| Name |
Speech Debelle |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
English |
| Date of Birth |
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| Place of Birth |
London, England |
| Famous for |
singing |
Corynne Elliot, better known as Speech Debelle, is a British rapper currently signed to the Big Dada record label. She was the winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize for her debut album Speech Therapy and has since had a lucrative career. She released her second album, Freedom of Speech, in 2012.
Debelle's single from the Speech Therapy, "Spinnin" has been re-worked by Tinchy Stryder and Dionne Bromfield and will be 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.
Debelle returned to her mother's house at age 23 and began calling record labels. In November 2007 she was signed by Big Dada records, a small imprint of Ninja Tune. She has said the label helped her develop artistically, and gave her complete creative control of her music.
Debelle's debut album, Speech Therapy, was released in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2009. The album was led by a white label limited release of "Searching". Thereafter the album had three singles released, "The Key", "Better Days" featuring Micachu, "Go Then, Bye" and finally "Spinning". Recorded mostly in Australia, the album was created by Debelle, Wayne Lotek and Plutonic Lab (who produced "The Key and "Better Days"), and Big Dada founder Will Ashon, the album documented her formative years in London. She has cited her biggest influences on the album as he biggest inspiration for the first album was Tracy Chapman and Meshell Ndegeocello. Unlike many other hip hop albums, the tracks eschew the use of samples and rely instead on live instrumentals.
"The Key" won Best Budget Video for Pop, Dance, Urban at the UK Music Video Awards in 2009.
