Lil Mo has decided to make a statement about the recent boycott of artists against the verdict of George Zimmerman, but made a particular dig at Stevie Wonder. Look I'm all for freedom of speech and she shouldn't be stifled simply because people don't like what was said. But you have to be respectful. Lil Mo took to twitter to voice her disdain about the recent boycotts of Florida by celebrities.
She tweeted:
“Ever since the verdict, a certain artist is boycotting the state of Florida. The fans don't deserve to be deserted,” she tweeted. “If the coin was right, would HIS staff accept or deny the gig? And if so how would he know? They could say it’s sumpter, sc or nah?”
“TBH some artists have staff that dedicate their LIFE to that artist so when that artists expires the TEAM outta work. Think abt it b4 u buck,” - See more at: Cocoafab
Really Lil Mo? Really? This is disrespectful and unacceptable. First off he has a right to assert himself for something he believes in. I don't think boycotting Florida will hurt him in anyway he could be in any country in the world and make twice as much as he would in a concert in Florida. He's not doing this to hurt his staff or anyone he's doing this to make a point. Stevie Wonder is a world wide artist and phenomenon. Furthermore there were plenty of other artists who are refusing to have concerts or anything in Florida, people like Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Madonna, and Justin Timberlake just to name a few. But you didn't make any snide comments at any of them in your twitter rant, No. You singled out Stevie Wonder in a roundabout way.
Second let these artists deal with the consequences of their actions. If its hurting them they will just have to eat that cost. Why are you concerned your not boycotting this way so L.I.G. Its not about what you said its how you said it. You weren't sounding concerned you sounded like you were trying to put someone on blast. Like they were just doing this boycotting thing for publicity. I do understand your frustration but this how they feel taking a stand would benefit the community and make Florida understand that the people do have a voice. And by the way there are artists who are doing small benefit concerts and showing up to vigils, but others feel that this is a better way to show their severe disdain for the injustice of Trayvon Martin.
Let's be real here, Stevie Wonder didn't have to boost his career by getting on reality TV. So he's not missing a beat by boycotting Florida His music is timeless. No matter how many breaks he takes, he can always come back with new music or old music and out sell you and everyone else in the world without even trying. So fall back Lil Mo and in the words of The Rock: "Know Your Role and Shut Your Mouth" Let them express their voice the way they want. If you don't want to boycott this way that's your business. I'm not judging you but you can't judge them for what they decide to do for themselves and their community. #imjussayin
Wendy Williams show yesterday was pretty I actually watch it regularly. Sometimes I agree with what she said and sometimes I don't. But I can honestly say that her show is very entertaining.
Basically on Wednesday's episode of Wendy she confessed that she regularly watches Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. She was obviously embarrassed to say that she watches the show but her focus was on the Kirk and Rasheeda saga that has been dominating the show. For the most part on the first season of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, the relationship between Joseline, Mimi and Stevie J was the main storyline. Adding in some fights between Karlie Redd, Rasheeda, and K. Michelle as well as the secondary storyline which was the relationship with Scrappy and Erica along with Scrappy sideline chick Shay.
Well Wendy decided to speak her mind and tell the nation that the story behind Kirk's infidelity was a ploy to get more face time on the show and put some of the other cast members to back. Making them the stars of the show. Anyway here's Wendy, take a look at the clip:
Well I can't say that I don't agree with Wendy. Cause in this instance I do. Kirk and Rasheeda had small drama on the show last season. It wasn't explosive like this season. But it was drama. This is far beyond what anyone expected from Kirk. He seemed so much better than that, and on the first season he seemed to genuinely love his wife. So for him to do a complete 180 like that is mind boggling. Another reason I can kind of agree with Wendy is that when people tracked down Mary Jane on twitter and started just ripping her to shreds, she responded to one of the tweets by saying "This is all about making money. This is strictly business." That kind of made me say "Hmmm, business huh."
