Black power shifts from politics to kitchen, catwalk and hip-hop

Diane Abbott, Dizzee Rascal and businessmen top the Black Powerlist 2011The chief executive of the insurance giant Prudential; one of Labour's most vocal and rebellious MPs; and Britain's foremost rapper have all been named among Britain's 100 most influential black people.Prudential's Tidjane Thiam will top the Powerlist 2011 – the third to be produced by Powerful Media – and Diane Abbott MP will be placed ninth. But the novelty of this year's list is the inclusion of Dizzee Rascal, the hip...

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