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Chicken Shop Date
''Chicken Shop Date'' is a British YouTube interview show created and hosted by Amelia Dimoldenberg, and produced by her production company Dimz Inc. The show features celebrity interviews that are framed as dates in a local chicken shop. The series' first YouTube video was posted in March 2014, and as of June 27, 2025, 109 episodes have been released. The show has been nominated for several awards, winning Indie Series at the Streamy Awards in 2022 after garnering popularity for its ''"''gleeful subversion of the classic late-night talk show format." Format The format of ''Chicken Shop Date'' involves Amelia Dimoldenberg meeting a celebrity guest at a local chicken shop for a date. A humorous element is the setting of the chicken shop, a brightly-lit fast food shop that is generally not considered a romantic setting. Dimoldenberg has revealed that each episode takes around forty minutes to film, but finished episodes last no longer than eight minutes. "Only the funniest, fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Dimoldenberg
Amelia Dimoldenberg ( ; born 30 January 1994) is an English comedian, writer and presenter. She is the creator and host of the web series ''Chicken Shop Date'', in which she interviews celebrities in fried chicken restaurants while subjecting them to her sarcastic, deadpan, and awkward sense of humour. Early life and education Amelia Dimoldenberg was born on 30 January 1994. She is the daughter of retired librarian Linda and public relations executive and longtime Westminster City Council member Paul Dimoldenberg. She has a sister, Zoe. She is Jewish. Dimoldenberg grew up in Marylebone, in an apartment opposite Edgware Road tube station, and attended St Marylebone School. She gained A-levels in English, art, politics, and IT, before studying for a foundation diploma in Art and Design and a BA in Fashion Communication at Central Saint Martins, where she graduated in 2017. She said that her time at university was spent "on the outskirts of the ultra-fashionable scene" and tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Tracey
Ché Wolton Grant (born 4 March 1994), known professionally as AJ Tracey, is a British rapper and record producer from Ladbroke Grove, London. Tracey rose to popularity in 2016 and was listed by ''The Guardian'' in a list of "best new acts to catch at festivals in 2016". Tracey's fifth extended play, ''Secure the Bag!'' (2017), became his first entry on the UK Albums Chart, at number 13. His 2018 single, "Butterflies" (featuring Not3s), became his commercial breakthrough, peaking within the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. His self-titled debut album (2019) was met with critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its lead single, "Ladbroke Grove", peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the BPI. AJ Tracey has released songs with recording artists such as Aitch, Big Zuu, Dave, D-Block Europe, Digga D, Giggs, Mabel, Mahalia, MoStack, Skepta and Nelly Furtado. Early life AJ Tracey was born in Brixton and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Zuu
Zuhair Hassan (born 19 August 1995), known professionally as Big Zuu, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ and television personality from West London. He is best known for presenting '' Big Zuu's Big Eats'' for U&Dave. Early and personal life Hassan was born in London and grew up on the Mozart Estate in Harrow Road, West London. His mother is from Sierra Leone and his father is from Lebanon. During his gap year between college and university, Hassan worked as a mentor for young children in a secondary school in Haggerston, East London. He then spent two years at Goldsmiths University in New Cross studying towards a community development and youth work degree. He is a member of the MTP crew ''(My Team Paid)'', a rap group that consists of his cousin AJ Tracey and other grime MCs such as Ets and others; much like AJ Tracey, his first demos were recorded at their local youth centre, The Rugby Club, which let them use their studio so long as no expletives were used during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Leshurr
Melesha Katrina O'Garro (born 15 December 1987), known professionally as Lady Leshurr (), is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. She is known for her ''Queen's Speech'' series of freestyles, the fourth of which became popular in 2016. Her subsequent freestyle, ''Queen's Speech 5'', was called "brilliant" and "2015's crowning freestyle" by ''Spin''. In 2021, she entered the Channel 4 series '' The Celebrity Circle'' for Stand Up to Cancer, catfishing as Big Narstie, and won. She also competed in the thirteenth series of ''Dancing on Ice'', where she reached the semi-final. Early life Melesha Katrina O'Garro was born on 15 December 1987 to Kittitian parents. She became interested in poetry and writing at the age of six, but decided that writing music would bring her to a wider audience. She released her first mixtape at the age of fourteen. In her words: Career Leshurr played one of the lead female roles in Vertigo Films' 2009 film '' 1 Day''. In 2010 Leshurr's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspect (rapper)
Tariq Kenedy Mangal Monteiro (born 27 February 2000) known professionally as Sus or Suspect, is a British rapper and convicted murderer. He is a member of the UK drill collective Active Gxng (also known as AGB), who are based in the Agar Grove estate within Camden Town, London. He released his debut mixtape, ''Suspicious Activity'', in 2022. Career In 2020, Sus released "Turn Up" alongside T Scam; GRM Daily described the pair in the song as "Not holding anything back as they offload some unapologetically honest bars lyrics aimed at certain people in their lives." He also appeared on Fumez the Engineer's ''Plugged In'' series alongside 2smokeyy. In January 2021, he appeared on "Who's Bad" alongside SWavey, Yevz and 2Smokeyy; this was followed by the release of "Block Heroes" with Nino in February and "MoonWalk" in March. In August, he appeared on "Double Tap" by Fredo, which appeared on ''Independence Day''; it peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart. He also appeared on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Narstie
