The Hub Entertainment’s Charlie Sloth, has been on a road trip up and down the country in his eye catching bright orange Nissan filming his very own BBC Documentary ‘It’s Grime Up North’.  The grime mogul visited places such as Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool and Leeds in search of a northern MC .

After interviewing some of London’s most successful urban music artists at last years MOBO Awards, it soon became apparent no northern rapper has had huge success. With N-Dubz frontman Dappy, Warner signed artist Smiler and new r&b sensation Angel all agreeing that there isn’t many successful well know rappers from up north, driving Charlie’s enthusiasm towards the venture.

Mr Sloth keeps it raw by filming young rappers on the street, trying to show him that the talent isn’t just based in London. He meets two young MC’s who catch the presenter’s attention, fourteen year old ‘Kasst‘ and scouser ‘Bang On’ who rap, write and produce all of their own music. They also rap in their distinctive northern accent, which brings Charlie to ask himself, ‘Is this the reason why northern rappers are not getting any recognition?’

Check out a snippet from the documentary below;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHoJ84Jdqk

Tonight KISS FM DJ & Presenter, Logan Sama kicks off his residency alongside DJ Licked Beatz at London club, Cable. Logan will be on the decks every other month, playing out the very best in grime music!

He’ll also be accompanied by BBK’S very own Jammer, alongside legends, DJ EZ and Adam F! “I’m looking forward to bringing my own style of party vibes with some of the hypest Grime I can muster to Cable tonight!” Logan stated.

Make sure you get down to Cable tonight, 33 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 2EG.

Don’t miss out!

Our very own DJ Q recently took a seat with The Independent Blog to discuss bass music, his record label and his new EP.  “The term UK bass is great, it just means now no one is really watching subgenres as such – people are just feeling the vibes.” he quotes as he discusses how he feels about the genre. The bass DJ released his new EP, ‘All Jungalist‘ at the beginning of 2012 which has featured on many online publications, often taking the spot of ‘Album Of The Week‘.

With the bass music scene spreading fast in the UK, DJ Q‘s sound is also progressively changing, “I cringe sometimes when I listen back to how bad my tracks sounded“, he states when discussing his previous work, demonstrating how far he has come since entering the  UK music scene. DJ Q is now one of the UK’s biggest bass music names and along with running his own record label, Q Recordings,  2012 is set to be a huge year for DJ Q who is set to push bass music to it’s limit.

Check out the full interview with The Independent Blog below;

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/23/dj-q-bassline%E2%80%99s-breaking-through-even-more-than-when-it-was-commercially-successful/

Ashleigh Ball, a key part of team GB’S Hockey Squad for the 2012 Olympic games, has been working her magic at the Four Nations hockey final in Korea this week. Although Great Britain were defeated in their game against Korea, Ashleigh still battled through scoring a fantastic goal in the 61st minute.

Unfortunately Korea then went on to take the crown and win the championship. Considering the heat and humidity, Great Britain played incredibly well and their coach, Danny Kerry was upbeat about his team’s performance, saying  “This was a really strong team performance and I feel for the girls because they played so well and gave everything. Korea took their limited opportunities very well and at this level it is the smallest things that make a difference.”

Team GB will now travel from Cordoba to Rosario for the FIH 2012 Champions Trophy, which begins next week. Good luck team GB!

The Hub Entertainment are happy to announce that Marcus Bronzy has been selected as the new voice of Channel AKA (Sky Channel 370)

Starting off doing jingles for mix cd’s and DJ’s; Marcus continued to use his own voice when designing imaging on London’s BANG Radio.

Whilst continuing to develop as a broadcaster along with gaining more shows on BBC Radio 1Xtra and BANG Radio, Marcus has also become a respected voiceover artist with a unique skill of adapting his own sound to suit the purpose of a project.

Hard work sure does pay off, congratulations Marcus!

