Win tickets to Afro Hair & Beauty Live
Organisers of Afro Hair & Beauty Live 2011 have given us a pair of tickets to give away!Over 100 exhibitors are expected to attend the 30th anniversary of Europe’s only showcase for afro hair and beauty, to be held at the Business Design Centre in Islington on Sunday 29 and Bank Holiday Monday 30 May.For your chance to get...
Chris Brown and Lil Wayne lead the nominations at the BET Awards
Chris Brown leads the nominations with 6 nods for this year's Black Entertainment Awards, the annual awards bash celebrating music and entertainment influenced by the American black community.The 'Yeah 3x' singer has an impressive haul of nominations, including Best Male R&B Artist, Viewer's Choice and Video of the Year for his track 'Look at Me Now'.He has also picked...
Welcome to Planet Pitbull
With a charmingly suave yet nonchalant air about his nature – Cuban American rapper Armando Christian Pérez better known as Pitbull is one of the biggest Cuban rappers in the US. With a notable 5 successful albums and mix tapes under his belt, his ultimate goal is to take his distinctive sound worldwide and beyond with his constant drive...
Toya Carter talks Lil Wayne and reality TV
Better known as Lil Wayne’s childhood sweetheart and mother of his first child Reginae, Antonia ’Toya’ Carter has struggled to carve out an identity of her own. Having made her debut on BET’s hit series TINY & TOYA, Ms. Carter is now back with a new series Toya: A Family Affair. Viewers will follow her fearless journey as she...
Chipmunk meets the London Mayor Boris Johnson and schools young people at Access All Areas
Award winning rapper Chipmunk was joined by the Mayor of London Borris Johnson this morning at Access All Areas, a music seminar for young people organised as part of the Mayor's Rhythm of London event in association with Small Green Shoots.A wide variety of young people ages 16 to 25 attended this incredible event at the prestigious City Hall,...
Vampires in Popular Culture
From cartoon characters like Count Duckula, through teen vampires such as Edward Cullen, to the young adult vampires in True Blood – there seems to be a vampire for every age group. To celebrate the third season of True Blood being released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 23, we’ve taken a look back at how we’ve grown up...
To Carb or Not to Carb
This debate will continue to go on while people remain dieting in order to lose weight, carbohydrates (carbs) have been highly publicised by some diets as being a prime nutrient of weight gain. Low-carb diets are food plans that restrict carbohydrate consumption for weight loss. Foods high in carbohydrates, such as bread and pasta are restricted and replaced with...
Win teen drama Heartland on DVD
“The second season of classic teen drama, HEARTLAND comes to DVD on June 13th and to mark the occasion we have 5 copies to give away.The town of Hudson in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains is home to Heartland, a family ranch dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating troubled horses. After a tragedy puts the ranch in jeopardy, fifteen-year-old...
Introducing Simone daughter of singer Nina Simone
Universally recognized as the daughter of legendary Nina Simone, as a singer, songwriter and performer, Simone appears blessed with the imaginary components required for a ‘big band.’ Possessing the exquisite vocal range of the saxophone, profound melodies of the piano and the innovation of the drums, she is indeed her ‘mother’s daughter’. Described as ‘contagious, with an amazing sense...
Exclusive images and review from Manchester’s Blackstar gig
Unfortunately I missed the London Blackstar gig but was lucky enough to get tickets to the Manchester leg of their tour. After arriving in Manchester from a 4 hour drive from London I started to question my sanity and if it's worth travelling this distance and back again all for just a rap concert.The last two rap concerts I...
Alex Gaudino’s & Kelly Rowland ‘What a Feeling’
Newly announced X-Factor judge Kelly Rowland has struck gold once again infecting dancefloors worlwide with the latest single she lends her vocal's too 'What A Feeling'. This is the perfect summer anthem by Italian producer/DJ Alex Gaudino's and Ms Rowland. In the UK alone, Miss Rowland has scored six top ten smash hits to date, including two number one...
Six Rounds
Eight characters, gunshots, heart-rending decisions, emotive subject matters and all within one conjectural boxing ring: Introducing the European premiere of a play that promises to pack more than a punch – Six Rounds. This emotional, yet pertinent production, brought to you by Liminal Space Productions and written by multi-award filmmaker, playwright and activist, John Oluwale Adekoje, will make its...
Fire in Babylon
They brought the world to its knees, and a nation to its feet. Fire In Babylon is the breathtaking story of how the West Indies triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted teams in sporting history.In a turbulent era of apartheid in South Africa; race riots in England and...
BIANCA SIMMONE: Comin’ At Yah Feat NAYE
‘After bringing the PRESSURE, she’s definitely letting you know she’s COMIN’ AT YAH’. Bianca has worked alongside global superstars Lil Wayne, Birdman and Jay Sean, to name a few along her journey as Bianca Simmone ‘The Model’ Now after a long anticipated wait she has finally crossed over to the music world and now introduces herself as Bianca Simmone...
