USHER AND SON: AUGUST COVER OF ESSENCE

His son is freakin adorable...look at those fat cheeks. I am loving it and he looks like his daddy to me. Usher had to answer the normal questions about the wifey and firing his mother...damn aren't yall tired of hearing about it? We are giving this entirely too much AIRPLAY....I am giving it to them right now. Hill Harper conducted the interview where he once again expressed his joy about fatherhood and marriage!

This is what I was laughing about....
HARPER: Does that new responsibility challenge you to make music that is more responsible?
USHER: I started making Here I Stand before I had my son and before I was married. It was a deliberate choice to make music with substance, not just about the things that we're accustomed to—music about being the celebrity, the player, or having the car, the girl and the bling.

Oh really! Usher, come on now....your whole album last time was about your breakup with Chilli and now you are trying to tell us this one wasn't meant to mirror your life as it stands right now...you live for the publicity dude. STILL I AM FEELIN YOUR ALBUM..BEFORE I MET YOU IS MY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT! It took a minute but it is definitely growin on me!

One more pic of Daddy and Usher V....LOVE IT!

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM THE RFL EVENT ON HIS EAST HAMPTON ESTATE!

MR. DIDDY received the 1st Annual Reginald F. Lewis Icon Award. In his speech, he said he aspires to be just like Mr. Lewis, the first black billionaire and a major player on Wall Street. The charity event was a fundraiser for Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History in Baltimore, MD. Check it out sometimes...we all need to know our history!

Nicole Murphy and Mr. Michael Strahan were also in attendance. I absolutely adore this couple. Nicole Murphy is a gorgeous sweetheart and Michael is not only sexy but has an exceptional spirit. I am loving them together and want a love like that... dancing, singing to each other, hugging up, and kissin all over each other but not in the "GET A ROOM" way.....in the "YOU MY BABY AND I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW" kind of way. They couldn't get enough of the other and well I couldn't get enough of them.


Here they are again choppin it up with Diddy...sippin on nothing but CIROC DIDDY(Ciroc and Lemonade).


Russell Simmons was also in attendance...


Of course, Ms. Janice Combs was there and Diddy credited his mother for making him the kind of man that he is today. She is wonderful...LOVES HER!


DIDDY'S RIGHT HAND MAN, Andre Harell, wasn't far behind. I have to give him a GIRL BYE on them yellow jeans..NOT HOT BOO! LOOKIN LIKE A DAMN YELLOW JACK!


Also my fam and I were in the party gettin love from Diddy who is actually hella cool...I was gettin ready to bust my flow for him but he wasn't ready! :)


My mom fell in love with Michael Strahan....watch out Nicole! Just Kiddin!


She also fell in love with Diddy too....


Nicole and Rita with Drea and Nya...SO PRETTY!


LAST BUT NOT LEAST, here are all my family members that came up for the event...killin it in the all white including my little bad but adorable niece NYA POOH! L. Marilyn Crawford, CEO of Primetime Omnimedia and my aunt, is working her purple dress and Mrs. Jamie Foster Brown wit her sexy TINA inspired hairdo and printed dress is just like family too. GREAT PARTY, GREAT PEOPLE..GOTS TO LOVE IT!

Guest Arrivals at Reginald Lewis Event Honoring Diddy!

PRIMETIME OMNIMEDIA held a FAB EVENT this past weekend at the Estate of Reginald F. Lewis in East Hampton, NY and you know your girl was there working and gathering info. I have several pics that I will post soon of the celebrity guests and of course, my family who were all decked out in white.

The Guest of Honor..Diddy..Puff..Sean...I don't know what he is going by these days. Also Frank Savage and his family following in as well as the beautiful daughters of RFL, the one in the yellow dress,Leslie, and the one with side ponytail, Christina. Christina is single...so you golddigger dudes..this is the one you wanna get at. LOL!


