Monthly Archives: March 2011

MUSIC NEWS: MELANIE FIONA & MARSHA AMBROSIUS ANNOUNCE JOINT TOUR ON 106TH & PARK

Marsha Ambrosius stopped by BET’s 106th & Park earlier on Wednesday. The 33 year-old singer/songwriter shared a bit about her journey to her first solo album. She shared her favorite tracks from her Late Nights & Early Mornings and announced that she and singer Melanie Fiona will be joining forces for the 2011 BET Music Matters Tour. The tour starts on March 16th in Dallas, Texas.

The BET’s Music Matters is a campaign that will highlight the next BET superstars through music, bios, music videos, photos and intimate interviews where the artists explain who they are and what music means to them. Singer Anthony David will be a guest performer on the tour. For more info on tour dates and tickets, visit Bet.com/musicmatters.

Marsha Ambrosius & Melanie Fiona on 106th & Park

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NEW MUSIC: BEI MAEJOR – “I WISH”


♫ Bei Maejor – I Wish

Producer-turned-artist Bei Maejor is set to release another mixtape within the next few days, ThrowBack, on which he offers his take on songs that have influenced him and his music. Check out his interpretation of “I Wish” from former Bad Boy artist Carl Thomas.

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‘ROUND THE WAY: NENE LEAKES CALLS STAR JONES ‘UPPITY & PHONY’? – WHEN ARE STANDARDS TOO HIGH?

As usual, NeNe Leakes is giving it to us straight with no chaser. In a recent interview with Zap2it.com, The ‘Realhousewives of Atlanta’ personality shared her real thoughts about Star Jones’ Twitter response to Nene’s recent comments on The Wendy Williams Show:

On why she thinks Star is uppity:
“She talks a lot about how she went to Harvard, how she went here and there, she has all these degrees, her mentors are Barbara Walters and Johnnie Cochran, she lives on the Upper East side of New York City, her friends are nothing but A-List stars, doctors and lawyers…What does that have to do with anything? You can’t be friends with the lady up the street? The little maid? Everybody’s got to be an A-List star or doctor or lawyer? Look. Star has degrees. I’m not trying to discredit that, but her accomplishments are her accomplishments. I don’t have to bow down to her. She may have gone to Harvard. She may have 10 degrees, but it’s funny. She’s is in the same place I’m in, and that is what bothers Star. That she went to school for 8 or 10 years and she has to stand beside me and I went to school for 2 years.”

On Star being phony:
“Look, I’m like this. If you are a bitch, own it. Be a bitch. 24 hours. Own that. Be that. If you’re ghetto, be ghetto. It’s the fake, phoniness BS that really makes me sick. I don’t care what you are, just be it. Star to me is phony.”

Well alright then! What do you all think?

Do you think setting high self-standards makes you uppity?

You can peep the rest of the interview below. You can catch more of the drama between NeNe and Star on the upcoming season of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, which premieres on Sunday, March 6th at 9/8pm CST on NBC.

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TV BIT: WENDY WILLIAMS’ INTERVIEW W/ ARETHA FRANKLIN (PART 1)

The first part of Wendy Williams’ interview with Aretha Franklin aired earlier today. In the candid conversation with The Queen of Soul, Ms. Franklin talked about how she lost 85 pounds, her friends in the music industry, her relationship with Nene Leakes and her favorite type of dancing. On Thursday, March 3rd, Wendy Williams will air Part Two of her interview, where Aretha shares more about her love life. Check out the footage above.

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