Estelle rants about Adele, Duffy

Estelle has claimed that rising stars Adele and Duffy should not be labelled as soul singers in the press.

The singer, who is at the top of the UK singles chart this week with 'American Boy', accused the British media and music industry of being blind to black soul talent.

In an interview with The Guardian, Estelle explained: "I'm not mad at [Adele and Duffy], but I'm wondering - how the hell is there not a single black person in the press singing soul?

"Adele ain't soul. She sounds like she heard some Aretha records once, and she's got a deeper voice - that don't mean she's soul. That don't mean nothing to me in the grand scheme of my life as a black person. As a songwriter, I get what they do. As a black person, I'm like: you're telling me this is my music? F*** that!

"They keep trying to tell me in the media what soul music is and I'm like, we know what soul music is, stop f***ing around with us! You're taking the p*** out of every black person in the country! And then they say, 'Oh, don't bring race into it.' We're not stupid, stop it."

Estelle's comments come just one week after she claimed that she was reluctant to speak about other artists.