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Successful siblings:Talent that runs in the family

Baby on board: Wiz and Amber to welcome new arrival?

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JOAN EKAJEH wants to be a doctorwhen she is older.

And the 16-year-old pupil atBlackheath Bluecoats School in southLondon has started her journey to thataspiration in an excellent manner.

“I’m feeling really good, becauseI’ve passed all my GCSEs, and I’ve gota couple of As and A*s to show for it,”Joan said rather modestly. To be pre-cise she achieved nine As and an A* inchemistry.

The Year 11 student, who hopes togo into “either paediatrics, or surgeryof some sort,” has not made her mindup as to which is her preferred univer-sity to study medicine.

However, that choice can wait; hergood grades have given her the

choice of deciding where she studiesher A-levels. “I’ve got two choices:Christ The King College or BethsGrammar School.”

It is a selection that would not benecessary if Greenwich Council hadnot decided to permanently shut herschool, which counts murderedteenager Stephen Lawrence and foot-baller Rio Ferdinand as former pupils.

“I’m gutted that it’s closing down,”said Joan. “It’s been a great five years,I’m really going to miss it. And to behonest, if the school were to stay open,I would probably stay for the sixth form.I’ve gotten used to the teachers, andthe teachers know what I’m capable ofdoing. I’m settled in, so I wouldn’t haveto start over again.”

Joan Ekajeh

1. AKON AND BU: One is an award-win-ning singer, the other is a top recordexecutive. We would’ve loved to be inthis gene pool

2. BRADLEY AND SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS: The sons of footballlegend Ian Wright have followed intheir father’s twinkle-toed footsteps onthe field

3. BRANDY AND RAY J: The famoussinging siblings have given the R‘n’Bcharts a good run for their money overthe years

4. ERYKAH BADU AND NAYROCK:Singer Erykah Badu loves to go againstthe grain; her singing sister Nayrock isthe same

5. JENNIFER AND LINDA LOPEZ: Nowonder the My Love Don’t Cost A Thingsinger knows how to work the media.Her sister is a successful US journalist

6. KIM, KOURTNEY & KHLOE KAR-DASHIAN: The three eldest girls of thefamous clan know a thing or two aboutbuilding an empire, don’t they?

7. MICHAEL AND JANET JACKSON:They might come from a huge family,but this talented pair had a specialrelationship

8. OMARION AND O’RYAN: The formerB2K star obviously rubbed off on hisyounger brother. O’Ryan launched amusic career soon after Omarion

9. LEWIS AND NIC HAMILTON: The F1star and younger brother have a needfor speed. After spending much of hislife in a wheelchair, Nic is now estab-lishing himself as a racing driver

10. ANTON AND RIO FERDINAND:They’re probably more known for whatthey do off the pitch than what they doon it, but we’re sure these ballingbrothers make their parents proud

11. SKEPTA & JME: The UK rappershave made quite a name for them-selves on the underground scene.Brothers doing it for themselves!

12. BEYONCÉ AND SOLANGE: Thispair need little introduction. TheKnowles sisters have been singingsince they discovered a mic

13. THE ROSS CLAN: The children ofsinger Diana Ross have made greatstrides in the world of TV. Tracee EllisRoss (second from left) won twoNAACP awards for her role in the sit-com Girlfriends

14. TIA AND TAMERA MOWRY: Ourfavourite TV twins. Curly hair orstraight hair, the Sister Sister stars area prime example of longevity in the tel-evision industry

15. USHER AND JAMES: The Climaxsinger and his songwriter brotherJames know how to make a hit or two

16. VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS:The tennis aces have monopolised thegame for years. Never fail to makedaddy proud

17. THE WAYANS BROTHERS: Thefamous family of thespians. Frommovies to television, they’ve done it all

18. WILLOW AND JADEN SMITH: Withparents as famous as Will Smith andJada Pinkett-Smith, did you ever doubtthat this pair would be anything but?

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SUCCESSFUL Siblings

Dear Kat,My boyfriend got another girl pregnant when he cheated on me

and he wants me to forgive him. I agreed to keep talking to him but he keeps pushing for more. He

always tells me that he doesn’t love her and he made a mistake butI just can’t look past it.

I really love him, so this is really hard for me.What should I do?

Tanya M, 19

Hi Tanya,Wow. What a sad and unfortunate situation.We all make mistakes, fact. However, many of us can go through life with-

out ever having to reap any repercussions for those mistakes. Yourboyfriend wasn’t one of those people.

He made a mistake and the fallout from it means an unplanned child andthe prospect of losing you.

Despite how angry you are, you’re not ready to lose him either. Love is ahard thing to shake.

Don’t beat yourself up at the fact you’re still talking to him if this makesdealing with the situation easier for you, but understand that in doing so, it’sprobably going to make it harder to let go in the long run.

You are both constantly reminded of what you had and don’t want to let go.But the reality of the situation is that he has had or is having a baby with

somebody else. Are you discussing this in your conversations? Are you talk-ing about how you will continue your relationship after the fact? This isimportant.

Make sure that your conversations have a direction, especially if you’regoing to continue seeing each other. It’s a tough situation and it’s going torequire a level of maturity on both of your parts.

Be honest with each other. Maybe give yourself some time to think the sit-uation through alone and weigh it up properly.

Let me know how you get on.

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THERE ARE many mys-teries in this world yet tobe solved, but I think Imay have cracked a cru-cial one. No, I can’t tell

you the meaning of life, but I cannow reveal how many officialmembers there are in eastLondon grime collective, RollDeep

"The last count was 1.6 mil-lion!" says Roll Deep groupmember, Manga when we catchup.

But all jokes aside, I amtempted to believe that the suc-cessful crew may haveamassed a similar membershipcount throughout their 10-yearreign.

In fact, since the award-win-ning group appeared on thescene a decade ago, some ofthe UK's most well-known rap-pers have spent time 'rolling inthe deep' with the crew, includ-ing names such as DizzeeRascal and Tinchy Stryder.While their line-up may havechanged, the standard of talenthasn't faltered. To name checka few of the alumni, we haveFlowDan, Brazen, Manga, J2K,Target, Scratchy, Brazen, DJKarnage, as well as singer,Tania Foster who are keepingthe movement alive. With suchbig personalities as these, canyou imagine their studio ses-

sions? Before mymind can take a tripdown imaginationdrive, Manga derailsmy train of thought.

"There is not asmuch havoc as youthink," he tells me.Then he laughs andadds, "Actuallymaybe there is! Noseriously, because Iam in it I can see thatthere is organisationto the chaos.Everyone is just thereworking, we all knowthat we have some-

thing to do, so we get it alldone. "The only thing that doeshappen when we are workingall together is that if someone isrubbish, they just get taken offthe song. There is alwayssomeone to replace you, soyou better come with your bestverse."

This competitive edge seemsto have worked wonders for RollDeep, who have scored twonumber one singles during theirtime. However, with critics con-tinuing to argue that grime isdead, how does a group, bornfrom the genre, survive? "Thereare still new people makinggrime and the people com-

plaining that the ones whostarted the scene aren't makinggrime, are still putting the musicout there." He pauses, thenadds: "There have been nega-tive and positive changes togrime, though. The positivesare it can now be seen more.It’s not just some small under-ground genre that nobodypays attention to. The negativesare people are a bit more cau-tious of it. Emcees are notgoing to say something reck-less because they've realisedthat this game is actually acareer now, rather than some-thing we do for fun." When talkmoves to the controversial topicof, ‘selling out for mainstreamsuccess,’ he argues: "There is adifference between being suc-cessful and selling out. Peoplewill only think you are selling outwhen you have success andyou don't acknowledge whereyou came from."

"We have had good timeswith our single Green Light andour albums, but in the midst ofthat we have made hard grimetunes as well. People recogniseyou as successful when theysee that you keep havinghits.Then they know that it is nota game or that you’re in it to getquick money." With their latest

album aptly titled X (Roman numeral for 10),

weeks away from release, it’sclear that Roll Deep are in it forthe long-haul.

"Our new album X, tells thestory of how we got here. Ourfans can expect good musicand we are still keeping it fresh.I don't want to say that we haveanother 10 years because thatsounds so generic, like 'yeahwe have another ten years'," helaughs, "let's say we haveanother seven instead!"

Before I let Manga go, Iattempt to solve another RollDeep mystery by asking how usmere mortals can join the crew."You have to be patient. Youhave to be talented. And youhave to be able to cuss! If youfall asleep and you are dribblingor something you will be knownas 'dribble mouth' forever!”

Michael Gray feat Roll Deep Can’tWait For The Weekend is out Sept23. X is out on Oct 11 throughCooking Vinyl.

Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am let his fansknow he was ‘ok’ after he and singer CherylCole were involved in a car accident in LA

recently

RITA ORA:The How We Do (Party) star

has reportedly split fromrumoured lover and reality TV

star Rob Kardashian, justdays after he was spotted out

with Rihanna.

BOBBY BROWN:The singer checked

himself out of the rehabcentre where he was

thought to be receivingtreatment for alcoholaddiction problems

AMBER ROSE AND WIZKHALIFA:

Sources close to theceleb couple have

claimed that they are‘expecting’ their first

child in January

DR DRE:It has been reported that

Beats Electronics, thecompany co-owned by the

hip-hop mogul andInterscope big wig, Jimmy

Iovine, will create a phone torival Apple’s iPhone

Manga of Roll Deep talks to YV’s Akilah Russell about the group’s10th anniversary, the growth of grime and his future in music

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