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HE GOT NEXT!~

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So I was given the opportunity to see a mini concert of this twenty year-old violinist, Daniel Davis. He is amazing. He played to Mary Mary’s “God In Me,” and Marvin Sapp’s “Never Would Have Made It.” I wished I had of brought my camera because I would have filmed the performances to share. However, take a peek at the video below to see his mix of classical and hip-hop!  I know you’re going to love it! 

Deepa Shah shares powerful words on GlobalGrind.com

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GlobalGrind.com is one of my favorite websites to read. I read it on a daily basis at least twice a day. One of the headlines today was in regards to a blog by GG staff member, Deepha Shah. Check out this quote from the blog from globalgrind.com:

As Americans slowly moves towards becoming a completely blended society, one day we will not be defined by a single race or a single color. Sure, genetics will probably still allow for a spectrum of skin tones, but with interracial marriages and breeding and a mixing of cultures, America will reflect a true melting pot.

I so agree with Deepa that one day the world will be like this and I am SO ready for it happen. No, I’m not saying that I’m not proud to be Black, African-America, or NEGRO according the 2010 US Census, but let’s be for real, if we are looking at our genetic makeup, or we all JUST 1 race? No. To be honest, I have Cherokee Indian heritage, which proves it right there. My uncles and aunt on both of my parents’ sides are different complexions. However, I have always described myself as being mixed, I am “Black and Chocolate,” LOL.

BTW, Kelis has nothing to do with the blog except that she represents the “melting pot.” She’s Black, Puerto Rican, and Chinese.

Dondria upcoming APPEARANCES!~

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Check out these upcoming tour dates appearances for So So Def artist, Dondria. this info is straight from global14.com: 

Apr 24 – WPRW Augusta 

May 1 – Int’l Black broadcasters Assoc Rob Neal WJZD – Dallas 

May 7-9 – Danny Clark Foundation Gala in Chicago, IL 

May 15 – Birmingham AL – 95.7JAMZ, 98.7KISS & 107.7 

May 17 – Singersroom.com Live – ATL 

May 22 – WFXA May Fest Augusta 

June 13 – WPHI/Philadelphia 

June 19 – Wedding performance, Dallas 

June 25 – DC Star Club /Washington, DC

VIBE interviews Game

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Here’s the interview taken from hurricane-game.net:

VIBE: What was the difference between working with Dr. Dre on the first album [The Documentary] versus this one?

I’m a lot more polished. I think that I’m close to my prime, as far as my lyrical content… just the development of my pen alone. And then Dre, you know, we’re both a little older and a little wiser. Now it’s not like polishing off the rookie, its like he gets in he knows what to do and I know what to do and he knows me and we just gel. What comes out is nothing short of classic.

Compare that to the Pharrell experience.

We worked for 40 days and 40 nights. Long hard nights, until the morning. Mind you, Pharrell leaves the studio at 10 [p.m.], that’s his norm. But working with me, you don’t leave til’ the sun comes up. We grinded it out and we made smashes, man.

If you were to put a tour together right now to support this record, who would be on it?

I think Dre’s talking about a tour, so that would be dope. And me and Pharrell talked about going on a tour together, which would also be dope. So I think just the benefit of getting up on stage with new music for my fans, it don’t really matter who I go out with. I can go out by myself and get the job done all the same. I just cant wait to grab the mic hit the stage and hear those cheers again.

Talk to us about working on that Detox album.

I’ll let you know that right now it’s definitely, definitely going to come, and Dre’s been working harder than ever. Everybody’s been in and out the studio. I’ve been in grinding with him, I’m going back in tomorrow to actually work some more, and get it to where we can all come to that happy medium where we’re like. ‘Damn, we finally got Detox and man it’s crazy.’ I can definitely guarantee you that however long he makes us wait—he can push it back for eight more years and it’ll just be that much bigger, man—’cause Dre’s not gonna put it out until it’s 100 percent the idea he had when he started, and hopefully he picked the dates. I don’t pick the dates but I just can tell you I’ve been working on it.

You talked to Shyne while he was incarcerated, and he gave you some advice. Have you had a chance to talk to him since he’s been released?

