NBA player Derrick Rose is next up on the men’s publication, ‘GQ’ magazine. The 23-year-old Chicago-native has been setting the basketball courts ablaze and has been compared to the legendary shooting guard, Michael Jordan.
In the magazine’s May 2012 issue, the Bulls point guard shares his thoughts on his popularity and how it feels knowing that the President of the United States is one of his supporters:
ON BEING COMPARED TO MICHAEL JORDAN:
“…His titles drive me. What’s wrong with getting close to the best person that ever played the game? I’m not scared of him; if anything, it makes me work harder when I do train.” Continue
25 year-old rapper Waka Flocka Flame covers SPIN Magazine’s May/June “LOUD” issue. Check out video of Waka taking over SPIN’s NY headquarters below and read some of the article here. His new album, Triple F Life hits stores in June. Continue
Tyrese is on the cover of ‘Defy’ magazine, a success and lifestyle quarterly men’s publication. In the newest Spring issue, the singer/actor talks about his latest album, Open Invitation, the sixth installment of the ‘Fast & Furious’ and he also reminisces on his childhood:
“I was one of them kids … I was the brokest—the brokest there is. The hungriest. Never had new clothes, ever. Every day I went to school just so I could eat, and I was hoping that I didn’t lose my lunch ticket. [Here, the crowd of underprivileged youth laughs knowingly, and Tyrese smiles back at them before continuing.] Hungry, that was me. The difference in me, and a lot of people around me—I actually had a problem with that. I had a problem with being hungry.” [SOURCE]
You can read the full interview and more here. Check out the mother-daughter ‘Hype Hair’ cover, featuring Tiny and Zonnique after the jump! Continue
First Lady Michelle Obama is lovely in royal blue on the cover of EBONY magazine’s May 2012 edition. Mrs. Obama aka FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States) dished on how she plans on celebrating Mother’s Day, how she maintains her figure while taking on First Lady duties and stressed the responsibility of positively raising her daughters Malia & Sasha:
ON RAISING HER DAUGHTERS:
“Barack and I feel that our greatest responsibility is to raise two productive, respectful, kind empathetic young women. [...] My husband talks to our girls about how he expects men in their lives to treat them, and he offers examples by how he treats me and how he treats them.”
This issue hits newsstands April 17th and will also feature a group photos from other celebrity mothers and their families.
( PHOTO: MARCH BAPTISTE for EBONY )
