September 2011
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Vashtie Breaks Down the Importance of Branding
In a recent interview with BlackEnterprise.com, renaissance woman Vashtie Kola is discussing the importance of branding, what’s next and what a normal day is like.
How important is branding?
For me, branding is identity. It’s almost your signature wherever you go.
Most of the branding I think that I’ve been known for is from the idea of being uniform. I usually wear the same thing all...
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Malik Yoba is Teaching at LIU Brooklyn
Actor Malik Yoba is not just sitting back waiting for his show ALPHAS to air, he’s teaching at LIU Brooklyn. If you’re interested in acting, this may be the class for you. With only four (4) classes scheduled [starting today] for $595 you’ll learn:
The Life of a Professional Actor: students will be given an in depth review of the business side of the acting profession. In...
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Kindergarten Student Brings Mom's Crystal Meth to...
A kindergarten show-and-tell in Missouri took a lurid turn when a boy whipped out his mother’s drug pipe and several baggies full of crystal meth.
The unidentified boy brought the ounce of drugs, worth roughly $3,700, to the Sweet Springs Elementary School on Sept. 6, according to local KCTV-5.
The students had been asked to bring “pictures of their family for show and tell,”...
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BBWLA: Imani Addresses What REALLY Happened With...
In a recent interview with VIBE Magazine, Imani sets the record straight on what happened with Draya and more.
What element do you bring to Basketball Wives LA?
Apparently, I’m ultra conservative. This is something I’m finding out about, myself. Like I said ive been behind the scenes even when I was with Stephen, I was never the one going out, partying or being on the internet in pictures...
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Christian Louboutin Speaks On Working With Swizz...
In a new Haute Living feature, Christian Louboutin speaks on what it’s like to work with Swizz Beatz for his signature red bottom.
“Swizz is a great soul,” Louboutin said. “The wonderful thing to collaborate with someone like him is that you have no sense of boredom, no sense of exhaustion. It’s all great energy mixed with fun ideas. To translate words, situations and images into music...
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Ne-Yo is Expecting His Second Child & Engaged!
Shortly after boasting via Twitter about his baby girl Madilyn Grace, US Weekly reports that Ne-Yo and girlfriend Monyetta Shaw are engaged and expecting their second child.
Congratulations to Ne-Yo & Monyetta!
[via NecoleBitchie]
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Swizz Beatz Settles Child Support With Baby Mama
Swizz Beatz has reached an official child-support deal with the mother of his love child in London. Sources confirmed to us that 33-year-old Bronx-born producer and rapper Beatz, husband of Alicia Keys, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, recently struck an out-of-court settlement with UK-based singer Zhanna Andrianova, mother of his 3-year-old daughter Nicole.
Russian Andrianova, who performs...
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June Ambrose to Premiere "The June Ambrose...
Celebrity stylist June Ambrose is taking her talents to VH1, and this will not be another trashy reality show we’re all addicted to. According to VH1:
In “The June Ambrose Project,” June and her team of tireless assistants will take on a mix of up-and-coming and established celebrity clients – some actors, some musicians — who would like to re-imagine their looks and brands. Each...
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Angela Simmons & Bow Wow on the Beach
We just showed you pics of Angela Simmons and former boyfriend Bow Wow at her 24th birthday celebration, now here are pics of them on the beach! Are the two getting back together?
[more TheYBF]
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Angela Simmons Celebrates Her 24th Birthday
Over the weekend, Angela Simmons was spotted with ex-boyfriend Bow Wow celebrating her 24th birthday. Now, word on the street is they each still have a thing for each other but didn’t Bow Wow just have a baby?
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Amber Rose in Ghana
Amber Rose along with #TeamAmberRose went to Ghana over the weekend to give back, feed children and take in African culture. While there, Amber also offered words of encouragement to girls in a local school.
[thx KC]
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Common Says Erykah Badu Broke Up with Him Over the...
While promoting his new memoir One Day It’ll All Make Sense, rapper Common dished to Wendy Williams that Erykah Badu broke up with him over the phone!
“She handed it to me. I was in my hotel room on tour and… she called me and was like, ‘Hey, I don’t wanna be in this relationship no more. I’m liking somebody else.’ That was my first love and my first...
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New music: J. Cole feat. Jay-Z “Mr. Nice...
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Swizz Beatz Buys Alicia Keys A Car For HIS...
The internet was going crazy about a week ago when pictures of Swizz Beatz’s phone implied that he was cheating on wife, Alicia Keys. Well, to take our mind off things (and Alicia’s too), Swizz bought Alicia a car for HIS birthday!
Ladies, would you accept this “make up gift” and forget everything?
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Forbes Names Tyler Perry Highest-Paid Man in...
In Hollywood, actors like Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp get most of the attention but they aren’t necessarily the ones who are making the most money. Just check out our list of Entertainment’s Highest-Paid Men. Only two of the ten men on our list are actors and one of those actors earns most of his money as a writer/director/producer.
That would be the multi-talented Tyler Perry. If his face is...
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Black Fashion: Historically Black Colleges and... →
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Methodology:
These historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) were compared only with one another for these rankings. In order to be on the list, a school must be designated currently by the U.S. Department of Education as an HBCU. To qualify for the U.S. News ranking, an HBCU also…
Top 20 Rankings:
1. Spelman College 2. Howard University 3. Morehouse...
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My Interview With Steve Stoute... →
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Miss Angola Crowned Miss Universe 2011
Miss Angola Leila Lopes, a business student from the town of Benguela in her home country, was crowned Miss Universe on Monday after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain.
Lopes, 25, laughed and smiled as she hugged runner-up Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, then felt a crown placed carefully on her head at the pageant held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Earlier in...
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Alicia Keys Spotted in Tribeca
Alicia Keys was spotted in Tribeca with two additional accessories we’re not used to seeing her with — baby Egypt and step-son Kaseem Jr. Let’s be honest, how many of you ladies would be walking in heels, on cobblestone, with kids?
[spotted on TheYBF]
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Jay-Z & Beyonce at the Men's Final US Open
Jay-Z and Beyonce were spotted at the Men’s Final US Open.
[more pics over at TheYBF]
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“When you have an idea, and the idea gets rejected immediately, that’s when you...”
– Steve Stoute (via jasfly)
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“Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
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“One day you’re up, next day you’re down/ Long as you stay the same,...”
– @JayZClassicBars