Now let's SPECULATE: Maybe Rasheeda and Kirk wanted more relevance on the show, so on their down time they got in contact with Mary Jane and came up with this plan to make up a fight. But that's far fetched. like I said I was just SPECULATING but it could explain why Mary Jane is so callous about the situation. And Kirk's nonchalant attitude would also be explained. It just seemed messed up. But on the flip side Rasheeda is pregnant and I don't think she would involve her unborn child in some mess like that. I'm just saying.
Hopefully Wendy is just talking and none of this is true. What made me laugh a little bit at the show though was when Wendy's talking to the TV and telling the cast members of Love and Hip Hop ATL: "Don't call to ask for an interview. You are not the caliber of guests that I want for my show except for my Puerto Rican princess Joseline. Only I can't understand a word she's saying so we'll just use the close captioning." As ratchet and messy as Wendy is, if she don't want you on her show you know something is wrong. #RealTalk
I hope this isn't true and that this played out in front of the cameras due to the fact the Kirk is a jerk. I hope and pray. For Real.
There is a new talk show coming to airwaves on July 15th. It is called The Real Talk Show. It will have a similar format to the View and The Talk. Several woman around a table discussing topics that are relative in the media and amongst women, with the occasional guest. The hosts will consist of Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jeanie Mai, & Loni Love. Each of these women are of different ages, in different stages of life and have their own career (well at least 4 of them do in my eyes). Let's get know them, shall we? LOL
Tamar Braxton
For those of you who have lived under a rock for the last 3 years then you would need a crash course in this hosts reality TV takeover. Her name is Mrs. Tamar Braxton-Herbert but most of her Tamartians (nickname she gave her fans) know her as Tamar Braxton the loud mouth of the Braxton sisters. She is probably one of the most controversial and most beloved reality stars in reality TV history. She is one of 5 Braxton sister (they also have a brother Michael but he's not involved in the show) on the hit reality TV show the Braxton Family Values and Tamar & Vince on WEtv. Originally Tamar had a small career in R&B as a solo artist and in a group with her sisters called the Braxtons. But after that fizzled she began singing background for her older sister Toni Braxton for quite some time. She got married to her music mogul husband Vincent Herbert in 2008. Just a few days ago it was announced that Tamar gave birth to beautiful healthy baby boy. She also topped the charts with her singles Love and War and The One. Both singles have been number 1 on iTunes since their release. Tamar is just taking over!
Adrienne Bailon came onto the scene by way of a Pop group named 3LW. She was the lead singer and they had a few hits until they fizzled out. Hits like No More (Baby I'm a Do Right), Playas Gon Play, and I Do (Wanna Get Close to You). The group eventually disbanded and each girl went their separate ways. Adrienne became a celebrity correspondent on many red carpets for BET, MTV, Vh1 and more. She also did correspondent work for the Maury show, E!, and Access Hollywood. Currently she has a recurring reality TV show with her best friend Julissa on Style Network called Empire Girls: Julissa and Adrienne and a straight to DVD movie called All You've Got with Ciara (Pretty good movie if ask me). She has been romantically linked to many people (Fabolous, Ne-Yo, Bow Wow etc) but it is unclear if the rumors are true. For certain it has been confirmed that she had a long relationship with model and reality TV star Rob Kardashian. Rob cheated on Bailon which caused the breakup. Currently she is being linked to an A&R exec and manager (to rapper Fabolous) Lenny Santiage b.k.a. Lenny S.
Loni Love is a comedian by trade. She has been named by both Variety and Comedy Central as one of the Top Ten Comedians to Watch. She has had much success in stand-up being given spots on Comedy Central, ComicView, Comics Unleashed, The Jay Leno Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Best Damn Sports Show Period, etc. She was given 1 hour Comedy Central stand up in 2010 called America’s Sister. She went on to do correspondent work on several shows Chelsea Lately, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News, The Doctors, Dr. Oz Show, VH1′s “I Love the 70′s/80′s/90′s, “Vh1′s The Great Debate”, and she is a regular on TruTV's The World's Dumbest. She's also done acting gigs in movies/TV shows like Nickelodeon show “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, Girlfriends and Worst Week. Loni has guest hosted TV shows as well like E! Wildest TV Show Moments and guest host on GSN Live. Ms. Loni Love also has a book being released on July 13, 2013 called Love Him Or Leave Him, But Don't Get Stuck With the Tab: Hilarious Advice for Real Women and a very popular segment on the SideShow Network called This Week in Love with Loni Love.