I had a chance to talk to him real closely since he got out, not about music at all, mostly just about his head and standing up and just checking up on how he’s doing. He’s just a good friend of mine, sort of like a brother to me in hip-hop and, you know, doing all that time, everybody expected him to just come out and be like the old Shyne, but it’s gonna take a while. I’m sure he’s rough around the edges. It’s kinda like if Kobe just decides to sit it down, and you come back out your first three, it’s probably gonna be an airball, you know? You just gotta give him a little room, a little space, let him breathe and I’m sure you’ll get the old Shyne back.

He kinda came of left field with that 50 Cent diss.

That’s him man, and I’m glad he can take that 50 Cent beef with him. I’m slowly but surely phasing it out, and I might poke a little fun here and there but for the most part I’m over it.

How do you feel about the new artists out West?

I think it’s just the evolution of the West. Everybody likes to talk about the “New West” and you sort of taint those young guys when you tab them like that. You gotta give them room to breathe and let them do their thing. The most prominent out of all the new ones, I think, is probably Nipsey [Hussle] meaning that he’s gotten around the world faster than the others, and everybody else is still regional, everybody else is still on the uprise.

Okay, let’s talk about basketball. I know you’re a gamer, not just a rec player.

I really play man I still go out there 3-4 days a week and shoot it out with my boys. You know we get it on Sundays with the offseason NBA players. Now that it’s the playoffs, players from the teams that didn’t make it are available to hoop with us. A couple of cats out there from the Clippers and—

You and Baron Davis grew up together, right?

Yeah me and Baron grew up together, me and Gilbert [Arenas] grew up together. Shout out to my boy Gilbert in the halfway house doing his time for the mistake that he made, but he’s gonna get back out and ball on them next year. I’ve been talking to him and we’re gonna send him some music so he can hold his head while he’s uptown and yeah we get it in on the court, and anybody can come on out.

What do you think about Kobe Bryant and the Lakers this year?

We good. I think I could see a Denver or maybe a Dallas getting a game on us, but everybody else we going straight through. We going straight through to the championship, and I think we might catch LeBron [James] this year, and that would be beautiful, ’cause everyone wants to see Kobe and LeBron this year. Everybody wants to see that, and you know we’re gonna win that. Ain’t got no beef with LeBron, he’s a monster, but that Kobe, man, he’s that Black Mamba not to be played with.

Chilli blogs on SEX on the FIRST date…

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this is straight from vibe.com:

You can have chemistry. You can have a connection. But it doesn’t mean you’re supposed to have sex. People get it all mixed up. You can look at an ocean and it’s the clearest water in the world, or it looks like it’s shallow, but if you can’t swim, don’t jump in it!

A lot of times, people can look at women and say she’s a ho, but to me I’m like, well the guy slept with her too. What does that make him? I look at a guy who would sleep with a chick on the first date the same way I would look at the woman. I’ve never had sex on the first date. I’m not into labeling people, but I definitely think those are issues that a person has. I don’t know if it’s the need to feel like somebody’s loving you… Whatever it is, it’s an issue.

I don’t think you should give away your goods and when I say goods, just you as a person to someone that you don’t know. Test the waters, be careful, take your time with things, ease into it and then see. Nine times out of 10, if you spend enough time with somebody and if you hold that part back, you probably will find something that you don’t want to deal with about them and you’re like, “You know what, I’m good.”

But when you have sex too soon, it brings on this connection that makes you feel like you have to deal with that person and you stick it out for some reason because of those feelings. It brings on premature feelings that aren’t even real. You become attached, especially women.

It won’t kill you to wait. I’m definitely not promoting fornication. It would be great if everybody could wait until they got married. The world would be a better place.

just so you know…

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  • Kid Cudi’s show on HBO, How to Make it in America just got picked up for a 2nd season.
  • word on Real Talk NY is that rapper Jim Jones will be a guest speaker at Fordham University on April 27th for a class called Music Business 101. cool beans!
  • Rico Love is currently in the studio with Kelly Rowland working on her third solo album. word is that he has produced 7 or 8 songs.
  • check out Ice Cube on Jimmy Kimmel Live:

 

  • check out this cover of Talib Kweli’s new mixtape:

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  • so how about Jim Jonsin who produced “Lollipop,” for Lil’ Wayne is suing the rapper. word is that Jim Jonsin hasn’t received royalties yet for the song and the suit is for 50o,000 + stacks!
  • check out Lil’ Kim’ remix to “O Let’s Do It? Does the Queen Bee still have it?

