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An all-star team is a group of people all having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and has been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry .

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25-398: An all-star is an individual with a high level of performance in their field. All-star or All Star may also refer to: All-star "All-star" as a sports term refers to individual players named to an "all-star" roster or team representing the top performers (members of such a team were all stars from other teams) during and before the end of a season in a given sport, or to

50-543: A clothing brand titled "Stay Dench" based on his popular British slang phrases. In 2000, Lethal Bizzle formed the grime collective More Fire Crew , consisting of himself, Neeko and Ozzie B as MCs. Their debut single, "Oi!", was released in 2002 and charted at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart . It was one of the first grime songs to chart in the top 10 and remains one of the most highest-charting grime singles to be released. Their sole studio album, More Fire Crew C.V. ,

75-420: A fantasy team consisting of the top players in each position in the various sports ( Gaelic football , Ladies' Gaelic football , hurling , rounders and camogie ). The term "all star" is also used in films, often used as a form of publicity gimmick to promote the cast of a movie in which a number of high-profile actors appear, sometimes merely in cameo roles. An archetype is the 1956 version of Around

100-594: A list of top participants who played in individual sports such as golf and bowling . Events limited to such honorees are referred to as "all-star games" or events. In American team sports the premier all-star games are the Major League Baseball All-Star Game , NBA All-Star Game (basketball), Pro Bowl (football), NHL All-Star Game (hockey), and MLS All-Star Game (soccer). Many all-star teams, such as collegiate "all-conference" and All-America squads, are recognitions of performance only, without

125-514: A rap battle with the headmaster. On 20 October 2013, Lethal B appeared on BBC 's Match of the Day 2 ; after being hired to deliver a one-off report on the Arsenal Premier League match against Norwich City . On 17 April 2014, Bizzle made a guest appearance on ITV2 's Celebrity Juice . On 22 September 2014, Lethal Bizzle, along with DJ Semtex , DJ Target and A.Dot , took part in

150-553: A successful solo career. The All Star DC Comics was an imprint of ongoing American comic book titles published by DC Comics that ran from 2005 to 2008. DC has published two titles under the All-Star banner, featuring Batman and Superman . The premise of the imprint was to partner DC Comics' top tier characters with the most popular and acclaimed writers and artists. Lethal Bizzle Maxwell Owusu Ansah (born 14 September 1984), known by his stage name Lethal Bizzle ,

175-704: Is a British rapper from Walthamstow , London, of Ghanaian origin. He emerged in 2002 as a grime MC as part of More Fire Crew , with their grime single "Oi!" charting in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart . His debut solo single " Pow! (Forward) " attracted attention for its aggressive content, charting at number 11 despite being banned from airplay and clubs. Although known notably for his single releases, Lethal Bizzle released his debut studio album, Against All Oddz , in 2005, followed by Back to Bizznizz in 2007. Throughout his career Lethal Bizzle has experimented with blending mainstream chart genres such as dance music with grime, leading to numerous top 40 singles. He

200-490: Is known for his singles " Pow! (Forward) ", " Rari WorkOut " and " Fester Skank ", including other top 40 songs such as " The Drop ", " Pow 2011 " and " Party Right " – all of which have been non-album releases, besides " Pow 2011 ", which was included on his first compilation album Best of Bizzle (2011). Outside of music, Bizzle is a social media personality through platforms Twitter and Snapchat , which have been used to promote his music independently. In 2012, he launched

225-479: The MTV series The Challenge was originally a competition spin-off of its reality shows The Real World and Road Rules , but later seasons began to increasingly include alumni from other popular reality series such as The Amazing Race , Big Brother , RuPaul's Drag Race , and Survivor . "All-stars" in music terms is referred to record labels or a music genre's top musical artists. An example of this includes

250-600: The UK Albums Chart. After releasing no singles for two years, Lethal Bizzle returned with "Go Hard" featuring Donae'o , as the lead single off his third album Go Hard (2009). The album was released on 5 October 2009. It was announced by Lethal Bizzle on Twitter that he would be re-releasing "Pow!" on 13 December 2010, to try to get the Christmas number 1 in the UK Singles Chart , like many people were trying to do by using Facebook campaigns. On 18 November 2010, Lethal

275-531: The World in 80 Days . In a similar vein to sporting events, some reality television franchises (such as Dancing with the Stars , Survivor , and RuPaul's Drag Race ) have held all star seasons featuring notable contestants from previous seasons, such as champions, contestants popular among viewers, and notable contestants from international versions of the franchise . These can include entire seasons where

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300-498: The alumni compete against each other, or a spin-off competition with a different format. One such example— Survivor: Winners at War —was intended to celebrate the 40th season of the U.S. version , and featured 20 winners from past seasons competing for a cash prize of $ 2,000,000. Most of its challenges were also reprised from the seasons that the cast members had originally competed in. Sometimes, all-star crossovers may be organized between contestants of multiple reality formats;

325-590: The connotation of those selected ever being teammates in a game. The closest college sports come to an "All-star" game is the annual Senior Bowl which pits the best senior College Football players in the country against one another. These players generally go on to be drafted in the NFL Draft in April. In gaelic games , the term "all-stars" refers to the GAA GPA All Stars Awards . These awards involve picking

