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Rihanna Chats with Ellen.. Says Being Single “Sucks” & Wants an “Aggressive” Man

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With Rihanna’s album Talk that Talk dropping in just three days, the it-girl hit daytime tv to chat with talk show host, Ellen Degeneres about the upcoming album and the state of her love life, or lack thereof. It appears as if Ellen asked Rihanna about her relationship with “We Found Love” co-star Dudley O’Shaugnessey, which led to her asking if Rihanna is single or not. Rihanna replied “I’m not dating anyone right now, I’m not dating at all…I’m not necessarily happy being single. It’s not really that cool.”

Rihanna went on to describe the type of man she looks for, and with an answer that may raise eyebrows, she stated that she likes “aggressive” men.”I like men that are more aggressive, but mysterious, but I like a man to be very sure.. I like them to be sure of themselves and know that [he’s] the man. I’m the lady and the only way for us to make this work is for us to play our roles. You know, I really can’t be the man for you. i don’t want to be. I’m the man at work all the time.” The interview airs November 21st, the same day that Talk that Talk drops.

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Hip Hop Setting Trends: Givenchy’s Animal Motifs

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In the 90s, The Notorious “Biggie” B.I.G  sold the famous label Versace to the thriving market of the Hip-Hop community.  Now in the 21st century, Hip Hop will sell Givenchy. High Fashion has always been a way for rappers and other artists to showcase their “baller” status.  Music and Fashion will forever go hand in hand, being that they both stem from the art of cultural expression.

The latest or newest trend in the hip hop community may just be Givenchy’s Fall ‘11 Ready-To-Wear Rottweiler and Panther Motifs designed by Riccardo Tisci. Although fashion’s street scene was bombarded with Givenchy’s animal prints during Fashion Week in September, the label has just now finally touched the urban sphere of  hip hop culture. Ye and Rihanna have been recently seen wearing the Givenchy’s Menswear Rottweiler, while Amber Rose was spotted in the Givenchy’s Panther printed bomber jacket from the women’s collection. Unlike Tommy Hilfiger who made negative comments towards blacks who wore his designs, the designer Riccardo Tisci, has vocally embraced his love of hip hop. In an interview, he named Nicki Minaj, Lil’ Kim, Ciara, and Missy Elliot as some of his favorite artists.

Coincidentally at the same time, many rappers have been quoting high fashion labels in their lyrics as well, including labels such as Michael Kors, Louis V, and Hermès. Let’s not also forget about Nicki Minaj’s performance at the Victoria Secret’s Fashion Show and her front row fashion week appearance alongside Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Magazine. Hopefully, this is a sign of cultural barriers being lifted because ultimately everything is connected. Music empowers Fashion and together they transform culture.

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Young Jeezy Drops Mini Documentary “.38”

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Young Jeezy’s much anticipated TM 103 is set to drop on December 20.  Atlanta’s favorite gangster artist is not wasting anytime in feeding the fans more goods with the release of his new short documentary. Guns, Drugs, Lambo’s and Hispanics all have starring roles in Jeezy’s life. He deserves a Oscar for this performance even though he didn’t have to do much acting.

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[PICS] Common, Amber Rose, Raheem Devaughn, Keri Hilson & More Hit the 2011 Soul Train Awards Red Carpet!!

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Just last night at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, the 2011 Soul Train Awards was held to honor the brightest and most successful artists of the year, as well as paying homage to the influencers and pioneers of today’s music. Of course an awards show isn’t an awards show without the starts showing up just in time to hit the red carpet and strike a pose. Appearances on the red carpet included Amber Rose, Raheem Devaughn, Keri Hilson, Marsha Ambrosious, Common, Laurieann Gibson, Mindless Behavior, Real Housewives Phaedra Parks & Cynthia Bailey and more. Honoress of the night included R&B/Soul legends Earth, Wind & Fire as well as Gladys Knight.

The 2011 Soul Train Awards was hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and airs November 27th on both BET and Centric networks.  Check out the pics below!

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Raheem Devaughn
Marsha Ambrosius
MIndless Behavior
Naughty by Nature and RHOA's Cynthia Bailey
Lloyd, RHOA's Phaedra Parks and Hubby, Apollo Nida

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Nicki & Ricky for MAC Viva Glam!!!

