Chanel Iman Pays Tribute To Prince On Harper's Bazaar Serbia Covers
Less than a month after the untimely passing of musical icon Prince, the first fashion magazine tribute has arrived.
Supermodel Chanel Iman transforms into the Purple One for Harper’s Bazaar Serbia’s June 2016 issue. And she nails it. The Sports Illustrated model pulls off Prince’s eclectic style in the four-cover series as an ode to his illustrious, yet fashionable career.
Shot by photographer Joshua Jordan, Chanel channels the Purple One with the recreation of the Purple Rain cover, his signature curls and headband, glam rock threads and, of course, his guitar.
Peep the covers below:
Nice.
#RHOA: Kandi Burruss 40th birthday party with Tiny, Toya, Rasheeda, Phaedra and More!
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” mainstay Kandi Burruss and Ayden Nida celebrated their birthdays in Atlanta.
Business baron Burruss said goodbye to her 30s with her friends, Rasheeda Frost, Toya Wright and former Xcape bandmate Tiny Harris.
The husbands were posted up strong as well. Burruss’ husband and new father Todd Tucker was in the building along with fellow reality star buddy Kirk Frost.
Take a look at the highlights from the Kandi Burruss 40th b-day bash.
Happy Birthday Kandi!
#EMPIRE: ‘Empire’ Finale Kills Off A Major Character, Showrunner Teases What’s Next
OH MY GAWD!!!!!!! Where do we start? To refresh your memory “Empire” just lost one of its own — but the question is, who died?
“It sure as hell looks like someone died. The cliffhanger is someone dies,” teases “Empire” showrunner Ilene Chaiken, clearing up any prospective theories that may suggest otherwise.
After a half of season of wondering if Anika (Grace Gealey) pushed Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday) down the stairs, the two ladies came face-to-face – and someone was pushed again. Rhonda came up to the top of a building to find Anika and immediately starting fighting with her. After yells, screams and traded blows, Andre (Trai Byers) arrived on the scene, but just a second too late. As he looked over to see his wife fighting with Boo Boo Kitty, his face filled with sheer shock as he watched someone fall to their death. But viewers were left in the dark as the frame was filled with Andre’s face as a loud scream was heard in the background.
“If you have some type of technology that can analyze voices, that shouldn’t necessarily be the answer,” Chaiken says with a laugh. Confirming that one character is definitely dead, she reiterates, “Someone went over. You can tell by Andre’s reaction that someone went over.”
Last nights season finale also finally brought about Hakeem (Bryshere Gray) and Laura’s (Jamila Velazquez) wedding day. And if you know “Empire,” you know it didn’t go off without a hitch. In fact, Laura left Hakeem at the altar. When a fight broke out with one of Lucious’ (Terrence Howard) thug friends, played by the rapper Xhibit, Laura freaked out and realized this life was not for her. Though Hakeem and Laura were expected to tie the knot, with the wedding already set up, after Laura went running around in her white gown and veil, Lucious got married to Anika.
After being chased by the feds, Lucious and Anika realized the only way she would not have to testify would be to get married – and they had already obtained a marriage license way back when they were actually engaged. (Remember that?) As for the feds going after the Lyons, Tariq is leading the investigation. And turns out, he is Lucious’ half-brother. After Lucious married Anika, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) flipped out and ran away, telling her ex-husband and three sons that she couldn’t support the marriage.
Oh My! Season 3! Come back to find out. What I will say is that Cookie and Lucious fell back in love with one another and more or less declared their intentions and Cookie was on the brink of what looked like real happiness. Well what did you think of the “Empire” season finale and who do you think died?
New Music: Chris Brown feat. T-Pain – Bring It Back
Chris Brown reunites with his “Kiss Kiss” collaborator T-Pain on a leaked collaboration titled “Bring It Back.”
Not properly mixed, but heavy on the turn-up side, Teddy P and Breezy celebrate wealth and luxury items on the hard-hitting production. T-Pain handles the tracks money-making hook, while Chris delivers some boastful raps.
Pain is still gearing up for the release of his oft-delayed album Stoicville: The Phoenix, and Brown will be heading overseas for the European dates of his “One Hell of a Night” Tour, kicking off on Sunday. He recently debuted his new single “Grass Ain’t Greener” and his collaborative mixtape with OHB, Before da Trap: Nights in Tarzana.
Listen to them “Bring It Back” HERE
Hip Hop News: Kanye West & Chance the Rapper Celebrate Mutual Respect
Kanye West and Chance the Rapper are still on an “Ultralight Beam.”
After joining forces on The Life of Pablo and Coloring Book, Yeezy and Chano took some time out of their schedules today to celebrate their mutual respect for one another.