Tamera Mowry has been famous since her teenage years. She was one half of the hit UPN/CW sitcom Sister Sister, where two twins find out about the other as teens and live in a mixed family home. After the show was cancelled Tamera and her sister continued acting in teen movies and Disney films such as Twitches 1 and 2, Seventeen Again and more. Although Tia received a acting gig on the CW/BET hit The Game (originally it was a role meant for Tamera), Tamera wasn't seen much. She also had a recurring role as Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama Strong Medicine. They both landed a reality TV show on the Style Network in 2011 called Tia and Tamera after their 1 hour special Tia and Tamera was such a big success. Tamera was her sassy self and viewers loved her vibrant bubbly personality. Soon after Tamera married her long time boyfriend Fox News Correspondent Adam Housley, got pregnant, and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Aden.
Jeannie Mai is best known for her work on Extra as a correspondent, her hosting duties on Character Fantasy viaUSA Network and of course her hosting and styling duties on How do I Look? on the Style Network. She has done frequent correspondent work on the Wendy Show, the Today Show, and E! News - The Daily 10. She has several recurring television shows that she frequents like Dude Where's Your Style?, Go Fix Yourself and Luck Shops a collaboration with Lucky Magazine. She has also been featured in wide variety of magazines such as US Weekly, OK! Magazine, Glamour, Teen Vogue, Elle, Allure, and Ebony. By trade Jeannie Mai is a celebrity makeup artist and stylist. She has been praised for her recent guest speaker appearance at Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference. She was in the presence of other talented heavy weights ranging from Donna Karen to Jessica Simpson and Jane Fonda. Jeannie Mai is lovable spitfire and with a larger than life attitude toward fashion and beauty. She is also a hardcore foodie. Taking photos and documenting her food adventures from all over the world inher own column of taste in Food and Wine Magazine this 2011. Jeannie is also very invested in her culture as a Chinese/Vietnamese American. She returns to her homeland frequently traveling around Asia helping the less fortunate. She volunteers and works with with Heartbeat Vietnam, a non-profit devoted to improving health care for impoverished children and NightLight International, an organization committed to rescuing women and children from sex trafficking and prostitution rings by providing employment and vocational opportunities. Her entire career she dedicated her work to making women feel beautiful besides just looking beautiful.
*Side Note - She is also a happily married woman!
Her mantra: Let's Wear Heels as High as Our Hopes!
It seems like Fox is trying to compete with The View and The Talk. They are doing a different level though which I like. All the women on this panel are some where around my age. They are no older than 40 but no younger 23. Which gives Fox an entire demographic that neither CBS nor ABC have tapped in. What appeals to young teens and women? Fashion, Celebrity Drama, Beauty, and Hair. And of course your occasional guy candy and "girl talk" like getting pregnant, dating, or being a newlywed. With this panel I believe Fox can't loose. They have women who have different career backgrounds, different family lives, different ethnicity's all rolled up into one show which is really cool. Each lady has something different to offer the panel and I especially excited about Jeannie Mai. I love her! Her style sense is mad cool plus her attitude is so chill. I would love to meet her in person if I could! Of course I'm glad that Tamar can add talk show host to her roster of becoming a superstar, I love Loni Love and I'm REALLY happy that she is getting a push. I've been waiting on Tamera Mowry-Housley to be able to do her own thing for a long time and I'm glad she was able to get this. She's funny, smart, and has a lot of sass that would bring some serious color to the color. As far as Adrienne Bailon I can do without but that doesn't mean I'm not happy for her being able to land the hosting gig.
The show is set to premiere on July 15th in major areas: New York; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Houston; and Tampa. It has a 4 episode Test Run, if all goes well it will go national. Take a Look for Yourself and Tell Me What You Think!
