UK MUSIC: ASANTE – OPEN MY HEART

Asante is an up and coming singer, rapper, producer and songwriter. Check out his single Open My Heart. …………………………………………………………………. When I first listened to this track I thought the beginning sounded promising but I didn’t like the rapping. I felt that Asante would be best off just singing. But then after a few listens it started to grow on me. The production is decent and I would say that Open My Heart is definitely a ‘grower’. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK NEWS: CHERYL COLE TO RETURN TO X-FACTOR USA

When it was first announced that Cheryl Cole had been fired as a judge on X-Factor USA I rejoiced but I had this feeling deep in the pit of my stomach that the news was too good to be true. Last night it was reported that FOX TV executives have had a sudden change of heart and she is now back on the show. Via Digital Spy Cheryl Cole will reportedly return to the judging panel of The X Factor USA, just []

UK NEWS: CADBURY’S APOLOGISES TO NAOMI CAMPBELL OVER ‘RACIST’ AD

Don’t mess with South London girl Naomi! She will drag you and your whole crew through the courts. Via The Media Guardian Confectionery giant Cadbury has apologised to Naomi Campbell after the supermodel claimed an advert comparing her to one of its chocolate bars was racist. The advert for Cadbury’s Bliss range of Dairy Milk chocolate bars used the strapline “Move over Naomi, there’s a new diva in town”. Campbell said she was “shocked” by the ad, intended as a tongue-in-cheek play on []

UK NEWS: ATTENTION ALL MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS – WORK WITH MIXCLOUD AND CHANNEL 4 ON A SPECIAL MUSIC PROJECT

  This is your chance to work with Channel 4 and Mixcloud on a special music project Channel 4 is on the look out for music enthusiasts who are serious about getting into the music industry. If you are a DJ, selector, music supervisor or urban music fan this one’s for you. Channel 4 will be broadcasting the UK coverage of the World Athletics Championships 2011, held in South Korea. This is your opportunity to put together an 8-track playlist representing the []

RAP PRODUCER /HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE ANSWERS HIS CRITICS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO PROSTITUTION OFFENCE

After pleading guilty to a loitering offence after he was caught receiving oral sex from a male prostitute earlier this year, rap producer and HOT 97 DJ Mister Cee (real name Calvin Lebrun) has responded to his critics. The married father of four children tweeted,   Spotted @ Rhymes With Snitch It will be interesting to see if his friends and peers within the Hip Hop community continue to stand by him. Sadly he is about to find out just who his real friends are.

RAP PRODUCER AND HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE PLEADS GUILTY TO PROSTITUTION OFFENCE

HOT 97 DJ Mister Cee (real name Calvin Lebrun) pleaded guilty yesterday to a loitering offence after he was caught receiving oral sex from a male prostitute earlier this year. The DJ who also produced the late Notorious BIG’s debut album Ready To Die has also been ordered to undergo professional counselling. Click HERE to read more… When the news first hit the Internet that Mister Cee had been arrested and charged with “public lewdness” there were constant denials. Cee along with his friend’s within the world of Hip Hop []

UK NEWS: COVENTRY TELEGRAPH WRONGFULLY ATTEMPT TO STIR UP A CLIMATE OF FEAR WITH “GUN-RAPPER” FRONT PAGE HEADLINE

UK artist Lethal Bizzle spotted himself on the front page of the Coventry Telegraph and is understandably upset… As far as I know Lethal has never been associated with guns or anything of that nature, so why has this poor excuse for a reporter gone out of his/her way to lie, to portray Lethal as a criminal and to stir up a climate of fear in Coventry? Oh silly me! Why am I asking such stupid questions. We all know why this []