Bashy- Black Boys (Mega mix) Featuring Bonus Track

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2007- 2011. UK music at its best!!!

Bashy- Black Boys (Pt 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)

"Black Boys"- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashy

Ashley Thomas (born 4 February 1985 in Chiswick, West London) who records under the mononym Bashy, is an English recording artist and actor. He rose to prominence in 2007 after the release of his controversial track "Black Boys".

In 2007 he released the song "Black Boys". It was this track that propelled Thomas into the nation's consciousness, catching the imagination of a country suffering from many incidents of violence amongst its inner-city youth. With frequent reports of shootings and stabbings on news bulletins, and with the media continually focusing on the lack of role models in certain communities, he felt that the nation's inner city youth needed a reminder that they had a number of positive role models they could look to for inspiration. His début single provoked controversy, as some people called the track racist. This prompted the governing body Ofcom to investigate. Rumours soon began to circulate that the track had been banned from T.V. Certain sections of the black community were outraged; groups were set up on the social networking site Facebook in order to fight the ban. Racist videos were put up as responses to the track on YouTube, in which men dressed as Ku Klux Klan members would hurl abuse at black people, with "Black Boys" playing in the background. This prompted people of many races to get behind and support Bashy, in a united stand against racism. It was as a result of this publicity and grass roots action that Bashy was invited to perform at the Love Music Hate Racism Rally in 2008 at Victoria Park, to a crowd of 100,000. He was asked to take the main stage alongside Damon Albarn.[1] Bashy persuaded various British artists to share their views on the subject. Nolay, Skinnyman, Ty, Big Narstie, Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32, Chipmunk, Swiss, Durrty Goodz, J2k, Skepta, Sincere, Akala and Scorcher featured on the track.

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