Speech Debelle

Speech Debelle
Speech Debelle
Background information
Birth name	Corynne Elliot
Born	17 March 1983 (age 41)
Origin	London, England
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Big Dada
Website	speechdebelle.com

Corynne Elliot (born 17 March 1983), better known as Speech Debelle,^[1] is a British rapper formerly signed to the Big Dada record label.^[2]^[3] She was the winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize for her debut album Speech Therapy.^[4] She released her second album, Freedom of Speech on Big Dada in 2012 and her third album, tantil before i breathe independently in 2017.

Debelle's single from Speech Therapy, "Spinnin" has been re-worked by Tinchy Stryder and Dionne Bromfield and was used as one of the official anthems of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[5]

She has also been politically and socially active with a number of charities and movements,^[6] and hosted the BBC documentary Hidden Homeless in 2012.^[7]

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