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Prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama Admits First Rapper Jack Derbyshire, AKA Jakaboski, into Program

With the burgeoning awaking of classical music hitting youth around the nation, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, one of the world’s leading music conservatories, has just admitted its first rapper, according to Noisey.The student is Jack Derbyshire, 25, who began rapping around age 14 under the solo moniker Jakaboski and within a collective called Strangelove.“I heard about Guildhall and the Leadership program through a friend,” he said. “I then met the course leaders for a chat and it went from there. The audition was tough. I was insecure about my lack of musical training, but it must have gone all right because I'm here now, right?”After impressing the examiners, Derbyshire was invited to join the Masters in Leadership program, a two-year course which encourages musicians to work with aspiring performers in their local community.
By Jaime Prisco

  • K-Pop Top Producer Brave Brothers Comes to US; Records with YG, Eric Bellinger; In Talks with Nelly, Cee Lo Green and DJ Mustard

    Brave Brothers, one of the top K-Pop producers, is expanding his repertoire to stateside acts, like YG, DJ Mustard and Nelly.Brave Brothers, whose real name is Kang Dong-chul has already completed studio sessions with popular rapper YG, who is currently signed to Def Jam Records and "Awkward" singer Eric Bellinger, according to Damuer H. Leffridge. Leffridge is managing partner at Popular Music Group and helped connect K-pop girl group T-ara N4 to open a Chris Brown concert last year.Leffridge seems to be the man who had connections between U.S. and Korean relationships. He told Billboard that composer/songwriter Brave Brothers met Cee Lo Green — but did not record with him — and is in talks to connect with DJ Mustard and Nelly, too. The exec has been posting pictures from all the Los Angeles meetings.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati Proposes to Girlfriend, Soprano Amina Edris, Live on Stage in Front of 7,000 Fans

    Pene Pati of the hit singing group Sol3 Mio proposed to his girlfriend, soprano Amina Edris, live on stage at a Sol3 Mio concert in Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 21.Audiences got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at Sol3 Mio’s "Christmas in the Vines" show. After serenading Edris with the beautiful German aria "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz," he brought members of their families on stage to present her with red roses before bending to one knee and asking her to marry him."The proposal was a big surprise for Amina and when the moment came to do it, I took a big gulp and knew there was no going back," Pati said. "I had no Plan B if she said no in front of thousands of people, but I was quietly confident it would all go well.”Lucky for him, Edris, who had charmed the audience with her own performances earlier in the evening, said yes as the crowd cheered and waved glow sticks to congratulate the couple.The couple met in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011 on a week-long singing course backed by Kiwi opera legend Dame Malvina Major. Pati was then an unknown tenor and Edris was also trying to get her foot in the door as a singer.
    By Jaime Prisco
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