Keke Wyatt Covers ‘Rolling Out’ Magazine, Talks Confidence, New Album & More
R&B diva Keke Wyatt is riding high following the release of her 4th studio album Rated Love.
The songstress now covers the latest issue of “Rolling Out” magazine with an introspective, honest interview about her silly personality, lack of confidence in her image, being a great mother, new music, releasing her album on her own independent label and more.
Rated Love is available on iTunes now. Check out excerpts from the new interview below.
ON BEING SILLY: “When you grow up in a rough home, rough situations, you learn how to be silly. You know what I mean? I kind of don’t have time for the serious stuff because that’s all you live in. I get real silly when I’m shy. I get real silly when I don’t know what else to do. I get silly when I’m nervous. But I get way different when I’m pissed or I’m hurt. … The nervous part is when I’m silly, goofy, trying to cover up.”
ON HER LACK OF CONFIDENCE: “Can’t find it. I don’t know why. As God is my witness, even with singing I’m just not confident. Like if somebody said. “Keke sing ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow,’ ” and I’ll sing it. But the whole time I’m wondering, “Ugh, do they hear that?””
ON BEING A GREAT MOTHER: “I have confidence in being a mother. Now, I’m very confident in that and my family, and showing my love. And my compassion and taking care of my family and working like a monster and making sure that everybody has what they need and want. Even if I don’t get anything, I don’t care. So, I’m confident in the fact that I’m a great mom. And a good daughter, and a good sister, and a good wife, the best wife I can be without being a wench.”
ON NEW ALBUM, BEING INDEPENDENT: “It’s my soul. It’s who I am. It’s what makes me whole. It’s what makes me me. I’m so excited because I’m putting my new album out on my own label, which is Aratek Entertainment … It’s my name [Ke’Tara] spelled backward. … [With the label], I’m able to put my own project out. I don’t have to worry about other labels, and what they think … It’s my thing. I can sing what I want. I can come in when I want. I can do what I want to do. The only thing is that I have to pay for everything. But, at the end of the day, I’ll get all of that back plus triple. So, it really doesn’t matter … With my music, I wrote everything, I sang everything. It just feels really good to be able to express myself. Another way to let my light shine is through my music because it truly comes from within, from the heart.”
#RHOA: NeNe Leakes Poses In A Bikini; Shares Diet And Weight Loss Tips; Talks RHOA Season 9
NeNe Leakes has taken Sheree Whitfield‘s advice to fix that body! After working hard to get in shape, NeNe posted some revealing bikini pics for us all to enjoy. NeNe also shared her weight loss journey. Cause on Bravo – you ain’t nobody if you ain’t got no journey!
NeNe credited her busy schedule and her lack of portion control for her weight gain, adding, “Well, you know, I’m a funny eater.”
“My biggest problem has always been and will always be that I work all day and forget to eat and then I eat late at night with some cocktails,” NeNe told E!.
The Real Housewives Of Atlanta star’s advice for weight loss is to know your weaknesses and watch that plate overload. “Having to deprive myself of anything is a no-no for a girl like me!” preached NeNe. “It’s all about being mindful about what we eat and PORTION CONTROL. That’s the key…because hunni, we like to eat!”
Also, according to NeNe the camera really does add 10 lbs, “A lot of people when I meet them, they say, ‘I thought you were this big woman.’ I’m, like, ‘I’m curvy, honey, but I am not real big.'”
So, NeNe has shed the weight, but has she shed her Housewives title? Right… NeNe quitting RHOA is like Kenya Moore telling the truth, aka when wigs grow wings and fly.
Yet again, NeNe is pretending she “doesn’t know” if she’ll be back for the 9th season of Real Housewives Of Atlanta, which is supposed to start filming soon.
“I don’t know if I’m gonna be there full-time for season 9,” admitted NeNe, “but I always like to say to people that Bravo and the Housewives helped launch my career, so I will always be loyal to them and be there in some capacity.”
#EMPIRE: Jussie Smollett not leaving Empire after cliffhanger episode
Jamal Lyon’s days aren’t numbered after all, even though Empire actor Jussie Smollett hinted at his departure via Twitter Thursday.
