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About Me

Hey people! My name's Doyin (the homies call me Doy Doy or Dee), I'm a freelance journalist (who doesn't mind doing unpaid work - just drop me a message) and a current student (BA Journalism and Sociology Degree).I love writing and you can find my articles in The Platform Magazine (www.theplatformag.com) and The Endz Magazine. My writing style is nice, breezy, neat, informative and is always a joy to read (view my blogs for examples).The sole reason for my presence on myspace is to network with individuals/companies/organisations in the media industry.
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My Interests

Writing, always doing the right thing (like Spike Lee), reading, history, learning, different cultures, current affairs, politics, music, self empowerment, religion and loads more....

I'd like to meet:

Editors and other media industry individuals...(Unrealistically speaking I would like to meet Aretha Franklin, Maya Angelou, Lauryn Hill and Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones aka Escobar - Plus these 4 would make an amazing interview).

Music:

Soul/Funk, Neo-Soul, Real Hip Hop, African Musique (Afrobeat, Highlife, Afro Juju and Fuji) and UK (Grime/Garage/Hip Hop) all the way baby!!!!

Movies:

The Color Purple, Malcom X, City Of God, Waiting To Exhale, School Daze (Im quite fond of all Spike Lee joints actually), S.W.A.T, The Italian Job, Shawshank Redemption, Do The Right Thing, Get On The Bus, Pressure, Juice, Poetic Justice, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Jungle Fever, Who Framed Roger Rabit, Shaka Zulu, Sango, Owo Blow, Madam Dearest(amazing yoruba film mehn) and loads more....

Books:

HP Series (The final book was AMAZING), No Disrespect by Sista Souljah, A Piece Of Cake by Cupcake Brown, And Still I Rise by Doreen Lawrence, There Aint No Black In The Union Jack by Paul Gilroy, The Friends by Rosa Guy and The Twits by Roald Dahl (classic).

My Blog

BASHYS NEW TUNE - BLACK BOYS

Constructive emcee, Bashy, is presenting a positive image of black boys with his pioneering tune, simply titled Black Boys. The song is dedicated to brothas making movements towards success. More sp...
Posted by HRH Dee on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:44:00 PST

RIP Fopp and Finding Forever

My homeboy and teacher Common has released a new album and I recently got paid; so I was ready, willing and able to purchase Finding Forever. So my next move was to do my research and find out ...
Posted by HRH Dee on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:57:00 PST

Event: Rise Festival

Superstar artists such as Kelis, Jamelia, K'naan and one of Naija's finest 2Face; graced the Rise festival with their presence last week at Finsbury Park. For those of you who have had your...
Posted by HRH Dee on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:49:00 PST

Event: Inspire

As a lover of poetry and music immediately this event captured my interest when it was brought to my attention (thank you Jadine and Serena). Inspire is a weekly open mic night dedicated to the arts (...
Posted by HRH Dee on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:39:00 PST

ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY ACT ANNIVERSARY

Toaday marks the 200th anniversary of the abolishment of the slave trade act in Britain, 1807. Please note that slavery itself was not made illegal until the late 1930's (I believe it was 1938) and al...
Posted by HRH Dee on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST

50 POWERFUL BLACK WOMEN

The New Nation, a weekly black newspaper published in Britain is celebrating their new women's supplement launch, The F Word today. The newspaper has revealed in this week's issue (out today)...
Posted by HRH Dee on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:55:00 PST

LAP DANCE 4 P DIDDY'S 12 YEAR OLD

P Diddy's 12 year old son, Justin was pictured (below) in a club recieving a lap dance from a woman who's old enough to be his mother. Can you imagine! Firstly where were his parents (shame on ...
Posted by HRH Dee on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:07:00 PST

OSCAR FASHION

Upon reading what dresses have been considered hot and those that are not, I had to compile my own cause the newspapers and magazines have got it all wrong. My opinion is as follows. Beyoncé Knowles (...
Posted by HRH Dee on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:30:00 PST

OSCAR WINNERS: JENNIFER HUDSON ET AL

The 79th Annual Academy Awards saw rising star Jennifer Hudson take home the little golden man. She won the well deserved oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the role she played ...
Posted by HRH Dee on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:27:00 PST

BAN THE N-WORD...?

February is Black History Month in the USA and Ebony Magazine has launched a campaign to "convince everyone White and Black that, in the future, no one should use the 'N-word' in any form or fashion...
Posted by HRH Dee on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST