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UK MUSIC NEWS: N-DUBZ STAR FAZER DECLARED BANKRUPT

December 18, 2013

Well it hasn’t been a good year for “URBAN” super group N-Dubz. Tabloid rag The Sun reports that N-Dubz star Fazer (real name Richard Rawson) has been declared bankrupt. According to the newspaper official records show that the star, 26, was made bankrupt earlier this month. Fazer’s glamour model partner Ashley Emma gave birth to his first child Ava Rose Rawson earlier this year.   I thought Fazer (who is also a songwriter) was the most sensible out of the three when it […]

UK EVENT: SCREEN NATION DIGITAL-IS AWARDS 2013 (WATCH FULL CEREMONY)

December 18, 2013

Last night the first Screen Nation Digital-IS Awards took place at Google headquarters in London. The ceremony showcased and honoured the best online content produced by black British and international digital media creatives across short film, web series, music promos, blogs, magazines, social networks and more. Congratulations to The Lala Report who won Favourite Arts & Entertainment/Lifestyle Site/Mag and to everyone else you took home an award last night.

AFRICA: ZIMBABWE TO RENAME INSTITUTIONS BEARING COLONIAL NAMES

December 18, 2013

The New Zimbabwe reports that the Zimbabwean government plans to rename institutions bearing colonial names. Victoria Falls will be renamed alongside several other institutions, following a weekend Zanu PF resolution to use them to honour the country’s liberation heroes. Committee chairman Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo said it did not make sense for colonial names to remain in place in an independent Zimbabwe. “Institutions bearing colonial names must be changed and be given indigenous names . . . school syllabuses must also […]

ARTICLE OF THE DAY: THE “STOMACH CHURNING” SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST R.KELLY IN FULL

December 17, 2013

I came across a rumour several days ago that said singer R Kelly has fired his publicist over the #AskKelly debacle last week. For those of you who missed it, someone over in Kelly’s camp (this might have even been Kelly’s idea) decided that it would be a good idea to encourage Twitter users/fans to ask Kelly questions on Twitter to coincide with the release of his new album ‘Black Panties’. But surely they must have seen this coming… I want all […]

UK ANTICS: MODELLING OPPORTUNITIES WITH RAPPER MIKE GLC , ‘EARN £1000 A DAY’…

December 17, 2013

Rapper Mike GLC (real name Michael Coombs) is currently searching for male and female models. For those of you who don’t know Mike also owns and runs a talent/modelling agency… LIKE TO MAKE £1000 A DAY TALENT AND MODEL AGENCY LOOKING FOR MALES AND FEMALES SEND INFO AND A MEMBER OF STAFF WILL CALL WITHIN 7 DAYS — Mike GLC (@mikeglc) December 16, 2013 @LizzyBeats1 POST EMAIL ADRESS — Mike GLC (@mikeglc) December 16, 2013 Now who will be gullible enough…… Last […]

UK ANTICS: AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH SUPPLYING COCAINE MIKE GLC DROPS ‘POUND CAKE’

December 15, 2013

Last week N-Dubz star/former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos (25) and her former “best friend” 35 year old rapper Mike GLC (real name Michael Coombs) were both charged with helping to supply Class A drugs to an undercover journalist. Contostavlos was initially arrested in connection with the incident on June 4, along with Coombs. The pair will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on December 19 Now Mike has released the following… *HUGE SIGH* *Rubs temples* First let’s all take a moment to remind ourselves […]

UK NEWS: SOUTHWARK COUNCIL CLOSES RAT INFESTED MEAT STORE IN PECKHAM

December 13, 2013

Ash Meat and Fish Centre in Peckham closed under emergency orders due to serious rat, mouse and insect infestation. Inspectors found food that had been nawed by rats, rat and mouse droppings amongst food items and four rat carcasses on the premises. Listen to what a few members of the public had to say… [Thanks Simone] The news report made me laugh but the story is in fact true. Ash Meat and Fish Centre was closed down and I am not surprised. […]

BLACK BRITISH ACTORS IDRIS ELBA AND CHIWETEL EJIOFOR RECEIVE GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS

December 13, 2013

Black British stars Idris Elba and Chiwetel Ejiofor have both received ‘Best Actor’ Golden Globes nominations. Chitwetel has been nominated for his role in the epic ’12 Years A Slave’ and Idris for his portrayal of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela in the biopic ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’. Congratulations to them both. I think Chitwetel will take home the award in 2014, he plays a slave in the harrowing ’12 years’, a role like that (and other roles that depict some form […]