Will Smith has been announced as the final act to be added to a plethora of stars slated to appear at this year's Nokia Urban
Music Festival with The Princes Trust. The movie star rapper will be joined in his set by the talented one, DJ Jazzy Jeff, on 16 Apr at Earls Court.
As previously reported, the list of artists scheduled to appear includes such acts as Xzibit and Faith Evans from the US and a variety of homegrown UK acts such as Craig David, The Streets,
Javine, Kano and Prince's Trust Ambassador, Estelle.
In addition to the live sets, the festival features a series of workshops covering such topics as break-dancing, MCing, beatboxing, music production and DJ skills as well as the new for 2005 Artist
Advice workshop. There will also be performances from the winners of the Nokia Raw regional urban talent nights, with up and coming artists fighting for survival on the Festival's Battle Stage.
Tickets are available through www.princes-trust.org.uk/umf or on 0870
903 9033. Press info from Vannessa Amadi @ The Outside Organisation, [email protected]