Let’s Avit this Saturday 14th May @ Cable
"Let's Avit!!" this Saturday 14th May @ Cable London SE13JW (in celebration of Avit Clothing's 5th year)Fashion 'n' Grime and much more!!Performances on the night include; Logan Sama, P Money, Trilla, Merky Ace, DJ Fonti, Bushkin, Skibadee, UNCZ, Genesis Elijah, DJ Complex, Skeamer, Lioness, DJ Cheeky, Richie Fargas, DJ Chris Intaface, Lady MC, DJ Invasion, MC Titch & DJ...
Flavour Live at Cargo – June 9th
ASHLEY WALTERS, REALZ, DEM TWO, BLACK DA RIPPER, LADYBIRD, DELE, ZEST, NATE YOUNG, LUSH, BOBII LEWIS and DDARK are set to perform at FLAVOUR LIVE on Thursday 9th June 2011. Hosted by Artcha and DJ's on the night will be Longers, Chef, Sollie, Ashinel and Bronze Returning to CARGO this promises to be a night not to be missed and the...
Incisive: Just Wait – Official video
Fresh from performing at Flavour Live British rapper, Incisive releases the video for his new single ‘Just Wait’ a soulful hip hop track taken from his self entitled album. With Yasmin Baker creating a laid back vibe on keys and lead vocals provided by Shakka with Incisive’s rhymes floating over a mellow bass this is the perfect song to...
Free Download of Matti Roots single Let’s Get Back Together
Spring 2011 sees Matti Roots a UK singer / songwriter / instrumentalist who has worked with artists such as Terri Walker, Justin Timberlake and Slum Village unleash his debut album ‘BeatRoot’, which industry insiders including Labrinth and Ronnie Herel, tip to become an instant classic.BeatRoot’ is the ultimate harmonious love handbook, a diary of the path of love and...
A new star adorns the music skyline, cue: METIS
A new star adorns the music skyline, cue: METIS (pronounced Meh-tease!). I had the privilege of attending The Atlas launch party a few weeks ago - (Thanks to our friends over at Lucid!) which may I add, was hosted by G Unit’s very own official DJ Whoo Kid! – Despite wearing my dead-beat work uniform amongst the fantastically well-dressed...
Flavour DJ Council: Lynnike and Sefa
Lynnike and Sefa are young, female dj’s/presenters that bring their unique sense of fun in what they do. Flavour caught up with fifty percent of this dynamic duo (Lynikke) to talk dj’ing and presenting.How did you get into DJ’ing? We started out as radio presenters, after meeting at university and realised we...
Flavour DJ Council: DJ Abrantee
With his distinctive voice and high energy presenting style, DJ Abrantee has indeed become one of the biggest DJ’s at Choice. However do not get it twisted and think it has been an easy road on the contrary it has been a tough road from graveyard shifts to a loss of friends, this buoyant dj takes his current success...
Behind the scenes images from Alexis Jordan’s Hush Hush video
Following the success of Happiness and Good Girl check out these behind the scenes images from Alexis Jordan's new video for her single Hush Hush out June 12.
Win a copy of Chris Brown’s album F.A.M.E
To celebrate the release of Chris Brown's latest single Beautiful People feat. Benny Benassi which is out today we have 3 copies of his latest album F.A.M.E to give away. ‘F.A.M.E‘ stands for ‘Fans Are My Everything’…To be in with a chance of winning email your name, address and contact number at [email protected]. Winners will be notified by May...
BASS Festival 2011
BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds), the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black music and art, returns to Birmingham in June with a city-wide feast of urban culture.Now in its sixth year, BASS 2011 is bringing the theme of Revolution to Birmingham with a range of music, arts and fashion events in venues across the city.Ammo Talwar, founder...
5 new trailers from X-Men First Class
X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were...
The Gadget Zone
Catch it if you can! Google Nexus S by Samsung Only the second phone by Google, the Nexus S is the first phone in the world to feature a curved screen – it looks good and reflects up to four times less sunlight than traditional LCD screens. It was also the first phone in the world to come...
Vauxhall Beatboxing Champion MC Zani gives his tips
At only 24, UK Beatbox Champion Zani is already a veteran on the scene. He has excelled at this vocal acrobatic art form with 9 years experience, supporting the likes of Ludacris, 50 Cent, Missy Elliot and Taylor Swift and with performances around the world and on prestigious stages at Madison Square Garden, and Glastonbury to name a few...
Britney Spears reveals all about her forthcoming tour
Britney Spears has revealed that her upcoming US tour will be "outrageously spectacular" in a new video interview posted on her official website www.britneyspears.com. The superstar also reveals that her latest album is about "female empowerment" and describes the album producers Dr.Luke and Max Martin as "geniuses".http://www.youtube.com/v/bn0JC6IZYhc&feature
Tweetwatch
A round up of the weeks most flavoursome tweets. Who’s been making moves and who’s been living it up. Let the tweets commence!1. Dry your eyes Sean Kingston, those school days are over. Might sound weird but waking up this early just feels like I'm in high school again ;) #realtalk I cnt lie I miss school. Those were the...
Body Gossip is now inviting submissions for the first ever Body Gossip Book
Body Gossip is a national positive body image movement that has invited people all over the world to write their story about their body and share it with other people. Body Gossip has showcased these stories in theatre events and short films performed by a cast of well-known actors, and has a simple yet incredibly effective goal: Body Gossip...