However, EW has learned Smollett is not leaving the show and remains under contract.
The tweet followed up Wednesday’s cliffhanger episode of Fox’s hit music drama, during which Smollett’s character was shot and rushed into surgery.
As of Thursday morning, more than 2,000 fans had retweeted the message as Twitter users asked what it signaled for his character Jamal’s future. Smollett has been a fixture on the show since its debut in 2015, playing Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) and Lucious Lyon’s (Terrence Howard) gay son who transforms into a music superstar.
A rep for Smollett and Fox have not yet responded to a request for comment.
NEW MUSIC: ERYKAH BADU – COME AND SEE ME (PND REMIX)
YESSSSS! Badu Badu BADU!
A favorite amongst a slew of artists, PARTYNEXTDOOR‘s latest hit “Come and See Me” featuring Drake has now gotten the remix treatment from none other than Erykah Badu.
Labeling it an official duet between the two artists, the soulful songstress takes the side of the woman PND is calling out to, as they go back and forth about hooking up and spending time together.
“You hit me up like do you want to hang right now? / I’m on the south side up on Martin Luther King right now / Do you own a watch do you know what time it is right now? / It’s after 2 AM and that’s asking a lot of me right now,” she sings.
Badu shouts out the class of 2016 with the release of the remix. “THIS 1 IS 4 THE CLASS OF 2016,” she wrote.
Take a listen HERE
New Hip Hop: Stream Chance the Rapper’s Mixtape ‘Coloring Book’
Chance the Rapper is opening his Coloring Book.
After much anticipation, the Chicago MC has officially unveiled his third mixtape, which previously went by the name Chance 3.
Following 2012’s 10 Day and 2013’s Acid Rap, Coloring Book delivers on the promise the Chicago spitter made on Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam.” “I met Kanye West, I’m never going to fail / He said let’s do a good ass job with Chance 3,” Chano rhymed on the track. “I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the Grammy / Let’s make it so free and the bars so hard / That there ain’t one gosh darn part you can’t tweet.”
The 14 tracks are full of A-list collaborations including Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Young Thug, Lil Yachty, Future, Jay Electronica, T-Pain, Kirk Franklin, and more.
During a recent Complex cover story, the recently hospitalized rapper also promised that this project would be better than his collaborative effort Surf, which he crafted with Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment last year.
“This stuff is way better than Surf,” he said. “I’ll say that on record. Donnie [Trumpet] is awesome, and the project was awesome, but this is all of us focusing our efforts into some very hip-hop and very dance-y shit, and it feels good. So I’m excited about that.”
Stream Coloring Book below via Apple Music HERE
Voltron Legendary Defender trailer: Netflix reboots classic ‘80s Toon
Via EW: If you know what that means, congratulations, 1980s cartoon fanatic — you’re a step ahead. But for those who don’t remember the immortal words that marked the formation of the universe’s greatest defender, that’s okay — you’re about to get a new primer.
DreamWorks Animation is bringing back the gargantuan robot formed from five mechanical lions with the series Voltron Legendary Defender, and EW has an exclusive look at the new trailer.
The show kicks off June 10 on Netflix with an hour-long premiere, followed by ten 22-minute episodes. Executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos and co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery say their goal was to remake the Voltron show fans remember — rather than the one that actually existed.
The truth is, that 1984-85 Voltron: Defender of the Universe series was, to put it delicately, a huge mess. Back then, producers cobbled the show together from pieces of the adult-oriented Japanese animated series Beast King GoLion by cutting out some of the gruesome violence and redubbing the dialogue to create new plots that fit the action on screen (sort of).
“We wanted to make it closer to what we remember the show being versus what it actually ends up being when you go back and watch it,” Montgomery says.
“The nostalgia for the original show is what has carried it through to this point,” Dos Santos says. “People still reference it and people still talk about ‘teaming up like Voltron.’”
