Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Young, Black, and Fabulous

The Young, Black, and Fabulous

Rihanna HEADS To Brooklyn To Host PARTY For Her Grandma, DISHES On Fashion, Katy Perry And KONY

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:15 AM PDT

Rihanna was spotted grocery shopping (yes...she does her own on occasion) in NYC for her Grandma's birthday party yesterday. See the pics inside and find out what she says about her own fashion sense...

Rihanna was spotted doing her own grocery shopping yesterday with bestie Melissa and security in tow during a run to Whole Foods in NYC.  And it was all so she could cook up (literally) a party for her grandmother who lives in Flatbush.  She used to spend summers and Holiday there when she was younger:

She picked up a few healthy snacks (and maybe some liquor) for a celebration she had planned with her granny Clara 'Dolly' Brathwaite.

 

And later.....

She tweeted, Me and gran gran Dolly gonna celebrate tonight! Happy burrday gyal!!!! 1Love

First, she cooked up a few dishes.

And the party started!

Rihanna also tweeted a cute moment between she and her grandad (Lionel) when he asked her about her hair,

"My GranDad: Robyn how ya is get hair from red to cream to black??? Cuz ya don't carry wigs!!! Ya does wash it out?! ME: ROTFL (no words)"

Ha!  They even have a wall of her framed magazine covers too.  Gotta love proud grandparents.

Now we know where RiRi gets her swag.....

In other Ri news....

During her recent Vita CoCo shoot, the pop star did an interview and talked about her friendship with Katy Perry, her thoughts on the KONY movement and fashiom.  Here are the highlights:

On collaborating with Katy: “We have been working on this for years. We still are trying to make a song together, Katy Perry and I. She is one of my favorite musicians, as well as one of my favorite people in the industry. She’s very uncalculated, very sure of herself, and that’s something very rare in this industry to find. The song will probably come out in a while,” she told Jill. “I won’t say that it’s happening right now, but it’s going to happen.”

On how they stay in touch: “Whenever we’re in the same city, we try to do something — whether it’s seeing each other for five minutes for a hug [or] whether it’s partying all night at some random after party for an award show. We try to hang out as much as we can, which is very rarely because we’re so busy.”

On her follow-up to Talk That Talk: “Actually, I have not started working on new music. I’ve started working on the new sound, but I haven’t started really recording yet. This year, we’ve kind of left a little room to play in other playing fields, like movies, acting [and] fashion. I’m getting into fashion a lot more, really spearheading it as a designer.”

On getting involved with the KONY movement: Twitter has brought about so many opportunities not only for me but for the foundations I work with like the KONY 2012 foundation, Invisible Children – we’ve been very active with them in trying to get the word out and spread the word and get my fans involved because the foundation is so driven by youth and their enthusiasm and their stand in things that are not okay.

 

 

Watch her talk fashion below:

 

 

Photos via Sharpshooter Images/Splash News/FAME

"Basketball Wife" Jennifer Williams STYLES IT UP For "Today's Black Woman Style Report" April/May Issue

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 07:22 AM PDT

"Basketball Wives" star Jennifer Williams put her pretty looks to use for the new April/May 2012 issue of Today's Black Woman Style Report magazine.  We've got the first look at her spread, and what she's saying about her impending divorce.

 

Pics inside....

Jen showed off her gams in sequin hotpants and colorful blouse, blazer & boots for one of her looks.

And a gorgeous grecian inspired one-shoulder flirty white dress with gold embellishments for another look. 

In the issue, Jennifer talks about life after divorce, her burgeoning lip-gloss line and of course, "Basketball Wives."

She said in the mag, “I want viewers to understand that I am in a different place in my life. This is a transitional period for me, and I’m all about being independent and just trying to be happy.”

She looks great!

Credits: Photographer: Lenox Fontaine; Stylist: Jayda Audrick; Hairstylist Nia Carrol; Makeup Artist Bisheaba Swain

DO WOP POP POP! It's Your Birthday Tamar Braxton!

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 02:11 AM PDT

Tamar Braxton, the sassy baby sister we love to watch on WE's "Braxton Family Values," turns 35 today. Celebrate inside....

"Braxton Family Values" breakout star, Tamar Braxton, is indeed the center of attention today.  Exactly where she loves to be.

As the "tell it like it is" sister who's full of one-liners, wise cracks and witty dot coms, Tamar is made for TV.  And as she and her husband Vince prepare for their own reality show and Tamar's next solo album, expect to hear and see a lot more from this fab diva in 2012.

Check out Tamar's year in style in the gallery.....

SHE IS THE BOMB.COM...Happy 35th Birthday Tamar Braxton!

KID STUFF: Inside Violet Nash's Birthday Party+Tichina Arnold's Daughter's B-Day+Tia Mowry Brings Baby Cree To Set

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT

Violet Nash had a super cute 2nd birthday party recently. We posted a few pics before of the aftermath of the party, now check out the inside. 

 

Pics plus Tichina Arnold's daughter's birthday Twitter shoot and Tia Mowry making working mommyhood look fab inside...

How precious!  Christina Milian's little girl is growing up in front our eyes.  Little Violet celebrated her 2nd birthday at The Children’s Place in L.A. The company set up an adorable little girls and boys clothing boutique inside the party featuring the “Spring Dressy” collection. Each guest left with a gift bag containing a $75 gift card.

