GOODBYE 2013…. HELLO 2014
Thank you for all your continued support throughout 2013. New year, new beginnings. Cheers!
UK RADIO NEWS: FORMER CHOICE FM DJ DADDY ERNIE JOINS REGGAE STATION VIBES FM
Former Choice FM presenter Daddy Ernie will join Internet radio station Vibes FM in the new year. Ernie will present his Superjam show on Mondays and Tuesdays, 8pm to 11pm. The first show will air on Monday 6 January. Visit: www.vibesfm.net In October Global Radio who owned Choice FM (now Capital Xtra) axed the DJ after 20 years of service. Congratulations Daddy Ernie.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MAD NEWS
THE BREAKFAST CLUB POWER 105.1 – BEST OF 2013
I love the The Breakfast Club team especially when they interview veteran artists, who give the best interviews. See you on the other side DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God. Roll on 2014.
BLACK BRITISH DOCUMENTARY: I’M A GUN (TRAILER)
This documentary is inspired by the book I’m A Gun. It addresses street violence and the psychological and physiological hold the nature of the gun has over our youths. Listen to some of our inspirational and out spoken members of our community share their views. Judging from the trailer nothing new is being said that I haven’t heard before or discussed with others on numerous occasions. But I guess the documentary’s target audience is today’s male black youth. However it is always good […]
NELSON MANDELA MEMORIAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER ACCUSED OF BEING A ‘FAKE’
After reading this story I just laid my head down on my desk, sighed and then laughed. MADNESS! Via The Independent The sign language interpreter used by the African National Congress during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service at Johannesburg FNB football stadium yesterday was a fake, it has been claimed today. Bruno Druchen, the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa said the unnamed man seen on television next to leaders such as US President Barack Obama “was moving his hands […]
JAY-Z AND BEYONCE EMBARK ON 22 DAYS VEGAN DIET …. THEN GOES ON TO PROMOTE PLANT DIET FOOD COMPANY….
Shawn Carter aka Jay Z has announced via his website that both he and his wife (superstar Beyonce) will embark on a 22 days challenge to go completely vegan. On December 3rd, one day before my 44th birthday I will embark on a 22 Days challenge to go completely vegan, or as I prefer to call it, plant-based!! This all began a few months back when a good friend and vegan challenged me to embrace a “plant-based breakfast” everyday. It was surprisingly easier […]
UK NEWS: PROTEST/RALLY AGAINST CAPITAL XTRA (FORMALLY CHOICE FM) “REBRAND” SET TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE GLOBAL HQ
Last month it was reported that there were plans to protest and march against the controversial Choice FM (now Capital Xtra) “rebrand” and the decision to rid the station of its Reggae, Soca and Gospel programming. Well it has been announced via the No Choice FM Facebook page that this protest/rally will take place on Saturday 30th November, outside Global Radio (owners of Capital Xtra) headquarters in Leicester Square (London) from 2-3pm. Since the Choice FM “rebrand” broadcast regulator OFCOM has received a sea […]
VIDEO: THE DAILY SHOW TEARS IN TO JAY Z OVER HIS DECISION TO STILL SUPPORT ‘BARNEYS’ AFTER RACIAL PROFILING CONTROVERSY
Daily Show host Jon Stewart discussed the Barneys department store racial profiling controversy on Wednesday night, and along with senior black correspondent Larry Wilmore, tore into Sean Carter aka Jay-Z for refusing to address the situation head-on and his refusal to cut ties with the company.
AUDIO: ANGIE LE MAR AND JUDITH JACOB PAY TRIBUTE TO COMEDIAN FELIX DEXTER
Felix Dexter’s friends/former colleagues actress Judith Jacob and comedian Angie Le Mar share insights of their friendship with the late star, who died earlier this month following a battle with multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Rest In Peace Felix Dexter.
