November 8, 2011

Rap Legend Heavy Dead At 44

Its a sad day in Hip-Hop. Rap legend Heavy D has passed away at the age of 44. The rapper, born as Dwight Arrington Meyers was found unconscious in a walkway. According to TMZ, a 911 call was placed from a Beverly Hills home, where the caller stated that he found an unconscious man. Heavy D was transported to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead an hour later. Police are investigating the cause of his death.
Many of you remember Heavy in the rap group "Heavy D And The Boyz. He is known for his theme songs for shows, such as "In Living Color" and "Mad TV," and was featured on Michael Jackson's song "Jam." He also went on to act in movies and shows, like "The Tracy Morgan Show," "Life," "Bones," "Boston Public," and recently "Tower Heist, which premiered in theatres last Friday.
Heavy D also got a chance to take the stage at the recent BET Hip-Hop awards, where he performed some of hits. He even brought out Tyrese on stage his popular record"Now We Found Love."
Heavy last tweet was his condolences on the passing of boxer Joe Frazier, who died yesterday. Comes to show you that tomorrow is not promised. His last tweet was about a man who died yesterday, now we all are sending our condolences to his passing
Rest In Paradise Heavy D.
Check out his performance below

November 1, 2011

Janet Jackson Graces The Cover Of Harper Bazaar As The "GODDESS"

Photographer Alan Gelati got some great shots of Janet Jackson in this month's issue of Harper Bazaar Arabia. Ms. Jackson, who is defined as a "Goddess" on the cover of the magazine and styled by stylist Sally Matthews is rocking a green long sleeve lace overlay bustier inspired dress. She is celebrating almost 40 years in the entertainment industry, which also marks the 40 year anniversary of UAE and kick off of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Janet's new boo/boyfriend billionaire Wissam Al Mana also was in the November issue of the magazine last year (awww, how cute). 
Check out more pics of Janet's fashion spread:

New Music Video: Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj "Dance (A$%)"

I don't know what to say about this video, lol. With his MC Hammer "Can't Touch This" sample track, rapper Big Sean brings us his latest music video for his single "Dance (A$%)" the remix featuring Nicki Minaj. 
In the video, Big Sean pays tribute to former rapper Will Smith (formerly "The Fresh Prince") in the opening of his visual. He is sitting on the throne as different women of ethnicity are giving him a show as they shake what their mama gave them. Nicki, later joins Big Sean and is shaking her assets in her British flag outfit. We even see a full screen of the word a$# in different languages in the opening sequence and throughout the video.
Check out the video full of A%$ below:

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GeekPod: Phyllisia Featuring Yung Joc And Jah Cure "I Love You"

Yesterday, I got a chance to listen to a beautiful song titled "I Love You." Miami native Phyllisia blesses the track with her soulful vocals on the Luther Vandross "The Closer I Get To You"  sampled. The track features Atlanta rapper Yung Joc and reggae artist Jah Cure. "I Love You" was produced by another Miami Native Mistah Wiggy and written by other Miami natives Jessica Juste and James Shepherd. Phyllisia is currently signed to SoBe entertainment. 
Take a listen tot the track below:
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Website: phyllisia.com/
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Twitter: @jessiesongz

"I Love You" is available on itunes right now (click here)

GeekPod: Song Of The Day: Lil Brianna "Marilyn Monroe"

I've been bumping to this song for quite sometime. Miami native/artist Brianna has been in the game for quite sometime now (since the age of 13 to be exact). She brings us one of her hottest singles "Marilyn Monroe," which has been getting a lot of radio play in Miami for a while now. And a big CONGRATS to Brianna, who was recently signed to Atlantic Records. This is a very big move in her career.
Check out her hot single "Marilyn Monroe" below:
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Wale On The Cover Of "Rolling Out"


November 1st is officially here. For those of you that are Wale fans, you know what that means...  "Ambition" is officially out. Besides the release of his album, Wale is on the cover of "Rolling Out." On the cover, Wale is holding a chess play piece with the words "WALE, In Search Of A Hip-Hop Masterpiece." In his interview with the Magazine, he spoke on catering to his female fan, what he looks for in a woman, and people's criticism on why he didn't have dark skin women in his music video "Pretty Girls."
On catering to his female following
"I want to be an advocate for the women. I may say some wild things, but that’s our time to have fun. But I stand for fixing the world our way. Let’s add spice to this and change the world. I believe women should go to school to network with others who will change the world. I’m encouraging. I’m a part of the problem, but I want to be a part of the clean up. “No Hands” is the party and “Ambitious Girls” is the clean up. We can have fun, but I hope you’re getting up and going to class. I don’t want to get in the way of that. That [is] something you have to do. For two years, I had to walk around with about $15 in my account. That was my time. I left school and had to get on my grind. I was about 21. Now show me you can work the system for four or five years and continue to do your thing."
On not having dark skin women in his video "Pretty Girls"
"It wasn’t about that, but it showed me what I meant to the black culture. That made me realize that people hold me at a higher regard. That was when I knew I had to make a change. For “Pretty Girls,” I didn’t go on set until there were dark-skinned girls at the video shoot. I was waiting. The most horrible feeling in the world, was that my women think that I don’t care about them. I’d rather go broke than for my black women to think that I don’t care about them. I would rather lose everything than to have my queens think I’m turning my back on them. I was the only kid in my neighborhood with a father. And that’s because I’m African and they don’t divorce. It messed me up. When I was in Mississippi, a girl told me she had her first child at 16. So I made a song called “Illest B—- Alive.” There’s a special place in my heart for black girls. If you’re black and have a black mother, you know how special they are."
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