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Estelle (real name - Fanta Estelle Swaray) is a English hip-hop artist, singer and producer. She was born on January 18, 1980 in West London.
Estelle runs her own record label, Stellar Ents, and has released her own material through this - including the two "Da Heat" mixtapes Part 1 and 2, the album The 18th Day and the singles "1980", "Free" and "Go Gone". She featured on Natasha Bedingfield's song "Drop Me In The Middle" for Natasha's U.S. release of Unwritten.
In 2005 Estelle revealed to great humour on the popular Sky Sports show Soccer AM that her birth name is actually "Fanta".
The forthcoming album is rumoured to feature production from the likes of Will.I.Am, Wyclef Jean, Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo, Swizz Beatz, and John Legend.
Kanye West also features on the album, on a track called "American Boy" which reached number one in the UK singles chart on March 23, 2008. Estelle will be touring with Wyclef Jean with the tour dates soon to be announced.
Estelle was recently sighted on the streets of Oxford advertising the Body Shop's HIV awareness campaign.
Most recently she has got into controversy claiming racist attitudes in the U.K. music industry promote white artists over black artists performing the same style of music.
www.estellemusic.com
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