Idris Elba aka Driis‘ latest entitled "Private Garden”

Private Garden from Crystle Clear Roberson on Vimeo.



Hhhmmmm Asemmmm………….I’ve had to listen to this tune.. -over and over again and I love it…. A bit of a shock at first to see and hear the ever sexy, cool and collected Mr Elba -singing, a bit like the first time I heard and saw Asamoah Gyan singing and dancing (with all that enthusiasm)…its takes you by surprise and then you get over it, you get past it -then you hear the music. Idris has great voice and style.

(Film Clip Credit: http://www.complex.com/music/2011/09/video-idris-elba-private-garden)

Fashion Designer on the RISE: Beatrice Korlekie Newman

“I was brought up in an African culture which introduced me to a diversity of rich textiles and colour. This has been a significant factor intriguing me to learn more about fashion and how I could translate the richness of textiles and colour into unique modern clothes. My general interest in, and love for fashion as well as my flair in creating fabrics has allowed me to challenge deep-seated ideas and concepts in fashion.”      Beatrice Korlekie Newman

The Korlekie collection has taken my breath away!! Honestly, I haven’t been moved since the elegant and beautifully made capsule collection by Adjoa Osei -and Beatrice Korlekie Newman’s Korlekie label has me swooning again.

A celebrity favourite, the Korlekie label is worn by the likes of uber fashionistas Shinghai Shoniwa, of The Noisettes and Alesha Dixon. With touches of Julian Macdonald’s knitwear past and a dash of Christopher Kane inspired sexiness -Beatrice Korlekie Newman has managed to create a very scrumptious, uber luxe embellished grownup clothes for hot-in-control women and I’m crazy about it. I’ll be getting in touch with Ms Newman to find out more about her and her collection but in the mean time you can visit: http://www.notjustalabel.com/korlekie?nid=26499 to find out more about Ghana Rising's new label crush. Watch this space, I predict big things for Beatrice Korlekie Newman….

Kweku Adoboli

I’m sure you’ve all read about Kweku Adoboli and the £1.3 Billion losses to UBS bank…. Personally I’m keeping mum about my feelings (even though I have many), but as I explained to my baby boy yesterday, -banking is like gambling (yes I explained to Jojo that gambling is bad) and sometime you win, and win BIG but mostly, you take the RISK and loose BIG time…. Anyway, I don’t know all the ins ‘n’ outs but no one has a bad word to say about brother Kweku Adoboli, -thus I’m guessing that one or many of his gambles just didn’t pay off, and unlike the guys at Ladbrokes or Paddy Power (found on most high streets in London), he was gambling with billions.


Still as I keep mum about my feelings concerning brother Kweku and the losses -I’m grappling with this (note -I’m half Kwahu), …if he was making £130’000 + plus serious bonuses a year, why on earth was he renting????? Very un Ghanaian me thinks??? Did he build homes in Ghana or Togo (some are claiming that he is Togolese)? Did he have any business ventures in Ghana???

Anyway its sad. Sad for UBS who even before this happened were planning on laying -off staff, plus in the wake of all this, -will not be giving out bonuses for the first time in the company’s history. Its also very sad for Kweku, a nice young man, a typically well brought up Ghanaian man who flew a bit tooooo close to the sun, but as my mate Kwame said, he will bounce back -all bankers do!!!!

The following is more info and is taken from the Daily Mail…..

Title: 'He made a mistake': Father of suspected UBS fraudster speaks as his son appears in court accused of gambling away a £1.3bn fortune.....


By Chris Greenwood, Stephen Wright and Arthur Martin
Dated: 17th September 2011


A smiling Kweku Adoboli, 31, leaves City of London magistrates court yesterday...
The father of the suspected rogue trader Kweku Adoboli said he believed his son 'made a mistake or wrongful judgement.'

Speaking from his home in Tema, Ghana, retired United Nations employee John Adoboli said the family 'were heartbroken' at the news of his son's arrest.  He said: 'We are all here reading all the materials and all the things being said about him.

'The family is heartbroken because this is not our way of life. ''I brought them up to be God-fearing and to appreciate decency.'

Mr Adoboli, who was arrested at his desk on Thursday September 15, is alleged to have lost £1. 3 billion through his rogue trades.

The scandal wiped £4 billion off the value of shares in UBS, affecting thousands of pensioners whose funds had invested in the company.