Social media is meant for connecting with others and your favorite celebs. But people are just taking it to a whole new level. Using Twitter and Facebook to publicly humiliate and blast colleagues, enemies and more. Its childish, sad, and just flat out ignorant. Let me explain...
Raqi Thunda and Traci Steele have been battling it out on Twitter lately. Unfortunately it was nothing to really squawk about. Raqi was commenting on episodes of Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta. To para phase she simply said that Traci needed to focus on herself instead of the father of her child's many women. Which I agree. And Traci Steele responded by saying she always felt Djs should stick together. According to Traci Steele, Raqi Thunda isn't even on her level when it comes to being a Dj. And then it just kept going on and on from there.
Well first off I do agree with Raqi Thunda on some of the things she said about Traci Steele and her ongoing struggle with DJ Drew. Yes in many ways Drew needs to grow up and stop acting like a kid. But on the flip side of the Traci needs to let go. Her only concern should be when their child is in need. Their communication should only be if they are mutually agreeing on something that concerns their child or they have business. Other than that its not necessary for her to come over his house and cuss him out because there is a female at his residence. To me that makes me think you are not over him and your breaking a cardinal rule: Mother of the Child does not = Wife. There is a difference in your roles and Traci my dear you need to learn yours. You can be friends with Drew and even go into to business with him if you want (although next time you need to run a background check on your business man #imjussayin) but other than that let him do him and you do you. Period! I'm sorry Traci, I like you I really do but its important for you to sever your romantic/girlfriend ties with him. If you don't you will never have a meaningful relationship or live a full life outside of that relationship. Now I'm through moving on to Ms. Raqi Thunda.
Raqi, I don't really have much to say about you except, its clear you have no problem throwing shade (Joe Budden, Jen the Pen, Consequence, Rasidah, etc) but when the tables are turned you are quick to fight. To me you are clearly an attention whore. Pure and simple. Do I think your using Traci Steele's drama to stay relevant no, I think you were just speaking your mind. But after Traci commented (which by the way what she said was true and honestly anybody with a brain could see that) why couldn't you leave it alone? You said your peace. It was over. Grow Up! Its time out for this childish "Blow Down" mouthpiece you have. Yea your a radio personality, cool. I knew nothing about you until Love & Hip Hop and that's real. Just fall back. Its time to stay in your lane. Real Talk! Why did you even have to involve yourself in Traci's business. There was no need. Let's just spin this to you. If someone began speaking of the father of your child or your religion you spazz out. Everyone including colleagues from your show and people in the industry i.e. Fabolous and more have called you an IP - Industry P****. But Traci didn't go there with you, so L.I.G it, seriously. Ms. Raqi (by the way I LOVE your name, #RealTalk) stay in your lane.
If you want to see the tweets click the source link below and read them for yourself. This is childish and immature. Honestly if I was Traci I wouldn't even respond. I'm so done with this whole thing. It's #DEAD
BET has sunken to all time new LOW! They have recently let go of all their hosts on 106&Park. A show that is the last of its kind and probably never be another like it. I was a kid when 106&Park first started coming on. It was competing with FUSE Top 20 and the worlds #1 Video music show TRL (Total Request Live) hosted by Carson Daly. However the show got built up because of its awesome hosts Aj and Free. Everybody and I mean everybody loved Aj and Free. Free had a suave new york swag, her fashion sense was on point (she always had on the hottest shoes), with her trendsetting afro and Aj was very cool laid back, kind of bohemian vibe going on; with the long flowing dreadlocks. They talked to the hottest artists and were just all around cool people to watch. Then after they both left in 2005, I was upset. I really thought they would stay for a while before they left. To me 5 years wasn't enough! I don't remember a farewell episode for them. I remember hearing rumors about their departure and then all of a sudden Julissa and Tigger were hosting. Didn't like that at all.
Fast forward almost 10 years and now they are circulating rumors of ending the new hosts run. They set up 106&Park to be a new brand. All new hosts and entirely new concept. They are following in the steps Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood. Providing the masses with an abundance of entertainment including interviews, talk segments, social media interaction, and more.
