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UK MUSIC: ALISON GRANT – LIVING FOR TODAY

Check out UK songstress Alison Grant’s impressive new single Living For Today taken from her forthcoming debut album Pen To Paper. Under the radar Alison has sang backing vocals for a multitude of top mainstream acts over the years, but now it’s her time to shine as a solo artist.  Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK EVENT: FOUR KORNERZ LIVE IN CONCERT (LONDON)

Multi-award winning all-brother band Four Kornerz are to release their new single Superstar on Monday 2 May, 2011. This is the band’s first officially release since their ground-breaking independent album release Soulectric (2007) which included the hit singles Clap Clap and Gonna Make It. This latest masterpiece from the London based-quartet dons the familiar leads from Deji, the eldest of the four brothers.  Known for their inspirational lyrics, Four Kornerz once again adopt the same stance but unusually from a female’s perspective. []

UK NEWS: RIO FERDINAND RELEASES MURDER APPEAL VIDEO

    The Metropolitan Police in conjunction with The Sun Newspaper have released a murder appeal video featuring footballer Rio Ferdinand. The Sun newspaper are also offering a £10,000 reward in addition to the reward of up to £20,000 being offered by the Met police for information leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the murder of Rio McFarlane. Rio McFarlane, 18, was murdered on Monday 6 September 2010 in Dragon Road, SE15. At approx 21.30hrs nearby police []

UK NEWS: ROC NATION RAPPER K.KOKE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

Via The Voice Online A STONEBRIDGE rapper who is on the brink of international stardom after being signed up by Jay Z has been charged with attempted murder. Kevin Georgiou who is known as ‘K Koke’ has been remanded in custody accused of shooting a man in the back in Harlesden Train Station on March 9. The 25-year-old, who signed to the American music mogul’s record label Roc Nation in January, was arrested after officers from British Transport Police (BTP) raided his []

UK FILM: SOUTHSIDE (TRAILER)

Up and coming film Southside is described as being “a fantasy “Urban” thriller”. So from the looks of the trailer we have another UK “URBAN” film which depicts gangs, guns, bloodshed, chaos, and of course features a predominately black cast. It’s time we moved away from making these types of films? It’s time we told a different story! Anyway I’ve heard that this film might be submitted and featured at the Cannes Film Festival. That should be interesting.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ADELE

“I couldn’t believe Jay-Z knew my name. I fell to my knees crying.” [UK songstress Adele’s response upon hearing rapper Jay-Z  was a fan.] Yeah alright Adele calm down luv. Shaun Carter aka Jay-Z  is a former waste man from Marcy projects, Brooklyn NY who got lucky due to sudden tragic events in Hip Hop that shook the genre to it’s core, above average lyrical ability, top class producers and a strong team behind him. He is not The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.

UK NEWS: CHARISMATIC PASTOR JAILED FOR 8 MONTHS FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TEENAGE BOY

Evangelical pastor, Pastor Albert Odulele founder of Glory House International church based in East London has been sentenced to 8 months in prison, after admitting in court to assaulting a 14-year-old boy and a 21-year-old youth pastor. Via The Independent The court heard how Odulele, founder of the Glory House International Pentecostal church, would frequently share hotel beds while travelling the world with a large entourage of security and pastors.   In around 2003, he was watching television with a boy over whom he had “assumed []