ABOVE: SPEECH DEBELLE. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHIL SHARP. British MC Speech Debelle first entered the scene in 2009 with a deeply personal first album, Speech Therapy. Refreshing, honest and lacking the ...

Speech Debelle’s second album, Freedom of Speech, confuses artistic seriousness with topical seriousness. Debelle speaks of the Irish potato famine, civil unrest, dependence on oil, depression ...

U.K. hip-hop newcomer Speech Debelle, winner of the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize, has been in the studio with Adele and Duffy co-writer Eg White ahead of her debut U.S. dates next month. By Andre ...

The heat is rising on U.K. rapper Speech Debelle's career after her debut album, "Speech Therapy" (Big Dada), beat La Roux, Florence & the Machine and Kasabian to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize… By ...

Hip-hop artist Speech Debelle's "Speech Therapy" was named the best album of the past year by a U.K. or Irish artist. By Andre Paine, Billboard, The Associated Press LONDON — Hip-hop artist Speech ...

Speech Debelle more than has her work cut out for her. First and foremost, she’s a woman trying to make it in the rap game, which we all know is not the easiest battle. Most female rappers propelled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speech Debelle ( Ty Faruki ) An award-winning rapper who’s facing legal action from Arts Council England (ACE) following her ...

Speech Debelle has opened up about her place in the political world. The British rapper told Observer she has to be political because of her race and gender. She said: "I'm a black British woman who ...

It would have been easy to see Speech Debelle as a one hit wonder. Although her Mercury-winning debut album wasn’t exactly a hit – it didn’t receive the sales hike normally associated with winners.

Speech Debelle has said that her fallout with record label Big Dada "needed to happen". The rapper won the Mercury Prize for her debut album Speech Therapy but appeared to split from her label soon ...

Mercury music prize winner Speech Debelle will release a cook book alongside her new album. Titled ‘tantil before i breathe.’ the album will be Speech Debelle’s third full-length LP. Considered to be ...

After nine nights of live music at the 100 Club in London, present their final night of live music tonight (10 August) with headliner Nas being supported by Kano and award-winning musician, Speech ...