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STOP MURDER MUSIC CAMPAIGN
Reggae and Dancehall campaign to stop murda: Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton have joined the worldwide campaign in attempt to dismiss violence and homophobia...
LIL' MO: COMEBACK
Lil' Mo is to release her first album Pain & Paper after 4 years on her new independant label HoneyChild Entertainment in late August...
DJ DODGE: CHANNEL 5 REPORT
South London DJ/Producer Dodge was approached by the government to highlight and report on youth crime concerns. Catch his recent Channel 5 news report on an issue which has taken it's fair share of the headlines lately...
RIHANNA: WHO’S BAD?
The picture-perfect Bajan girl with a penchant for Umbrellas and a new LP ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’. But how far is this sweet-smiling teenager really prepared to go in her quest for badness? B&S finds out...
FULL FLAVA: FLAVA-FULL SOUL
Rob Derbyshire - the man behind Full Flava - speaks B&S about the Birmingham based production outfit's new retro-flavoured album of soul/disco covers...
ZIGGY MARLEY: ONE LOVE
The Marley family tree is perhaps as iconic to contemporary music as the Jackson’s, and with many of Bob’s numerous offspring involved in the music industry, one that shows no signs of abating its worldwide domination of reggae music any t
SHAGGY: GOD STORY
Not many dancehall artists can boast the ability to enjoy success both amongst core dancehall fans and the mainstream audience. Shaggy, however, feels he’s able to cross between each market and enjoy success in both. B&S finds out...
T-PAIN: Buy U A Drink
The Turks in R&B continue to push back the boundaries with a style that is essentially so simple you wonder why no one’s come up with it before...
50 CENT: Amusement Park
Fiddy’s soon-to-be released third album ‘Curtis’ finds the rapper at something of a career crossroads: completely catch people off-guard by adding a new twist or continue to churn out uninspired hits for the masses...