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UK MUSIC: SNAKEYMAN – ‘CRIED’

Snakeyman  starred in the UK film Adulthood and will also appear in the up and coming flick 4.3.2.1 As well as acting Snakeyman is also embarking on music career and has just released the single Cried. This is my first time ever listening to a Snakeyman track. I had no idea that he won a UMA (Urban Music Award).  When? Anyway old Snakey can actually rap and Cried is both sad and uplifting. The production (surprisingly) isn’t bad either. I’m sorry but []

UK MUSIC NEWS: RAPPER GIGGS CONCERT CANCELLED AFTER POLICE WARNING

Sad, sad news folks…. The Guardian  reports that rapper Giggs’ concert has been cancelled after police warned concert venues of safety concerns. Giggs, from Peckham, London, and recently signed to XL Recordings, was due to play 10 dates starting tomorrow in Birmingham. However, police confirmed that they warned organisers about security concerns after being contacted by the promoters for Giggs’ London date on 4 March at the O2 Islington Academy. Continue Reading…. Well this news doesn’t surprise me. Just think about the type []

RAPPER/ACTRESS EVE ACCUSED OF ASSISTING FORMER BOYFRIEND IN MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME

Well.. this doesn’t sound good… Via XXLmag Rapper/actress Eve has been fingered in a massive money-laundering scheme, involving her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Teodorin Nguema Obiang. According to ABC News, Obaing—who is the son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea—is being accused of laundering millions of illegal funds in shell companies in the U.S. Continue Reading…. Good luck Eve!

UK MUSIC NEWS: RAPPER CHIPMUNK SCRAPS PROMO AFTER ‘SUICIDE THREAT’ VIA TWITTER

I follow Chipmunk on Twitter and read his ‘suicidal’ tweets. I didn’t think he was being serious. I thought  he was being overly dramatic for the sake of it. Artists will say/do anything these days to generate publicity for themselves. But I guess in his case I was wrong … Via Digital Spy Chipmunk has cancelled all upcoming promotional appearances after “working too hard”. The 18-year-old, who topped the singles chart last month with Oopsy Daisy, posted a message on Twitter claiming that he wanted to kill himself. “I []

UK NEWS: RAPPER SPEECH DEBELLE WINS MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE

This news surprised me. I didn’t think she would win. Via BBC News Rapper Speech Debelle is the surprise winner of the Mercury Prize for the best British album of the past year. Her debut Speech Therapy, released last month, has not appeared in the UK album chart but sales will get a huge boost from her win. The 25-year-old, from south London, performed single The Key at the ceremony for the 18th Mercury Prize. Continue Reading….. Congratulations Speech Debelle. [Thanks AKS]

QUEEN LATIFAH ADMITS TO BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED

Via Digital Spy Queen Latifah (real name Dana Owens) has revealed that she was a victim of sexual abuse as a child. Owens confessed that a male babysitter took advantage of her when she was young. “He violated me. I never told anybody. I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arm’s length,” she told Essence. The star also admitted that her troubled past has caused problems in her relationships as a result. “I never really let a []

UK RAPPER PROFESSOR GREEN STABBED IN THE NECK

UK Rapper Professor Green was savagely attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning (May 23rd). During an altercation in a night club the East London born rapper was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle. Green is currently in hospital recovering from his injuries. Last night he posted the following on his Twitter page…  Surgery took an hour longer than it was meant to. The stabbing brushed on all major arteries but damaged none. Very lucky to be alive. Very.