White Chalk Music Ltd was founded by occasional England captain
Rio Ferdinand (pictured above with a gentleman who advocates the
poppin’ of collars) and his business partner Courtney Richardson
with the intention of finding the ‘newest and freshest’ talent
Manchester has to offer. The victor in a competition to be signed
by Rio’s label was extremely new and fresh rapper Nia Jai, an ex- nurse
from Burnage. Her debut album Black Ice will be released
on October 6, and it features one of the greatest lyricists of our
time, who also happens to play for Manchester Utd. On one track,
Ferdinand raps:
“This is Rio Ferdinand. Make sure you do not sleep on Nia Jai,
White Chalk’s first signing. This girl spits out fire.”
Nia Jai, who should under no circumstances should be ‘slept on’,
is being tipped for stardom, yet
The Telegraph claims Rio’s friends are not too
impressed by his musical contribution. Clearly, they don’t know
great art when they hear it.
