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After a few name changes,Destiny’s Child release theirself-titled debut album. No NoNo is the first single andreaches No 1 on the BillboardR&B/hip-hop and No 3 on theBillboard Hot 100

With a slew of awards undertheir belt, they record their thirdalbum, Survivor. It went fourtimes platinum in the US andsold 12 million copies world-wide

In late 2000, the trioannounce that they willembark on solo projects

Michelle releases gospelalbum Heart to Yours. Theoffering reaches No 1 on theBillboard gospel charts

SOLO SUCCESS:Kelly collaborates with rapper,Nelly on summer smashDilemma. The song becomesa worldwide hit and earns Kellya Grammy award. Shebecomes the first member togo No 1 as a solo artist

Destiny’s child’s achieve-ments are immortalisedwhen the trio are inductedinto the Hollywood Walk ofFame

The ladies go on to releasemore solo material, Beyoncégets married and gives birthand Kelly judges on the UK XFactor. They shock the world inJanuary by announcing theywill reform for Love Songs

In 2004, and after a three-yearhiatus, the ladies get backtogether to release the aptlytitled Destiny Fulfilled. It failed totop the success of its proces-sor Survivor

Group members LaToya andLaTavia, who complained thatmanager Matthew had taken adisproportionate share of thegroup’s profits, were replacedwith new members MichelleWilliams and Farah Franklin

Beyoncé’s first solo albumDangerously In Love is releasedin 2003. It debuts at No 1, selling317,000 and is headed by singleCrazy In Love

A young group of singers,including Beyoncé, Kelly andLaTavia, form to make upGirl’s Tyme. They are cutdown to four by managerMatthew Knolwes. LeToyaLuckett is added to line-up

The DC ladies go on torelease The Writing’s On TheWall, which becomes theirbreakthrough album. SingleBills Bills Bills becomes theirfirst US No 1

TROUBLE IN PARADISE:

NEW DAY:HEAVENLY MUSIC:ON THE UP: SOLO STARS:

A STAR IS BORN:

The DC girls, now down tothree members, recordIndependent Women Part 1, thetheme song for the Charlie’sAngels film soundtrack. It wastheir longest-running No 1 sin-gle of their career

BACK TOGETHER:IT GETS BETTER:

After five months of perform-ing with Destiny’s Child,Farah leaves the group.Michelle reportedly said thather former bandmate,‘couldn’t handle the stress’.

BABY FACED: STUDIO TIME: TAKING OFF:

Beyoncé stars alongsideMike Myers in the box officehit, Austin Powers inGoldmember. She alsoreleases her first solo single,Work It Out for the film’ssoundtrack

WHEN IT RAINS, ITPOURS:

GOODBYE FOR NOW:The following year, DCannounce that after ‘somedeep soul searching’ theyare to split via an exclusiveletter to MTV.

ONE FOR THE ROAD:The trio give their farewell per-formance at the NBA All-Stargame in 2006. Beyoncé com-ments: "It's the last album, butit's not the last show."

Days after the R&B trio announced their long-awaited comeback, we take a lookback at their journey

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AFTER BEING elected to the JuniorCommon Room (JCR) Presidency ofSt Peter’s College, Oxford, Danielknew that he would have to strike abalance between his responsibility tohis fellow students and his degree.

Raised in Birmingham and state schooleducated, Daniel admits that moving toOxford was “a huge shock to the system”.Rather than letting the change of environ-ment faze him, he saw the opportunity toencourage open-mindedness and diversityamongst his peers. “I grew up in an areawhich is infamous for gangs and crime andI just wanted to go somewhere like Oxfordand use my position to make a change”.

Before taking up his place to read eco-

nomics and management at Oxford, Danieltook a gap year to serve his community. Hespent the year shadowing a local councillorand getting involved in community projects.The massive football fan, who plays for StPeter’s First team, set up a local footballteam after friends complained of lack ofentertainment in the area. Daniel was ableto secure £3,000 to establish the team,which has now been running for threeyears.

He co-ordinated the kit design and pur-chase, found a pitch to play regularly onand hired a manager.

Daniel is also involved in the ChristianUnion and University Labour Club.

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Dear Kat,

I want to dedicate my life to charity and become a philanthropist,but my parents don’t think that I can turn it into a career.

They said they will not kick me out if I go to university, but I don’twant to feel forced. I think doing work for others is better than livinga life selfishly.

It’s crazy because I have no idea why it’s such a big deal?What can I do to make them see that this is something close to

my heart and something that I’m giving some serious thought to?

Rohan, 19

Hi Rohan,

First, I’ll start by telling you that I truly respect your decision. To say you can’t make a career out of philanthropy is harsh.

Have you looked at the possibility of seeking employment withina charitable organisation and maybe volunteer on the side? Yourparents are probably scared about finance should you choosethis as a vocation. Maybe try and present them with this ideainstead?

This will not only please them, but ensure that you can be finan-cially independent too!

Not everyone wants to go to university, but there is no harm inconsidering it.

I can understand why it may not seem like such a big deal toyou, but parents care about the choices their children makebecause they’ve been there.

