Young Jeezy’s on some “Grown-Man Sh#t” in the September 2008 issue of XXL Magazine.  Jeezy’s lookin kinda sexy on this cover (lawd..somebody shoot me!).  Foxy’s back in the game too and covers the mag on the same month.  They say the “Boss B#tch is Back” but we’ll just have to wait and see on that one.

T.I. has unveiled the album art for his upcoming CD, “Paper Trail” which is scheduled for release September 9th.  I guess it’s supposed to be like paper and post it notes littered on a wall or sumthing like that.  Anyway, he explains it for us: (more…)

Ebony magazine has decided to honor the “25 coolest brothers of all time” with 8 collector’s edition covers featuring Barack Obama, Jay-Z, Prince, Denzel Washington, Samuel Jackson, Billie Dee Williams, Muhammed Ali and Marvin Gaye. (they covered all generations with these choices!)  You can probably guess which one’s are my favs…but visit Smartenupnas to check them all out. 

T.I. covers the August 2008 issue of XXL Magazine.  Inside the issue, T.I. addresses his federal gun charges and how his life has changed in the aftermath.  He also explains why he chose to seek weapons and also why he doesn’t blame anyone for the decisions he made that got him in that predicament.  In addition to the obvious questions about the gun charges & snitching, T.I. also told XXL that he feels that the beef between he and fellow Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo is all just a misunderstanding.  

T.I. on reading blogs (What up Tip! ) ~

 ”I look.  I check ‘em out.  I separate my feelings.  I can’t take it personal.  I look at it like that’s how they do everybody…”

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Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott and Alicia Keys all get their own Essence Magazine cover for the month of June.  The magazine is featuring the 3 ladies in their annual “Black Music Month” June issue and all three are doin the dayum thang!  You can check out a sneak peak of the interviews over at Essence.com.

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Check out Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of Vogue’s June issue.  Everyone who knows me knows that I’m a Sex in the City fanatic….but I vote “NO” for this fugary!