Chance shared his appreciation for their bond in a series of tweets. “It’s crazy cause I feel like I met Kanye the first time I heard We Don’t Care. Like he’s been there for me since 2004,” he wrote. “Kanye was there when I tried out for the talent show, the first time I knew a kid who passed away, the first time I got suspended.”
Now that they’re buddies, Chance says it feels odd.
But still, every time I talk to him it feels foreign. I still get nervous and starstruck. I'm still surprised when he likes my ideas.
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) May 18, 2016
Part of what makes this duality work is because he is by definition "One of A Kind". Therefore I've always known him and will never know him
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) May 18, 2016
I'm content with that.
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) May 18, 2016
What prompted Chance’s reflections here? Well, on May 15, Mr. West praised his “brother Chance.” “Thank you for letting me work on this masterpiece,” he wrote, referring to Coloring Book. “One of my favorite people.”
Then he celebrated Chano again.
Chance too good. God level bars.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 18, 2016
Of course, Kanye is featured on “All We Got” off Coloring Book while Chano appears on “Ultralight Beam” and is credited for contributions to “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1,” “Famous,” “Feedback,” and “Waves” off The Life of Pablo.
Earlier this week, Chance also opened up about their bond during an interview with Complex. “Everything is very surreal,” he said. “All rappers start in the same place…Just like writing raps in class. Eventually, to be where I am, to work with who I work with, to connect with fans and to connect with artists that I love, it’s all very surreal, but the Kanye thing is crazy.”
Staten Island Home Depot worker wears ‘America Was Never Great’ hat, drawing outrage and death threats
A Staten Island Home Depot staffer became the center of a social media storm — and received death threats — after a photo of her wearing a hat saying “America Was Never Great” surfaced on the web.
Krystal Lake, 22, was seen with the white hat at her Sunday morning shift at Home Depot in Mariners Harbor, according to the Staten Island Advance, which first reported the story.
Krystal Lake, 22, wore a hat with the written phrase "America Was Never Great" while on her morning shift at Home Depot.Krystal Lake, 22, wore a hat with the written phrase "America Was Never Great" while on her morning shift at Home Depot. (via Twitter)
“The point of the hat was to say America needs changing and improvement,” Lake told the Advance. “I don't think it's a positive message to say, ‘Let's look to the past.’
The hat was mocking GOP presumptive presidential Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan and red hat.
Lake, a Bernie Sanders backer, said she plans to wear the hat again, despite getting death threats and other nasty missives.
She put it on to contrast some of the pro-Trump paraphernalia she has seen in the Republican-heavy Staten Island.
"Trump is very rash and in your face, but when someone else has a message against him, his supporters can't take the criticisms," she told the Advance.
Lake, who is black, has gotten lots of hate messages. "People have been saying really racist things to me and that they're going to come and find me and that what I said is disgraceful and I hate America — but I don't hate America," she said.
"I know there are a lot of opportunities here," Lake added. "I just wish we would worry about making America better — not ‘great again.’”
Lil Mo Says Michel’le Doesn’t Deserve A Biopic: I have more hits than her!
Lil Mo is not here for a Michel’le biopic. The singer/radio host told listeners on The Fam in the Morning radio show that there were a few other singers that were way more deserving to have a Lifetime movie. She says,
"For what? She’s not Mariah. She’s not J.Lo…I have more hits than her…Real talk…She had like three songs…."
See the clip. Courtesy of The Jasmine Brand
We reported earlier this week that actress Rhyon Nicole Brown will star in Lifetime movie The Michel’le Story (working title) about the life of R&B artist Michel’le. Curtis Hamilton will portray Dr. Dre, while R. Marcos Taylor, will play Suge Knight.
The Michel le Story Lifetime Movie Casts Rhyon Nicole Brown Curtis Hamilton the jasmine brand
Taylor also played Knight in Straight Outta Compton.
According to the site,
"The film details the life of the singer, who was discovered at a young age by N.W.A’s Eazy-E and became a platinum artist on Ruthless Records. Dr. Dre’s girlfriend for more than a decade and later married to Suge Knight, Michel’le was there for N.W.A’s wild ride, with all of its dramatic ups and down. Finally, after years of silence, she is ready to reveal her side of the story."
Do you agree or disagree with Lil Mo’s comments?
Joe Jackson Hospitalized, Family Trying To Hold On “As Long As We Can”
Joe Jackson is currently recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering from a high fever.
TMZ first broke the story; Jackson was hospitalized in Los Angeles after a routine checkup with his doctor. Sources close to the family revealed to the news outlet that Joe went in for a checkup on Friday, and while running tests, came up with a high fever.