 

  • check out part 2 of Game’s interview with rap-up.com:

 

  • Missy Elliott has just produced a remix to “Everything to Me,” by Monica. This new version features Biggie.
  • check out the cover of Styles P mixtape:

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Mama Norwood don’t PLAY!

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Since I turned off my cable (what’s the point if I’m always on the net?), I caught a snippet of the Norwood family (that’s Papa Norwood, mom Sonja, Brandy and Ray J) on the Wendy Williams show. of course Wendy brought up the whole Ray J and Kim Kardashian sex tape. How did Mama Norwood react? And I quote:  

“Okay, it is old business and at some point we’re going to get beyond this whole thing, America, but as a mother, I was very upset. I could’ve killed it. One of the things that you…when you are dating someone, they were dating for 5 years, they were in love, I saw that as a love factor, and what they…I always say, what you don’t want people to see, you don’t do regardless of how much you love someone. And so it somehow surfaced, but my point is and Ray J hates to hear me say this, but I’m going to say it, with all of the hoopla about it being Ray J and people trying to blame him, did you see him on the cover of Playgirl?…Did you see him in the centerfold of Playgirl?…Okay, so I think the question should be directed elsewhere.  

Just so you know, Kim Kardashian posed nude for Playboy magazine, which she has stated that she regrets. check out cover:  

 
 

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Honeymag.com interviews Anthony Anderson

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This interview is straight from honeymag.com:

Honey Magazine: In the movie, The Backup Plan, explain your character and how it was working with Jennifer Lopez?
Unfortunately, for me, Jennifer Lopez and I did not get to share any screen time together. It’s a romantic comedy about a woman who feels her biological clock is ticking but she doesn’t have a mate to have a baby with. In so, she meets Alex O’ Loughlin, who is her co-star in the film, and they hit it off after she has already been artificially inseminated and pregnant. Now they are a couple and she has to tell him that she is pregnant…He’s faced with the dilemma of being with somebody he is just now getting to know but whom he digs. He also faces the dilemma of being the father of her child yet not being the father of her child. So he wanders into Central Park, sees my character and strikes up a conversation. I basically become his confidante and sort of a guru if you might, in terms of fatherhood because I have three kids of my own. My character is basically the voice of reasoning for him. Whenever he is faced with a dilemma or a problem he comes to me in the park and we talk about it and I give him insight.

How was it playing this role, being a father yourself?
Yea, it wasn’t a stretch at all. It was fun, giving advice as to what to expect as a father. The good, the bad and the ugly. There is a roller coaster of emotions that not only Jennifer Lopez’s character will be going through because of the birth of the child, but that he’ll go through as the man and the father of the child.

Is it true that you married your college sweetheart?
Yes. We met in college at Howard University. We’ve been married for ten years and we’ve been together for twenty. I went to her apartment to invite her roommate to a party I was having. Her roommate wasn’t home, and she answered the door. I said, “You don’t live here.” And she said, “Neither do you and what to do want?” So, I was like, “Wow. I’m coming to invite Stacy over for a party tonight and you’re more than welcome to come.” Stacy never showed up and she did and we’ve been together ever since.

You are Detective Kevin Barnard on Law & Order. How is it working on the show?
We just finished taping season twenty last Thursday evening which tied Law & Order to Gun Smoke as the longest running one hour show in television show history. All signs point to us coming back for another season, for next year, which will break the record. So, I’m excited about being apart of Law & Order because one its an institution, it’s a great show. And two, it’s making history and I’m excited about it.

Law and Order is a different role than Honey Girls are used to seeing you in. How long have you been with the show?
It’s been two and a half seasons now. When I come back it will be three years since I’ve been with the show.