As fans of the American-ized version, the producers say they were surprised by how jumbled it was when they revisted it. “They were making the best of what they had,” Dos Santos says. “But what was there was a sense of teamwork and this amazing imagery. And our child brains filled in the gaps.”
But the producers were even more surprised by the R-rated nature of the source material. “We rewatched the original, and went back and watched GoLion. Although the imagery is the same, there are some pretty different themes in the [GoLion] stories,” Montgomery says. “It almost hews a little closer to Game of Thrones. There’s some crazy stuff that happens, and it’s pretty dark.”
“There were men slapping women, people being beheaded. It was crazy-times,” adds Dos Santos.
“But it also had higher stakes as far as drama,” Montgomery says. “So we cherry-picked those while trying to keep some of the fun lightheartedness of what Voltron was for us as kids.”
In the original American show, it was just a given that these five young space explorers were piloting robot lions as part of the Voltron team. In the new Voltron Legendary Defender, there’s a bit more explanation and backstory.
“Our characters are as unfamiliar as a new viewer would be to Voltron,” Dos Santos says. “They’re living on a version of Earth in the distant future that hasn’t made contact with alien life forms, but they’re going to the equivalent of space camp.”
They stumble upon adventure when Shiro, a senior pilot in their camp, disappears for a year after embarking on a deep space mission. He crash lands back on Earth babbling about an ancient super-warrior named Voltron.
“He has these PTSD memory flashes that are not allowing him to give the entire story away, but he knows they have to find Voltron, and some element of him is hidden on Earth, which is the blue lion,” Dos Santos says.
Many of the characters will be familiar to fans of the original show:
• Princess Allura – Kimberly Brooks (Ben 10: Omniverse, Justice League: War)
• Coran, the chief advisor to the princess – Rhys Darby (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords)
• Shiro, Black Lion pilot – Josh Keaton (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Transformers Prime)
• Hunk, Yellow Lion pilot – Tyler Labine (Reaper, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil)
• Lance, Blue Lion pilot – Jeremy Shada (Finn in Adventure Time, Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
• Pidge, Green Lion pilot – Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow, Scream: The Series, iZombie)
• Keith, Red Lion pilot – Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, The Legend of Korra)
The producers of Voltron Legendary Defender decided to simply roll with some of the more outlandish ideas of the sci-fi fantasy, rather than try to change or over-explain them.
“Our teens are reacting to the insane idea [that] there’s a giant intergalactic war going on, and now they’re going to pilot five lions that become a larger robot, and one lion will wear another as a … well, as a boot …” Dos Santos says. “Our characters respond to the notion that this is an absolutely crazy idea.”
Look for Voltron on June 10 on Netflix.
OH LAWD! Another alleged Prince heir comes forward
Ever since Prince’s untimely death late last month, a war has been going on between his surviving siblings over the rights to his sizeable fortune. And while his siblings are busy bickering, reports have claimed that hundreds of people have come forward claiming to have rights to a slice of the pie that is Prince’s fortune. However, new reports claim that one young girl may actually be able to claim some of Prince’s wealth.
According to media reports, an attorney named Mike Padden recently filed documents with Prince’s probate, claiming that the late music icon’s late half brother, Duane Nelson, Sr., has a granddaughter who is eligible to claim an inheritance.
The report claims that Duane, who was at one time Prince’s bodyguard, died in 2011 and that his son died in 2005. However, Duane’s son had a daughter who is now 11 years old and living somewhere in Minnesota.
Padden wants a court to vet the young girl to make sure that she’s actually a blood relative to Prince. He also wants a guardian to be appointed to look out for the girl’s best interests in the process.
Sources, however, say that Prince’s full sister, Tyka Nelson, omitted Duane from her list of siblings when she first began the probate proceedings. The sources say that some in the family aren’t convinced that Duane was really one of the singer’s blood relatives, which brings into question whether his granddaughter is a blood relative.
Well, even if Prince’s alleged grandniece and guardian prove her legitimacy with a DNA test, they’re still in for an uphill battle when it comes to claiming some of the singer’s money.