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Nicki Minaj & Ricky Martin

Here’s the first photo of rapper Nicki Minaj and openly gay pop singer, Ricky Martin for their MAC cosmetics Viva Glam ad campaign. As expected, the photo is a bright, candy colored confection of fun and glamour.

I think it’s safe to say that Ms. Minaj has officially made a successful crossover into the mainstream. With top notch endorsements such as this one and her deal with O.P.I., she’s riding high on a fast track to further fame and success. And we can’t hate on that!  Tell us what you think!

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Ice Cube Says 4th Friday Film Is On The Way…

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For all of you Friday fans out there, rapper/screenwriter/producer, Ice Cube recently tweeted that another Friday film is in the works. Cube who co-wrote, produced and acted in all of three installments of the Friday series tweeted on Wednesday, “The 4th Friday movie is in the works. Working out a deal with New Line Cinema”. TMZ reported that Chris Tucker is seriously considering reprising his role as Smokey, Ice Cube’s character’s best friend and everyone’s favorite weedhead.

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A Fabolous Affair! Fab & Amare Celebrate Their Bdays!!!

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NBA star Amare Stoudemire & rapper Fabolous celebrate their birthdays in NYC

Being out of a job sure isn’t stopping NBA star Amare Stoudemire from living it up! He along with fellow birthday boy, New York rapper Fabolous, had a smoking good time at Catch Roof in New York city the other night in celebration of them turning another year older. On hand to join in the festivities and photo ops was R&B singer Trey Songz, Rev Run’s daughter Angela Simmons, knocked-up model Jessica White, DJ Clue and a few others.

The party looked like a major hit. Mostly everyone who attended was dressed to the 9s. While Amare took the more traditional approach to dressing (with the exception of the Air Jordans he wore with his tux), Fab took his look one style step further by donning a navy blue velvet tux with black silk shirt and bow-tie. Dope! The swag level in the room was on one-hundred-thousand-trillion (copyright Yeezy).

As for the ladies? Well, former Cheetah Girl turned… well, its unclear as to what exactly Adrienne Bailon does these days but her attention grabbing, skin revealing dress left little to the imagination as to what her intentions were for the evening. View the rest of the pics below and let us know what you think!

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The birthday cake
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Angela Simmons, Alicia Renee, and Jessica White
Adrienne Bailon, Adrienne's boobs, and 106th & Park host Rocsi Diaz
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Love & Hip Hop star Emily Bustamante showing her support (and undying love) for Fab
The world famous DJ Clue
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Doing the d*ck slang dance to each other. lolFab & Trey Songz

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Its T-Shirt Tiiiime!!! Celebs Who Let Their T-Shirts Do the Talking!!!

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RHOA Nene Leakes latest slogan in print

Celebs: they’re just like us! And just like the rest of us, sometimes their mouths can get them into a whole lotta trouble. More often than not, celebrities have very little to say of any value. But then there are those rare occasions when what they let fall out of their pie-holes becomes a catch-phrase phenomenon!

Television “personality” ( I use that term loosely) Nene Leakes is the latest “celeb” (ditto) to put a t-shirt where her mouth is, or vice-versa. On the first episode of the latest season of Bravo’s hit series the Real Housewives of Atlanta during a heated debate about finances (the irony, I know) with fellow castmate Sheree Whitfield, Nene parted her oversized, lip gloss laden lips to let Sheree and the millions of viewers at home know that thanks to “cashing Trump checks” she is indeed a “very rich B*tch!”  Not surprisingly, Nene was able to turn blatantly exaggerated statement into gold; or chrystals rather. The above photo is of her t-shirt emblazoned with Swarovski chrystals selling for roughly $150.

Also of RHOA fame and certainly no stranger to financial controversy, Sheree Whitfield let her nut sack hang low in the office of her then party planner when he told her that somebody needed to put her in check. The response that the She by Sheree designer gave back was priceless. The irony is that the shirts were a better hit than the make-shift fashion label she tried to create.

Evelyn tells you what you're worth

Chad “OchoCinco” Johnson’s beard reality star side piece Evelyn Lozada had a few words for Tammy Roman once it was revealed that Eve parted her legs for Tammy’s then husband Kenny Anderson. The now hit catch-phrase exploded on national television with an all out brawl between the two Basketball Wife stars.

Diddy says you have only 2 options

In order to get voters involved in the 2004 election, music mogul P. Diddy did his part by giving the public only two options. “Vote or Die” was a huge hit amongst celebs and the general public alike. The t-shirts were sold exclusively on Diddy’s clothing label Sean John website.