Nicole Murphy and Good Morning America's, Sam Champion sharing a laugh on the white carpet. It is the Hamptons and honoring Diddy so you know it had to be some white going on somewhere in the camp!


L. Marilyn Crawford in the purple dress chatting with Sean Bell of Bellhaus, East Hampton Boutique and Sam Champion of the Good Morning America. Russell Simmons was in the garden as well walking down the white carpet too.


Stay tuned, photos to follow!

ERYKAH PREGGERS...HMMM!

So reports are coming in that Erykah might be preggers by Jay Electronica...seems like Ms. Badu loves her some rappers...her other children are by D.O.C. and of course, little Seven who is by Andre 3000. She has also been linked to Common and his sexy ass. Well do you boo and hey I got a type too, brown skin with curly jet black hair - smart,CONSIDERATE(get a dictionary n*&*as if you don't know what it means), funny as hell and sexy too death! All my real folks know about it!

THE ESSENCE FEST IN THE N.O.!

Seems like a good time was had by all with great performances from MJB, Keyshia Cole, Chris Breezy, and my favorite chick of the moment...MS. RIH RIH. Tyler Perry had his whole House of Payne squad down there as Mayor Nagan gave him the key to the city. Check out the pics below:

RIH RIH RIPPIN THE MIC AS MUCH AS SHE CAN!


HER MAN C BREEZY WAS DOIN HIS THING IN THE N.O. TOO. STOP LICKING THAT TONGUE OUT BOO! YOU KNOW I LIKES THAT!


KEYSHIA COLE...with her FAB self performed but lets hope she did a way better job than the one she did on the BET Awards.


MY MAN KANYE WAS DOWN THERE WIT HIS GUCCI BAG...MY LOVE FOR HIM KEEPS GETTIN STRONGER...F DA HATERS YE...YOU ARE DAT DUDE!



YALL KNOW WHO SHUT THE GAME DOWN...MY GIRL MJB...My best friend Aprile and her man, Uric were down there (pictured acting crazy in NOLA wit their new grills)so I got a live report. I saw her in concert recently too and I am fully aware of how hard she goes. By far one of the best performers I have ever seen, she almost brought me to tears with NO MORE DRAMA! DO IT MJB! One thing though...why do you have on knee boots in NO in July?


Here are some out and about pics!

Mr. Tyler Perry got the key to the city this weekend from no one other than Mayor Nagan.


Sanaa, Mikki Taylor, Shaun Robinson, and Solange killin the game of FABULOUSITY...


BOW WOW made a special guest appearance with C. Breezy. I swear if he was 6 feet with some more meat...he might take C. Breezy's young sexy crown!


HELLA FUN........NEXT YEAR, YOUR GIRL WILL BE THERE!

50: TALKING MUCH S*&T AS USUAL!

I am going to need 50 cent's non-rappin behind to sit down somewhere and stop hating so much. He needs to be worried about who the hell burned down his baby mama's house and less about TI and his sentence. 50 is so wack and now he is coming out trying to dis my boo. He has a record that just released called, "YOU SO TOUGH" basically calling TI a snitch. Fifty spits, "Nowadays this rap sh– ain’t adding up/ How n—-s get caught with 10 machine guns, only get 12 months/ Oowee, don’t talk to me/ You talk to him, you talking to them.”

You can check it out right here:

JUMPOFFS AND COOLIN OFF!

Cassie, Diddy's jumpoff, was hosting a launch party for Madison Square Garden's new series, "Sound Tracks" this week. She was looking very fly..this girl is definitely gorgeous but too bad the talent is not on the same level as her looks!


SKINNY MINI...LOVES IT!


COOLIN OFF BY THE POOL IN MIA WAS MS. CHRISTINA MILIAN! WHERE IS YOUR BOO DRE AND IF YOU DON'T WANT HIM ANYMORE THEN I DO....


COOL WIT NO DRE...THIS CHICK IS FIERCE, PAID, AND NOT EVEN WORKING...CAN I BE HER PLEASE?