As previously reported, Tyka is going to court with their five surviving half-siblings to sort out who should get what portion of Prince’s reported $150 million fortune. Although Minnesota law claims that the siblings all have an equal share of Prince’s wealth, sources say that Tyka wants a larger share for herself. Making matters worse is the fact that Prince’s assets are frozen until a judge can determine how much the administrator of Prince’s estate should give to the late artist’s family members for living expenses.
Reports have claimed that things have gotten nasty between Tyka and the rest of her half siblings. Reports also claim that half-sibling Alfred Jackson has alleged that one of his half-siblings might have tried to sabotage his eligibility for the money by putting out a false missing persons report on him.
Clearly, this is still a messy family situation and we hope it gets settled sooner than later.
Your First Look @ Laverne Cox’s Rocky Horror Picture Show Costume
Ready to do the time warp again? I am and can’t wait for FOX’s reimagining of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. No premiere date has been revealed yet, but it’s expected to air on the network in late 2016. Most likely near Halloween, I would assume.
Entertainment Weekly got their hands on several exclusive pics from the new production. By far, the most exciting is seeing Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Further. If you’ve ever wondered what the love child of Grace Jones and Davie Bowie circa Ziggy Stardust era would look like, wonder no more. Cox’s version of the iconic alien transvestite is exactly that. Check out the costume below.
“I get tweets from people, ‘Please don’t f— up Rocky Horror Picture Show!’?” says Cox, to Entertainment Weekly. “I showed my brother pictures of me in character and he was like, ‘You were preparing your whole life for this.’?”
Definitely inspired by the original but more amped up, isn’t it? Speaking of the OG, Tim Curry who originated the role both on stage and in the film, will make a cameo as the Narrator in the new production. Glad that he’s participating in some capacity.
Ladies & Gentlemen meet the newly married Devon & Asha are now married and Leah Was A Flower Girl
Introducing The Stills! The couple was chosen by wedding site The Knot to receive this year's Dream Wedding.
Devin wore a bespoke tux from Martin Greenfield Heritage, While Asha was laced in an ethereal Pnina Tornai for Kleinfeld gown and Jimmy Choo shoes for her big night.
And Leah, who's now on the mend after beating cancer, looked like a princess.
The couple said heartfelt vows to each other. E! reports:
"You are not only the love of my life, but you are my best friend," Asha told Devon in her vows. Meanwhile, while fighting back tears, he shared, "I promise to be by your side through every step of the way." Awww.
As they walked back down the aisle together after saying their vows, their outro song was Jackie Wilson's "Higher & Higher." With a choir.
Devon, Asha and Leah slayed their family dance at the reception to "Uptown Funk":
More pics from the reception and before:
By the way, their adorable wedding hashtag is #stillinlove2016....Sweet!
Michael B. Jordan Cast In Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
Michael B. Jordan has inked a deal to join Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, in which he’ll reteam with his Creed director, Ryan Coogler – according to The Hollywood Reporter. It is unclear what character Jordan will play, but a source told THR that it could be a villain.
Michael will be joining Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o is also is negotiations to star in the film.
This makes the third time that Michael will work with Coogler, who is directing the comic book movie and writing the script alongside Joe Robert Cole. Their first time collaborating was on the indie drama, Fruitvale Station.
Black Panther has a Feb. 16, 2018, release date, with production set to start in early 2017.
LeToya Luckett To Play Dionne Warwick In Biopic
LeToya Luckett has landed the role of Dionne Warwick in an upcoming biopic, Dionne. The R&B and pop music legend made the announcement in Cannes on Friday.
“She is perfect and she has exactly the right look,” Warwick said about the Destiny’s Child alum starring as a younger version of herself. “She will bring out what is needed for this part.” In addition to playing Warwick, LeToya will also perform her songs for the film’s soundtrack.
It was also announced that Lady Gaga, Olympia Dukakis and Danny Glover nabbed roles, however, The Hollywood Reporter states that immediately after the event, Lady Gaga’s rep sent out a statement saying she is not involved in the film. “She is not attached and will not appear in this project,” read the statement. Gaga, was supposed to play Cilla Black, who was described as the singer’s musical nemesis.
