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Plies and Rocko collaborate on the remix to “Goin’ Steady”.
Rocko’s hot remix video was shot by Gabriel Hart at popular locations all around Atlanta like Cantoni’s Furniture and the rooftop of Luckie Food Lounge.
There are quite a few cameos in the remix video as well. You might spot Shawty Lo and Bobby V. chillin’ in the cut.
Check out more behind the scenes photos from the shoot PLUS watch the OFFICIAL video for Rocko’s “Going Steady” (Remix) featuring Plies…. Continue Reading…
Fantasia Barrino hit the stage on Day 1 of the 3 day Essence Music Festival last weekend and prior to the show, she was asked a few questions.
One of the first questions thrown at Fantasia was aimed at her controversial relationship with Antwuan Cook (aka her formerly “married boyrfriend”) and the pregnancy rumors sparked from photos of them frolicking on the beach.
[READ: Is Fantasia Hiding a Baby Bump? ~ PHOTOS]
Although there wasn’t a denial about a pregnancy or a steady relationship with the man that almost ruined her career, Tasia made a point of saying, it’s really not about all that…
If we believed rumors, I’d have 12 children by now. They’ve had that rumor about me about 10 times and I always show up with just [my daughter] Zion. When I say I’m focused on me, my personal life is now my life and that’s not what sells records. It’s not about who I’m sleeping with.
Folks should sweep around their own front door before they sweep around somebody else’s. When I’m on stage, I tell people ‘I no longer do things for folk, when I struggled, I struggled by myself.
When I needed things, the people talking weren’t there so now my attitude is I’m doing me.’ And when it’s comes down to the stage, I’m like MC Hammer: You can’t touch this.
All the talk about “Married Boyfriends” and “Baby Bumps” prompted Fantasia to add a skit to her performance where she responds to a reporter who asks what she thinks about what people say about her.
More photos + video of Fantasia’s skit and her ode to Prince…? Continue Reading…
Meet 18-year-old Tyell Morton.
Morton posed for the mugshot above after he put a blow-up sex doll in a bathroom stall on the last day of school. Little did he know, school officials would call a bomb squad or that he’d be facing up to eight years in prison and a possible felony record.
So Casey Anthony is free as a bird after “allegedly” killing her 2 year old daughter but this dude is facing 8 years for a high school prank?? I can’t!
Details below: Continue Reading…
NeNe Leakes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and her husband Greg were spotted boo’d up in the corner of the Belvedere Lounge during the 2011 Essence Festival last weekend (July 2, 2011).
The storyline of next season’s “Housewives” is rumored to be focused on Nene & Greg’s “divorce,” so it’s obvious why the two made sure they weren’t photographed together. If you recall, Lisa Wu-Hartwell was booted from the show after she WOULDN’T pretend there was drama in her marriage, apparently NeNe & Greg have decided to play the game.
Greg sat around looking bored in the corner while NeNe left to pose on the red carpet…
More photos… Continue Reading…
Acclaimed author Terrance Dean hit Atlanta last week to host a discussion panel on “Young, Black, Gifted & Gay: Powerful Men in the Entertainment Industry and Our Allies in Partnership” at Outwrite Book Store (June 29, 2011).
Panelists included fellow bloggers Drama Dupree and Gyant (GyantUnplugged), Adrian J. Daniel (aka Sir Daniel of Better Days Radio), George Smith (creator of Black Gay reality series “Tha Life”), Lonnell Williams (3LWTV), and Maurice Jamal (Filmaker/Founder Glo-TV).
I was also thrown into the mix to add my take on the situation as a straight woman and it was quite an experience!
Terrance’s first book, Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down-Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry, sparked a ton of controversy last year when everyone speculated about the identity of the “DL” entertainer featured in the book.
[READ: Gay Rapper “Tell-All” Book No Surprise to Hip-Hop Heads]
Dean moderated the panel discussion as each of the participants shared their experiences… Continue Reading…
So you may have heard that the “A” Team (Michelle Brown (ATLien) and Joi Pearson) hit up New Orleans, Louisiana this year for the 2011 Essence Music Festival.
The trip itself became somewhat of a ritual for my girlfriends and I about 4 years ago but last year I decided that since I was going anyway, I would cover Essence for StraightFromTheA.
Some of my highest trafficked blogs were spawned from incidents that occurred during that hot & sweaty weekend….
Monica Kicks off 2010 Essence Festival
WTF?!? A Moment of Silence for that Pole…
Tyler Perry’s Response to “Boondocks” Spoof… [VIDEO]
5 Things I Learned in the Belvedere Lounge…
Well I promise you this year wasn’t any different!? So while I get my wits about me, check out my collection of “on the scene” photos that were posted on my personal site [IamATLien.com]. Each and every photo has a story….
Tami Roman (Basketball Wives) & ATLien
Tami is cool as hell and I love her to death. I spotted her backstage with her fellow “basketball wives” Evelyn Lozado and Continue Reading…
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