Keke Palmer is ready to release her sophomore studio album, which remains untitled. Check out the first single from her project, “Walls Come Down.” Keke released a mixtape, entitled The Awaken (download here) earlier this year.
There’s no solid release date for Keke’s album, but she is still working on her acting career, currently filming Ice Age: Continental Drift, with another film entitled Joyful Noise in post-production.
With the divorce rate climbing every year in the United States, more and more married couples are splitting for various reasons. According to divorcestatistics.org, the divorce rate in America for first marriages is between 45% to 50%, with money being the top reason and adultery coming in at second place.
Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal is a newly added series on the OWN Network that features couples that have suffered and survived infidelity in their marriages. In each episode, two couples share their deeply personal stories of heartbreak, while a therapist provides inside perspective on how each couple began the healing process. Check out the sneak peek clip above where Ronnie and his wife Jackie share their story of working through his affair with another woman while away from home.
If you were in Jackie’s shoes…
WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR HUSBAND BACK AFTER HE CHEATED?
Check out up and coming singer Wish performing at the Bebe clothing store in Soho on Thursday afternoon (July 14). The B-more native recently inked a deal with Jive Records and currently pushing her latest single “Feel Your Beat”. Check out some video from the in store performance over at DOPEFILES.COM
Also make sure to download her mixtape, Opening Act (The Wishtape) (LINK)
CONCRETELOOP.COM had the opportunity to spend its July 4th weekend at the 2011 Essence Music Festival in the cultured city of New Orleans, Louisiana. With the Ford Motor Company as a major co-sponsor of the nation’s largest annual music festival, many people were able to have a special experience and celebrate African-American music and culture.
CL Contributor Christine Imarenezor posing with the Ford Driving crew (photos by: Taj Washington)