This past Sunday (June 22nd), I had the opportunity to attend the “Art of Love” tour featuring Chrisette Michele and Raheem DeVaughn live from inside Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason center. The show started around 8PM and opened with Solange, she did about 3 or 4 songs from her forthcoming album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. Her performance was very Supreme era with a lot of attitude, “I feel good, I look good, but I broke my Goddamn toe!” exclaimed the soulful singer. If I had not already known about Solange breaking her toe (prior to that remark) I probably would have been shocked; she held her composer extremely well. I cannot remember but two songs I think I liked; they were “I Decided,” which was a song written by Pharrell Williams and Solange herself, and “T.O.N.Y.” an acronymic song Solange said meant “The Other Night Y”. Unfortunately, I did not get the chance to meet Solange or interview her, but overall my experience with the show was fun! Also, Chrisette did an amazing job and was simply beautiful. Meanwhile, Raheem, by the way congrats on the BET J Award, commanded the stage! He had a painter in the background, Raheem was on the floor singing and crawling, running around the building — it was a performance. Raheem will really give your money’s worth. To see if they’ll be in your area this week, click HERE!
BET Awards ’08: The Red Carpet – Ludacris, Mario, Jermaine Dupri, and more!
More photos of celebs hitting up the Red Carpet at the 2008 BET Awards: Ludacris, Mario, Jermaine Dupri, and LL Cool J. Follow the break for more photos!
Shaq Gets Revoked For Dissing Kobe!
Remember that video of Shaq dissing Kobe a few days ago? Well, turns out Maricopa County of Phoenix, Arizona didn’t find it too funny! Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Shaq used inappropriate racial derogatory statements and foul language, and left him no choice. Sheriff Arpaio said to the Associated Press:
“I want his two badges back,” Arpaio said, “Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they’re fired. I don’t condone this type of racial conduct.”
BET Awards ’08: The Red Carpet – Keyshia Cole, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, and more!
Here are some photos of Keyshia Cole, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, and David Banner arriving at the 2008 BET Awards via the Red Carpet. Check out more photos of other celebrities posing on the Red Carpet after the cut!
[VIDEO] Performances from the 2008 BET Awards
Usher – “Love In This Club”
In case you missed the live coverage we did on the 2008 BET Awards last night, don’t worry. T2W is here to fill you in with the actual performances from the show! There were a lot of surprises in last night show and we have all of the performances thanks to HipHopMusicDotCom. Click play to view Usher‘s performance of “Love In This Club” above!
[Video Premiere] Jennifer Hudson – “Spotlight”
Here is the T2W video premiere (via JENNIFER HUDSON ONLINE) “Spotlight” from Jennifer Hudson‘s eponymous-debut in stores September 30th, 2008!
BET Awards ’08: The Red Carpet – Soulja Boy, Musiq Soulchild, Alicia Keys, and more!
Photos have already started coming in of celebrities hitting the red carpet: Soulja Boy, Musiq Soulchild, Alicia Keys, Keri Hilson, and more! Follow the break for more photos.
BET Awards ’08 Celebrity Billiards Tournament
The 2008 BET Awards go down tonight live from Hollywood, and in true BET fashion, you know some parties and events have to precede the ceremony. Automobile giant Dodge and beer producer Coors Light sponsored a pool tournament at Hollywood Billiards this past Saturday in Los Angeles, and a slew of celebrities showed up: Angie Stone, Hill Harper, Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics MVP), my baby Lauren London, and Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade, just to name a few. Check out more photos after the cut!
TAG Records Launch Party
Remember that post about Jermaine Dupri launching a new record label? Well, TAG Records was officially launched last night in L.A. at Kress, and celebrities like J. Holiday, Tichina Arnold, Slim Thug, and more came out to show their support. TAG Records is a joint-venture between Jermaine Dupri, Def Jam, and TAG Body Spray, where JD will take the executive position as president and will be responsible for developing the label’s musical talent, in addition to setting the creative vision of the New York-based company. Check out more flicks from the party after the cut.
