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HLN?s Richelle Carey sat down with Janet Jackson at the Essence Music Festival just moments prior to her racy performance.
[WATCH: Janet Jackson Gets “Freaky” at Essence Music Festival – PHOTOS + VIDEO]
The two discussed why Janet chose this year to make her 1st appearance at the 3-day concert and they also chatted about love and her passion for acting.
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Big Boi’s highly anticipated album, Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Dusty, hit stores today and he launched a new video for “General Patton,” one of the hottest tracks off the album.
Just FYI…if you purchase the DELUXE digital version of Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Dusty on iTunes, you’ll get all of Big’s Sir Lucious videos for your collection. I was shocked to find I had “Shutterbugg,” “Follow Us,” AND “General Patton” already on my dayum iPod after my purchase!
Anywhoo…. I gots mine. You betta gets yours!? Video below: Continue Reading…
Trey Songz hit the stage as the opening act during the final night of The Essence Music Festival’s 3-Day concert.
If you’re familiar with Essence, most artists start out in the lounges and transition to the big stage. I caught up with Trey backstage where he reiterated how excited he was to perform on the “mainstage” on his first time out.
To go straight to the mainstage first of all is unheard of. To perform on the same stage as Janet Jackson, Jill Scott… it’s surreal! I’m blessed. Ive had a phenomenal year and this is just something to put on top of the year it’s already been.
Trey also spoke about his upcoming “Passion, Pain & Pleasure” tour with Monica and the reaction he received after the BET Awards where he took his mother along as his date. Continue Reading…
…that he loves StraightFromTheA.com [blushing]… and that The Boondocks “PAUSE” episode didn’t faze him one bit!
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…
Disclaimer:? The photo above was taken without my consent (or knowledge at the time) and although I embrace the photo as evidence of my wrongdoing, I have since changed my ways and wouldn’t DARE text, talk, or drive while on the phone. I totally respect Oprah’s “No Phone Zone” pledge, and while I haven’t personally signed my name to it, I will adhere to the laws in the state in which I call home.
Now that I’ve got that out the way, Georgian’s take note. As of yesterday (July 1st) it is against the law to text while driving in our state and if you are still a teen you have even stricter requirements. Continue Reading…
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