How is it going from comedy to a serious role? Any conflicts at first and do you try to put comedy into your role?
There were no conflicts; comedy is something that comes easily for me. The hard part was getting the opportunity to play a character such as Kevin Bernard because most people know me from the comedies I have been apart of. Most people didn’t know me as a serious actor ’till Hustle and Flow and The Departed and then the television show, The Shield. That made it easier for the role of Kevin Bernard on Law & Order to come my way. Comedy is in my bones. Naturally I can find the humor in something, but with Law & Order they give me the one zip-liners they used to give Jerry Orbach when he was alive during the show. Now I get to give the one line buttons at the end of the scene and a lot of them are comical. It’s a lot of cynicism but I get to deliver it and I have fun doing that…

Before your role on Law & Order, were you ever typecast?
No. I felt myself going down that direction and I could have easily made a career as the comic relief or the funny guy in these films because that’s what my career had been up to that point. But I knew the bigger picture and there has always been the bigger picture for me and comedy has always been just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve been trained for this [acting] for thirty years and I was willing to sit back and sit out for a little way until a role like The Shield, The Departed, Law & Order or K-Ville or Hustle and Flow came along. I was willing to sit back and wait because Hollywood can be very fickle at times if you do one thing well that’s all they will see you as and I didn’t want to be pigeon-holed or typecast into that. I wanted to show them that I have range like a Rover, like this is what I do. There is so much more to me then just the fat funny guy and that’s what I was able to show before I was typecast into that.

Favorite acting role to date?
Antwon Mitchell on The Shield because they saw me in a light that they had never seen me in before. People were actually afraid of that character. That was actually a grave departure from what they were used to seeing me in; the funny, affable, loveable guy. Antwon Mitchell was a stone cold killer. He was a heartless, in your face killer, with no remorse and I enjoyed playing that. I enjoyed making people feel uneasy because after that role was I was seen as an actor. Even though I had done great work up until that, and I had worked with great people in the industry, when I portrayed Antwon Mitchell on The Shield that changed everyone’s opinions. Everyone said, “Whoa, this motherf***er is for real.” So I loved that two-year run I had on The Shield.

How is the Mixtape Comedy Show Tour?
The mix-tape isn’t on the run yet but I’m on the road right now doing a variation of the show. Royale Watkins and myself, we stream live every third Sunday on Facebook and on U-Stream. The first time we streamed we had 29,000 viewers and 1,000 live views, 29,000 viewers watched the show in its entirety. Last month, we had 5,000 viewers live on Facebook and 40, 000 people watched it in its entirety. So, it’s a great show that we do at Gotham’s comedy club in Midtown Manhattan, every third Sunday of the month. Tony Rock has come down, Alex Thomas, Tracey Morgan, Donnell Rawlings, Kym Whitley, Mark Viera, we’ve had a great run of comics come through every month. We have no promotion and it’s a sold out house every month and we mix it up with a freestyle battle. We close the show with an old school artist and we’ve had Dana Dane, Full Force, Kangol Kid, Pepa, Audio Chu, Mr. Cheeks, all these people came through just on the love and the strength of what we do and they bless us every month.

What’s your favorite city for comedy tours?
It’s a toss-up. Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and Houston.

Is it because the audiences there are amazing or you just love those cities?
It’s a combination of both.

What are your upcoming projects?
I’m working on a film with Jack Black called The Big Ear and it comes out this summer and possibly with Patrick Dempsey on a film called The Playback.

Why Successful Black Women Can’t Find A Man…

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One of the first things that people say to answer this question is that successful Black women’s standards are too high. First off, I consider myself a successful Black woman. No, I’m not rolling over in dough, but I am faithfully working towards goals and dreams. Am I asking for too much because I want a man who has a CAR, JOB, NOT MARRIED *AMEN 2 this!*, and not have a truck load of kids with six billion different baby mamas? I can handle 1 or 2. BTW, what are we considering as SUCCESSFUL Black women? Are we talking about Black women in corporate America or are we talking about Black women who are going for theirs? What do you consider as a successful Black woman?

 

Classic quote from Tony Moore

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Although he asked for it to be reposted on FB if we agreed with it, I decided to put it here…this is a classic quote by Tony Moore from his FB status.

