Usher stopped by MTV’s TRL earlier in the day (4/7) to promote, talk, promote, and talk some more and in between all that he had some random chile burst into tears. I mean, really, is it that serious to start crying and mess up your makeup, while all this is seen on TV!!!
Check under the hood for more pics from Usher’s visit on TRL!
How can Sinceer and Prancer be friends, when Sinceer got Prancer kicked off…
From Sinceer’s Myspace:
…(since finishing the show me and Prancy Pants talked (and trust me I couldn’t stand her when she left) but we have become real coo… she was doin what she felt would keep her in the competition and it ultimately it bit her in the ass….at the end of the day only one person can win flav’s heart …. no beef between us but I still don’t like the other hoes…)
Me and Sinceer are very cool now (Love ya bitch) but she is the one who planted that seed to the other girls….She had a great strategy for the show and it worked (unfortunately this go round against me)…
So when did all this take place??? Did yall exchange BFF bracelets over kool-aid and sandwiches???
Soul songstress Lalah Hathway sat down with Essence to chit chat about her new album, her father’s legacy, and making her last name a brand name.
On her new album:
For me, this is the first record that I’ve ever worked on from start to finish including developing the concept, styling, the sequence and selection of the songs, the musicians, the producers, the marketing, the way it sounds—everything. That’s why I call it Self-Portrait because it’s my fifth album but it feels like my first.
On her father, the late Donny Hathway, legacy:
It’s crazy because every day I turn to MTV and I hear them playing the piano on the bumper. If you think about it he’s like Tupac, it’s crazy. My father’s music would make me cry because it just felt deep and I always thought that was because I was his child but as I got older and started talking to other people and musicians around the world I realized, Oh this was deep to everybody. Of course, I’m sure it is different on some level because I’m his daughter, but people feel his music like that all over. One day Mary J. Blige said to me, “You can just hear so much joy and pain in his music,” and I thought, Wow she can hear it too?
On making her last name a brand:
No, I really want people to walk away knowing that when they have my record—and I really feel like I have achieved this in part already which makes me very happy. If you get my record, you know that you’re going to get a quality product. I really want Hathaway to be a brand name. So if you buy it and you don’t listen to it for six years it will still be good and relevant. I want people to have my record and say, “On my ‘desert island’ list, this record means a lot to me.” So knowing that my music was a blessing to someone’s life is what’s really important.
Go to Essence to read the rest of the interview.
Jada Pinkett-Smith was spotted @ LAX. Wonder if she is talking to her FIONE ass hubby, WIll Smith…
So fierce, so fab!!!
MediaFakeout is reporting that Dre Allen and former En Voguer Dawn Robinson are back together and deeper in love. Not too long ago, Dre was blasting her for being a swinger and now MFO wants me to believe that they are back together?!?! Yeah right, I am taking this ish with a grain of salt.
I am issuing this heartfelt statement to announce that Dawn Robinson & myself have reconciled our previously damaged marriage & by the grace of God we are back together & deeper in love than ever. There have been things said that were exaggerated unfortunately, & yet there have been lessons learned at the same time. We are all flawed. Some of us are wise enough to admit it & others not so much. LOL…but in this case I have to admit that the venom of a love/hate relationship can make some crazy stuff come out of your mouth. Like every grown ass couple, we have issues. Ones I hope that we will be able to inspire people to get past as we hold it together & try to live by the words that we speak. As for me, I am just a simple independent recording artists that no one really knows outside of a small underground fanbase, but I am learning from my mistakes & no doubt will be making more as life goes on. I won’t say that the amount of mistakes will decrease, but the size of their wounds will NEVER be dished out against someone who loves me so well & who I love so deeply. Look for great things from Dawn & Dre in the near future…and also…go see my baby reunited with En Vogue in Tobago in the West Indies on April 27th live & in concert with Rod Stewart, Shakira, Whitney Houston, & Diana Ross! It’s gonna be an awesome show!
Sincerely,
Dre Allen
Check out Usher’s video for “Love in the Club.” Yes, this is the entire video. This is the first single off of Usher’s new album, Here I Stand, slated for May 27th release.
Video seen on TUB via Necole Bitchie
