UK EVENT: NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY / DISTANT RELATIVES ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

Queensbridge rapper Nas and reggae artist Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley (son of the legendary Bob Marley) have come together on the Distant Relatives project to produce one of the most anticipated albums of 2010. The two musicians will mark this groundbreaking project by performing an exclusive show at the Electric Ballroom in London on the 21st April. Click HERE for more details.

KIELY WILLIAMS DEFENDS MUSIC VIDEO AND SONG ‘SPECTACULAR’ AFTER BACKLASH

Source Former 3LW group member and former Disney Cheetah Girl Kiely Williams, has come out and defended her sexually charged track Spectacular and it’s video. The singer/actress says, I am an actor and performer. I have been so since my first role in a television pilot at five years old. I played a character when I was a “Cheetah Girl.” I am playing a character in the music video for the song “Spectacular,” as I did in the “Cheetah Girl” movies. Young women across []

UK MUSIC: SMILER – ENZA

Check South London rapper Smiler’s new single Enza. The Video – “Urban” music video directors in this country really need to step their games up! Sitting down watching old US Hip Hop videos made in the late 1990s / early 2000s and then reusing a now dated concept (women prancing around in bikinis, shiny jewellery, expensive cars, a big house, party scene, swimming pool, rapper and his cronies standing around looking ‘cool’) simply won’t cut it in 2010. Also why is  Smiler []

WHITNEY HOUSTON POSTPONES UK CONCERTS OVER ILL HEALTH

Via BBC News Singer Whitney Houston has postponed three concerts at the start of her UK tour due to illness. Houston, 46, was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection by doctors in Paris, where she had already cancelled a concert. She had been due on stage in Manchester on Thursday and Friday this week but the gigs have been rescheduled for 16 and 17 June. Her Glasgow show on Sunday has been moved to 1 May. Continue Reading… I’m not surprised……. They []

UK FILM NEWS: NOEL CLARKE TO MAKE ADULTHOOD SEQUEL?

Well this will come as a big surprise if true.  I’m sure he made a point of saying that there would not be a Adulthood sequel.  Anyway… According to Digital Spy Hood 3 could potentially continue the story of Clarke’s reformed Kidulthood and Adulthood character Sam Peel, sci-fi noir Reign Of Death and the previously announced 2012 Olympics sports film Fast Girls are among the projects in development. “I’m not interested in sitting back and being safe,” said Clarke. “We will actively try to []

UK NEWS: COMEDIANS LENNY HENRY AND DAWN FRENCH SPLIT

It’s the end of an era folks! British comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are to separate after 25 years of marriage, their spokesman said on Tuesday. The couple made their decision to split up last October and have since been “living together in constant, open and honest discussion,” spokesman Neil Reading said in a statement. “The separation is entirely amicable and they fully intend to maintain their close friendship,” it said. “Their priority is to commit to the future joint parenting []

VIDEO: KIELY WILLIAMS – ‘SPECTACULAR’

Kiely Williams, former 3LW group member (remember them?) and former star of Disney kids show The Cheetah Girls, is now embarking on a solo music career. Check out her HILARIOUS new single Spectacular. Listen to the lyrics! Life after Disney folks! Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?