Well within recent weeks or rather months, 106&Park has been going really RATCHET and fans of the show are not happy. Let me break it down:
1st Sign of Trouble - Some of the segments flop. Case in Point: The Miss Mykie Report. Miss Mykie is supposed to have a segment on 106&Park that discusses the latest issues and topics related to Hip Hop. According to HipHopDetroit.com, the segment failed to impress. Miss Mykie seemed to be lacking information and her interviewing skills need major work. Because Miss Mykie's background lacks those skills she should've been the last one interview or discuss anything without proper preparation. In any situation that requires a Q&A you need to be divulged in your topic. In order to have as much background on each topic, you need to study. Immerse yourself in the topics, formulate your opinion after the facts are given and then discuss the topic with your peers. Its painfully obvious Miss Mykie didn't do that.
2nd Sign of Trouble - The Hosts are GONE! Paigion and Shorty da Prince have not been on the show for a solid week. Fortunately this is not a bad sign because BET has a GET SCHOOLED campaign that they are promoting and Paigion and Shorty were apart of the promotional deal. Ms. Mykie may be on vacation (I'm just speculating) if not its unknown to the public at this moment where she is or if she's coming back. To keep the show moving BET decided to have some "celebrity" guest co-hosts and those women were all exes of Mr. 106&Park himself Bow Wow, exes that included Draya & Angela Simmons just to name a few. How tre' chic of BET LMAO!
Draya & Bow Wow Hosting 106 and Park
3rd Sign of Trouble - There's no explanations?! About the hosts whereabouts. Even when Rocsi and Terrence were on vacation or took small breaks the audience was informed before the absence and during the absence. No one explained anything according Hot107.5. That's really unprofessional and a slap in the audiences face.
Meanwhile all of this is going the CEO of BET is tweeting about partying in Miami. While one of your flagship shows is basically going down the toilet. Slowly but surely.
Well the fans are outraged they took the social media to voice their disdain with the poor choice of celebrity guest hosts and the show in general.
I stopped watching 106&Park a long time ago and it wasn't because it wasn't a good show I just out grew it. It was time to shake up the show and they had a good concept. But the corny segments between segments and the nonchalant conduction of segments is ridiculous. Pull yourself together BET. Its time for you revamp your style. Your busy trying to keep up that your losing what you stood for in the beginning. Black Entertainment! Sometimes BET is embarrassing, like when the had their award show after Michael Jackson died and it was so ratchet and disheveled. That man deserved better. Personally I thought adding the little tributes by the stars between each segment was a nice touch but the performances added was too much. It need to be simple montage, the tributes and that's it!
Listen BET you need to give all the hosts another chance. Put the right people on the right segments and you can't go wrong. If you want to voice your opinion directly to the executive producers of 106&Park then click here!
What do you guys think? Tell me you opinions below!
Update!!!!!
Its OFFICIAL Paigion, Shorty Da Prince and Miss Mykie are GONE! BET released a statement early yesterday about hosts firing and gave the "Best of Luck on your Future Endeavors" speech. Its sad. I hope that it works out for those guys. But you'll never guess who's replacing them, Angela Simmons! Yes! She's their replacement or rather who they are considering to replace them. I guess they are going to their original format. 2 hosts of the opposite sex constantly hinting around the fact that they are together. Really attractive BET, really attractive!
TBS has a new game show coming out. Its called, "Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host!" There will dbe two hosts and they will each pose a strange fact to the contestant one true and one false. The contestant has to choose the correct answer to win.
Comedian Michael Ian Black
So what King of Comedy comedian is one of the hosts you ask? Well its D.L. Hughley! D.L. Hughley just wrapped a rather weird and all be it embarrassing time on Dancing with the Stars. His co-host will be Michael Ian Black another eccentric comedian who will fit this show perfectly. Both comedians have comedy careers on different spectrum's but they will mesh well because of their satirical material.
"Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host!" will appear on TBS Date and Time TBA (To Be Announced)
