N-Dubz star and former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has been arrested for her alleged role in a drugs sting. (Click here to read the full story) A 35 year old man who I believe is her ‘best friend’ rapper Mike GLC has also been arrested and is being held on suspicion of supplying a class A drug. What a sorry state of affairs.
“I remember the Daily Mail wrote an article about my sister (Ms Dynamite) at the time,” he says, “and essentially their argument was, ‘Well, she’s not really black, is she – she’s quite clever and she’s got a white mum!’ It was so funny the way they tried to co-opt us. Remember that big story about Bob Marley and his ‘white dad’ last year? He was unequivocally black power, but he’s rewritten as this fun-loving Rasta. Mark Duggan [the Tottenham man shot by police […]
A week ago 25 year old soldier Lee Rigby was brutally murdered in broad daylight in Woolwich South East London. Suspects Michael Adebolajo (28) and Michael Adebowale (22 ) were later shot by police. Now relatives of Adebolajo have released a statement sending their condolences to Rigby’s family. The family said: “We wish to share with others our horror at the senseless killing of Lee Rigby and express our profound shame and distress that this has brought on our family. “We send our heartfelt condolence to Lee Rigby’s family and loved ones.” […]
During DJ Cipha Sounds ‘Take It Personal’ improv show the legendary Hip Hop producer DJ Premier aka Premo talks about the time he worked with the Notorious BIG and shared women with the late rapper. … Premier says this incident happened while Biggie was in the studio working on his debut album Ready To Die in 1995. But I think he has his dates wrong because Ready To Die was released in 1994, so Biggie would have been working on it throughout 1993. Anyway I was a fan of Biggie and […]
A look at the life of Eugene Allen, who served eight presidents as the White House’s head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made. The film also stars British actor Aml Ameen.
Check out my interview with the brilliant new online magazine The Portfolio (May 2013 issue). CLICK HERE to read.
Via BBC News Singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced in the US state of New Jersey to three months in jail for tax evasion. The Grammy-winning singer, 37, also faces three months of home confinement, after pleading guilty last year. Hill failed to pay taxes on about $1.8m (£1.2m) of earnings between 2005-07. In a statement to the judge, Hill said she intended to pay the taxes but could not after ending her music career. It is not clear when Hill will […]
Check out Andre 3000 and Beyonce’s cover of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black, which features on the Great Gatsby soundtrack (Jay-Z is a producer on this soundtrack). Can someone please tell me whose idea was it to give Mark Ronson his own radio show? The man has no personality and sounds like he is hosting the show from his bed with one eye closed. Anyway Mark produced and recorded the single with Amy back in 2006 and is being nice about the cover . He claims he is “flattered” by the new version but Amy’s […]
Today marks the 20th anniversary of black teenager Stephen Lawrence’s death. Stephen (18) was stabbed to death in an unprovoked racist attack in 1993 while he waited at a bus stop with friend Duwayne Brooks in Eltham, South East London. After YEARS of fighting for justice Doreen and Neville Lawrence finally saw two of Stephen’s killers Gary Dobson and David Norris convicted of his murder in January 2012. But the fight still continues to secure the convictions of fellow gang members Neil Acourt, Jamie Acourt and Luke Knight who are still roaming the streets […]
36 year old rapper and former Love & Hip Hop star Jim Jones out shopping with friends…. Photograph via Diary Of A Hollywood Street King No words….
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