Sanjaya, Sanjaya, Sanjaya. Bloggers can’t get enough of him, he’s gotten all sorts of press because of an acute combination of bad singing and funky hairdos. Sanjaya was already a star for those who choose to Vote For the Worst, but there’s one hair style that propelled him to top story status on celebrity blogs…
Pop Culture
Worth a Click
Drumroll please… the five lip gloss winners are: Pisces, Nerd Girl, Naadza, Tysha, and Kaara! I’ll be contacting you this week for address information. The giveaways are going to keep coming, so keep reading, y’all! And Kaara and BerryBrowne, I got my makeup bag as part of a set of three at Ross. I found…
Her Majesty
Quite a few of you were all kinds of pissed after Queen Latifah’s poorly managed Cover Girl auditions. I had more than one righteously angry reader e mail to tell me that they would never buy Queen Latifah’s products, threatening to get together a petition and everything. But months have passed, and hopefully time has…
Afrobella of the Week — Grace Jones, The Definition of Fierce
When was the first time you laid eyes on Grace Jones? Come on, you know you remember. Maybe she freaked the bejesus out of you as a child in Conan the Destroyer. Or maybe you remember her as James Bond’s intimidating villainess lover in A View to a Kill— as IF the aging Roger Moore…
Lost Ones
This is the beginning of a new mini-series, dedicated to afrobellas who we’ve lost along the way. So many of our celebrities have had tragic lives. So many of them have struggled to shoulder the weight of fame and come up against an industry that doesn’t seem designed to truly support and celebrate black artists….
Back To Roots
So you remember back in February I was wondering what Ms. Dynamite was up to? I found out, thanks to one of my new favorite sites — Racialicious. Turns out she’s been in Jamaica working on a BBC documentary about the Maroons, which aired last Sunday on BBC 2. I’d love to see this documentary….
Respect to the Afrofellas
Way back when I interviewed Lisa Price of Carol’s Daughter, she shared a natural hair trend she’d been noticing. “More and more boys are growing their hair out,” she said. Now I’ve been noticing that myself. There’s something about a guy who’s brave enough to grow out his hair and fly the natural flag high…
How to Take a Bangin’ Mug Shot
Of course nobody means to have a mug shot taken, but any card can play when you’re screaming ethnic slurs at undercover cops. Which reminds me: Well played, Kelis. Just when your fans thought you were bossy but classy, you keep it street and manage to end your night of fabulous South Beach clubbing in…
I Miss You
I’ve been thinking about Aaliyah a lot these days. First I saw that hot, hot new Ciara video for Like a Boy, and I love that song and have ’nuff admiration for Ciara, but when I see her dancing I inevitably wind up thinking about Baby Girl. And wondering what she’d be doing now. Hey,…
The Woman Behind the Icon
I have been meaning to write this post for weeks now, but I figure better late than never. Just because Black History Month is officially over doesn’t mean that we move back to the present day and forget all about honoring our predecessors for another year. Black History Month should be every month, in my…