This has gotta be one of the most ominous and amazing photos captured of the Toronto skyline hands down. So almost exactly to 5 years to the day another freak like storm hits the Toronto area. The first storm5 years ago created a giant sink hole along one of Toronto’s busiest streets which took forever to fix. The damage from yesterdays storm has one reported loss of life and damages still have no estimated cost.
My male bestie and his sis watched from my place as tress snapped funnel clouds formed and streets flooded, all the while waiting on our pizza delivery and watching family guy.
Hair is a struggle for most black women. Here is a comedic effort to bring some of these issues to light in Chris Rock's new Documentary. Currently being shown at film festivals all over the world, this is a definite must see. Here's the trailer:
This song is on heavy rotation on the Ipod right now. If you don't already have it, get this chicks album titled Epiphany pronto!
Chrisette singing live on the Steve Harvey radio show
To watch Chrisette's video "What You Do" with vocals from Ne-yo click here Actor Pooch Hall, from the now canceled show The Game stars as her love interest.
Well...here it is, The music video For Drizzy's "Best I Ever Had"Directed By Kanye West. In case you haven't heard Drizzy has signed with Lil Wayne's Young Money Label.
This chick is soooo live to me, Gaga goes hard and I love it. Concept on point, dancers on point, wardrobe on point, even the lip syncing is on point. Sick-o-ning!!!!
It was the only thing I was interested to watch in during the MMVA's. Kanye has teamed up to tour with her and I mos def will be there. Watch this woman work...
The actual award show sucked, but the drama afterwards has me up posting like a crazy person. God bless the internet. Twitter has been going crazy for the past couple of hours. One of the major after parties was the official Drake after party at Century Room. For all of you that don't know, Century Room is considered to be a more upscale club and typically doesn't have too many urban (read: black) people party there. But of course, if you put Drake's name on the bill expect the man and gyal dem.
Anywhoo, I was receiving tweets that the club owners/promoters wanted Future the Prince (the main DJ) to switch the tunes because it was a little to much hip hop and that's when the vibes sort of switched up. To make a long story short, apparently there was a shooting that sent people fleeing left right and centre. ETF (Emergency Task Force, which is the Canadian version of SWAT) came through and cleared out the place. Party done.
Then in other news Perez Hilton himself tweeted that :
I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please. 8 minutes ago from Sidekick
I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke. 6 minutes ago from Sidekick
Really? Never knew Will.I.Am was moving like that. I wonder what that conversation was like? Will.I.Am punched Perez Hilton in the face. How did we go from partying it up at Ultra, enjoying the weather and the awards to a fist fight? The story is still unfolding, but so far so damn good in my book.
P.S. the above photo is not from last night, it's just an archive photo
UPDATE: Tila Tequila (who is also in town for the awards) tweeted that she received texts from Will.I.Am himself that he did not punch Perez Hilton out. This is the first text : If you care here are the two other text messages Will.I.Am apparently sent Tila: Text #1 and Text #2
UPDATE#2: Will.I.Am has taken to the internet via vlog. He posted a video message about "what really happened". He says he didn't punch Perez in the face. Says that Perez was being very rude and insulting and that some fans attacked Perez after he called Will.I.Am a faggot.
About 1 hr ago, Perez decided to vlog about his side of the story and he is sticking to the fact that it was indeed Will.I.Am who punched him in the face and made him bleed. The video is hella long, he is basically agreeing with what Will.I.Am is saying up until the physical altercation. He agreed that he said some stuff that could've gotten them upset but says that "Will.I.Am is a coward and a liar" and maintains that he hit him after he was "shouldered" and "pushed" by a member of the Black Eye Peas' entourage. Best line at 11:03 , an angry "FUCK YOU WILL.I.AM!!!" To watch the video you can check out Perez's website here
On Sunday, June 21 I forced myself to sit through Canada's pride and joy the boring ass MMVAs (Much Music Video Awards). The show was the usual let down, so I do not care to post about it. But 1 thing I noticed was that Tiffanie from Girlicious was not in attendence despite all the other group members and Robin Antin being present. I don't follow Girlicious like that so I didn't know what was going on, but after some snooping I found this video with Tiffanie confirming my thoughts. She has been cut form the group. Apparently it's because she was too "urban" and that is no longer the direction. Hmm, never knew they were urban to begin with, but OK. We'll wait and see how this situation pans out...
Stumbled across this gem and decided to share. Apparently Degrassi The Movie is coming out later this summer (August?) and will pick up where it left off. Three major characters end up in L.A. trying to achieve their respective dreams. All I want to know is where wheelchair Jimmy at?
Why oh why would you leak this track first Breezy. Even if this is not your first single (which I'm kind of praying it is) wouldn't you try your hardest to make sure it didn't hit cyberspace first. I don't think that Breezy has the most creative control of his career, but don't his people think that if you are trying to stray away from the scandal then one shouldn't release a track called Smash? C'mon now. And my favourite line is "Hold on, are you sure you want to play with fire, i’m guaranteed to take it higher, if you say you don’t then your a liar, yeaaah" ....
