I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE!!!!!

NEW ROOTS, but i just felt this way today anyway so i thought i would share. You wearing your Black today!?!?!?

RIP Sean Bell...gone but NEVER forgotten!

niiice Celebs chillin wit the kids over the weekend

Dang I remember when Lynn Whitfield was pregnant. It was like right after the "Josephine
Baker Story" wow she grew up

Awww it aint nuffin like seeing a daddy with his daughters...even in Beverly Hills lol

I believe this is our first time seeing Spike out with one of the kids. This is lil Jackson Lee. And yes just in case youre wandering Jackson is Tanya's son (spike's wife). She is the mother to them all. No baby mommas for Spike Lee!!

Faith where you been? And are you rockin a bad Riahanna do? And who is the baby in the stroller? I thought you had only 3 kids? (chyna, lil biggie and the one from her husband) Either my count is off or Faye been busy lol

but lil Christopher looks like such a good kid.....awwwwww

Wow she aint "Centipedin" no more lol, Check out Rebbie Jackson and her girls

Dammit did somebody say Centipede?!?!?!?!??!!? Lets dance yall!

Still Counting down to Glow in the Dark? Me too!!!

Check out backstage flicks from Kanye's LA show...

Kanye and blogger King Perez Hilton before he posted his most complimenatary blog ever

(he said its an experience no one should be without)!

Kanye with Def Jam Pres LA Ried, who I hear tried to leave before the show ended and Kanye stopped the show to say "LA Reid the show aint over yet get back in your seat!" lol

Of course your boy was there takin notes

oh and so was your other boy lol (but serious)

Samatha Ronson (DJ chick from some wealthy family) and Kanye...wait who is that on the right?

Oh its Lindsey Lohan (hell she know bout Kanye, but i digress) anyway rumor has it that she and Samatha have went from friends to lovers, but who really knows? Although Samatha is a lil shall we say butch? How much you wanna bet they call her "Sam" lol

Listenin to Ms. Jones made me cry?!?!?!

Actually it was what she announced this morning as she informed NY, PA,NJ and Delaware that three of the police who shot and killed Sean Bell had been aquitted this morning. I dont know where it came from because I was casually versed in the case. I knew he was shot in or around a night club by police and he had no weapon. I also know he was shot 50 times and an officer reloaded and that it happened the night before he was to wed the mother of his child. But it never occured to me to follow the trial much. Sounded pretty open and closed. I mean not that I expected they would give the officers their just do, but of course it would be a guilty verdict. The victim is dead. But it just brought tears to my eyes at the thought of being in 2008 and the first thing I thought when i heard about the aquital was Medgar Evers and how almost 50 years we still cant get justice. Its a numbing feeling. Then I

New Hip Hop Summit Pics...Im all late lol

Styles P

Rocsi and Terrence J

Ciara

Laiya as Kim Kardashian

Colby made a funny...imagine that lol

Me TI (Tip didnt come) and Touchtone


Errrr Lil X so whats your motivation with this get up?

Black Ice droppin some knowledge!

The man that brings us King, XXL and now Rise magazines, Datwan Thomas

Gorrilla Zoe

Did yall get this email?

now this is ill...how many times to I do this? All the time

WARN ALL FEMALES

Bottled water in your car.....very dangerous, woman!!!!

This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen
show and said this same exact thing. This has been identified as the most
common cause of the high levels in breast cancer, especially in
Australia

A friend whose mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Doctor told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been
left in a car.

The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have
certain chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. So please be careful
and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car, and, pass this
on to all the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to
know and be aware and just might save us!!!! The heat causes toxins from the plastic to leak in to the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue.

Use a stainless steel Canteen or a glass bottle when you can!!!

LET EVERYONE WHO HAS A WIFE / GIRLFRIEND / DAUGHTER KNOW. PLEASE!!!

__________________________________________________

My first red carpet experience....

So last Sunday I played the role of Ryan Seacrest (I wish) at the National Hip Hop Summit. Now look folks I said this was my FIRST time so be easy on me. This was an interesting event though. It was ill that the artist werent supposed to say who they are endorsing for president. It was really ill who decided to break the rules....check it out and hey if ya got some good criticism, bring it on! It will only make me better (-:

OH my god ALicia Keys has the best video out right now!!!!!

and if you dont believe me check it out! I so wanted to have a School Daze Party. Can we still?

