Music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Among those in attendance at the ceremony were on-off partner Kim Porter and their children, mother Janice, LA Reid, Russell Simmons and Jamie Foxx.
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Pop superstar Janet Jackson was honored at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards which took place at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre this past Saturday. Jackson, seen below sharing a kiss with Ellen Degeneres, was honored with the Vanguard Award.
Today, April 25th 2008, marks six years since the tragic passing of TLC’s Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes. The flamboyant, much-loved star was killed in a car accident in the Honduras in 2002. Lopes was 30 years old.
A media circus to say the least. Peep the pic above of the scene a car arriving at the wedding was greeted with. Still, it’s expected, considering Bey and Jay’z level of celebrity. Granted I don’t usually buy into the hype, I must say the suddenness of this all kinda makes it all the more engaging.
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The video for Chris Brown’s latest single ‘Take You Down’ premiered on BET just a few short hours ago. While it’s footage from his ‘Up Close & Personal’ tour, I’m still pleased it’s getting a release in some capacity. IMO ‘Take You Down’ is one of, if not the, best track I’ve heard from Chris. About the video, Chris really is morphing into a very seasoned performer.
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Granted some of the wording in the intro is highly questionable ‘…changed the face of R&B forever’ (errm…), I’m really looking forward to this. With the barrage of girl-groups that flooded the music scene in the mid-late 90′s, I definitely considered Blaque to have shown the most promise (Destiny’s Child aside). What’s more, right up to their most recent release, they continue to show a lot of artistic growth. here’s hoping things work out for the best.
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Following the debut of Michelle Williams’ great new single ‘We Break The Dawn’ yesterday, the singer kick-started her official video blog on Youtube. Thanking everyone for their support, she also discussed the video shoot for the single, as well as her new look. I’ve long felt that Michelle’s personality is very magnetic. {Thanks Angel!}
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Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, songstress Estelle expressed her views on what she described as the blindness to black talent here in the UK. Taking aim at some of the artists at the forefront of the ‘White Soul Invasion’, the 28 year old singer, whose song ‘American Boy’ is currently #1 on the Official Singles Chart, laments on the lack of press attention paid to black singers over here:Singling out Adele and Duffy, who she knocked off the number one spot at the weekend, she says:“I’m not mad at them, 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? Fuck that!” {Continue reading…}
Granted I feel music is one of the few ‘universals’ that exist today, I definitely see where Estelle is coming from – especially as a black person who lives here in the UK.
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