UK MUSIC: MASTER SHORTIE – ‘DANCE LIKE A WHITE BOY’
Well he is different.. I’ll give him that…. Your thoughts please….
UK MUSIC/VIDEO: GIGGS – ‘UMMM’
Loyal reader The Real NV said something the other day that got me thinking. He said I should give UK rapper and BET Best UK Hip Hop winner Giggs “a chance”, after I posted a clip of him in the studio recording a track, and then promptly went on to slate the rapper. After some thought I decided that perhaps I was being overly critical and not being fair to the South London based emcee. NV was right, I needed to give the man a chance. Us South Londoners should support each other. […]
UK NEWS: FORMER BIG BROTHER CONTESTANT DARNELL SWALLOW SET TO COLLABORATE WITH UK RAPPER GIGGS
After appearing in this summer’s snoozefest Big Brother 9, contestant and singer/songwriter Darnell Swallow is now working on some sort of collaboration with BET Best UK Hip Hop winner Giggs. Via Rwdmag “He’s recently linked up with BET Award winner Giggs and had this to say on his MySpace. “What up with it?! Been working on a collabo with Giggs, getting to know why he’s a BET Award winner and the best upcoming rapper in the UK… check it out… Congrats on the BET Giggs. […]
GIGGS WINS BEST UK HIP HOP ACT AT THE BET AWARDS
South London rapper Giggs UK rapper Giggs won Best UK Hip Hop at the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards, which took place on Saturday (October 18th) in Atlanta, Georgia. He beat fellow nominees Wiley, Skepta, Dizzee Rascal, Ghetto and Chipmunk. Congratulations Giggs.
UK NEWS: MAYOR’S £700K TO CUT YOUTH CRIME
Mayor Boris Johnson A £700,000 funding package has been announced by the mayor of London to help tackle knife and gun crime among young people. The money will fund projects which hope to steer youngsters away from violent crime, said Boris Johnson. The announcement follows a spate of high-profile deaths of young people in London. So far this year, 21 teenagers have been killed violently in London. The mayor said he hoped the money would raise aspirations among youths. The new funding […]
UK NEWS: FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 16 YEAR OLD SHAKILUS TOWNSEND
Murdered: Shakilus Townsend Five people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Shakilus Townsend, police said today. Officers arrested one person around 9pm yesterday and the others this morning, Scotland Yard said. Shakilus, 16, was stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat in an attack in Thorton Heath, south London, on Thursday. He died from his injuries the following day. Two men aged 22 and 18, and two teenage boys aged 16 and 17, and a 16-year-old girl have been […]
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