Tyrone Mark Lindo (born 16 November 1985), known by his stage name Big Narstie, is a British MC, author, rapper, singer, songwriter, comedian and television presenter. He started his career in 2002 as a member of grime crew "N Double A," though he is better known for his solo work and as an internet personality performing comedy relating to grime music and the surrounding culture. He is also known for hosting his own chat show, '' The Big Narstie Show''. Career 2000s Narstie began his working life as a dog trainer in his home town of Lambeth. In 2007, Big Narstie signed to independent label, Dice Recordings. His track "Brushman" was also named ''RWD'' magazine's "Song of the Year". Sampling Coldplay, it was supported by personalities from multiple mainstream radio stations. Big Narstie has featured on records including Professor Green's "Before I Die Remix" and N-Dubz's "N-Dubz vs N.A.A", from their debut album '' Uncle B.'' Big Narstie continued to record and released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not3s
Lukman Olanrewaju Odunaike (born 17 April 1998), better known by his stage name Not3s (pronounced Notes), is an English rapper and singer from Hackney, London. His songs include "My Lover" and "Fine Line", both of which are collaborations with Mabel. His breakthrough song, "Addison Lee", has been described as a viral hit, achieving 17 million views on GRM Daily and has achieved much publicity for the singer. The song, which takes its name from the London-based ride sharing firm, achieved such popularity that Not3s was invited to the firm's Christmas party in KOKO to perform the song. He was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2018. Personal life Odunaike was born and grew up in Hackney, London to Nigerian parents. He is a supporter of Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. They compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krept And Konan
Krept and Konan is a British hip hop duo from London, consisting of Casyo Valentine "Krept" Johnson BEM (born 4 February 1990, Gipsy Hill) and Karl Dominic "Konan" Wilson BEM (born 3 September 1989, Thornton Heath), the son of Delroy Wilson otherwise known as 'Jamaica's first child star'. Their first major release was the mixtape '' Young Kingz'', released on 2 September 2013. As of 3 May 2013, Krept and Konan signed a record deal with Virgin EMI Records. Their debut album '' The Long Way Home'' was released on 5 July 2015 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 2. The duo's highest-charting single is " Freak of the Week" featuring Jeremih, which charted at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Krept and Konan have both starred together in the film '' The Intent'' (2016) and reprised their roles in the prequel '' The Intent 2: The Come Up'' (2018). Early life Krept is one of two siblings. His father was in prison for drug offences and his older brother was "a lot of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave (rapper)
David Orobosa Michael Omoregie (born 5 June 1998), known professionally as Dave or Santan Dave, is a British rapper and actor. He is known for his socially conscious lyricism and wordplay. Dave released his debut extended play ''Six Paths'' in 2016, after the release of several successful singles including the grime song " Thiago Silva" (with AJ Tracey). That same year, Canadian rapper Drake premiered a remix of Dave's song "Wanna Know" on the former's OVO Sound Radio. Dave released his second EP '' Game Over'' in 2017. In 2018, his political song "Question Time", which directed criticism towards the British Government, won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. Released that same year, his single " Funky Friday" (featuring Fredo), became his first number-one song on the UK Singles Chart and received triple platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Dave's debut studio album, '' Psychodrama'' (2019), was met with widespread critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Jama
Maya Indea Jama ( ; born 14 August 1994) is a British television presenter and radio DJ. She co-presented BBC One's '' Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer'' alongside Peter Crouch and Alex Horne and was the presenter of the BBC Three competition '' Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star'' for the third and fourth series and ITV2’s dating series '' Love Island'' from series 9. Jama co-presented ''Trending Live!'' on 4Music from 2015 until 2017, ''Cannonball'' on ITV in 2017, the MTV show ''True Love or True Lies'' in 2018, and the first series of '' The Circle'' with Alice Levine on Channel 4. In radio, Jama hosted ''#DriveWithMaya'' on Rinse FM from 2014 to 2017, and co-presented ''Radio 1's Greatest Hits'' and presented her eponymous show, ''Maya Jama'' on BBC Radio 1 from 2018 to 2020. In 2023, Jama took over as the host of the ITV2 dating reality series ''Love Island''. Early life Jama was born and raised in Bristol, where she attended Cotham School. She is of Somali descent o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avelino (rapper)
Achi Avelino (born 4 June 1993), better known mononymously by his stage name Avelino, is a British rapper and singer known for his "unique tone" and "deep wordplay". Career 2011–2014: Beginnings Originally rapping under the monikers ''AA'' (derived from his initials), Avelino first released freestyles on YouTube. His debut mixtape, ''Underdog Music'', was released in 2013 through More Music Records. The project was credited by GRM Daily's Charlie-Louise Akintilo as being "edgy" and "refreshing". 2014–2015: Commercial breakthrough and ''Iconic Ambition'' Avelino rose to prominence in 2014 following the release of his second mixtape, ''Iconic Ambition'', which was featured on DJ Semtex's ''Mixtape Top 5'' on BBC Radio 1Xtra. He went on to support Stormzy on tour throughout 2015, having previously collaborated on the mixtape track "No Comment". 2015–present: Collaboration with Wretch 32 Throughout 2015, Avelino was championed by fellow Tottenham MC Wretch 32. The two rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chicken Connoisseur
Elijah Quashie (born 28 May 1993), also known as The Chicken Connoisseur or The CNSR (screen name), is an internet celebrity and fried chicken restaurant critic, known for his viral YouTube video series ''The Pengest Munch''. Career Quashie started his YouTube channel ''The Pengest Munch'' in August 2015, inspired by Gregg Wallace of television series ''MasterChef'', produced by film maker Elishama Udorok. Until December 2016, Quashie's videos had around 700 views each, with a total of 150 subscribers. The videos involve Quashie visiting, critiquing and rating chicken shops around London. ''The Pengest Munch'' went viral on 9 December, with coverage from ''The Huffington Post'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''BuzzFeed'' and support from John Boyega and Graham Linehan. '' Metro'' cited "stunning insight, humour and style" as the reasons behind his success. Another focus of the coverage has been the use of slang in the videos; ''The Huffington Post'' has been criticised for suggest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |