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You’d never have guessed!

AS CAMBRIDGE University's firstblack Students' Union president,Tom faced the formidable challengeof trying to convince a student bodyof 20,000 of the importance of fight-ing for what they believed in.

Among his biggest achievementswas securing £35,000 of universityfunding for the first ever StudentAdvice Service in Cambridge - a featat least nine presidents before himfailed to achieve. Cambridge is nolonger the only Russell Group univer-sity not to have a full time studentadvisor.

Tom also succeeded in getting NickClegg, leader of the LiberalDemocrats, to commit publicly to

voting against tuition fees when hevisited Cambridge to give a talk.

"Nick Clegg! You've been talkingabout tuition fees all this time andyou want students to vote for you atthis election... Will you sign thispledge to vote against an increase intuition fees?"

Tom was appointed borough organ-iser for Lambeth by Citizens UK inthe summer of 2011. He will be work-ing with institutions in south Londonto train and develop leaders, bringtogether community groups andestablish more campaigns.

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We highlight some interesting facts about our favourite celebs

Tom Chigbo

Attended WestinghouseCareer and TechnicalEducation High School inDowntown Brooklyn, withfellow rappers TheNotorious B.I.G. andBusta Rhymes

The US actress is thecousin of music mogulDamon Dash

The Promise Ring singerwas offered a recordingcontract deal when shewas 10 years old

The actor son of WillSmith and Jada Pinkett-Smith is youth ambassa-dors for Project Zambia,which provides assis-tance for Zambian chil-dren orphaned by AIDS

The curvaceous rapperused to be an Americanfootball star. He gained afull scholarship to go toone of the most presti-gious universities, butdropped out

In his first TV role the rap-per played the wheel-chair-bound character ofJimmy. Degrassi: TheNext Generation won himan array of fans

The Liverpool footballlegend’s grandfatherwas the editor of our sis-ter paper, The JamaicaGleaner

The X Factor winner ini-tially trained in opera, butwent on to singing jazzand blues, eventuallyleading to popular music

The Chelsea footballer isrelated to singer MariahCarey. Mariah’s grand-mother was a Colebefore she married andcame from the samearea of Alabama asAshley's ancestors

While the X Factor singerwas at school, she playedfootball for theManchester United under-16s. Misha started singingseriously at age 14

The Fortune star taughthimself to sing anddance. He was the firstmale artist as a lead tohave his debut single topthe chart since P Diddyin 1997

The Monster’s Ballactress recently revealedthat she is distantlyrelated to former Alaskagovernor Sarah Palin

The Lost actor has a lawdegree from King’sCollege London and aMasters in Law from theUniversity of London

The singer studied medi-cine at the University ofGlasgow, but stopped inher fourth year

The British rapper is man-aged by his cousin DumiOburota. Together, theyfounded the independentlabel Disturbing London

At age 17, Oprah won theMiss Black Tennesseebeauty pageant

In a previous interview,Blackwood claimed that ifhe had not made it in showbusiness, he would havebeen "a graphic designer,designing buildings"

JAY-Z:OPRAH:

MISHA B: CHRIS BROWN:

JOHN BARNES:

JADEN SMITH:

DRAKE:

HALLE BERRY:

LEONA LEWIS:

TINIE TEMPAH: EMELI SANDE:

ASHLEY COLE:ADEWALEAKINNUOYE-AGBAJE:

RICHARDBLACKWOOD:

STACEY DASH:RICK ROSS

TIFFANY EVANS:

Dear Kat,

I am ready to have a baby but all my friends are beggingme not to. My ex and I broke up earlier this summer but westill talk and are trying to work things out. Before we fell outwe agreed to try for a baby.

I have finished university now and I don’t see the problemwith us having a child. We both work and he has his ownplace. My friends think we are rushing into it and keep ask-ing me to reconsider.

What should I do?

Carmel

Hi Carmel,

Thanks for your letter.No baby should intentionally be brought into the world

when the relationship between its parents is rocky. It’s unfair. The addition of a baby to the most solid of foundations

can make or break a couple, so what do you think it woulddo if the couple are not seeing eye to eye to begin with?

I’m with your friends on this one and would advise you tothink long and hard about the decision that you’re planningto make. A baby is for life, which to some extent, means thatthis guy will be in your life for just as long. Can you handlethat?

Wait this one out and see how you feel after some seriousthought.

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SHE CAPTURED ourhearts the minute shestepped on the X Factorstage and delivered oneof the most memorable

auditions the ITV1 show hadever seen.