350-579: The follow-up singles "Uh Oh (I'm Back)", "Fire" and "What We Do" with Kray Twinz, Twista and Gappy Ranks , the latter two which peaked at number 34 and number 23 respectively. Bizzle's debut album, Against All Oddz (2005), was released on 15 August 2005. The album peaked at number 89 on the UK Albums Chart In 2007, the single "Police on My Back" charted at number 37, and was included on Bizzle's second studio album, Back to Bizznizz (2007), released on 23 July 2007. The album peaked at number 86 on

375-544: The gym. The single became tied with " Pow! (Forward) " as Bizzle's highest-charting single as a solo artist, peaking at number 11. In 2015, the popular dance-inspired single " Fester Skank " also charted at number 11, giving Bizzle three top 15 chart entries and three peaking at number 11. The singles "Going to the Gym", considered a sequel to "Rari WorkOut", "Playground" featuring Shakka, "Dude" featuring Stormzy and "Box" featuring Jme and Face were also released, three of which entered

400-546: The hit song " Rari Workout ". In September 2017 the social media website LADBible posted a video of Bizzle rapping with actress Judi Dench whose support for Stay Dench is credited with raising the profile of the brand. In 2011, he had a cameo in the Adam Deacon film Anuvahood , knocking him out in the opening scene. In 2012, Lethal Bizzle appeared in the BBC Three comedy drama, Bad Education in which he competed in

425-724: The release of Lennox Rd with the announcement of an EP titled You'll Never Make a Million from Grime , featuring a guest appearance from Skepta . The seven-track EP was released 5 May 2017, charting at number 79 on the UK Albums Chart . It became Bizzle's highest-charting album release. The second single released from the EP was "Hold You" featuring Mostack. In 2011, Bizzle started a successful T-shirt business with his first cousin and footballer Emmanuel Frimpong , featuring his catchphrase "Dench". Since then he has been very successful branching out to his fans on Snapchat, that has led him to create

450-534: The single " Pow 2011 " by Lethal Bizzle in which all the featured artists are credited as " Grime All-Stars". Sometimes, labels organize such all-star sessions to release dedicated albums. Examples of this case are the collective This Mortal Coil under the 4AD label, or the Roadrunner United sessions by Roadrunner Records . The term is not equivalent to supergroup , which refers to a group made of already established musicians from other popular bands or with

475-474: The top 100. In late 2016, Lethal Bizzle announced he would be releasing his first album after eight years, following his third studio album Go Hard (2009). The album was revealed to be titled Lennox Rd in December 2016, following a teaser for the lead single off the album. The lead single, "Round Here" featuring Giggs and Flowdan was released on 10 January 2017. In early April 2017, Bizzle abruptly preceded

500-411: The top 30. The grime-dubstep song " They Got It Wrong " featuring Wiley peaked in the top 80, and was later remixed featuring Krept and Konan , Kano and Squeeks. In 2014, " The Drop " featuring Cherri Voncelle also peaked in the top 20. In late 2014, the single " Rari WorkOut " featuring Jme and Tempa T received notable attention due to the popularity of Bizzle's Snapchat posts of working out in

525-483: Was banned from airplay by some mainstream radio stations because it contained some lyrics about gun culture. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 11 in its first week on the chart in 2005, and it reached number one on the UK Dance Chart . He won a MOBO for "Pow! (Forward)" as "Best Single", and was nominated at the same awards as "Best Newcomer". Following the success of " Pow! (Forward) ", Bizzle released

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550-426: Was interviewed by Grime Daily . Bizzle revealed: "The whole Pow 2011 thing started as a joke. I was on Twitter one day and I said 'You know what? Pow for Christmas number 1 '. And bare people retweeted it and someone was like 'Bizz you should do an updated version to go with it.'" Lethal (saying to another source) said: "I felt the original was still relevant, 6 years on it's still one of the biggest club tunes, so it

575-459: Was kind of a no brainer. I was messing around on Twitter about doing a new POW and getting it to the top of the charts- and the reaction was so crazy I thought wow I actually have to make this happen..." Upon release, "Pow 2011" entered and peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart , becoming Bizzle's fifth top 40 entry as a solo entry and sixth overall. The single was included on Bizzle's first compilation album, Best of Bizzle (2011), which

600-464: Was released on 27 February 2011. From 2013, Lethal Bizzle began experimented with musical genres, particularly with dance , dubstep and house music . Bizzle released a string of non-album singles without releasing a full-length project. He released the single " Not a Saint " with Dutch DJ & producer Vato Gonzalez and frequent collaborator Donae'o , which peaked at number 20. This was followed by " Party Right " featuring Ruby Goe, which peaked in

625-522: Was released the following year. Their follow-up single, "Back Then", peaked at number 45, while their third single "What's the Point?" did not chart. Soon after, the crew disbanded and Lethal Bizzle pursued a solo career. In early July 2005, Lethal Bizzle appeared on stage at the final Live 8 concert in Edinburgh . In December 2004, he released the single " Pow! (Forward) ", also known as "Forward Riddim" which

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