Well then Mr. Hov, You have given us lots to talk about with this track. However I'm going to wait till I hear some more material form the upcoming project before I give review or discuss any implications with the new track, J is most definably coming with the heat.
Been on hiatus for a hot min and posts have been sporadic. We had many function's to attend, travelling, work, hangovers, creating the business plan and Birthday's to celebrate...primarily Jam and I and overall just life. In any event we back.
Just in case your feelin' generous I'd like to have this as a belated b day gift, size 9 1/2 please and thank you.
I'm not even a fan of Drake like that. His music is dope but I am one of the few who doesn't think he's all that physically attractive. It's only because of his swag and his music why he could get it. Maybe. But despite all that, for some reason it hurt to see this photo. So sad. Whatever, she's a cutie I can't lie. For those of you who don't know, she's Teyana Taylor from "Google Me" fame.
P.S. My sister claims she came up with the "Google Me" phrase first and she would've put out a better track, but now it's ruined.
Let me preface this post by saying that I LOVE high heels very much. I love the way they look and the instant sex appeal boost. BUT I hate the way the sexy ones make your feet feel. Life is rough. Real rough.
Last month Kizz and I attended Guys and Dolls at Wetbar in Toronto, and while we both looked cute, we only felt cute for a portion of the time. Of course liquor helps but one you slip out of those bad boys and the buzz wears off, it can bring tears to your eyes.
The picture below is from the end of night back at Kizz's place. If you could see my torso you would see that the face says it all. Hair mashup, make up mashup one sexy leg and hot shoe and look at the other foot. Look. At. It. So fellas when we say we are sitting down because our feet hurt, do me a favour and leave us the fuck alone. Remember this photo, it's not always an excuse.
Yesterday was a day. You know one of those days when you wake up feeling good and it seems the universe is just tryna bring you down?
I woke and got all fresh. Ready for work. Left my place only to see my bus rolling by in front of my face as soon as I hit the pavement. Nice.
Work was work until the very first customer I dealt with had some sort of complex. Dude was acting like he was superior or something cuz he was the customer. Had the nerve to say "don't argue with me" Believe me when I say I am not the one. I told him that I was not arguing with him and that he didn't wish to make a purchase with me he was more than willing to find someplace else to shop. I could tell he was biting his tongue, he made his purchase and then left. Good way to start the day lol.
Then this dude who has been stalking me for the past 3 years happens to stroll on by. We work in the same building but in two completely different departments but that doesn't stop him from making frequent visits to my location. I tried to busy myself but no luck. He's one of those old Jamaican men who just don't understand the word No. Doesn't understand I have a boyfriend, I'm not into you, go away. Like I'm speaking mutha effin spanish. He came with his small talk but thank God a customer needed help so he moved on faster.
Then when I was coming home. Working on this post and listening to Drizzy on the pod I fell up the stairs. Who falls UP the stairs!? Lmao. But still I was good. These things didn't get me down. But then when I was about to go into my apartment when I saw a piece of my key chain on the ground outside. I had leant my keys to my boyfriend earlier that day and I doubted that anyone else in my apartment had that same Jamaica key chain. The same one that I had that matched my moms. And if that wasn't enough to turn me a bit sour, when I actually walk into the building I see a final notice from Rogers about cutting my cable.
Mood is officially sour. But I wasn't mad for too much longer because he went grocery shopping and did a good job and the season finale of Grey's Anatomy was incredible. Ahhh... Yesterday was just one of those days.
My hunny Blake Carrington(he doesn't know about us yet but it's bound to happen) made a video featuring O' Sound about the struggles surrounding the Air Yeezy's. I know Kizz saw the line up of people in the rain waiting for the shoes like camping out the day before. So I believe the lyrics when they say you needed a wristband. Seems like the kind of fuckery that would go down. Anywhoo, here's the vid and if you're from Toronto the locations should look very familiar =)
Every now and then I watch videos by B. Scott on youtube and I've found them to be very interesting and thought provoking. The last video that was uploaded by Mr. B. Scott can be seen right here:
Homophobia is a big issue in todays society especially concerning the groups that B. Scott mentioned. I myself considered myself a homophobe but can honestyly say that I am becoming more and more accepting. One day I just told myself to think logically. I am a Christian and I believe that being gay is wrong and a sin, but I fornicate and commit sin everyday and I wouldn't be happy if people disliked and treated me different because of that. So how dare I look down other people because of their lifestyle?
I'm not trying to preach, I just see the logic in the other side of the argument and can agree with B. Scott. The man talks some truth, so if you are willing to look past physical attributes and listen to what he has to say I suggest you watch the video above and the plenty others he has on his youtube channel. He is a very funny and inspirational dude. Embrace change.
So after months and months of talk, I finally believe that Disney will be coming out with their first movie with a Black Princess. Anika Noni Rose (most commonly known from her role in Dreamgirls) will be voicing the lead character. Check The Princess and the Frog's poster below:
