UK NEWS: OK! MAGAZINE APOLOGISES FOR NOEL CLARKE AND KANO “MIX UP”

Earlier on today I asked OK! Magazine if they thought that all black men looked alike, because they posted a story on their website about actor/director Noel Clarke, and then posted a photograph of UK rapper Kano to go with the article.  If you missed it then click here to take in the hilarity of it all.   Since then OK! have corrected their mistake and issued an apology to an annoyed Noel…. via TWITTER.  @noelclarke No excuses Noel. Our pic agency let us down but it should have been []

UK NEWS: OK! MAGAZINE – DO ALL BLACK MEN LOOK ALIKE???

  OK! Magazine has posted the news on their website that actor, producer and director Noel Clarke is going back to school to direct a Christmas Navity play. However members from the OK! team don’t really seem to know who Noel  is or what he looks like. If they did then they would not have posted a photograph of UK rapper KANO with this story. To quote the words of James Moran  “black guy with stubble, close enough eh?” Click here to view the story. This is absolutely hilarious! []

CHRIS BROWN SAYS HE IS BEING BLACKBALLED BY THE INDUSTRY

Chris Brown is a frustrated and angry young man. His new album Graffiti is estimated to shift around 100,000 units in it’s first week and Chris is livid! This is what he said via Twitter this evening, thx again to my real fans. u dont go unnoticed .love yall about 4 hours ago from mobile web im not biting my tongue about shit else… the industry can kiss my ass about 4 hours ago from  mobile web  WTF… yeah i said it and []

UK MUSIC: CHOONG FAMILY – ‘GOODBYE GIRL’

I thought that this group had split up some years ago. Anyway check out Choong Family’s new track Goodbye Girl. Goodbye Girl is pleasant enough but it also sounds quite dated.   Like the folk over at Ragggs.com I find myself asking the question, “are they still living in 2004???” The video – Standard video model of choice in the UK and the ending confused me. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK TV: SINGER JAMELIA TO APPEAR AS A JUDGE ON ‘MOVE LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON’

  Jamelia is set to appear as a judge on the BBC3 show Move Like Michael Jackson, alongside his brother Jermaine ‘opportunist’ Jackson.  She told Digital Spy, “I’m helping to choose the dancer who goes on to represent us at the Michael Jackson tribute show. I absolutely love Michael Jackson so it’s a real honour to be involved, especially as Jermaine Jackson’s one of my fellow judges. What also grabbed me about the show was the opportunity to show people how much talent we actually have in this []

TIMATI FT BUSTA RHYMES & MARIYA – ‘LOVE YOU’

I’m told that Timati is a rapper from Russia and he has teamed up with Busta Rhymes on the track Love You. The track also features singer Mariya.  What can I say about this track? Well….. it’s positive…… As for you Busta…… desperate times…….. desperate times……… Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

PICS: ALICIA KEYS ALBUM LAUNCH (LONDON)

The lovely Alicia Keys played live last night (December 9th) to launch her new album The Element Of Freedom, exclusively with W Hotels and American Express in London. Alicia performed tracks in front of a 700-strong crowd in a unique and intimate setting. The cream of top class British talent that attended last night’s event included, UK Funky House LEGEND Gracious K, rapper Chipmunk, Dizzee Rascal, singer/former I’m A Celebrity contestent Sabrina Washington, singing/dance sensations JLS, The Saturdays and Alesha Dixon. Can you believe it? All that talent in one room! Mad News did []