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UK ARTIST: GEORGE THE POET – PERFORMS ‘GO HOME’ / ANNOUNCES SIGNING TO ISLAND RECORDS

August 2, 2013

Performance artist George the Poet takes on the government’s campaign against illegal immigrants, in which a mobile advertising hoarding is driven around diverse areas of London. George Mpanga, the son of immigrants, grew up in Stonebridge Park, north-west London, and recently graduated from the University of Cambridge. … That was really good! George also announced today that he has now signed to Island Records. https://twitter.com/GeorgeThePoet/status/363351064189214721 https://twitter.com/GeorgeThePoet/status/363351499138543616 Hmmmm…. It will be interesting to see how major label Island Records plans to promote and market an […]

FAMILY MEMBERS OF MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TYRELL MATTHEWS-BURTON APPEAL FOR WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD ON ‘DAYBREAK’

August 2, 2013

British teenager Myles Litchmore-Dunbar, 19, is accused of stabbing a fellow holidaymaker to death and  faces a one year wait in a Greek prison cell until he gets a trial. He will appear in court on Monday in an attempt to get bailed back to the UK. 19-year-old Tyrell Matthews-Burton was stabbed to death during a terrifying 30-man brawl outside a nightclub in the holiday resort of Malia, Crete, last Tuesday morning. Litchmore-Dunbar denies stabbing Tyrell and says he has no idea […]

UK DOCUMENTARY: ‘MY DOMINICA STORY’ – NICKNAMES (TEASER)

August 1, 2013

Travel to the beautiful island of Dominica as one man documents his journey of discovery, of identity, of the birthplace of his father and of a legacy for future generations. This inspirational film will celebrate a small and unknown island and place it firmly on the map. Follow Richard’s progress at www.mydominicastory.tumblr.com where you can also make a donation. ‘iD’ Writer/Director Richard Etienne learns of his father’s Dominican nickname from his great aunt Vera.

UK EVENT: CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS BRING GROUND BREAKING PLAY ‘FOR COLORED GIRLS’ TO LONDON

August 1, 2013

After five star reviews and breaking history in Cambridge, Justina Kehinde and Ifeyinwa Frederick are bringing Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls [Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf] to London for one night only. The play, a choreopoem originally written by Ntozake Shange, will be staged at the Canada Water Culture Space on Friday, September 13, 7.30pm – followed by a Q&A with the cast and crew hosted by Hannah Pool. The original Cambridge run of the play directed and produced by […]

VIDEO: JAMAL EDWARDS TALKS SUCCESS AND ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK ON BBC BREAKFAST

July 31, 2013

When he was 15-years-old Jamal Edwards started filming his friends on a camera he was given for Christmas. By 22 he had got his own broadcasting company worth £8 million and a place on the Sunday Times rich list. Jamal who has just published his first book, told BBC Breakfast that his success is down to the fact that he was consistent and had a niche. “There’s probably a thousand other people who are filming as well but i did it in […]

RUSSELL SIMMONS LAUNCHES NEW RECORD LABEL ‘DEF MUSIC’

July 31, 2013

  BBC Newsbeat reports that mogul and co-founder of Def Jam Records Russell Simmons is to launch a new record label. Def Music will work in partnership with YouTube and Universal Records and the aim is to showcase new talent who upload their music on the video sharing site Simmons said in a statement: “This is the most exciting new terrain for me,” “I look forward to working with the extraordinary talent from the vastly creative YouTube ecosystem in the same way I’ve worked […]

UK NEWS: DOREEN LAWRENCE TO JOIN HOUSE OF LORDS AS LABOUR PEER

July 31, 2013

Via BBC News The mother of the murdered London teenager Stephen Lawrence is to be made a Labour peer. Doreen Lawrence has led a long campaign to find out what happened to her son, who was killed in a racially aggravated attack in 1993. Two men were eventually convicted of his murder in 2011. A Labour source said leader Ed Miliband felt Mrs Lawrence was a “hero of modern Britain” and “voices like hers” should be heard in Parliament. Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence […]