The 2-Cent collective is back with another Christmas parody. You can check out the first one they did about two years ago (here) but now before you check out “Eminem,” “Rihanna “Nicki Minaj,” “Lil Wayne,” “Drake,” “Kanye West,” “Rick Ross” and more as they present a “GOOD Music” Christmas. This is hilarity at its finest. Trust me, this video is worth the 6:39 it takes to watch.
LOL @ “Waka” and “Baby,” That “authentic star tat” on his head had me rolling.
I like the video for Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” a lot! The song, er…maybe it will grow on me. But the visuals–the animal print, the tribal Caribbean-meets-African theme, the Grace Jones-esque fierceness = fiyah! I’m also lovin’ those fringe red, yellow and green hot pants. She was whining her waist an ting like it’s Carnival. Work it Ri Ri!
I want her to remake Chevelle Franklin’s “Dancehall Queen.” Flashback time!
Yep, I’ve teamed up with Apple Bottoms to give you a present. The first person who answers the trivia question right wins a 4 oz bottle of the Apple Bottoms perfume (pictured above). It smells nice, by the way.
Fragrance creators say, “We found our inspiration around the apple blossoms, and built a beautiful bouquet of transparent florals mingled with tropical fruits and drizzled with succulent nectar, all wrapped with golden amber, musk and vanilla.”
People have lost their minds when it comes to the internet. There are a lot of fake celebrities who have lost touch with reality, in addition to some simple etiquette practices that people don’t think should exist on the wild wild web. Check out my collabo vlog with Malik 16 explaining what’s up and how we can fix it:
Diana Ross and Steve Madden Collaborate to design sneakers. [Stylist]
Ciara struts her stuff in Paris, Beyonce supports DJ Solange, Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Tatiyana Ali work the red carpet. [Stuff Fly People Like]
Chanel Iman strikes a pose for Vogue Spain. [All That's Fab]
Invincible, Mae Day and Mz Jonz rock the mic in Detroit. [The Fembassy]
Behind the scenes of Beyonce’s Vizio Super Bowl Commercial. [Str8NYC]
20 in 2010: Spag-Lo. [Cool Cruel World]
I wanted to work at [ _____ magazine] since college and when I got that chance in 2007, I felt like I was finally on track to making my dreams come to fruition. Getting there was arduous. I didn’t have the easy path a lot of my peers had fresh out of college. Employment didn’t come easy (don’t you just hate people who get jobs right away), which forced me into a freelance life. Freelancing was a lot easier then because companies were willing to pay more for hard and quality work.
While piecing hustles together, I held on to hope that I’d get to [____ magazine] as a staffer. My moment came when I was originally going to be hired as their web editor but that fell through and I thought life and any chance at my dream career was over (I have a bad habit of thinking the worst of situations). Months after that, I began working on my dream deferred plan, which involved me teaching dance to 3rd graders and considering teaching academics full time. One day on my lunch break, I got a phone call that changed my life. Another position at the magazine opened and I was the first choice. At that point in my career, it was a step down to an entry level position (not a major step but I had two years experience in the freelance world in TV production and print, by then) but sometimes you have to make sacrifices when you’re working toward your dreams so I took the job.
A little over a year later–after I began carving my path at the company by obtaining more job responsibilities and a title change–I got laid off.
The British Songbird talks about dealing with anxiety about her forthcoming debut and touring with The Ting Tings this Spring.
I like her. A lot.
This song speaks to my rocker chick alter ego. Plus…
She’s a lovely deviation from Rihanna overload.
Here’s more info via the press release that I jacked:
ego trip, the New York-based creative collective behind the top-rated VH1 reality programs The (White) Rapper Show and Miss Rap Supreme, as well as the critically-acclaimed Book of Rap Lists and Big Book of Racism!, proudly presents three monthly programs of rarely-screened, short-form, independently produced hip-hop related documentaries at the acclaimed Maysles Institute of Harlem USA.
The series kicks off on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 with showings of two seminal depictions of South Bronx gang culture. First up is the colourful and compelling 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s (1979), produced and directed by Gary Weis. Chronicling the unforgettable real-life characters of the Savage Skulls and the Savage Nomads street gangs, as well as other members of their SBX community, it’s an indispensable portrait of the environment that spawned hip-hop’s eventual creative explosion. Also screening is Shotgun (1982), a similarly gritty depiction of New York City gang life from director Steve Goodman. Both filmmakers will be present at the screening, as well as Ponce Laspina, a former 5th Division President of the notorious Savage Skulls, and NYPD Detective Robert Werner (who appears prominently in 80 Blocks).
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