The Great Britain women’s hockey team stormed ahead at the beginning of the Four-Nation warm up tournament in Argentina last night, with a 3-1 win against Korea. Our very own Ashleigh Ball commented on the game stating;

“The game was good performance against a skillful and organised team and a good start to the campaign.  We are playing Argentina tomorrow and they are 2nd in the world and obviously at a home advantage so this will be a big test for us.”

The team will also play New Zealand in the tournament, before a final and 3rd/4th play-off to be played on Sunday.

The Champions Trophy will begin in Rosario, Argentina, on 28 January. Good luck girls, keep up the great work!

The Hub Entertainment are extremely happy to announce that Warner signed girl group, Stooshe, have been add to the Capital FM C List.

The Hub secured Stooshe’s first ever radio play back in September 2011 with their first recording, ‘Betty Woz Gone’.

Austin, CEO of The Hub Entertainment speaks on the news;

“I would like to thank all the specialist DJ’s that have been supporting ‘Love Me’, It’s great news that Capital FM have added the record so early and it’s the least Stooshe’s deserve for their hard work.”

“As The Hub were the company that secured Stooshe their first ever radio play it’s a hugely proud moment for us and I have got to shout out Jane from Warner Records who secured the Capital playlist.”

After a huge week with Stooshe reaching over 140,000 views on their debut video for ‘Love Me’, in just over 24 hours and now being featured on Capital FM’s playlist, 2012 is looking to be a huge year for the group. Congrats girls you deserve it!

The Hub Entertainment provide many radio plugging services, for more information click here or alternatively email info@thehubentertainment.com.

MTV‘s ‘Best Of The Best: UK MCs’ show is back and features our very own BBC Radio 1Xtra / Radio 1 DJ, Charlie Sloth! The show that turned the UK music industry on its head in 2010 has returned to highlight the achievements of UK MCs from the genres of grime and hip-hop and rank those who we felt shone the most in 2011.

Once more MTV will embark on an almost impossible, yet achievable, task and follow up from 2010′s highly credible and revered and controversial show – which featured a panel of industry experts debating, discussing and compiling a list of the Best of the Best UK MCs.

Charlie appears alongside many other industry experts, who are leaders in their chosen fields for the biggest companies in our scene:

Posty (CEO of Grimedaily.com)

Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson (Editor of MTV: The Wrap Up)

Laura ‘Hyperfrank’ Brosnan (Music Journalist)

Morgan Keyz (SB.TV Music Video Director)

Nardene Scott (RWD Magazine Senior Writer)

The show is, once again, hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Vis. MTV wants the top 10 list to reflect the many different facets of being an artist, and to broaden the potential entries beyond the conventional. To compile the list, the panel were asked to select their own 10 individual best MCs of the year based on the following criteria:

Buzz – Which MCs created the most hype online, on TV and in the streets?

Impact – Which MCs influenced the scene commercially and on the underground?

Emceeing Ability – Who displayed the best lyrics, flow and content in their music?

Acclaim – Which MCs got the most praise from DJs, journalists, and the fans?

Charisma – Which MCs set trends, introduced new styles and elevated themselves and the scene in the UK and overseas.

Once all the panellists’ nominations, which consisted of 90 names submitted by 6 panellists as well as 3 members of the MTV talent team, were scored and averaged, the 10 MCs with the highest scores were put into descending order from 10-1.

This year, the show has been split into two parts this year. MCs 10-6 be will revealed this Friday at 5pm over on MTV’s urban destination, www.mtv.co.uk/thewrapup. MCs 5-1 will be revealed three days later on Monday 23, MTV Base, 9.30pm.

Who be crowned the best MC of 2011? Let the debate begin!

Heart FM Breakfast show presenter and award winning journalist, Charlie O’Brien, has this week launched her brand new website; www.charlieobrien.co.uk
 
With celebrity interviews, Heart FM videos and manier podcasts, it’ll be sure to keep you occupied and invite you in to know all you need to know about the blonde bombshell!
 
Be also sure to catch Charlie every weekday morning from 6-10 am on Heart Breakfast 103.1FM & 102.8 FM.