QUOTE OF THE DAY: ACTOR/RAPPER ASHLEY WALTERS (“I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH STREET DRAMAS”)

November 13, 2011

I think Channel 4 is so brave. They’re the only channel that put things on like that and doesn’t worry about what people think. It was a good show, a well acted drama. Why is it people always complain? It’s a TV show and we should have all supported it.” “What upsets me so much is, as soon as something like this comes on, every black person in the country acts like there’s never been anything good. We just had Anuvahood, which […]

QUOTES OF THE DAY: ACTOR/RAPPER ARNOLD OCENG (AKA SNAKEY MAN)

November 13, 2011

In an interview with The Voice actor/rapper Arnold Oceng aka Snakey Man talks about industry racism and Devil worship. You are a staunch anti racism campaigner and have worked with the charity Love Music Hate Racism. Have you ever been a victim of racism within the industry? When I was on Grange Hill, there would be little jokes on set and they would come from people that you were working with. I remember one of the cast members would drop jokes, like ‘don’t leave […]

UK NEWS: TV CHEF LORRAINE PASCALE RACIALLY ABUSED ON TWITTER / INCIDENT NOW UNDER POLICE INVESTIGATION

November 12, 2011

A sad individual felt the need to send former model turned popular BBC TV chef Lorraine Pascale a good old fashioned racist tweet. Unpleasant tweet to get this morning coming right up. A very sad state of affairs … — Lorraine Pascale (@lorrainepascale) November 12, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/JoshSoap/status/135197892213342210 This fool really took it there. *shaking my head* And there was me thinking that racism no longer existed in Britain. I blame John Terry. (Hahaha) Yet another wake up call folks! UPDATE: Tough day […]

VIDEO: ‘BLACK LIFESTYLE’ IN JAPAN / WOMAN VISITS TANNING SALON TO BECOME AS DARK AS AMERICAN HIP HOP ARTISTS

November 11, 2011

A pale skin resembles beauty in Japan, but that no longer doesn’t count for everyone. Hina lives her life according to the ‘B-style’, or the ‘black lifestyle’. This includes going to the tanning salon regularly to become as dark as American hip hop artists. [Thanks Lorraine] You have men/women foolishly bleaching their skin in a bid to look lighter and now this mess. Hina reads the The Source, XXL  Magazine, and watches Hip Hop videos and believes that is “black lifestyle”? We are seriously doomed. […]

UK MUSIC: GFrsh – ‘GOT EM SAYIN’

November 11, 2011

Check out rapper GFrsh’s latest offering ‘Got Em Sayin’. … The Track – *Scratches head and rubs temples* The Video – GFrsh drives around London in a Rolls-Royce Phantom, stops at at £1.99 meal deal chicken shop, then stands and raps next to the Rolls-Royce Phantom in front of some run down council estate. I am still crying/shaking with laughter. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ACTOR JASON MAZA

November 11, 2011

I'm not gona preach about people illegally downloading films (I'm against obv) but its when i meet actors that do it & I'm baffled.. — Jason Maza (@JasonMaza) November 11, 2011 Surely all actors know the better films do the more that will be made and then more opportunities for all? #rantover — Jason Maza (@JasonMaza) November 11, 2011 British actor Jason Maza who stars in the recently released and much hyped film Demons Never Die, which has so far pulled in £51,269 at the […]

NEW AFRICAN FASHION BOOK LAUNCH @ THE SOHO GALLERY (LONDON)

November 11, 2011

Photo Credit: ©JackieKing.net On the 7th November I attended the launch of Helen Jennings debut coffee table book, ‘New African Fashion’, c0-hosted by Bresi-Ando Consults.  Helen Jennings is one of Europe’s pre-eminent fashion journalists as well as the editor of ARISE, a magazine that celebrates African fashion, music and culture. On the night Jennings said, “I’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response to New African Fashion. This is the first coffee table book to celebrate the talented designers, models and image makers who are […]

UK MUSIC NEWS: RAPPER SPEECH DEBELLE RETURNS TO FORMER LABEL BIG DADA

November 10, 2011

In 2009 Mercury Award winner Speech Debelle left her record label Big Dada under a cloud and blamed them for her disappointing debut album sales. At the time she told 6 Music that sales of Speech Therapy suffered because of poor distribution by Big Dada records. Prior to her win, the album had sold around 3,000 copies with sales increasing to just below 10,000.”The Mercury Prize was on Tuesday, and on Friday there were no more physical albums in the shops. I wasn’t disappointed […]

THE ‘TOP BOY’ DEBATE SHOW REVIEW/S (BRIXTON) – CAST, WRITER & DOG ALL MISSING IN ACTION

November 9, 2011

Last week four-part “URBAN” drama ‘Top Boy’ aired on Channel 4 and pulled in 1 million viewers. Yes it went down a storm! Then over the weekend it was quietly announced that the, TOP BOY DEBATE SHOW shall be taking place Tuesday 7pm at Veranda bar 30 Acre Lane, Brixton, London SW2 5SG, with Ashley Walters, Richard Campbell, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Mark Prince and Gifford Sutherland hosted By Karen Allen.. This was an opportunity for those who tuned in to watch ‘Top Boy’ to […]