Speech Debelle Musical artist

Corynne Elliot (born 1983 in London, England), better known as Speech Debelle, is a British rapper signed to the Big Dada record label. She was the winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize for her debut album Speech Therapy. She released her second album, Freedom of Speech, in 2012.Debelle's single from Speech Therapy, "Spinnin" has been re-worked by Tinchy Stryder and Dionne Bromfield and was used as one of the official anthems of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.She has also been politically and socially active with a number of charities and movements, and hosted the BBC documentary Hidden Homeless in 2012.

Personal facts

Speech Debelle
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1983
Hometown
London

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Musical artist

Career started2008
associated musical artist
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BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Hip hop
record label
Big Dada

Speech Debelle on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://speechdebelle.com
  2. http://twitter.com/#!/speechdebelle
  3. http://www.myspace.com/speechdebellemusic
  4. http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/12/music-artists-black-label
  5. http://www.speechdebelle.com