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Diaz?

Dappy and K Koke battle online

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THE SHOW Me Amazing FootballAcademy is the brainchild of JuniorOgunyemi. The 22-year-old Londonerestablished the institute on limitedresources and a deep desire to usefootball as a vehicle to transform livesand has watched his sporting venturegrow, largely by word of mouth, fromstrength to strength.

Ogunyemi and his team now workwith around 80 children, providingmore – he insists – than football train-ing. “It’s about so much more thanthat,” the self-styled social entrepre-neur says. “It’s about personal devel-opment and confidence and self-belief.” And many agree.

Ogunyemi’s efforts were recognisedwith the Unlimited Sport Relief Award2010, a £7,500 prize fund for his acad-emy. He was also the recipient of theNational Varsity Pitch SocialEntrepreneurship Award 2010.

Additionally, he was awarded£2,000 start up funding fromKnowledge East Enterprise Networkand is about to launch his second ven-ture, the student magazine Spotlight22.

“I have so many ideas. My aim is toturn all of my hobbies into businesses,so it never feels like work,” the soon-to-be vice president of Queen Mary’sEnterprise Society says.

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INDIA ARIE: Video“I'm not the average girl fromyour video and I ain't built like asupermodel, but I learned to lovemyself unconditionally because Iam a queen…”

DES’REE: You Gotta Be“You gotta be bad, you gotta bebold, you gotta be wiser, yougotta be hard, you gotta betough, you gotta be stronger…”

MS DYNAMITE: It TakesMore“It takes more, to amuse a girllike me. So much more, toconfuse a girl like me…”

ETANA: I’m Not Afraid“No I am not afraid....If them acome let them come cause I'mprotected by the most I one…”

MARIAH CAREY: MakeIt Happen“I held on to my faith, Istruggled and I prayed andnow I've finally found myway…”

JAMELIA: Thank You“You coulda had it all babe, Itcoulda been so right… Yeah,you taught me some lessons,those are my blessings. Thatwon't happen again…”

JENNIFER HUDSON:And I’m Telling You“Tear down the mountains,yell, scream and shout. Youcan say what you want, I'm notwalking out…”

TAMIA: Me “Her name is me, and sheloves me more than you'llever know. I finally see thatloving you and loving mejust don't seem to work atall…”

KANDI: Don’t Think I’mNot“ I couldn't put up with yourscheming and I couldn't putup with your lies. They saytwo wrongs won't make itright, but it's suiting me justfine…”

CHAKA KHAN: I’m EveryWoman“I'm every woman, it's all in me.Anything you want done, baby,I'll do it naturally…”

KERI HILSON: Pretty GirlRock“All eyes on me when I walk in.No question that this girl's a 10.Don't hate me ‘cause I'mbeautiful…”

ARETHA FRANKLIN:Respect“All I'm asking is for a littlerespect when you come home(just a little bit), hey baby (justa little bit)”

MARY J BLIGE: TakeMe As I Am“You know I've been holdingon. Try to make me weak, but Istill stay strong. Take me as Iam or have nothing at all…”

DESTINY’S CHILD:Independent Woman“All the women who areindependent throw your hands upat me. All the honeys makingmoney, throw your hands up atme…”

ALICIA KEYS: AWoman’s Worth“Cause a real man knows a realwoman when he sees her and areal man just can't deny awoman's worth…”

CHRISTINA AGUILERA:Can’t Hold Us Down“So what, am I not supposed tohave an opinion? Should I bequiet because I'm a woman?Guess it's easier for you toswallow if I sat and smiled…”

KELIS: Bossy“You don't have to love me, youdon't even have to like me, butyou will respect me. You knowwhy? ‘Cause I'm a boss!”

INDEPENDENT WOMENA se lec t ion o f empower ing songs to round up

In te rna t iona l Women ’s Month1 5

Dear Kat,

I need your help.

All my boys have been with a girl, but I haven’t. When they talkabout who they’ve been with, I’ll go on like I know what they’re talk-ing about, but in truth I don’t. I learn most of what I’m saying from TVand films.

They’ve all got links, but most of the girls I know just see me as afriend. How can I change that?

Anon, 16

Hi Anon,

I don’t get many letters from guys, so this makes a welcomechange.

Firstly, know that you’re not alone. There are loads of 16-year-oldboys that are yet to experience their first sexual encounter. Don’trush. Things done in haste become problems later.

Although your friends may make it seem as though you’re miss-ing out on an earth-shattering act, in truth, many are exaggerating.Your time will come and you’ll be glad you waited.

That special lady deserves a man that hasn’t been around theblock.

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BY NIGHT she's at r a n s a t l a n t i csuperstar work-ing with the likesof US rapper

The Game and by day she hasher head submerged in studybooks as she works towards adegree in medicine.

That's singer Amy Steele'sreality for the next few yearsbecause as she juggles acareer in music, she is dili-gently working towards herdream of becoming a doctor.Who sings.

