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June 26, 2012 13:04

The '212' star speaks about her forthcoming release backstage at BBC Radio One's Hackney Weekend

Video: Azealia Banks - 'I'm Releasing A Prodigy Cover'

Azealia Banks has revealed that her new mixtape 'Fantasea' will feature a cover of a track by 90s rave icons The Prodigy - click on the image above to watch a video of the interview.

Speaking to NME backstage at BBC Radio Ones Hackney Weekend, where the singer performed alongside the likes of Rihanna, Lana Del Rey and Dizzee Rascal, Banks stated that the tape has, "a sea theme, but its less obviously mermaid stuff and more like witchy hip-hop and some real rave shit," before divulging that she "covers Prodigy on there."

Yesterday, Banks tweeted that 'Fantasea' will now be released on July 11 instead of its originally planned date of July 4, which follows a host of cancelled festival dates and the delayed release of previous EP '1991'. She wrote:

'Fantasea' (which was initially entitled 'Fantastic') will feature previously aired tracks 'Jumanji' and 'Aquababe' and will precede Banks' full-length debut, 'Broke With Expensive Taste', due out in September.

Earlier this month, Azealia spoke out about wanting to disassociate herself from the rap scene, stating that "from now I'm a vocalist, and will not be associating myself with the "rap game" or whatever the fuck that means". She also announced that she would be deleting her Twitter account @AZEALIABANKS, although swiftly returned to the social network four days later.

Azealia Banks will play Reading and Leeds festival this August, before returning to the UK for a headline tour this October.

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Azealia Banks covers The Prodigy on new mixtape 'Fantasea'

Several Jefferson County law enforcement agencies have rolled out Smart911, a system designed to improve their response to emergency calls.

Rave Mobile Safety's Smart911 is a database that links phone numbers with user-generated profiles containing such information as medical conditions, family contacts and photos.

Westminster, Lakewood and Arvada police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department started using the system Tuesday.

Officials said the system will save time and lives.

"Say you have a child who is missing: if you had a picture of them in your profile, that could be sent to our cars within seconds," Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis said.

Likewise, if a dispatcher received a call and no one was speaking, he or she could still send out a crew if the caller's medical information was posted on the system.

The program is voluntary and the information in the profiles is stored on an encrypted Smart911 server. Profiles are displayed only to emergency personnel when they are called, Davis said.

The Jefferson County 911 Authority Board is paying for the service.

Lakewood police received nearly 105,000 calls to 911 last year. The Jefferson County sheriff received 67,000.

"This service provides far richer information than is currently available and will give the call taker a more complete understanding of the situation at hand," Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said.

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HOUSTON -

A man died after taking narcotics, investigators said.

Houston police said Kevin Schoolmeyer, 21, and another person were traveling home from a rave party at a downtown Houston club early Saturday.

Detectives said Schoolmeyer took an unknown quantity of narcotics at the party.

Schoolmeyer was driving and became enraged, police said. He pulled over to the side of the road in the 1000 block of Kress in east Houston and ordered the other person to get out of the car, investigators said.

Police said the other person got out of the car and walked away. That person returned a short time later and found Schoolmeyer unresponsive, officials said.

Paramedics were called out to the scene and pronounced Schoolmeyer dead.

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences will determine the cause of Schoolmeyer's death and what narcotics he took.

Anyone with information regarding Schoolmeyer's death is asked to call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

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On Monday, Houston Police Department Homicide was investigating the death of a 21-year-old Friendswood man who was found unresponsive in a car in the 1000 block of Kress on Saturday morning.

According to KHOU News, Kevin Schoolmeyer, 21, was on his way home from a rave with a friend at around 6:15 a.m. on June 16. His friend told police that Schoolmeyer became enraged, pulled over to park on the side of the road and ordered the friend to get out of the car. The friend walked away, but returned a short time later to find Schoolmeyer unresponsive. Paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced Schoolmeyer dead.

Later, the friend told police Schoolmeyer may have bought drugs at the rave and he may have been under the influence of LSD. The rave Illuminaughty was organized by a local Friendswood teen. It was the venue that Schoolmeyer had attended the evening of his death. According to Facebook events, another Illuminaughty rave, also organized by the same Friendswood teen, will be held June 22 in Houston, possibly putting more youth at risk of exposure to the drug that killed Schoolmeyer.

On June 11 at 11:51 p.m., a 17-year old Friendswood teen was transported to the emergency room after she took three hits of LSD acid at her home in the 900 block of Remington Ct. A friend of the victim in this case also told police that they had bought the LSD at a rave party in Houston. Friendswood medics were called when the teen began having seizures.

Fortunately, another 17-year old Friendswood neighbor was with her, who had also taken three hits of acid, and called for help when her friend started having difficulty. Eventually, the friend called 9-1-1. One girl was taken by ambulance, the other by private vehicle, to the hospital. No charges have been filed; however, investigators will be following up on these cases.

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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police are awaiting autopsy results in the case of a Friendswood male who was found dead after attending a rave party.

On June 16, police say the victim, Kevin Schoolmeyer, 21, and a witness were traveling in Schoolmeyer's vehicle on their way home from a rave party at a downtown club where Schoolmeyer had taken an unknown quantity of narcotics. At some point, Schoolmeyer allegedly became enraged and erratic, pulled over to park on the side of the road, and ordered the witness to get out of the vehicle.

The witness walked away, then returned a short time later and found Schoolmeyer unresponsive. HFD paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced Schoolmeyer dead.

The investigation is pending Schoolmeyer's cause of death, to be determined by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

(Copyright 2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

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