The Anacaona Foundation Partners With Black Celebrity Giving For Diaper Drive Benefiting Haiti
The Anacaona Foundation – the organization launched by myself, my sister Dr. Didi Saint-Louis and our father Dr. Lafontaine Saint-Louis – is gearing up for its very first year of operation as a 501 (c) (3) and to get the ball rolling, we have partnered with BlackCelebrityGiving.com for our very first initiative.
From Saturday, December 10, 2011 to Tuesday, January 10, 2012, we will be collecting diapers and training pants of all sizes as well as baby wipes to donate to two very worthy causes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We are accepting donations in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Phoenix. Read the rest of this entry »
My brother @MrMecc and the homies @LowKeyUHTN & @JasFly, alongisde their homie @ValerieLora step into the “Friday Hip-Hop Report Lounge” to tackle the Hip-Hop phenom…enon sparked by Drake when he pulled out his Blackberry to “freestyle.”
The homie Chaundon is gonna give me the dopest drop EVER. But until then, we have this: the trailer for his sophomore album No Excuses, which will be out October 26.
You know where you can find MORE Chaundon awesomeness? Right here.
I took the lazy path out of creating a blog that was about me and created a Tumblr… Really, it’s not lazy at all… just gives me a way to say more than I do on Twitter while working perfectly with my spastic thought processes. In any case, I dedicated the very first post to my Mommy… who’s 65 birthday would have been today…
This is the 14th year my mother’s birthday has rolled around without her being here. And this is the 1st year it dawned on me that I should celebrate EVERY August 15. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer somewhere around my 6th birthday. She died a month and a half after my 16th birthday....
I have had the immense pleasure of interviewing David Banner four times in my career so far…. each time, we were on the phone for so long that there was NO WAY for me to share everything that he had said. But each time I’ve learned something… even how “Play” was about ‘empowering women.’
The day the Earthquake hit my hometown, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, I was scheduled to interview him again… When I hit him up the next day, I was still in a state of emotional upheaval, but I knew that once I got situated and figured out how I’d be helping my people, he would be one of the BEST assets to my team… Not only because he is one of the greatest minds of this generation, but also because he has been there as a survivor of Hurricane Katrina.
He recently spoke to noted Hip-Hop Journalist and Historian Davey D about his experiences in the aftermath of Katrina, and what we can learn from it to do better by the people of Haiti. And as I said in the title, I suggest you listen.
Now, of course, Mr. David Banner makes it a point not to mix music and politics, he remains a VERY talented actor, emcee and producer. As you SHOULD already know, he is working with Grammy Award Winner 9th Wonder on Death of a Pop Star, a project that will change more than a few things in Hip-Hop… more on that later.
But in the meantime, check out the first single from the project: “Slow Down” featuring Heather Victoria.
One of the coolest things about Twitter (and part of the motivation behind this site) is the fact that it allows you to become cool with people who you admire and respect… when they’re cool enough that is. So, call me a bit of a geek, but I think it’s dope that Atlantic Records artist Estelle is among the 3% of my 3500-plus followers who actually interact with me on a fairly regular basis.
It’s allowed me to find out that she and I have a few things in common: we’re both transplanted European-born children of non-European descent. She is nine days older than me, born in the same month that also gave the world Amerie & Zoey Deschanel… even though we also have to claim Nick Carter… We like to share inspirational quotes w/ our TwitFams… which doesn’t stop us from being super silly when needed… AAAAAND, as I found out today: Estelle, like me, is a budding shutter bug.
She launched DarlingOfABlog this month, to display her photography… a move I intend to make as soon as I get the guts. Estelle’s blog is brand new, but from what she’s posted so far – ie, the above shot of the Brooklyn Bridge, she has a great eye.
*HI 5 MULTI-FACETED BROWN GIRL!*
You can follow the Brit-homie here
One of my favorite clients Bobby Creekwater (aka the little brother I never wanted, lol) linked up with one of my favorite videographers, Fray Wall (aka the big brother I never wanted) to create a pretty dope video for Creek’s new joint “Dear Ghetto”… I’ll let Fray explain how it came about after the break…
