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T.I. made a surprise appearance at the 2010 Essence Music Festival.
The rapper, who I spotted backstage chillin with his boo Tameka “Tiny” Cottle and Grand Hustle funnyman, Lil Duval, hit the stage with Mary J. Blige for a crowd pleasing performance of their smash collaboration, “Good Love.”
More photos + watch video of Tip & MJB’s hot performance: Continue Reading…
The talk of the town during the 2010 Essence Music Festival was Janet Jackson’s sadomasochistic <look it up> performance of “Discipline.”? Janet hit the stage in pure dominatrix mode, rocking a floor length black wrap, while pulling several male studs onstage led by leashes.
That wasn’t the hot part though. After Janet ditched her fur-lined coat to bear a skin toned fishnet catsuit, she pulled an “unsuspecting” fan from the crowd to participate in her bondage fantasy. Continue Reading…
During Day 2 of the Essence Music Festival 3-Day concert series, Alicia Keys took a spill onstage.? The singer, who confirmed back in May that she is pregnant and engaged to producer Swizz Beatz, lost her footing and fell backwards during her performance.
Alicia, being the consummate performer that she is, quickly got back on her feet and didn’t even miss a beat while singing “Love is Blind”… Continue Reading…
Keyshia Cole?s bio-mom, Frankie Lons, made an appearance on the Rickey Smiley radio show recently.
Frankie, who once gave a “shout out to Hennessey” while in court, candidly discussed her estranged relationship with Keyshia and also revealed she will be headed to rehab soon to appropriately address her addiction to alcohol. Continue Reading…
Monica was the first in a slew of performers to hit the 2010 Essence Music Festival Stage.? The annual 3-day concert will be going on all of 4th of July weekend in New Orleans and includes performances from Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and many many many more.
Mo’s performance was the perfect grand opening to a hot, sweaty celebrity filled weekend!
Check out a few flix from Monica’s Essence Festival 2010 performance: Continue Reading…
And the emails keep coming about Eric and DeShawn Snow. I don’t know what the fascination is about these two but apparently the revelation of Eric’s cheatin’ ways is not surprising to those who knew the couple.
An “anonymous” source recently sent details of how everyone on the set of the Housewives knew the ‘perfect’ union was a farce and now everyone’s sitting around saying “I told you so”… Continue Reading…
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