UK MUSIC: ADAM DEACON – PEOPLE’S CHAMPION (‘I BRING THE ROAD TO THE MAINSTREAM’)

September 21, 2012

Check out actor, ‘people’s champion’ and the mainstream’s go to guy when the subject matter relates to all things “URBAN”  Adam Deacon and his new track ‘People’s Champion’. Via GRM Daily What the hell is muscle man Tiny Iron doing? Is he playing Adam’s stalker or bodyguard in the video? “Yeah I’m a white boy but you might see me hangin out with all the man dem on Black Boy Lane” Erm.. so only black men hang out on Black Boy Lane in Tottenham??? For those of you who don’t know about the history behind the […]

VIDEO: FORMER SUN NEWSPAPER EDITOR KELVIN MACKENZIE DOORSTEPPED BY CHANNEL 4 REPORTER OVER HILLSBOROUGH ARTICLE

September 20, 2012

Kelvin MacKenzie the former editor of tabloid rag The Sun runs like a frightened rat after Channel 4 reporter Alex Thomson confronts him over The Sun’s reporting of the Hillsborough tragedy back in 1989. Via LBC In 1989, MacKenzie over-ruled a journalist to write the headline “Hillsborough: The Truth” on an article which was last week completely disproved about Liverpool fans being to blame for the tragedy. The story led to the boycott of The Sun in Liverpool, one which still continues to […]

UPROAR OVER RICK ROSS’ NEW VIDEO HOLD ME BACK (NIGERIA)

September 19, 2012

While rapper Rick Ross sits in his Miami mansion sipping on green tea and chomping down on a large fat juicy steak (well done) for breakfast there is uproar brewing across the ocean over the release of his new music video Hold Me Back which was shot in Lagos (Nigeria) earlier this year. In the video Big Ricky walks through the slums of Lagos wearing his trademark gold chains, hands out dollar bills to poverty stricken children and is surrounded by a […]

UK FILM: MY BROTHER THE DEVIL (TRAILER)

September 18, 2012

A story about identity, brotherhood and the courage it takes to live life on your own terms in an uncompromising world. Mo is a young boy growing up in a traditional Egyptian household, but beyond the front door of the family’s modest London flat is a completely different world — the streets of Hackney. The impressionable Mo idolizes his handsome older brother Rashid and wants to follow is his footsteps. However, Rashid, a charismatic and shrewd member of a local gang, wants […]

UK MUSIC NEWS: 2012 MOBO AWARDS NOMINATIONS LIST

September 18, 2012

Last night the UK “URBAN” press were out in full force for the 2012 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards nominations launch party which took place in London’s trendy Soho. MOBO founder Kanya King said: We are very excited about the nominations for  the 17th MOBO Awards. The talent this year has been truly exceptional and  we are so proud to be flying the flag for urban music which has again been  dominating the charts in the past MOBO Music year. The MOBO […]