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[News] K Koke 3rd on National Prison Radio 2012 playlist

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K Koke 3rd on Prison Playlist.
K Koke 3rd on Prison Playlist.

K Koke 3rd on Prison Playlist (2012).

USG member K Koke has been found to be the third most listened to amongst British inmates on the National Prison Radio 2012 playlist.

The station broadcasts to all of it’s 84,000 inmates around the country and 4,000 of them requested songs.

Other UK artists to appear on the list were grime rappers Devlin and Giggs, the two are in 19th and 20th position respectively.

K Koke ranked a respective third on the list.

Roc Nation’s K Koke taking the 3rd position isn’t as bad as it sounds.

He finished above heavyweight artists such as Biggy SmallsDrakeLil Wayne and Eminem.

Now back on the streets, K Koke did finish top of the UK charts, but he was selected behind fellow prison attendees Tupac and Vybz Kartel.

First spot in the NPR charts went to the late great Tupac.

The US gangsta rapper beat Jamaican reggae singer Vybz Kartel into second place.

Check out the Top 20 of the National Prison Radio 2012 playlist below.

  1. Tupac
  2. Vybz Kartel
  3. K Koke
  4. Rihanna
  5. Drake
  6. Akon
  7. Metallica
  8. Pink Floyd
  9. Biggy Smalls
  10. Gyptian
  11. Jah Cure
  12. Slipknot
  13. UB40
  14. Bob Marley
  15. Lil Wayne
  16. Eminem
  17. Evanescence
  18. Mavado
  19. Devlin
  20. Giggs

Check out K Koke’s interview aired on Xposure Radio whilst he was in prison on remand for murder in 2011.

Dynamic, The industry stalker,  talks to K koke live from jail on his wrongful arrest, his record deal and coming home.

National Prison Radio.

An award-winning education charity, the PRA runs National Prison Radio in partnership with the National Offender Management Service.

The service is available to prisoners across England and Wales directly in their cells.

Prison radio offers a unique, innovative and effective way to communicate with prisoners and engage them in education, debate and community.

Working alongside serving prisoners and focusing on speech radio, the PRA produces and delivers National Prison Radio.

Broadcasting information and educational materials which support the National Offender Management Service reducing reoffending agenda, covering:

  • Accommodation
  • Education, training and employment
  • Health
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Finance, benefit and debt
  • Children and families
  • Attitudes, thinking and behaviour

Check out the National Prison Radio website.

Follow K Koke on Twitter.

Written by: ColumBo Bells

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