Self Destruction turned to "Self Construction"

Yep its official KRS-1 is putting out another "Stop the Violence" anthem and I got the behind the scenees video. Wanna see?
Shout out to Hokeim (Channel Live!!!!) and Aubrey for bringin this to my attention

Guess Who?

Sure he was cute then (I hear during this time in his life they questioned his race a lot lol)

but then he started to grow hair and it was all coming together.....

And then he opened his mouth.....

My brother Pooch...an orginal

Ok so I know Im about to sound real black, but I aint one to apologize for that so lol.......

Is it bad that I love that my new president will be able to play basketball with the big dogs!?!?!? Did you see him on "Real Sports"? (shout out to Brotha E for puttin me on. I know Im just supposed to care about the issues, but its something about the way this man dribbles lol....

Hip Hop Summit

Hey yall,

So I didnt get many personal shots of my own because I was jugling with my first "red carpet" experience and having to interview folks, but here are the few I managed...More to come

where ya goin Charlie?

Ciara who has gotten quite slender, but she did make her own shirt

If you look close you might see her chest bone, lol sike let me stop she was very sweet and willing to talk about why she thought it was important to vote (her dad was in like 3 wars during his time of service)

I think it said "Shake up the Fate" She said her and girls designed it

FloRida didnt say much but his chain was yellower then Flav's teeth lol

Interesting day, 5 hours I spent at the Liacouras Center. Most of my time I spent on the red carpet interviewing all the "celebrities" here for the National Hip Hop Summit. It was also TI's first public speaking appearance.

Initially we were told he would walk the carpet but do no interviews, except for CNN (where ever they were hiding, lol). Luckily Tip has always been an hornorable dude (as far as our radio/artist relationship whatever that is). So some how I at least got to ask him about voting and why its so important. Take a listen....More from the Summit to come

YOOOOO Im about to take yall back!

One of my favorite 80's movies is getting remade by one of those High School Musical girls. Anway its called "Teen Witch" and believe or not I found one of my favorite clips. If you've seen it, its the "Top that" scene. Its like the whitest hip hop moment ever, but i bet you will be singing the hook all day after you watch it lol.

I'm about to be an auntie!! Guess who?

Yep my sista Toshamakia finally let me announce to the Delaware Valley SHES PREGNANT!!!!

Man that was a hard secret to keep! lol Whew! Now I feel better lol

Michell Obama charmed the hell out of Steve Colbert lol

Seriously fellas?

Like you dont think there's something a little mutant like about this?

Man I cant wait no more Kanye stop teasin!!

Glow In the Dark approaches!!!

Ok Steve this is enough

I get that youre "50 and Fabulous" but this has got to stop! Can somebody call Vaseline and put a stop to this?

I cant even began to understand this picture with his bodyguard....like really did you need the cowboy hat?

Ok cross your fingers....cuz the first lady is supposed to call in the morning

And I gotta get up like 3 hours earlier then normal, oh look at you not THAT first lady, the NEW one lol

Russell Simmons puts himself out there

So we all know that Russell Simmons is the powerhouse behind the Hip Hop Summit, but i thought it was very interesting how he explained to me why he chose to abandon his post at the Hip Hop Summit so that he could properly endorse Obama. Take a listen to our conversation from this morning. So far the highlight of the interview was when Russell told me that Hillary Clinton "aint my boss" when i asked him if his endorsement of Obama would mess up his postition with the Clintons and New York. Classic!!!!! Thanks Russell!! Oh and thanks for unconsciously keepin me on my yoga grind!!! lol

anyway here are the words from the man himself

Man did you know that Steve Colbert is REALLY in Philly??!?!?

I mean REALLY (just give me the damn late past)!!! So much so that the Roots are going to be the first music act to ever perform on the Colbert Report live tonight! Michelle Obama will be the guest. How cool is that ?!??!?(yes in my whitest of voices lol and i mean that in an Obama type of way). Anyway Mr. Colbert has been in town for a few days now and if you missed the other "Philly" episode check out John Legend singing the national anthem with the help of Steve Colbert and Philly's own confused mayor, Michael Nutter (love em but he got to break that Hilary tie)

Estelle! Estelle! Estelle!

