As the trend of ordering a takeaway increases across the UK, obesity rates are also on a sharp spike upwards.
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NME about being a part of a viral cypher with Dave and Central Cee, as well as radio and grime culture.Cyphers (also known as radio sets) are when multiple rappers come together and share a microphone, rapping over randomly selected beats. Before mainstream media aired the underground genre, pirate radio, handmade mixtapes and DIY videos were the only way fans could hear these rhymes.
Radio sets turned some of UK rap’s biggest stars, like Skepta and Tinchy Stryder, into chart-topping acts.Back in May, Dave and Central Cee participated in a surprise cypher alongside fellow London UK rap talent, including Niko B, Rushy, Kirbs, BXKS, and JayG. The video was viewed over 230,000 times in 11 days and came ahead of the duo’s debut collaborative project ‘Split Decision’, which followed later in June.The cypher appeared on Victory Lap Radio, an audio-visual platform hosted on the Peckham-based radio station, Balamii.
Victory Lap is known for promoting the UK underground rap scene and has affiliations with NME 100 alumni such as Sainté and Jim Legxacy.One of the highlights of the cyphers on the platform comes from Kibo, Harrow’s genre-exploring rap talent known for his comedic chops. Originally establishing his career in GrimeReportTV videos, the self-described “Kwengletarian” found popularity with a ChuckleVision freestyle before becoming a Victory Lap mainstay and making cyphers his “bread and butter”.
In the cypher video, Dave co-signed the Londoner, telling viewers: “You see my man over here, he’s coming like the Victory Lap warrior. This is you man’s hero, innit? This is you man’s king, innit? I feel you because he’s actually moving superhuman today.”Later in the video, he told Kibo he was “something different” and “working
.As the trend of ordering a takeaway increases across the UK, obesity rates are also on a sharp spike upwards.
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Drake and Central Cee have shared a new radio freestyle for the New York-based On The Radar – check it out below.READ MORE: Central Cee – ‘23’ review: drill star finds himself on the brink of greatnessThe drill-based platform, which is hosted by Power 105.1 DJ Gabe P, has seen a host of artists including Ice Spice come through to share freestyles on the radio.In the latest edition, Drake took a day off from his ‘It’s All A Blur’ US tour with 21 Savage to join Central Cee for a freestyle performance.Watch the pair’s freestyle for On The Radar below.The ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour began last month at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where Drake and Savage delivered a mammoth 48-song set that included numerous live debuts and rarities.The rapper at one point performed as a large hologram of a sperm floated above him. Another visual of a group of sperm cells, meanwhile, appeared to circle him on stage.You can find the full list of dates and any remaining tickets for Drake and 21 Savage’s 2023 North American tour here.Central Cee, meanwhile, teamed up with Dave this summer on the four-track ‘Split Decision’ EP.
Has Scheana Shay buried the hatchet with Tom Sandoval??? She is setting the record straight!
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The Idol” actor Jane Adams called out “feminists” in a recent Vanity Fair interview for persisting that the controversial HBO series exploited its female actors on set when many of them, from Lily-Rose Depp to Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Adams herself, have stressed otherwise. “What is amazing to me is no one’s listening—I’ve not seen that before in all my days, such a dogged ‘We refuse to change the narrative,’” Adams said. “I especially want to say to all the feminists, ‘Go fuck yourself.’ All these women that I’m working with are talking about their experience and you’re not listening. You’re not listening!”
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