BACK SHOTS FOR THE FELLAS!


I KNOW MANY DUDES WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE BEHIND HER!

AT THE GROVE WITH MEL B AND FAM!

Mel B and her man, Stephen Belafonte were out having lunch at the Grove in LA yesterday. I love that the bamma looks just like the Belafontes but really isn't...hilarious! They also had the little ones there as well including Eddie Murphy's daughter, Angel Iris and Mel B's oldest daughter, Phoenix Chi. Both cuties but Eddie is dead ass wrong for not wanting anything to do with his child. Prepare to hear about her in the news when she gets to be a teenager...you know how folks are with Daddy issues plus she will be a product of LALA land...SHAMEFUL EDDIE!

Angel Iris and her mama...she is adorable!


Here is little Angel again with her stepdaddy, Stephen.


Phoenix Chi is a doll too...hey hey she get it from her mama.

CRACKED OUT!

GATOR'S ILLEGIMATE SISTER HAS SKIPPED OUT ON REHAB! GATOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TV? I SMOKED THE TV MAMA!

HANCOCK PREMIERE IN LALA LAND!

The stars were all out last night for the Hancock premiere in LA including black royalty, THE SMITHS. They are the most beautiful family and we know Will love his July 4th weekend blockbusters. You have got to love them and Mrs. Jada has come a long way from her hood looks and pocketbooks....She is killin it in the money green.

Now Mrs. Jada is all about clutches and couture.


Black Love is a beautiful thang...you see that smile on Jada's face, it exudes happy!

Other folks out and about that night were the QUEEN who was still cute in her kicks and sweats..beauty doesn't need a designer dress to shine.


Ms. Tia was out with her hubby doing the damn thing...I am feeling this look for her - very fresh and young! GOOD LOVE DOES SOMETHING TO YOU!


Diddy also brought the kids, Quincy and Christian, out this weekend...QUINCY IS FINE AS HELL and did anybody else notice how much camera time he was getting at the BET AWARDS? I am having a pedophile moment but seriously if I was sixteen again I would be all up on that.


The First Lady of Turks and Caicos and also a great friend of the black royal family, The Smiths, was in attendance. I swear if I hadn't met her before then I wouldn't really truly get how beautiful she is and her ass is ridiculous. STILL WHY SO MUCH WEAVE BOO? NOT HOT!


The little prince and princess, Jaden and Willow...always cute!

WORTH EVERY PENNY!

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD YET...MY COUSIN, MY DAWG, MY MAN 100 GRAND...ANTAWN JAMISON WILL BE RETURNING TO THE WIZARDS! HELLS YEAH!

Of course, I received the news a little earlier than everyone else but I was happy to hear when it was all set in stone that my fam would be returning to DC. He signed a 4-year 50 million dollar deal and trust that he is worth every penny. He was second behind KG in Double Doubles last season with a career year and he is just one of the most charismatic people in the NBA. His game speaks volumes so that he doesn't have to and his leadership is talked about throughout the league.

Still I am a little worried about this 100 mil we are going to drop on Gil, I mean has he really proven that he is worth all of that money or has he just shown that he can put people in the seats at the Verizon Center? Will this be another Juwan Howard situation where we max him and then we are stuck with a bust. Hmmmm....lets hope not especially since Antawn is coming back. LET'S GET IT WIZARDS...CARON, ANTAWN, and a healthy GIL with a tight big man could be what we need to get our WIZ on top!

MISSING IN ACTION!

I am sorry the blog has not been updated in a couple of days but I have been living the single mom life. I SWEAR BEING A MOTHER IS A HELLUVA JOB that you need to have deep pockets for and a lot of freaking energy. Still I have enjoyed every minute of seeing her face when I wake up in the morning, talking with her about life, joking and playing around with her. My niece is amazing...anyway I will be back tonight with loads of exciting features so please come check in with me tomorrow.