Ms Dynamite is arrested for assault
British rap star Ms Dynamite just can't seem to escape trouble. The award-winning singer was arrested in a London restaurant over allegations of assault. The alleged incident took place last month (Sept. 17) at a restaurant in the Soho district of central London.
The 23-year-old artist, whose real name is Niomi McLean-Daley, was arrested in connection with the allegation after voluntarily turning herself in at the end of last week, police said.
Ms. Dynamite is free on bail and is due to return to a central London police station at an as-yet-unannounced date in November.
The artist won the coveted Mercury Music Prize for her 2002 album, "A Little Deeper," and has won a string of prizes since, including two Brit Awards and three MOBOs (Music of Black Origin).
- - Source: billboard.com
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Destiny's Child is 'Loving It' - McDonalds style
Justin Timberlake loves them and now Destiny's Child will take on the slogan of 'I'm loving It' by becoming the latest big name to promote the fast food giant - McDonalds .
The girls will appear in adverts for the restaurant who are also sponsoring their world tour to begin next year after lead singing diva Beyonce recovers from her injuries. The tour will be called appropiately enough 'Destiny Fulfilled and Lovin' It'.
Despite negative press surrounding the fast food chain, such as the recent docu-film 'Supersize Me', Beyonce seems very excited about promoting the chain:
"We're loving the chance to work with McDonalds and know that together we'll create lots of fun and cool surprises".
- Source: bbc.co.uk
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On the rise: UK latest R&B princess - newcomer Avani
My native land of London, England has always brought out the best R&B singers from both genders. The likes of Omar, Ola Olubule, Craig David, Beverley Knight, Sade and more recently Jamelia, Amy Winehouse and Julie Dexter has been making quite a splash there.
With that said there is now a new young singing sensation onthe horizon that is gonig to cause quite a stir. Her name is Avani and she is the hottest singer out there at the moment. So who is she you might ask well Avani started singing in her teens with a local band in South London, but after a few years the band broke up. It was during that time that she caught the attention of the legendary UK manager Tony Hall.
Tony's responsible for guiding some of the biggest names in the UK soul scene from The Real Thing, to Loose Ends to Lynden David Hall so when her material landed in his office, he knew he had found one extraordinary new artist and was keen to work with her. They met and the album was underway with the help of singer/producer Don-E (who produced 2 tracks) and newcomer Shaun Stanley also on board
The lead off single is her classic renindition of the Loose Ends smash hit from the 80s - 'Watching You' featuring the originator of the song (none other than Carl McIntosh himself) and one of my favourite vocalists around today Rahsaan Patterson The song is an excellent remake and one that is gaining radio airplay momentum on the UK shores. Be on the lookout for this talented young singer - she's a star on the rise.
- Source: reuters.com
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They said that the music would never last, that it was a fad, here today gone tomorrow in 1974. The disco crase was in full swing and thriving on both the charts and clubs alike. Then came the unlikely contender for the listening massive - Rap and Hip Hop.
The story of rap begins in New York in the boogie down Bronx to be exact where DJ Kool Herc started to spin the music at block parties and dancehalls. Word of mouth quickly spread and the music gained momentum throughout the community. Soon the likes of Grand Master Flash would start to strut their stuff. Later DJ Grand Wizard Therodore starting the stratching of records and the new form was born. SugarHill Gang has the first big record and then Run DMC ran ith it after that opening the doors for the Eminems and NWAs.
With the new ducumentary airing this week as a 5 part series, the show will dicept the genre known as hip hop and rap with stories, interviews, early videos and more. The show will be capped off with a tribute performance to the honorees DJ Hollywood, DJ Kool Herc, KRS-One, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Rock Steady Crew, Sugarhill Gang and the late Tupac Shakur. The show will air throughout the week and weekend - look out for it.
- Source: VH1.com