The Celebrity, The Singer, The Mother Upscale Magazine, BET Networks, and Hennessy Black celebrate with a red carpet celebration – honoring Monica for gracing the Holiday issue of Upscale Magazine and the preview for her new reality series “Still Standing” premiering on BET Tuesday, October, 27th. Bocado Restaurant located off of Howell Mill Road opened their doors for this momentous affair. Monica’s Still Standing preview brought out Bryan Michael Cox, Mychael Knight, Actress- Kaira Akita, Jagged Edge, and many more of Atlanta’s music community that has been with Monica since her beginnings. Special thanks to Hennessy Black, Dubose Ent., Upscale Magazine, The Starfire Group, The Hip Hop Enquirer, The Garner Circle PR and BET Networks.
Recently Rahiem Shabazz and Snoop Dawg shared a special moment over at Snoop Dogg’s listening session in Atlanta to get his views on the state of hip hop to hating on rappers like Soulja Boy. Didn’t know men held hands like that but whatever.
1990’s R & B group sensation TLC which consists of Rozonda Thomas (Chilli) and Tionne Watkins (TBoz) recently performed at the Madalay Bay in Las Vegas for Justin Timberlake’s benefit concert for Shriners Hospital for Children.
Update Wedding is planned for this upcoming Sunday in Los Angeles and we at Hip Hop Enquirer plan on being in the building!
Reality star Khloe Kardashian has announced via an interview with People magazine that she is marryinging NBA star Lamar Odom and they are currently planning their nuptials. I am sure this has caught a lot of us by surprise in light of the fact that Kloe was recently rumored to have an interest in Bet’s Terrence J. Guess she chose the athlete over the Bet host…ching ching! Isn’t love grand?
While the right and left are fighting over how to solve our country’s health care issues, prominent rapper/ actor Ludacris has taken matters into his own hands by creating his own concept of a stimulus package via giving back to the community. Last week, Christopher Bridges better known as Ludacris announced through the airwaves that people should go to his nonprofit Ludacris Foundation website and write a 300 word essay on why they believed they should get a new car.
A Plethora of Celebrities, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, and More Convened to Promote Philanthropy, Social Entrepreneurship, and Artistic Innovation
(Atlanta, GA – September 5, 2009) On Saturday, September 5, 2009, the Collective Renaissance Guild in partnership with the Woodruff Arts Center and the Andrew Young Foundation challenged Generation X to answer President Barack Obama’s call to service by hosting the inaugural Power Generation Conference 2009; a one-day interactive event featuring the Speak Out Marketplace (3 p.m. – 7 p.m.) and the Power Forum Awards Ceremony (7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.). Held at the prestigious Woodruff Arts Center, over 1800 attendees came out to explore various non-profit organizations for service and social entrepreneurship.
Highlight’s of the evening:
· Speak Out Marketplace: Hip Hop superstar Ludacris and Revered Joseph E Lowery presented Jamie Foxx with the Phoenix Award · Power Forum Awards: The Collective Renaissance Guild honored Ambassador Andrew Young for civic service and André 3000 for artistic innovation
High profile attendees included: Ambassador Andrew Young, Joseph E. Lowery, Jamie Foxx, Ludacris, Senator Kasim Reed, Producer Bryan-Michael Cox, Killa Mike, Frankie (BET’s Frankie and Neffe), Toya (BET’s Tiny and Toya), OMG Girls (Daughters of Tiny and Toya), Durrty Boyz JNicks and ET, Tameka Raymond, Interscope’s Verse Simmonds, Rock City, UpFront Megatainment’s Devyne Stephens and his artists Krave and Majic Massey, celebrity stylist Middleman, and more.
About Collective Renaissance Guild: The mission of the Collective Renaissance Guild is to infuse the arts, philanthropy and social responsibility in the cultural landscape of the Power Generation while educating and providing models for subsequent generations. We are committed to cultivating community leadership, arts patronage, and philanthropy among the power brokers of our generation.
Photo credits: Quinton Davis, Taun Henderson, & Dennis Byron
We have just received word that Celebrity blogger and socialite Necole Bitchie will be throwing herself a birthday bash in Atlanta tomorrow with none other than rap and movie star Christopher Brian Bridges better known to the world as “Ludacris” at the exclusive Uptown restaurant.
What other way is it to throw yourself a birthday bash then to illicit the help of one of the biggest hip hop stars to date. Necole Bitchie.com is one of the fastest growing urban celebrity gossip sites worldwide and rumor has it that she is giving Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton a go for his money.
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