Over the weekend, TMZ cameras caught up with Jermaine who confirmed that initially, his father was “not doing well.” However, Jermaine revealed to the photographer that his father is currently doing “much better” and that Joe is “just tired.”
Jermaine added, “He’s 87. Listen, my father’s very strong. He’s up there telling jokes, and he’s very strong. He’s doing fine.”
As for the family Jermaine explained they were “holding up well” and “we’re just making sure to hold on to him as long as we can. That’s what’s most important.”
On Wednesday, La Toya Jackson posted a message on Twitter that read:
Meanwhile, other sources are describing Joe’s symptoms as life threatening. “Joe was rushed to a nearby hospital and he is not expected to make it,” an insider told Radar Online.
In July 2015, Joe suffered a stroke while in Brazil.
Ashanti Dishes On New Album, Reconnecting With Ja Rule
Ashanti recently sat down with Hip Hollywood, where she dished on her new album, reconnecting with her label mate, Ja Rule, following his incarceration and the longevity of her career.
“I’m pushing it just a little bit, just lyrically and getting deeper, and finding different sounds,” she says about her upcoming album. “And, honestly, kind of sticking with what works for Ashanti. It’s always tempting to do something new and different, ‘this one is doing this, and this one is doing that.’ But, I think it’s very important to stick to your roots.”
Ashanti says that when Ja Rule went away, it kind of brought them closer.
“You know, like I was writing him, and we had a three hour conversation a day or two before he went in,” she explains. “It was crazy.. we talked about everything.. everything that happened within the years. And, it’s like we’re even closer now.”
On the longevity of her career, she says: “It’s weird, because sometimes, I didn’t like to bring up the federal indictment. I didn’t like to bring up certain things, because I felt like it was a cloud, but now, however many years later — being here, and executive producing a movie and still doing music and having my own record label, after going through something so harsh, is really like, a blessing.
Although Ashanti’s new album doesn’t have a release date yet, she plans to drop a new single this summer, and to have the album ready by the end of the year.
EgyptAir Flight MS804 Has Crashed Into Mediterranean
The flight from Paris to Cairo had 66 people aboard.
An EgyptAir plane that disappeared from radar early Thursday is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, French President Francois Hollande confirmed.
“I share the anguish of the families affected by this tragedy,” Hollande stated on his Facebook page.
According to Egypt’s civil aviation ministry, search teams from Egypt and Greece are looking for debris and any of the 66 passengers and crew who may have survived.
Nearby vessels scrambling to help with #MS804 search. Our thoughts are with the #EgyptAir passengers
The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. However, the pilot had more than 6,000 hours of flight experience, the airline said. The co-pilot had nearly 3,000 flying hours. And no adverse weather was spotted at the time of the jet’s disappearance.
EgyptAir Flight 804 left Paris at 11:09 p.m. and was scheduled to land at 3:05 a.m., Cairo time. It was at 37,000 feet when it vanished from radar around 2:45 a.m. Cairo time. The Airbus A320 had been flying for about 3 hours and 44 minutes, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.
Flight MS804 was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew. Earlier the airline said 59 passengers were aboard but then revised the figure. The passengers included 30 Egyptians, 15 French nationals, two Iraqis and one passenger each from Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Kuwait, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the UK.
Relatives of passengers seeking more information can call +202-2598-9320 from outside Egypt. The French Foreign Ministry has also released an emergency phone number: +33 1 43 17 55 95.
A relative of one of the passengers on EgyptAir flight 804 is escorted into Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris.
In March, an EgyptAir flight with 81 people flying from Alexandria, Egypt to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man with fake suicide belt. No one was harmed. The man, who a Cyprus official said seemed unstable, was arrested. Authorities didn’t classify the incident as terrorism.
In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off New England, killing 217 people. Investigators said the first officer likely intentionally crashed the airliner.
Big Freedia Headed to Rehab Prior to Sentencing for Welfare Fraud
Big Freedia is managing to avoid prison for the time being while she awaits being sentenced for welfare fraud by going to drug rehab.
According to Bossip, Freedia has agreed to attend rehab for substance abuse and will submit drug tests to her probation officer as part of a modification of the terms of her bail.
As you may know, Freedia pled guilty in March to one count of theft after stealing almost $35,000 in government funds by illegally collecting Section 8 benefits.
It’s unclear what drug(s) she’s entering treatment for.
Freedia is facing up to a decade behind bars and up to a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for June 16.
#EGGPLANT NATION: Meet Red!
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AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME’
It looks like the gap between Walmart and Whole Foods is closing…LOL!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
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