Author Archives

Janice aka Miss Mad News

UK TV / TRAILER: NEW FOUR-PART DRAMA ‘TOP BOY’ TO AIR ON CHANNEL 4 (STARRING ASHLEY WALTERS AND KANO)

Click HERE to view more photographs. Soul Culture reports that “Urban” drama Top Boy will be coming to our screens on Channel 4 at the end of October . The four-part drama stars Ashley Walters and rapper Kano. On London’s Summerhouse Estate, lives are lived along lines, and challenges come in all forms, even – especially – for kids. Thirteen-year-old Ra’Nell (Malcolm Kamulete) finds he has to ‘step up and be a man’ when his mentally ill mother Lisa (Sharon Duncan Brewster) is []

VIDEO: THAT’S ROCAWEAR: 1999-2011

How does cultural perception affect which fashion labels people wear and which ones they abandon? Rocawear sat down with entrepreneur and record executive, Steve Stoute – celebrity stylist, June Ambrose and Rocawear’s Chief Marketing Officer Jameel Spencer to discuss how changes in popular opinion have affected some of today’s fashion brands. The video also features exclusive interviews from Kendrick Lamar and Naomi Campbell about the Rocawear brand. … Steve Stoute’s lost a lot weight. Is he hoping that Jay will ask him to model for the next []

UK MUSIC: ANDREA GALAXY – HEARTBEAT

Check out up and coming songstress/songwriter Andrea Galaxy’s single Heartbeat, taken from her forthcoming EP  ‘Star Musick Vol. III’. This is a nice song. I like Andrea’s vibe and vocals. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK NEWS: THE METRO NEWSPAPER’S 50 TOP BLACK HEROES

What with it being Black History Month in the UK, The Metro newspaper have compiled their very own list of 50 top black heroes. Readers can help crown this year’s winner in a contest organised by Metro and  City Hall to mark Black History Month. Mayor of London Boris  Johnson has urged people to vote for their heroes from a shortlist ranging  from campaigners and religious leaders to sports stars and musicians. Many have strong links to the capital, including Hackney-born singer Leona Lewis, []

UK EVENT: THE ULTIMATE SEMINAR

Date: Sunday 23rd October 2011 Time: 10.30am to 7.00pm Place: British Music Experience, The O2 Greenwich Linking those who’ve made it with those that want to make it. Brought to you by the original Urban Music Seminar Group, a new and exciting series of summits re-emerge with a showcase debut-taking place at London’s o2, British Music Experience, The O2 Greenwich on Sunday October 23rd. The event aims to empower young adults through a series of mentoring panels within the creative and sport []