André 3000 Benjamin has been keeping himself pretty lowkey as of late. The one-half member of the hip-hop duo OutKast currently stars in the latest Gillette ‘Masters of Style’ commercial for their latest product, the Fusion ProGlide Styler. The behind-the-scenes clip below, features the rapper/actor talking about what style and facial hair mean to him:
Style is taking what you have, what you’re given and playing with it. That’s what style is. It’s just kind of finding what’s in you and pulling it out. It’s something that you have, that nobody else has. You have to love it and nurture it and say this is me and I’m just going to blast it out to the world.
You can watch the complete commercial below as well where he works his unique style alongside actors Adrien Brody and Gael García Bernal. Good to see Andre’s doing well…Hopefully this means a new Outkast album is in the works (*crosses fingers*). Continue
Before the NY Giants brought in the win for this year’s Superbowl, Madonna headlined the half-time show and performed some of her popular hit songs. During her acrobatic performance of “Music,” the electro pop duo LMFAO joined in and performed a mashup of “Music,” with their singles “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy And I Know It.”
Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. also performed with the singer in “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” during which a rebelious M.I.A. flipped the bird on live TV. Ceel-lo also made his over the top debut as well, marching out as a drum major during a performance of “Open Your Heart.” The two singers, alongside a choir of singers ended the show with “Like A Prayer”.
If you missed the 12-minute Superbowl Halftime performance, you can watch it down below.
Miguel debuts the visual treatment for the first single, “Adorn”, off his upcoming EP Art Dealer Chic, Vol. 1, which will be released February 27. Check out the cover art for the project that Miguel painted himself below. Continue
On Saturday (February 4), hundreds of fans hit New York’s Times Square and recreated Soul Train lines in a flash mob to honor the show’s creator Don Cornelius, who committed suicide last Wednesday.
Tony Cornelius received a call from his dad at 3 a.m. “That phone call was just a, ‘I’m not feeling well, I don’t think I’m gonna be here long’”, Tony said in media interviews. “During that call, it was a call of urgency and I came to his home immediately.” He found his dad with a gunshot wound to the head and called 911. Don Cornelius was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Tony stated that his father had been “very unhappy” about things in his life and suffered from “a sadness”: “You hope they can snap out of it because they always have. … It’s a sadness that you never believe is as big as it is.”
While law enforcement officials believe Cornelius killed himself, the investigation continues until the coroner’s office issues a cause of death.According to reports, its ruling may come any day now. Following news of Cornelius’s death, Soul Train Holdings CEO Kenard Gibbs and Chairman Earvin “Magic” Johnson issued official statements. Read them and see photos from Saturday’s flash mob below. Continue