Also, Violet wore not one, but TWO dresses from The Children’s Place at her party.  She started out wearing a girlie ruffle floral dress, but then changed into a more glam sequin dress right before they brought out her cake!  Learning fashion from her mommy already.

Carson Daley was there as well.

So cute!

 

And speaking of birthday, Tichina Arnold's daughter ALIJAH KAI is 8-years-old today!  And Tichina had some fun snapping pics of her animated little one today.  Wonder where she gets that from...

Tichina tweeted: "Another B Girl pose. I swear she posed this way on her own. She's an 80's girl naturally."  Cute!

 

And Tia Mowry Hardrict was every bit the working mom as she snapped an Instagram pic while feeding her baby boy Cree on the set of her new movie.  She's currently filming "MistleTones" for an ABC Family Movie special in Utah.

 

FRIED FAMILY AFFAIR: Flavor Flav Opens Fried Chicken Restaurant In Vegas With Fiancee' & Son

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Flavor Flav is going for Colonel Sanders' top chicken king spot!  The hype man turned tv personality is putting his earnings to use by opening up another fried chicken spot.  But this one's a Take Out joint in Vegas.

 

Pics of Flav frying it up in the kitchen, plus celebrating with his fiancee' and baby boy, inside...

One chicken & rib joint in Iowa just ain't enough.  So Flav brought his crisptastic abilities to Las Vegas (where he currently resides) to begin another greasy venture.  He just opened up the House of Flavor Take Out Restaurant yesterday in Sin City. 

And his fiancee' of 9 years, Liz, was right on his arm with one of their sons Gibran.  Sidenote: If you saw ABC's "Celebrity Wife Swap" episode a couple months ago where Flav's fam swapped with Dee Snider's fam--it would explain A LOT.  Just sayin'....

After dropping some breasts and legs into the deep fryer, Flav and his clock cut the official opening day ribbon alongside his fam:

Yes indeed.

I bet you that chicken is delicious though...

 

Diggy Simmons GETS FLY For ROLLING OUT Magazine

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 12:43 PM PDT

"ROLLING OUT" Magazine has released photos from their upcoming issue with Diggy Simmons.  See the pics and video of the fly jet-setting youngin' inside....

Diggy Simmons has a hot spread in the latest issue of ROLLING OUT.  The 16-year-old (he turns 17 the day after his album drops) is all grown up and prepping to drop his debut studio album Unexpected Arrival on March 20th:

The graffiti inspired shoot has NYC flavor stamped all over it.


 

The game's next big star tweeted his excitement today saying, "4 more days till Unexpected Arrival!!!!" 

I bet the cougars are just sharpening their claws.  Diggy was last rumored to be dating fellow Def Jam signee Jessica Jarrell, but has recently claimed to be single.

 

You copping his album?

 

 

Watch behind the scenes cover shoot video below:

Lil Mo & Tweet Drop "I Love Me" Video + MELANIE FIONA'S "I Been That Girl" (Co-Written By Drake)

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:15 AM PDT

Lil Mo is back on the scene with Tweet.  And the twosome just dropped a video for Mo's new track "I Love Me."  Check it inside, plus Melanie Fiona's new song she wrote with Drake, "I've Been that Girl."

 

Lil Mo teamed up with the low-key singer Tweet for her track "I Love Me."  The new video shows Mo singing in the church while dealing with a relationship.  And Tweet looking and sounding like her usual fab self.  Check out the video above making its rounds on VH1 Soul today.

 

And as Melanie Fiona's new album drop date approaches, new tracks from the LP are getting leaked.  The newest drop--a song co-written by her longtime friend and fellow Toronto homie (who she also used to be in a singing group with)Drake called "I Been That Girl."  Check it below:

 

Mel told The Boombox a few months ago about why Drake took time away from his own album to write for hers:

"In the midst of working on his album, he wrote a song specifically for me and my album," she reveals. "It's amazing because I love that it's written by a guy from a woman's perspective. It's really, really cool. We all know he's great for locking in on emotion, and I'm great for writing and singing about it, so I think it's a really cool concept that I think is really going to empower women. 'That Girl' is a girl who's done some foolish things for love, but never again."

Ms. Fiona's sophomore LP The MF Life is out March 20th on Universal Republic/Title 9/SRC.

Rihanna SHOWS OFF New "Cross" Tattoo, Says "I'm Working On Getting My Curves Back!"

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 10:54 AM PDT

Rihanna (a fan of the "ink") has a new tattoo. See what she got inside and find out what she said about her own curvy figure and getting her butt back!

Rihanna recently inked a small cross on her collarbone, and pics surfaced online today.  And though she has been mum on its meaning, perhaps she is asking a Divine power to help her pack on the pounds!  She's said that she wants to put on weight below the waist.

 "I'm working on getting [my butt] back," she told PEOPLE. "It used to be my favorite body part, but now it's disappeared!" Luckily, the singer's got plenty of techniques in mind for the task. "I'm going to have to start hiking or at least going on the elliptical or walking on an incremental treadmill or horseback riding.  Something that firms the butt."

But if the exercise doesn't work, her diet should help with the pounds.  She also said,

"I'm eating everything.  I've been eating ice cream and fast food and Italian food."

But she quickly added, "I drink a lot of coconut water.  It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body."
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