★ [SPOTTED] Beyonce On The Set Of Her New Film Obsessed
Pics via Beyonce World
Beyoncé was spotted on the set of a new thriller film titled Obsessed with co-star Idris Elba shooting a scene for the film due out mid 2009. In this new film Beyoncé plays Beth Charles, the wife of Derek Charles (Idris Elba), whose husband is threatened by an “obsessed” temp in his office. This movie should be good! I can’t wait to see Bee on the big screen again next year! Check out more photos below!
[LIVING THE LIFE] JD Goes From Milan To L.A.
Another webisode of Jermaine Dupri‘s Living The Life this time he goes from eating breakfast in Milan to eating dinner in Los Angeles! JD is definitely “living the life”! He went to L.A. to host a BET Pre-Awards Party. The 2008 BET Awards airs today! If you haven’t noticed T2W is covering the show live and we’re watching it with you! Stay clicked here at T2W all day long for exclusives! Check out the video above.
[VIDEO] Shaq Disses Kobe?!
In a recent TMZ video, Shaquille ‘O Neal called himself “free-styling” and trying to rap and he caught himself dissing Kobe Bryant hard! I cannot believe this! Shaq seriously needs to retire. I’m not even gonna get into why he should but check out the video above!
[THROWBACK] Cassie – “Me & U”
Don’t ya’ll remember when Cassie first stepped on the scene with this hot track, “Me & U”, which everybody fell in love with. Then the comparison to Janet Jackson‘s “Pleasure Principal” video was definitely noticeable. Do anybody think Cassie can make a big comeback like this one? Enjoy the throwback!
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[LIVING THE LIFE] JD & Janet In Milan
As we all know Jermaine Dupri got a YouTube Channel displaying his everyday life in a webisodes called Living The Life. In the video above JD and Janet Jackson go to Milan to view a Versace Menswear Fashion Show. Enjoy!
Rihanna Performs On The Today Show
Rihanna showed up on the Today Show to perform her new hit single, “Take A Bow” from her re-released album, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (Def Jam) in stores now! She also performed other songs from Good Girl Gone Bad. Check out the rest of the performances below.
[Note To Soulja Boy] Kanye West Got Yo Back!
Photo: Getty Images
The spiraled “beef” with Ice-T making a statement about Soulja Boy killing Hip Hop has gotten out and Kanye West has something to say about it. On Kanye’s Blog he just wrote a post about how he felt towards what Ice-T has to say. Kanye West stated:
Soulja boy is fresh ass hell and is actually the true meaning of what hip hop is sposed to be. He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain’t Hip Hop then what is? A bunch of wannabe keep it real rappers that ain’t even relevant, recycling samples trying to act like it’s 96 again and all they do is hate on new sh*t? Niggas always talk about the golden age but for a 13 year old kid, this is the golden age!!! That song was so dope cause everything he said had a hidden meaning… that’s Nas level sh*t… he just put it over some steel drums which is also some Nas sh*t if you had the 2nd album cassette with the bonus track “Silent Murder” on it. In closing… new niggas get ya money$$$$$$$$$$ Keep this sh*t fresh and original…. ain’t no fuckin’ rules to this sh*t and that’s what real hip hop is to me.
– Kanye West
[VIDEO PREMIERE] Lil’ Mama – “What It Is (Strike A Pose)”
Here a T2W video premiere of Lil’ Mama new video and single, “What It Is (Strike a Pose)” featuring T-Pain. It seems like everybody trying to bring the 80s back. It’s a great thing though cause it seems the 80s was a fresh decade for real! Check out Lil’ Mama 80s retro video above!
Think2Wice to “Live Blog” for the 2008 BET Awards!
Be sure to park your tails here next Tuesday – June 24th 2008 – at 8:00 PM (ET) on the dot for live coverage of the 2008 BET Awards! But wait, doesn’t it already air live on television? Yes, it does, but what you don’t get from the live TV coverage is the opinion of Yours Truly. Myself, