RAP DOCUMENTARY: SOMETHING FROM NOTHING – THE ART OF RAP (OFFICIAL TRAILER)

April 18, 2012

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He […]

CALLS FOR SWEDISH MINISTER TO RESIGN OVER BLACK WOMAN CAKE STUNT

April 17, 2012

Picture via Frihetssmedjan Just when you think it can’t get any more offensive and ridiculous… Via The Guardian Sweden’s minister of culture has been accused of racism after cutting a cake depicting a naked black woman. Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth was taking part in an event at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the capital’s museum of modern art and home to works by Picasso and Dalí. She was invited to cut the cake, an art installation meant to highlight the issue of female genital mutilation. She began, […]

FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WANT’S THOSE ‘NIGGAS IN PARIS’ TO VOTE FOR HIM!

April 16, 2012

Well… I’ve seen it all now….. In a bid to get the black population in France on side presidential candidate François Hollande  has released the campaign video below which features Jay-Z and Kanye West’s hit single Niggas In Paris blaring in the background. Via Afro Europe … *shaking my head in absolute disgust* I don’t know who I am more pissed off at. Jay-Z and his crony Kanye, François Hollande or the brainless and lost black folk who are supporting this inappropriate […]

UK NEWS: STUDENTS MAKE SHORT FILMS FOR ‘STAYING SAFE PROJECT’

April 15, 2012

Since November 2011 as part of the Staying Safe Project funded by Peabody and The Big Lottery Fund, students from Lilian Baylis Technology School and Harris Academy Peckham have been working with The Rafiki Network on their own campaigns as part of the Staying Safe Project. These campaigns, brought to you in the form of two short films focus on educating young people in Southwark and Lambeth about the consequences of peer pressure, preventing cyber bullying, promoting online safety, conflict resolution and […]

OBSESSED P DIDDY FAN BREAKS IN TO STAR’S HOME AND EATS HIS FOOD

April 13, 2012

An obsessed P Diddy fan broke in to the star’s home, ate his food and paraded around in his expensive clothes, reports The Daily Mail. Quamine Taylor (30) broke in to the mogul’s East Hampton mansion and lounged around for almost 24 hours after breaking in through an unlocked basement door. P Diddy (real name Sean Combs) was away at the time. From his jail cell Taylor told the New York Post, ‘I’ve actually been going to the house from time to time since 2001. ‘I […]

UK NEWS: ALEXANDRA BURKE ‘PUT UNDER POLICE PROTECTION’

April 12, 2012

More nonsense straight out of the Alexandra Burke camp! The Metro reports that singer Alexandra Burke needed police protection after she was allegedly sent death threats at her lipstick launch last night. The ‘freaked out’ singer told fans how she was nervous about her appearance  after a Twitter user allegedly threatened to ‘murder’ her. The 23-year-old was bombarded with a string of vile tweets, such as: ‘I’m  going to kill you tonight.’ The web menace continued the abuse, threatening to stab the star and […]

STATESIDE NEWS: GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN

April 11, 2012

Via The New York Times The Florida special prosecutor announced a second-degree murder charge on Wednesday against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Angela B. Corey, the prosecutor, said Mr. Zimmerman, 28, a crime watch volunteer, will appear before a magistrate within the next 24 hours. He is accused of fatally shooting Mr. Martin, an unarmed teenager, in a case that has captivated the country and brought to the fore issues of race, violence and precisely what constitutes self-defense. […]