Since her very first movie role as Akeelah, actress KeKe Palmer has blossomed into a mature young lady. The 18-year-old is the third choice for the latest issue of the re-vamped digital magazine, VIBE Vixen. Behind the cover, the singer talked about how she felt when she landed the major role in the upcoming film, Joyful Noise, her interracial dating life, and shared her thoughts on young girls deciding to lose their virginity: Continue
Singer Solange, Cassie, JoJo and VV Brown are a few of today’s singers that have been selected as the ‘New Wave of Pop Stars’ in the latest music issue of V Magazine. In the Pop Rocks article, each artist shared a bit about their upcoming albums and what they plan on bringing to the pop music table in 2012:
SOLANGE ON THE PROGRESSIVE SOUND OF HER UPCOMING ALBUM:
“It’s the kind of record you put on when your man is coming over, when you’re with your girls. There are songs that make you wanna dance because we were kind of partying our way through the record, but it’s very chill. [...] My references for the record were all Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, not just their typical Janet and Prince stuff, but SOS Band and their b-sides with Chaka Khan. At first the songs were really dark because I had a premonition before the record that I was going to die. I was having panic attacks and wiling out.” Continue
With her sophomore album The MF Life set to drop next month, Melanie Fiona is next up on the cover of Rolling Out magazine’s weekly issue. The 28-year-old songstress looked stunning as she posed for a set of classy shots. Inside, Fiona talked about making the decision to pursue a music career, what her immigrant parents have taught her and what she has learned about that thing called love:
ON INSPIRATION OF PARENTS’ WORK ETHIC:
“I guess having immigrant parents and seeing them work hard and sacrifice and struggle to make a better life for me and my brother always gave me that foundation,” Fiona says. “If you want something, you want to build it. If you want to progress and if you want to change where you come from, you must do better than you did before.My parents really taught me the notion of appreciating hard work, not taking anything for granted, and paying your dues. Everything comes in time.”
ON WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED ABOUT LOVE:
“It’s a lot easier to sing about the downside of love because I feel that’s therapeutic and you’ve got to express it. You’ve got to express that vulnerability to yourself, or on a record, or to an audience. It is very therapeutic for me and I hope it’s therapeutic to the people that are receiving it as well. [...] I’ve learned more of a definition of love — if one could ever figure it out in a lifetime — because love comes in so many different forms. I’ve grown into love. I realize that I’m very deeply rooted in love. It’s kind of become my passion for the music. Knowing that the things that love can do to us, the power it has. It’s that driving force that can get you going. It’s that weight that can drag you down. It’s that thing that blinds you and helps you see clearer and see life like you’ve never seen it before.” Continue
Taraji P. Henson has been busy acting and being a mother to her son. The 41-year-old actress is on the cover of Upscale magazine’s February 2012 issue. When it came to answering questions about motherhood, how she plans to overcome obstacles in entertainment and how she called out TV Guide for not including her on their cover, Henson pretty much kept it real: Continue
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