Jamal was an inspiration to me and many others. She said our love for him continues. She added, “…Long live Jamal Edwards, MBA, and Ph.D.,” noting his social and academic achievements.
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Edwards has been instrumental in the rise of a number of world music stars, particularly in rap and dirt, after being given a camcorder for Christmas when he was 15 years old. Frustrating With a lack of diversity and access to the black music business online, he began shooting raw footage of the artists and documenting the London music scene before launching ‘SmokeyBarz TV’ or “SBTV” When he was a teenager in 2006. The online YouTube channel exploded and musicians lined up to appear as guests.
SBTV She now has over 1.2 million subscribers and has helped a generation of performers, including rappers like Stormzy, Skepta, Davereceives international attention.
This mural of Jamal was set up to always represent Acton and West London. He helped so many of us and we will miss him dearly. RIP Jamal Edwards pic.twitter.com/2l3yaOpPRg
– Tom B ???? (motcj) February 20 2022
Rapper Drake Wrote On Instagram he was “sending condolences and love” to Edwards’ friends and family, and shared a photo of them together. He praised the actor Idris Elba, and said that the young music pioneer would be missed. “We lost one,” Elba chirp.
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Singer Jesse J defended her work ethic, family focus, and “dedication to making a difference not only in the industry but in this world.” Wrote On Instagram, share behind-the-scenes videos of the pair. “We had plans, brother. “I can’t believe this is real,” she added.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan chirp: “British music and entertainment has lost one of its brightest stars,” while former British Prime Minister David Cameron applauded Edwards worked with community and youth projects, calling his death a “sad loss”.
Edwards also maintained a close friendship with musician and songwriter Ed Sheeran. On his last Instagram Mail Last week, he wished Sheeran a happy birthday and wrote, “Blessed have you been my brother in my life. You know you’ve been companions for so long when you lose count of the years! Keep smashing it.”
Sheeran has not yet publicly commented on Edwards’ death.
“It was my first meeting with you. Beauty” singer Rita Ora Wrote on instagram. “Our endless conversations about the music and the faith I had and many of us had before we even believed in ourselves. I am so disappointed.”
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After incorporation SBTVEdwards went on to earn an MBA and was awarded an MBE in 2015, an honor from Britain’s royal family, for his services to music. He also served as an ambassador for Prince’s trusta charitable foundation set up by Prince Charles to give more opportunities to young people through employment, education and entrepreneurship.
“I’m thinking about Jamal Edwards’ family today. His work in music as well as as an ambassador for a new generation, including his work at The Prince’s Trust, has been an inspiration to many,” Charles’ official Twitter account to publish on Monday.
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“What a loss for a truly extraordinary young man who made a huge difference in the lives of so many people,” Branson said. chirp.
Very sad to hear of the death of Jamal Edwards MBE. What a loss for a truly extraordinary young man who made a huge difference in the lives of so many people.
Richard Branson February 21 2022
British actor Femi Oweniran said it was hard to overstate Edwards’ influence on British black culture and his work creating a platform and attending many careers.
“His legacy goes beyond music, beyond entrepreneurship,” O’Ineran said in an interview with Britain’s Channel 4 news.
“I struggle to think of a more important black British person… who has impacted the lives of so many people.”
Edwards once He said In an interview he had a lonely start to his career.
“YouTube was about a year old. I was like ‘I have a camera for Christmas, I’m going to start shooting and uploading people,'” he He said. “Everyone was looking at me like, ‘What are you doing, you can compete with these big companies. “But I think I was early enough to think I could make a change.”
His belief in himself carried him, as he is chirp In 2012: “The goal is not to live forever, the goal is to create something.”
: all of us will die. The goal is not to live forever, the goal is to create something.
Jamal Edwards MBA (jamaledwards) January 25, 2012
