November 30, 2009
Tweet World music star Beyonce began her path to the biggest woman in entertainment more than 25 years ago. The 28-year-old published video last week of her showing her stuff as a little girl.Who would think she would go on to become pop music’s biggest star since (wait, I forgot about Rihanna). Anyways, Bey is ...
destiny fulfilled, ellen, jay-z
November 25, 2009
Tweet Continuing to leak her mega-album “Element of Freedom”, Alicia Keys recently let another version of her anthemic “Empire State of Mind,” this one dubbed part II, slip out. And I must say, I like this version better, even without Jay-Z. It’s more Earthy, less hip-hop but more, well, Keys.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-v1zSWbIY4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
element of freedom, empire state of mind, jay-z, new york city stage, yankees
November 25, 2009
Tweet President Obama is putting China and Afghanistan on the back-burner to visit 6-year-old Jasmina Anema, a New York girl stricken with leukemia.Anema, who has been featured in media across the country, was arranged by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. And she has some things she’d like to share with Obama.“I hope we can talk about leukemia ...
beautiful black women, epic win, jasmina anema
November 23, 2009
Tweet It’s been rare times when I’ve actually shook my head at the Internet, but I did recently when I ran across a How.com post on “How to do the Beyonce booty lift.” Now, initially I thought this was a dance move or something, but this is evidently an exercise that benefits the gluts. The ...
November 23, 2009
Tweet Black women who make the big bucks can’t find a man. This–from a study on high-achieving women of color–proves what you already know and have lived for years. The study, presented by the American Sociological Society, says black women risk not having children, thus a depopulation because, well, as the study puts it they’re ...
November 23, 2009
Tweet Rapper Jay-Z is taking his vows to the stage with him. The New York rapper reportedly stiffed armed Victoria Secret models at a fashion show last week, refusing to be photographed with them out of respect for wife, Beyonce. Evidently many of the girls were looking forward to getting snapped with the celebrity, but ...
November 20, 2009
Tweet At first glance you’d think this photo was obviously taken from the 1960s or 1970s, instead of 2007. And that’s just the point, musically. U.S. music artists have been stuck in a rut lately; dulled and lulled by the T-painization and Lil-Wayneism of popular music, if you will. Nicole Willis, who’s “If This Aint ...
November 20, 2009
Tweet Nelly was recently seen in Atlanta strip club Magic City recently (along with “the inventor” Trey Songz and Jermaine Dupri) with 1s “raining” from his hands. No word on whether he whipped out the plastic. Read: Hip-hop and stripclubs: Is the marriage finally over? But if you remember, Nelly got in a whole gang ...
November 18, 2009
Tweet Prepping for a new album and trying to focus on her music, Rihanna, in an interview published in The Sun, says she when she hears ex-boyfriend Chris Brown’s music she won’t turn it off, rather, just the opposite. “I don’t snub or turn it off; I listen. I like his music.” When asked if ...
November 17, 2009
Tweet When Kanye West rapped that he needed “at least(sis) one of Russell’s neices,” he forever etched the Simmons girls, Angela and Vanessa, into the minds of hip-hop heads. Being the party girls of rap legend Run of Run DMC, hip-hop heads didn’t need much.