Jay-Z supports the movement; or exploits it

After the entire world was swept with the Occupy Wall Street movement declaring a war between the 1% who own the wealth and the other 99% who want it, Jay-Z‘s clothing company Rocawear released a limited edition t-shirt collection with the coined term :Occupy All Streets.” However, some of the best laid plans often go awry. Both Jigga and Rocawear were under public scrutiny once it was discovered that the protesters who were not only being exploited but none of the proceeds would go towards them. The shirts which I find extremely moving and clever if not poorly executed were promptly removed from Rocawear’s website. However, after visting the site myself I found that the shirts are indeed back up for sale.

 

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New Video!!! Wale – “Ambitious Girl”

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While Tyrese is venting about all the independent ladies, Wale is still loving them. Just today, Wale released the visuals for “Ambitious Girl” off of his 2010 mixtape, More About Nothing. The video features two ambitious girls, one who’s going to school and getting her education in the traditional way, and one who’s getting hers in a more unorthodox way. Check out the video and let us know what you think.

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Ruben Studdard & Wife File for Divorce…

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In today’s “You probably don’t care, but we’ll tell you anyway” news, TMZ reported that R&B singer Ruben Studdard and his wife have filed for divorce due to “irreconcilable differences”. Ruben was the winner of 2003’s American Idol but his career never took off the way some other American Idol alumni such as Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks’ careers did.

Studdard and his soon to be ex-wife, Surata Zuri McCants were married three years ago back in 2008, and have no kids.

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Drake, Jojo & Busta Rhymes Step Out for Google Music Launch

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Last night, Drake, Jojo, Busta Rhymes, Serena Williams and more stepped out for the Google Music launch party hosted by T-Mobile. The party was held at LA’s Mr. Brainwash studios and included performances from Drake and the newest member of Young Money, Busta Rhymes. Drake performed “The Motto” while Busta announced his exclusive partnership with Google Music for the launch of his new single and upcoming album. Pics below!

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Newest Member of YMCMB, Busta Rhymes
Serena Williams
Travie McCoy

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Tyrese Is Really Trying to Sell Albums…Kicks his Pimp Game for the Ladies (Stay)

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R&B singer, Tyrese, recently sat down with Necole Bitchie’s BitchieTV to promote his new album, Open Invitation and to talk about the single, “Stay”. Somehow that promo turned into 2 minutes and 46 seconds of Tyrese dropping knowledge for the ladies on how to avoid becoming two types of stereotypical female: A. the trophy girlfriend/wife with no goals or B. Miss “Too Independent”.

Although his delivery seems a bit weird, Tyrese just might be on to something. What man wants a lady who lacks ambition? At the same time, independent women shouldn’t come across as so guarded and as not “needing a man”. See what Tyrese had to say for yourself. Video below.

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Swag or Suspect??? Christian Louboutin “No Limit” Mens Kicks

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Christian Louboutin Spring 2012 “No Limit”

This is the first image I came across of world-famous shoe designer Christian Louboutin‘s spring 2012 “No Limit” mens sneaker. Everyone knows that the celeb friendly footwear is a major hit among those who can afford the price tag.

But one look at these makes me think he missed the mark. We’ve seen shoes with spikes, shoes with crystals, shoes with feathers, and every other material imaginable. But combining spikes and rhinestone together on one shoe is a bit of an overkill. Exactly where would one be walking to in these? What type of event would call for such attention grabbing footwear? Let us know what you think. Would you buy them? Where would you wear them to? Exactly how many “spins” can you get out of them before sending them into retirement?

Pharrell Williams Covers Dazed & Confused Mag!!!

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Pharrell Williams on the December cover of Dazed & Confused

N.E.R.D. frontman and my personal style icon, Pharrell Williams  stars on the December cover of Dazed & Confused Magazine.  He is on one of the many alternate covers the magazine has released. The other covers include supermodel Kate Moss, actress Chloe Sevigny, and actress Eva Green.

Pharrell is just dope! Period. Everything he touches turns to ice cream gold and his style is surpassed by none! He can go from skateboard swag one day and couture cool the next! He’s also branched out into the world of beverages similar to so many other celebs before him, with his vodka based cream liquer aptly titled Qream Liquer. Check the promo video out below!

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