Misha B, a petite, confident,yet coy, Mancunian, belted outa show-stopping rendition of

Aretha Franklin’s Respect tocelebrity judges Gary Barlow,Kelly Rowland, Tulisa and Louiswith the ease and grace of apro. A star had been born, andwe all knew it.

But her journey on the showwasn’t as smooth as we allthought it might be. She unfairlyfaced criticism from some

judges who claimed that her‘backstage antics’ could jeop-ardise her place in the show; acomment, which rocked thestar, her subsequent perform-ances and audience support.

Fast-forward 12 months andthis public rigmarole seems likenothing but a distant memory.

The 20-year-old, who is now

London-based, boasts a criti-cally acclaimed mixtape, a top20 single, a highly-anticipateddebut album in the making anda best newcomer MOBO awardnomination to boot.

She laughs modestly when Ilist her tremendous achieve-ments thus far.

“My journey has been thebest [since leaving the show],”the singer tells me.

“And I think that’s even anunderstatement. I can’t believeit. God is so good, I can’t com-plain. I’m now working on myalbum, I had a song that was inthe top 20 and along with that,[my first single] Home Run isstill being played in America onBET. It’s my dream to have any-thing on there.”

We catch up on the day thevideo for her second single, theemotionally charged ballad DoYou Think of Me, is released.The mention of the video’s con-tent, which follows the life of afather who falls into a life ofalcoholism and his subsequentquest to rekindle a relationshipwith his estranged daughter, isa sobering one.

“It’s quite a personal video.At the time I was thinking, ‘howam I going to have a song thatsays what I want to say in theright way?’”

Misha was left in the care ofher aunt and ‘biggest inspira-tion’ when she was a baby.Following the singer’s stint onthe popular TV show, herestranged birth mother madecontact with the press.

However, despite such paral-lels, Misha, who co-wrote thesong, says it has more of a“general appeal that everyonecan relate to.”

She says: “When I was think-ing about the treatment, Iwanted to put myself in every-body else’s shoes. Whenever

anybody listens to that song, Iget so many people say, ‘itreminds me of my grandma thatpassed away’ or ‘it reminds meof my ex.’ Now seeing the videoit has so many different thingsthat people can relate to. I reallywanted to convey that with thevideo.”

She promises that her albumwill be a solid body of workencompassing a range of emo-tions, musical styles and per-sonal experiences encounteredthroughout her journey.

It may also feature anappearance from hip-hop starMissy Elliott who has made nosecret of her desire to work withthe singer.

“Well, I can’t say much, butwe’re hoping to get somethingdone for the album,” this is allMisha will tell me about a possi-ble collaboration with the USrapper many likened her tothroughout her X Factor jour-ney.

She is, however, more vocalabout recent news that she willsupport Nicki Minaj in concertlater this year.

“With the Nicki Minaj tour, Ididn’t even know this was goingto be an opportunity. I’m justvery blessed and grateful rightnow. At first I thought my man-agement were pulling my leg,but when I saw the email, it con-firmed it. And then Nickitweeted about it,” she explains.

Adding: “I’m ready to sharethe stage with her. I’m nervousbecause it’s an arena tour andNicki’s one of the hottest starsin the world right now. I’m veryexcited.” And also well pre-pared.

The starlet reveals that she isreceiving tips and pointers fromher former X Factor mentor andsinger, Kelly Rowland whoremains in contact.

When talk moves to thefuture, she pauses:

“You never know what Godhas in store or what is next. I’mjust very blessed and gratefulfor right now.”

Do You Think of Me is releasedon Nov 4 through RelentlessRecords

Rapper and reality TV star FlavorFlav retweeted a fan whocommented on his recent

domestic violence arrest in LasVegas.

"Someone forgot to tell (FlavorFlav) not everything that happens

in Vegas stays in Vegas."

KEYSHIA COLE:Hip-hop star Gucci Mane

accused the singer ofsleeping with music mogulP Diddy while she was ina relationship with rapper

Young Jeezy.

KANYE WEST:The rumour mill went

into overdrive last weekwith tabloids claiming

that Kim Kardashian hasset a looming ‘deadline’

for the rapper to pro-pose.

BRANDY:The singer’s latest

album, Two Eleven,was met with scores ofrave reviews when it

was released last week

RIHANNA:Ri Ri has scored a cool

£5m to turn on theChristmas lights atWestfield Shopping

centre in Stratford, eastLondon

X Factor star Misha B talks to YV’s Dionne Grantabout bouncing back from the ITV1 show, workingwith Missy Elliott and touring with Nicki Minaj

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