The loss uncovered by UBS is almost exactly the same amount the bank was trying to save by cutting 3,500 jobs from its worldwide empire.  Before he was arrested, he had changed his status on his Facebook page to 'I need a miracle'.

Mr Adoboli, who until recently lived in a £1,000-a-week loft apartment in the City, is described by friends as 'a really relaxed, happy guy'.

Yesterday Mr Adoboli wept as he was accused of gambling away a record £1.3billion.  He wiped tears from his eyes as his alleged crimes at Swiss banking giant UBS were outlined in court.

The former public schoolboy, who later smiled broadly outside court, has been charged with fraud and false accounting.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038220/Kweku-Adoboli-Swiss-bank-UBS-rogue-traders-father-speaks-court.html#ixzz1YFN7AKtI

Tinchy Stryder’s ‘Rollercoaster’ tour starts on November 9th 2011 at O2 Academy

MOBO nominated Tinchy Stryder has announced his first UK tour dates since 2010 starting this November and will be performing brand new never heard before material along with all his hits. These intimate shows for fans start in Liverpool on Wednesday 9th and ends with a hometown show at London’s Scala on Sunday 13th.Since bursting on the scene in 2009 Tinchy Stryder was 2009’s biggest selling male solo artist in the UK and became the first artist ever to reach number 1 in the official national singles charts with a song title featuring the phrase ‘number one’.


In the past 2 years Tinchy has scored two no. 1 singles, had a gold certified album in addition to embarking on two nationwide sell-out headline tours, opening the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2010 and supporting both Akon and Rihanna on the UK legs of their recent Arena tours. Not content with his own music career Tinchy has been focusing on finding new talent for his partnership with Jay-Z and Roc Nation. As a businessman his clothing line ‘Star in the Hood’ is going from strength to strength and earlier this year Tinchy also launched his own app for iPhone / iPad "Billionaire Bandit" which is proving to be a big hit.

This summer Tinchy along with Dappy released top 5 single ‘Spaceship’ which has just been nominated for a MOBO Award for Best Video. Also later this year along with Labrinth, Tulisa, Wretch32, Chipmunk, Dappy, Fazer, Rizzle Kicks and more, Tinchy Stryder will also be releasing a cover of Massive Attack's Teardrop for this year's Children In Need. Tinchy Stryder will also release his new album in Spring 2012, and these dates will be first chance for fans to hear his brand new material:

November 2011
Wednesday 9th Liverpool O2 Academy 2
Thursday 10th Manchester Club Academy
Friday 11th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Saturday 12th Norwich Waterfront
Sunday 13th London Scala

Tickets are £12.50 (£13 London) and go on sale Friday 9th September @ 9am

(Credit: http://www.festivalsforall.com/article/tinchy-stryder-the-rollercoaster-tour-tinchy-stryder-the-rollercoaster-tour)



For More info visit: http://www.tinchystryder.com/blog.php
For Tickets visit: http://www.gigsandtours.com/ or call 0844 811 0051

Music: Skaboka by Anaanu Shaka featuring Los Kay

Just stumbled across Anaanu Shaka’s music and I love it..…does anyone know anything about him?

Arsenal’s Emmanuel Frimpong and rapper Lethal Bizzle are launching their own fashion label….

According to Friday’s Sun newspaper [I found it in the launderette], Arsenal’s Emmanuel Frimpong and rapper Lethal Bizzle are launching their own fashion label after they sold more than 10’000 of their uber coveted DENCH t-shirts in the first month of trading. With hoodies, hats, shirts and sweatshirts in the pipeline, their label DENCH is set to blow-up ...big stylee.

Objects of Desire: Sugah Clothing’s t-shirts

Irina Oduro’s Sugah Clothing offers the hottest, dancehall and street inspired t-shirts! Made of the softest cotton (95%) and stretch fabric in sizes; S, M and L and priced at a very reasonable $19.50 (plus postage and packaging) -these Sugah t-shirts are on-trend and up there with brands like American Apparels. I’m loving Sugah’s white tank ‘Afrika 3’ with Red, Yellow, Black and Green -right now. To purchase the above t-shirt or to see the rest of the Sugah collection visit:

http://www.sugahclothing.com/

You can also keep up with all of Sugah Clothing’s fab happenings via:
https://www.facebook.com/SugahClothing