Warwick also hinted that real-life characters from her life at the time, including producer Burt Bacharach and The Beatles, could end up appearing in the film. “There’ll be a lot of surprises,” she said.
Production for Dionne is set to begin late this year.
Steph and Ayesha Curry are selling their home and you can have it for $3.895 Million
The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry is selling his luxurious California home.
The star point guard and his wife Ayesha are selling the Spanish-style abode in Orinda, California for $3.895million, according to Andy Read, who is listing the property with colleague Ana O’Byrne of Caldecott Properties.
The five bedroom, four bathroom house is about one hour from San Francisco and was purchased by the couple in 2013 for $3.1million.
The Currys are moving to a larger home that they purchased in Walnut Creek in 2015 for $3.2million. Pictured here is one of the four bathrooms in their current home
'What we liked most was its warm charm,' Ayesha told the Wall Street Journal.
'It felt like home in every sense of the word and was extremely inviting.'
The 4,700 square foot home is equipped with a basketball hoop in the driveway, a red-tiled roof, tiled patios and balconies, as well as a swimming pool and a dumbwaiter to carry food to different levels of the house.
The couple renovated the kitchen after purchasing the home and added an outdoor kitchen and heated dining area. The home also has a putting green and its very own Syrah vineyard.
The luxurious digs also have vaulted ceilings, fireplace, two private balconies, a walk-in closet with custom built-ins, and a bathroom centered around the Victoria and Albert limestone tub, in addition to a three car garage.
The Currys are moving to a larger home that they purchased in Walnut Creek in 2015 for $3.2million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The couple has two children, one of which was born in July.
Stephen Curry scaled heights never reached by NBA greats such as Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James when he became the first unanimous winner of the league's Most Valuable Player award earlier this week.
Safaree Samuels Receives Death Threats, After Fallout With Nicki Minaj
Days after his fall-out with Nicki Minaj, Safaree Samuels is receiving death threats. He revealed the news on Instagram writing:
"Got alotta death threats yesterday so I changed my # and closed all my email accounts.. If your not part of my plan for success don’t hit me asking for my # ??.. I usually chg my # every 3 months anyway it was overdue..ppl gonna have to start talking to me through 3rd party, I might try not having a phone for a while But on the bright side of things these pics came out Fly af. Thx @confusedmuscles ? all summer ??? #Safaree oil coming soon ? ??. #itiswhatitis up and running?? you ain’t seen nothing yet????"
Earlier this week, Nicki, who once dated Safaree, took to Twitter alleging that he was suing her. See their tweets below.
Safaree responded, tweeting:
In late 2014, Minaj & her longtime boyfriend Safaree ended split. Several tracks on The Pinkprint are believed to have been inspired by the end of their relationship.
She began dating rapper Meek Mill in early 2015.
Shonda Rhimes Adds Fifth Series To Shondaland Lineup
“Scandal” producer Shonda Rhimes is collaborating with William Shakespeare on a new ABC series.
The network said Thursday it’s ordered a period drama from Rhimes about the aftermath of the deaths of young lovers Romeo and Juliet.
“Still Star-Crossed” will become Rhimes’ fifth series at ABC. Along with “Scandal,” her ShondaLand company produces “Grey’s Anatomy,” ”How to Get Away with Murder” and “Catch.”
“Catch,” which hasn’t made the ratings splash of Rhimes’ other shows, will return for a second season, ABC said.
Details about the broadcast networks’ 2016-17 season plans are trickling out in advance of next week’s schedule presentations to advertisers in New York City.
#EGGPLANT NATION: Meet Model and British Ex Military Man Dave McIntosh
Folks…This is Dave McIntosh and he's giving you orders to see more of him when you GO HERE FOR THE PICS! Also it’s NSFW!
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Enjoy!
AND FINALLY FROM THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART FILES
‘GO TEAM’
Ohhh boy! I don’t think this is what Omi had in mind. This is all a bad, bad turn of events.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD EVERYBODY!!!
EFREM
