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Speech Debelle Announces First Ever U.S. Dates

Mercury Prize Winner Has Three Shows Planned

Sep 24, 2009

Mercury Prize-winning British rapper Speech Debelle has announced her first ever American shows. She will be performing in New York and Los Angeles in late October. More

Speech Debelle Wins the Mercury Prize

British Rapper Beats out Bat For Lashes, Florence and the Machine, The Horrors, Friendly Fires, The Invisible

Sep 08, 2009

Speech Debelle has won this year’s Mercury Prize, it was just announced at a ceremony in London. The British rapper was something of a surprise winner and beat out the likes of The Horrors, Friendly Fires, Bat For Lashes, The Invisible, Florence and the Machine, Kasabian, Glasvegas, and others. Debelle took the stage and immediately gave a shout out to one of her fellow nominees. “Big up The Invisible,” she said. Debelle had told BBC 6 Music radio earlier in the evenining that The Invisible were her favorite other nominee. Ironically, despite her name, Speech Debelle gave a short speech. She thanked her label, producers, and family (“my gran’s over there”).The winner is awarded 20,000 pounds and Debelle also said, “Thank-you to whoever’s name is on the check.” More