“So let me get this straight – Larry King is getting his 8th divorce, Elizabeth Taylor is possibly getting married for a 9th time, Jesse James and Tiger Woods are screwing EVERYTHING, yet the idea of same-sex marriage is going to destroy the institution of marriage?? Really? REALLY?? Repost to your page if you agree.

just so you know…

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  • The new NERD album comes out June 15th…not sure of the title yet
  • check out Tasha Smith on the cover of Upscale Magazine:

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  • This is kind of risque but Trina, Nicki Minaj, and Lady Saw have teamed up for a song called “Dang A Lang”…yeah, I don’t think I need to talk about what this song is about LOL
  • btw, I do want to say that I watched the streaming live video of Kimora Lee Simmons Summer 2010 collection on Dr Jay’s blog. I absolutely love Kimora’s personality! She’s so bubbly and REAL! I can’t wear some of those pieces those girls were modeling, but it looked HOT.
  • Chris Brown has a new mixtape, Fan of A Fan, about to drop featuring rapper Tyga. The first single is “Holla At Me.” btw, Chris Brown is rappin’ in the song. check out the video:

 

  • Jodie Sweetin’s divorce is now finalized.
  • I heard about Rihanna having to be rushed to the hospital in Switzerland, but since the story was still developing, I didn’t talk about it. However, according to cnn.com, Rihanna was treated for a injured rib, but the singer’s publicist says that its nothing serious.
  • David Letterman will be on Live with Regis and Kelly on April 30th.
  • Check out this video which unveils the new $100 dollar bill:

 

  • Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are coming back for Men In Black 3 and guess what, it will be in 3D
  • Today is Earth Day!
  • Whitney Port is planning on releasing an advice book called True Whit. The book will contain personal stories as well as advice for young women
  • Heather Locklear is being reported as having been arrested for a hit and run on Saturday.
  • Gerald Imes, brother of Monique appeared on the Oprah show and admitted to the molestation which occurred when he was 13 and Monique was 7. check out a snippet of the interview:

 

  • Christina Aguilera will be performing on the finale of American Idol
  • here’s a goodie goodie! A cover of VMAN magazine!

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  • Mariah Carey and her hubby Nick Cannon will be having their 3rd wedding on April 30th.
  • So just as I love Mariah, Nicki Minaj, Teairra Mari, and Kimora Lee Simmons, I love Gabrielle Union just as much. These are the women who I think are GREAT role models…btw, Gabby has some FAB Style. check out this pic of her and Ludacris (DTP!):

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  • Game has paid out between 20,000 and 30,000 stacks to Shannon Rodrick. Rodrick is the man who accused Game of hitting him and threatening him with a gun at a basketball game back in 2007. This is the same incident that Game served 8 days in prison for. btw, Game is about to drop a new mixtape called, “The Red Room.”  it will be hosted by DJ Skee. Check out more straight from Game by watching the video below:

 

  • so STAR magazine is running a story about Kim Kardashian and her first husband, music producer Damon Thomas who she was married to for 4 years. STAR magazine reports that Damon use to beat Kim and even asked her to get plastic surgery. OUCH! check out some of the story straight from celeb****y.com via starmagazine.com:

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Following her split from Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian is rebounding quite nicely with Portugese soccer stud Cristiano Ronaldo, but her million dollar smile is masking dark secrets. 

In the May 3 issue of Star, on sale today, we have the shocking details about Kim’s hush-hush marriage to Damon Thomas as well as their divorce nightmare. In newly uncovered court documents obtained by Star, Kim claims her husband of four years — a partner at Underdog Entertainment, who has worked singers including Pink and Katharine McPhee — flew into jealous rages, punched her, threatened her life and instructed her to get plastic surgery to improve her body. 

One terrible incident Kim recalls occurred the day they were supposed to be taking a fun trip skydiving with Justin Timberlake. 

“Before we left our home, Damon hit me in the face and cut my lip open,” Kim claims. “I fell into the bed frame and banged my knee hard. I was limping when we went skydiving.” 

Get the full story – including the legal papers and how she’s still struggling to move on — in the new issue of Star today!