So I went to to see her last night and it was an amazing show (even though they put chairs in the TLA and that sucks). I had no idea she was a b-girl like that lol! And managed to do it in the smallest, strapless dress ever lol. Anyway, this was my first time really getting to see who she is, as she informed us last night that "Bullshit" was her new favorite word lol. Its interesting though because you can definitley tell she used to listen to Lauryn (she rhymes too), but she definitely reaches more in her soul/house/reggae roots. Anyway cant wait for the album (already downloaded the first one on itunes that wasnt released in the country). And as i speak to you I am in the studio with Colby and Estelle. Some lil tidbits that I just learned:





Her favorite live show was D'Angelo's "Voodo"

Shes from london but her peoples are from Senegal and Granada (and she only speaks english)




Shes's a Capricorn (born 2days before me 1/18 she wants to claim she is on the cusp of Aquarius, but I am so that cant be lol)





She's feelin Diddy's new signee/Atlanta's own Janelle Monae





Her favorite designer is Alexander Mcqueen for clothes and Fendi & Giuseppe





Her favorite Amy Winehouse song is "Fuck Me Pumps" from the first album Frank





PS she says that the Amy Winehouse is the same that shes always been. We are just seeing it for the first time in America





Oh and she watched the new Lupe video here for the first time and flipped her lid at how hot it is.....Anyway that was y hour with Estelle. Thanks for readin!

Finally the Lupe video I've been waiting for!

Mondays....

If you have a weak stomach do not look down!!

And there are rumors about Estelle fixin her face? It looks like a bomb straight blew up on her face, but I still love the music, but back to Estelle....

Behind my Obama interview

full interview

So tuesday I get the call from Bossman that there will be a "cluster call" with Barak Obama. In radio language that means that Me (the beat) Moshay (wrnb) and Lonnie Hunter (praise1039). We were told that we would each have the opportunity to ask the Senator 2 questions. Then we could use each other's questions to make 6 (basically edit out moshay and lonnie's question and put my voice in). So when i found this out I asked everyone around me "if you could ask 1 question to Barak Obama what would it be?"

I asked my mom

She said I should ask him about the working middle class and how he plans to KEEP young people motivated

Then I asked my friend Tayyib (cuz i was already on my way to the studio to pick up some Obama posters from him, his magazine's office is there).

Tayyib is also one of my uh "smarter" well uh more politically aware friends and well now i forget what he asked me to ask but it was good and real smart.


So anyway since I was in the studio I went to Ahmir (Questlove's) room to ask him what I should ask.

So he gets all deep on me and says I should ask about prison labor and how Victoria's Secret and other companies use prisoners for cheap labor. When they could be hiring honest working folk instead. Then he said i should ask him about rights of an individual when it comes to "Stop and Frisk". Oh and steve (the guy hiding in the background) wanted me to ask Obama what is his IQ (yeah i know, hes crazy lol).


So then I spoke to my bestfriend who just happens to be gay and she wanted me to ask about his respones to Gay Issues


So then I went to Fusion to Kamal's bday party

and James Poyser (refer to dude in the camel tux) says

"You should ask him about music education in schools and then ask him if I can be the Secretary of Music"

Then I go home to my sweetie and he says I should ask Obama how is he prepared to address the community if he wins or more importantly if he looses.

My point is all of these are great questions, but again I remind you that I could only ask 2 questions. So i thought of one myself already. I wanted to ask him something about Dr. King because I have been watching so many specials about his assasination and the parallel's of their career is amazing.

Anyway so then I come to work. Im ready....i got 1 question and a whole bunch of alternates. Then I run into the station's local in house revolutionary also known as the head of Production, Brother E

and if you dont know there is a lot of drama right now in radio and the entertainment industry as a whole. Sales are down. The way we get ratings has changed, not to mention TV, radio (can we talk syndication), billboards, and newspaper being bought up by this big bad companies, aka Disney, controlling "our" information. So I decide one of my 2 questions will be about "media consolodation". I already knew Moshay would ask about the working class and schools. Well now Im feeling some type of way because I was told by one of my "higher ups" that thats "not what our listeners care about", which offended me. Because here we go again assuming folks who listen to urban radio are dummies when I know that even if you didnt care you should at least know that your information is being fucked with "tainted". So then I started to doubt myself and my question and now im working on my self esteem lol. You cant imagine how hard it is to ask Obama 2 questions. I hope I get another chance. Anyway I just wanted to give yall a behind scene look at not only this radio game, but also my mind lol....We will do this again soon!

Laiya