“I grew up wanting to be adoctor, but I've always lovedmusic,” the 21-year-old starts.

“I always loved singing, but itjust felt like a dream. And nowI'm going for it, music is defi-nitely what I want to do. In thesame breath, I definitely want tofinish my degree and become

a doctor. Hopefully I'll be ableto use that qualification to docharity work with the Red Crossand other meaningful organisa-tions.”

Asked how she balances thetime between two equallydemanding vocations, Amyreplies: “I think when you reallywant something, you just makeit work. I'm in the studio on theweekends and I go to universityin the day. I make the time.”

It's that simple.The UK star, who cites

Mariah Carey and WhitneyHouston as some of her musi-cal inspirations, started singingfrom the days when flashinglights on the bottom of yourtrainers were all the rage, butadmits that her “love of per-forming has grown over theyears.”

She spent much of her early

teens singing the hooks onsongs for fellow artists, untilsomeone heard her sing andencouraged her to pursue asolo career.

“I was in the right place atthe right time when I gotsigned,” she says. “There wasan artist being signed to thegroup that I'm with and I washelping out with some produc-tion stuff. He was a rapper andI was just singing along. It did-n't work out for him, but theywere keen to sign anotherartist. I had recorded a coupleof songs at this point and theywere like, 'We love your voice,is this something that youwould want to pursue?' I waslike, 'Yes, definitely.'”

Amy released debut singleAngel Fall in 2011, which fea-tured the raspy vocals of multi-platinum rapper The Game and

received radio play on BBCRadio 1Xtra, introducing her tothe music world in great style.

After being holed up in thestudio for the past year, not tomention putting the hours in onher degree, Amy is ready foranother assault on the chartwith latest single All The Same.

The sassy track is producedby fellow Brit Starboy Nathan.Though known more recentlyfor his appearance on popularTV talent show, X Factor,Starboy Nathan is a top 40-sell-ing artist himself, most notablyfor his 2005 hit Come Into MyRoom.

For the new single, Amy alsocalls on The Game for anotherguest verse, but this time theyare joined also by KevinMcCall, a rapper who mostfamously produced and fea-tured on Chris Brown'sGrammy-nominated hitDeuces.

“The Game and I haveworked together before so itwas like a reintroduction forus,” she recalls. “And the per-son who wrote the song sent itto Kevin and asked if he wouldbe interested in gettinginvolved. He loved the song. Itwas a transatlantic thing.”

She adds: “The best partabout the song is that it wasspontaneous. I'd actuallyrecorded the track in the studiowith Starboy Nathan and waslike, 'Do we have some extratime to do a remix? StarboyNathan is just crazy talentedand he came up with this trackand I

loved it so much that I made itthe main track and the otherone the remix.”

Likening their relationship tothe magical affinity shared withUS producer Timbaland andsinger Justin Timberlake, sheadds: “It's great when someonegets your sound, it's also greatwhen someone pushes you outof your comfort zone. It makesyou create so much more.”

When we discuss StarboyNathan's appearance on XFactor and the influx of musictalent shows, her stance isclear: “I think that it's a difficultindustry and I think that showslike the X Factor are entertain-ing, but I don't know aboutlongevity although I think theyare a great showcase for peo-ple’s talent.”

She adds: “I'm really proudof where the UK scene is rightnow. In recent years it has

really grown and I think that'samazing. People, especiallyoverseas are really interested inwhat's happening in the UK. It'sgoing back to how it was along time ago when the UKwas the centre of music pro-duction.”

On how she intends to play apart in continuing to fly the flagfor British music and its influ-ence around the world, shesays: “I want my music totouch people. I want it to be agreat influence. In 20 or 30years from now, I want peopleto still be able to listen to mymusic. I also hope to be puttingin work overseas with the UN. Iwant my music and philan-thropy to reach and touch somany people.”

All The Same (London Remix) isreleased on May 6. For more informa-tion follow @AmySteeleMusic onTwitter

Former N-Dubz star Dappy locked hornswith fellow rapper K Koke after he

claimed the No Regrets star was angryat him for not returning his many calls

“@KokeUSG I respect yourMovement and that but I’m afraid

we all know u jus ain’t on my levelyet!!!!”

LIL WAYNE: The US rapper washospitalised aftersuffering multiple

seizures. TMZ claimed hewas read his “last rites”.He is now recovering.

RITA ORA: The singer felt the

wrath of troublesomestar Azealia Banks onTwitter last week whenthe star accused her of

being “thirsty”

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE:JT’s latest album The20/20 Experience shotto No.1 on iTunes in

both the UK and USA.He also confirmed a

sequel

TINIE TEMPAH:The UK rapper isbelieved to have

exchanged numbers withHollywood star Cameron

Diaz at a recent party

Cute, simple, chic

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN:Understated, confident, sexy

KHLOE KARDASHIAN:

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UK songstress Amy Steele talks to YV’s DionneGrant about recording with The Game, charitywork and balancing university and music

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