November 25, 2012
Millionaire businessman and TV personality Sir Alan Sugar has made no secret of his dislike for N-Dubz star and X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos. Lord Sugar thinks the singer is a weak X-Factor judge and tweeted the show’s creator Simon Cowell several days ago telling him to fire Tulisa because she doesn’t know what she is talking about. Tulisa replied by calling him a miserable old man (words to that effect). Then today for some reason Tulisa got under Lord Sugar’s skin again and he tweeted the following: Next […]
November 22, 2012
The Independant reports that one of Britain’s best known Reggae deejay’s David Rodigan has resigned from Kiss FM, after 22 years of service at the station. In a statement Rodigan said: “I’ve been with the station for 22 years, shared some wonderful times with many fantastic artists and members of staff and it’s with great sadness that I’ve come to this decision. Due to their continued marginalisation of reggae music into the twilight zone of radio scheduling, it has left me no option […]
November 22, 2012
In a new interview with The Voice former lead vocalist of hit 1990s British R&B group Damage Coree Richards, talks about his life after he split from the group to pursue his solo music career (they were not pleased) and his future endeavours. He reveals: ‘’The guys all stopped speaking to me after that. I was so depressed I went to Thailand and partied to cope with the pain and pressure of now trying to go solo. It was hard. I had so many initial fears and […]
November 22, 2012
The UK’s definitive online database of black British talent launched today. The database not only chronicles the careers of emerging stars from television, music, film and literature and provides up-to-date industry news but also preserves the memory of iconic historical contributions to black British entertainment. It is the first of its kind. A year in the making, The British Blacklist services both industry and general viewers alike and should be the first port of call for those wanting concrete, researched information about industry […]
November 21, 2012
Last week rapper Nicki Minaj announced via Twitter that she has signed London-based singer Parker Ighile. I didn’t even know Nicki had her own label imprint but according to her Parker is “My 1st official artist!!!! Aahhhh!!!!!!” CLICK HERE to read Nicki’s tweets about her new signing. The Voice reports that Parker is one half of British production duo Parker and James who have worked with singers Jessie J and Angel. Parker also admits to screaming when he was told that Nicki had signed him. … Yeah I’m […]
November 20, 2012
The Voice reports that British singer Craig David has joined London based radio station KISS FM. The star will broadcast weekly sets from his Miami penthouse and will play the latest Hip Hop, R&B and old skool classics. But I don’t know if he also plans on playing any Reggae Dancehall or Afrobeat. Anyway good luck Craig.
November 20, 2012
The ground-breaking event; the I’mPOSSIBLE conversation powered by Mizani UK returns for the last time in 2012. The winter edition takes place on Wednesday, December 12 from 6:15pm at Pearson plc. UK headquarters. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.
November 19, 2012
Celebrating 30 years of UK Hip Hop culture. This all day event is a prestigious and spectacular awards ceremony to be held in London and will be the first of its kind in the UK with many more in the coming years. UK HIP HOP HONOURS 2012 is a charity event where we are raising funds for The K.W.A.M.E. Project which focuses on disadvantaged pupils and NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training). CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.
November 16, 2012
The Pardon My Blog team went out and posed the following questions to a group of articulate, intelligent and eligible young men: You’re on a first date with a girl and you’re in a restaurant. Her ex/baby father comes over and beats her up. You haven’t known her that long. What do you do? You go to a friend’s house and you find him beating up his girlfriend. What do you do? And the third question which is totally unrelated to domestic violence: Light skinned girls or dark […]
November 16, 2012
After last Sunday’s ‘Top Boy’ open audition fiasco (click here to read all about it and my thoughts on the matter) Channel 4 has finally come forward to address the situation. In a statement issued to The Voice a spokeswoman said: “The auditions were attended by more people than had been anticipated and was closed early for safety reasons. The situation was extremely well handled by police on the ground and the crowds dispersed very quickly.” Hayley White, group director at Hoxton Hall where the […]
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