For this edition of ‘Who GQ’d It’ we have singer/producer The Dream and singer Chris Brown rocking similar leather jackets and the same Nike Blazers SB’s “KISS Editions” ($140).
The Dream rock’d his first at the BET Nominee event back in May and Chris Brown was spotted on the streets of L.A. on Tuesday afternoon. Take your pick…
Actress Sophia Bush, tv personality Brody Jenner, actress AnnaLynne McCord, and rapper/actor Bow Wow and singer Solange Knowles attend the Open Campus launch party at Mel’s Diner on Tuesday night in West Hollywood, California.
The up & coming stars are featured in some of the advertisement shots for the apparel/accessory line.
Police in Nashville are confirming that ex-NFL star Steve McNair’s 20-year-old girlfriend/mistress, Sahel Kazemi, killed him before turning the gun on herself. They say they may never know what was going through Sahel Kazemi’s mind when she shot McNair in his condominium, but they say it’s clear it was a murder-suicide.
Police earlier had labeled McNair’s death a homicide, but awaited further tests and investigation before saying for sure what happened. They believe he was asleep on a sofa when Kazemi shot him in the head. She then apparently shot him twice in the chest before shooting him again in the head and then shooting herself.
McNair, a quarterback for the Tennessee Titans most of his career, was shot at a condo he rented with another man. The gun was found underneath Kazemi.
McNair, who was married with 4 kids will reportedly be laid to rest this weekend.
Visual artist/ performance painter David Garibaldi hit me up earlier this week and shared his new paintings of legendary entertainer Michael Jackson. I was blown away by them and had to show him some love on the blog.
In what he calls the Pop Trilogy, here is what he sent me:
I am a Performance Painter from Sacramento, CA and I read Concrete Loop everyday, and it keeps me up to date on my Urban Pop Culture. It influences my art subjects in a huge way, and just wanted to share with you these paintings I just completed in honor of the king.
Prints aren’t available for purchase, but if you want more info on them check out David’s official site. Peep larger versions below - sooooo dope!
Common and Tennis superstar Serena Williams were spotted leaving a dinner date at the Waverly Inn in New York City on Monday night. Serena Williams, who recently defeated her sister, Venus Williams, at Wimbeldon last week, also stopped by the David Letterman show earlier in the day, to tape an interview.
After nearly a decade since his last album was released, Maxwell is back w/ BLACKsummers’night, the darker opening installment of a trilogy. blackSUMMERS’night (which has a gospel feel) & blacksummers’NIGHT (slow jam records) are slated for release in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
In a recent interview with Billboard, Maxwell explained that “the time away gave me a better appreciation of things, so I took the time I needed to live to make this album something of substance.” And that, it certainly is. Working again with long-time collaborator Hod David, who serves as co-producer and co-writer of the album, Maxwell delivers a smooth, sensual, soulful album that is well worth the wait set behind a blues background (which includes a 10-piece band) and dealing with love lost.
Guess whose wife and baby girl were spotted earlier this week arriving in Paris, France for a family vacation. Hint: They were married last year and their daughter was born in late ‘07..