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THROUGH HIS mis-fortune, reggae starI-Octane found for-tune. His dreams ofbecoming an archi-

tect were thrashed when hismother was unable to raise thefunds to send him to college tostudy the art form forcing the reg-gae star to consider turning ahobby into a viable vocation.

Friends had long told I-Octane, real name Byiome Muir,that he was musically gifted, butit was only when his back wasagainst the wall, that he gave itsome serious thought.

“After I left school, my friendsin the community told me to pur-sue a career in music. They moti-

vated me because wheneverthey listened to my music, mylyrics and the sentences I con-structed, they said it soundedbetter than some of the men onradio,” he says.

“I always loved music, I alwaysloved noise. My mum used tobeat me because I used to makenoise all the time, but I did lovearchitecture too. I was good atthat. After I left school my mumdidn’t really have the money tofinance that course, so I wasn’table to continue it at college.Looking back, I give thanks thatit never went that way.”

I-Octane grew up in Jamaica’sSandy Bay in the musically fruit-

ful parish of Clarendon. He wasa boisterous and ambitious teenwhose talent began attractingattention from far and wide, buthis extracurricular performancestook a back seat as he preparedfor a career in architecture.

Once he made the difficultdecision to default on furtherstudies, the 24-year-old wasintroduced to the island’s toprecord producers who startedbuilding his portfolio and in hisown words, “the rest is history”.

He began voicing hardcoredancehall songs for thePenthouse label under the nameRichie Rich. He later moved tothe Arrows international stable

and re-launched himself as I-Octane. Upon moving awayfrom Arrows, I-Octane cameunder the guidance of RobertLivingstone, the man who tookShaggy to his heights of interna-tional popularity.

He reflects: “I started off withnuff songs like Jeans and themsongs there. One of the main hitswas Gunrise.” But it wasarguably 2007’s Stab Vampirethat solidified his path to star-dom.

A slew of heavily rotated sin-gles and show bookings fol-lowed before I-Octane, a refer-ence to his energetic tempera-ment, made the transition toestablished star with an atten-tion-grabbing performance at theannual Reggae Sumfest in 2011.Then came the release of lastyear’s L.O.V.E.Y.O.U taken fromhis No 1 debut album, Crying ToThe Nation, which introduced thestar to the international market.

His raspy vocals on theseductive reggae track hasnotched up almost half a millionhits on YouTube and is a crowdfavourite all around the world.

“Well the UK is my homeground you know, trust me. I’vebeen to the UK about threetimes already and I did a UKtour. I performed in London,Birmingham, Liverpool and all ofthose places. All of those showssold out. I was booked for theOne Love concert, but it wascancelled because of securityreasons. The UK people loveme. I worked at BrixtonAcademy; already I’ve done a lotof things in the UK. I think thefans know me as much as they

do in the Caribbean,” he says.On a debate that ravished last

year’s annual St Kitts MusicFestival, where he performedalongside fellow stars Popcaanand Morgan Heritage, does hethink that the UK is doingenough to support reggaemusic? He sighs:

“From my perspective, I don’tthink they don’t support reggaeenough, I think they support reg-gae quite well, but there isalways room for improvement.”

But the star is giving the UKno reason not to support hiscatchy new single with one ofJamaica’s finest exports, BountyKiller. Badmind Dem A Pree, adancefloor filler, shows off theartists vocal dexterity as he goeshead to head with one of his“biggest influences.”

“I have a whole heap of artiststhat influence me. Internationallythey include Sade and locallythere’s Sizzla, Beres Hammond,

Buju Banton, Spragga Benz,Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, every-body!”, he laughs.

When asked whether hissound fell more into the dance-hall or reggae genre, he replied:“I could do both, but I representmyself on any rhythm on anygenre of the music. I stick to thesame positive vibrations. I don’tlimit myself to one genre, I seemyself as a musician, players ofinstrument and make a joyfulnoise onto the Lord. I just seemyself as a musician.”

His advice for upcomingstars? “Believe in your material,believe in the Almighty, putnobody above him, and respectthe elders in the business whopaved the way for you.

He adds: “Just leave room forgrowth and learn how to acceptother opinions.”

For more information, visit:www.ioctanemusic.com

Chief Keef took to Twitter to mourn theloss of his step brother, who wasgunned down in Chicago last week.

“R I P Bro BooMan#NoWorries #Bang.”

AZEALIA BANKS: Anti-homophobia

campaigners blasted therapper for a ‘gay slur’ she

directed at celebrityblogger, Perez Hilton.

HONEY COCAINE: The rising hip-hop starwas accused of beingthe reason behind the

suicide of rapper,Freddy E.

TREY SONGZ: The R&B star

impressed critics withhis acting skills in new

film Chainsaw 3D,which recently topped

the US box office.

BEYONCÉ: The superstar is set toperform the nationalanthem at President

Barack Obama'sinauguration on Jan 21.

Simple, effortless, pretty

KERRY WASHINGTON:Bright, slick, confident

JAMIE FOXX:

TWEET OF THEWEEK

Jamaican reggae star I-Octane talks to YV’sDionne Grant about his journey, respecting yourelders and representing himself in every genre

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