Naughty Boy on the hunt for new singers – in Britain’s prisons

Naughty Boy has declared he wants to search Britain's prisons for new singers.

The producer - whose real name is Shahid Khan - has revealed he is on the lookout for fresh talent and said he wants to recruit prisoners because "everyone deserves a second chance".

He told The Sun: "Coming out of there is sometimes the hardest thing in life.

"You can imagine that there are people in there who are writing songs and can sing and they feel like they have to give up because of where they are.

"Whatever offence they've committed, everyone deserves a second chance. I want to make this year more about giving back and helping people."

His latest initiative comes just days after former One Direction singer Zayn Malik publicly slammed him on Twitter, despite the fact they used to be friends and had made music together.

In the outburst, Zayn wrote: "you fat joke stop pretending we’re friends no one knows you . (sic)"