Last month, East London rapper Lancey Foux released a near-platonic earworm of a track titled “MMM HMM” featuring St. Louis’s fastest-rising star, Sexyy Red.
Last month, East London rapper Lancey Foux released a near-platonic earworm of a track titled “MMM HMM” featuring St. Louis’s fastest-rising star, Sexyy Red.
Lancey Foux has been putting out music for almost a decade now, but it feels like he's really on the come-up now. The East London rapper has been walking red carpets, sitting front row at Puma's F/W New York Fashion Week show, and collabing with other rappers of the moment.
Bond star Colin Salmon says he jumped at the chance of joining EastEnders and gave short shrift to anyone who questioned the move. The star, best known as Charles Robinson, the right-hand man of Judi Dench’s M in three 007 films, is thrilled to play former boxer George Knight. And dad-of-four Colin, who was born in Hackney, East London, said he needs to work in the capital because his wife of 35 years, artist Fiona Hawthorne, has a lung disease.
Seven years after property developers closed down one of London’s beloved gay bars, former patrons are rallying around to raise funds to open UK’s first community-run LGBTQI venue. Joiners Arms on Hackney Road in East London, counted late fashion designer Alexander McQueen and actor Sir Ian McKellen among its regulars. Property developers shut down the bar in 2015, after they bought the plot to turn it into apartments and offices. The developers promised to fund a new LGBTQI venue at the same spot but plans stalled after pandemic hit work on a planned hotel. “I’m so proud to share the work we’ve done to turn this utopian idea into a real space – one that can survive as a viable business, will create opportunities for queer people to work, perform, create, socialise and just ‘be’ on their own terms,” Amy Roberts, Chair Friends of the Joiners Arms said in a statement. Actors Stephen Fry and Mawaan Rizwan and comedian Joe Lycett are among those who have supported the campaign. The campaign offered shares in the new bar to supporters, with each share worth £ 25.
Lee Ryan has been arrested after an incident on a plane. The Blue singer and BBC Strictly Come Dancing star reportedly went "berserk" when "cabin crew refused to serve him alcohol". The Celebrity Big Brother is said to have been abusive to cabin crew and refused to sit when they would not serve him a drink.
EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed multi-hyphenate artist Ashley Walters (Top Boy) for representation.
Wilson Chapman editorRose Matafeo’s critically acclaimed rom-com series “Starstruck” has been renewed for Season 3, HBO Max and co-producer BBC Three announced.Matafeo stars in the series as Jessie, an aimless millennial New Zealander living in East London who has a chance encounter with Tom Kapoor (Nikesh Patel), an A-list actor, on New Year’s Eve. The show follows them as they navigate their attraction to each other, which is complicated by Tom’s career, Jessie’s quirky group of friends and their mutual inability to communicate properly. Season 2 of the show ended with the two temporarily breaking up, but after her friends help her realize her tendency to run from relationships when they get serious, Jessie apologizes to Tom and the two reunite.
LONDON – Trooping the Colour, an amazing spectacle of pomp and pageantry, finally returned to London this week for the first time since 2019. Trooping the Colour showcased more than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians going on parade, with mega crowds gathering in the streets of London for this special Platinum Jubilee edition. And what a day it’s been.
EXCLUSIVE: French industry execs Naomi Denamur and Julie Billy are launching Paris-based independent production company June Films with a bustling film and TV slate. Scroll down for the company’s current lineup.
Jeshi has teamed up with Nigerian artist Obongjayar for a new song. "Protein" is the latest song from the East London rapper's forthcoming debut LP, Universal Credit, to be revealed.
Kano has been tapped up to star in Daniel Kaluuya’s new dystopian film, The Kitchen.The East London rapper, who can be seen in the latest season of Top Boy, will appear in the Netflix project alongside Jedaiah Bannerman, marking Kaluuya’s feature writing debut.Co-written by Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh, The Kitchen, which follows Izi (played by Kano) and 12-year old Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman) as they “battle to survive in a system that is stacked against them”, also marks the directorial debut of Kibwe Tavares.The synopsis for the film reads: “The Kitchen is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city.“The Kitchen is the first and the largest of its kind – it’s London’s last village harbouring residents that refuse to move on and move out of the place they call home.
A speeding motorist who killed a mum and her eight-month-old son in front of child's devastated father has been sentenced to prison.
There's a lot of talent on "Dimension," the new song from JAE5. There's the East London producer himself, whose Afrobeats-inspired hip-hop sonics help catapult London's J Hus to stardom (and onto the cover of The FADER).
Ghetts has shared a new track called ‘No Mercy’ which features Pa Salieu and BackRoad Gee – listen to it below.Taken from the rapper’s forthcoming album ‘Conflict Of Interest’, it follows four previous singles: ‘Mozambique’, ‘IC3’ with Skepta, ‘Proud Family’, and the Stormzy featured ‘Skengman’.‘No Mercy’, which continues the East London rapper’s merciless and exceptional run of form as of late, is accompanied by a gritty set of visuals directed by Femi Ladi.
Kojey Radical has shared a new track called ’28 & Sublime’ to celebrate his 28th birthday – listen below.The track, produced by AJ Jones, marks the rapper’s first release of 2021 following last year’s ‘Progression Freestyle’ series.Despite the coronavirus pandemic Radical stayed busy in 2020 by releasing a number of songs, including his collaborations with Che Lingo (‘Dark Days’), Mereba (‘Same Boat’) and Jarreau Vandal (‘Nothing Nice’).The East London artist, who released ‘Cashmere Tears’ in
Fleetwood Mac, has died. He was 73.«It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep,» the statement from Swan Turton law firm confirmed to multipleoutlets.
The Streets have unveiled another new track from their upcoming mixtape – listen to ‘Falling Down’ below.The third track to be released from ‘None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive’ follows on from the release of ‘I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him’ and Mike Skinner’s collaboration with Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker on the track ‘Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better’.‘Falling Down’, which features East London artist Hak Baker, is a piano-led number that hears Skinner
Motown signee Tiana Major9 is doing the other thing she loves best during quarantine: cooking.The East London singer/songwriter, who jumped on American radars last fall with her Earthgang collab "Collide" from the Queen & Slim soundtrack -- followed by at spot at Billboard’s 2019 Women In Music celebration -- took over Billboard's Instagram on Thursday (May 14) to talk about what she's been dishing up during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.If you follow Tiana on Insta, you know she's always in
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