BLACK HOUSEMATE A ‘GORILLA’

June 29, 2012

Another day… another offensive remark… Another wake up call. Big Brother contestant and former boarding school girl Caroline Wharram (20) was given an official warning this week after describing former Los Angeles gangster Adam Kelly as a “gorilla”. Wharram ranted to a fellow housemate, “Adam is just an irritating, he’s not even funny. He snores like a family of dragons, it’s just rude. He’s horrible. He’s just a ridiculous ridiculous gorilla, bowl hair cut, no sanitation, he’s just disgusting. ” After she […]