Lost for words at Speech Debelle

The Plug, Sheffield "Thanks for coming down, my name is Speech Debelle," begins the 26-year-old rapper as a loud thud from the microphone prompts her to ask "What happened?" It's a good question. Two weeks after carrying off the Mercury music prize, the former Corynne Elliot has pulled a Saturday night audience of around 50 people.A Mercury win isn't always an instant passport from rags to riches – winners Ms Dynamite and Talvin Singh were never heard of again (at least in mainstream circ...

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