UK News

UK EVENT: FOUR KORNERZ LIVE IN CONCERT (LONDON)

April 8, 2011

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

April 7, 2011

    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

April 7, 2011

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

April 6, 2011

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 […]

UK NEWS: PLAN B TO STAR IN FEATURE FILM THE SWEENEY

April 5, 2011

Vertigo Films announced today that rapper/”singer”  Plan B (real name Ben Drew) has signed up to play George Carter in the upcoming movie THE SWEENEY. He will star alongside Ray Winstone, who’ll play Jack Regan in the full-length feature film.   Based on the original ITV cult classic TV show, The Sweeney will be a modernization of the London Flying Squad, directed by Nick Love (The Football Factory, The Firm) and co-written by Bafta Winner John Hodge (Trainspotting).   Set in present day England, THE SWEENEY will […]

UK RISING STAR: MUZIK RADIO FM DJ FRANCIS ‘1 INA BILLION GUY’ EZEKIEL

April 4, 2011

22-year-old Francis  ‘1inaBillionGuy’  Ezekiel (also known as Feezy) co-hosts a popular talk show alongside DJ Ballistic and on occasion DJ Serenity , on rising Internet/underground radio station, Muzik Radio FM, which airs every Thursday from 10Pm til midnight (GMT).  He has been hosting the show since September 2010 and says it has managed to generate a huge following thanks to raising awareness on social networking site Twitter. Each week Feezy invites listeners to call in and air their views on a wide range of topical issues, and the […]

UK FILM: ATTACK THE BLOCK (TRAILER)

April 4, 2011

Up and coming film Attack The Block (from the producers of Shaun Of The Dead) is about a teen gang in South London who attempt to defend their block (council estate) from an alien invasion.  Stars Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, Flaminia Cinque, Joey Ansah, Lee Nicholas Harris, Chris Wilson, Terry Notary [Thanks Lala] “URBAN”, teenagers, council estates, street slang, road man antics, now ALIENS – Hahahaha! I blame Noel Clarke for this mess.

SMILEY CULTURE’S DISTRAUGHT FAMILY AND FRIENDS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM THE POLICE OVER HIS DEATH IN THEIR CUSTODY

March 31, 2011

Via The Guardian A meeting between top Metropolitan police officers and members of the public descended into chaos and tears, as family and friends of the dead pop star Smiley Culture accused senior police chiefs of being “murderers”. A former senior adviser to the former London mayor Ken Livingstone also warned that the black community in Brixton was at “boiling point” after the 48-year-old pop star’s “bizarre” death in police custody two weeks ago. The musician, who had success in the 1980s […]

UK NEWS: SB.TV AND NANDOS CHICKEN SET TO DO BUSINESS TOGETHER?

March 31, 2011

It’s been a pretty good year so far for the UK’s number 1 youth online media channel SB.TV. Founder Jamal Edwards (21)  has already appeared in numerous mainstream publications, including The Guardian and The Observer, and earlier this year it was announced that he had signed a label deal with Sony RCA. RT @jamaledwards: Big up to @Nandos_Official just had a very good meeting with them. This is the start of a healthy relationship 🙂 — SB.TV (@SBTVonline) March 31, 2011 Now […]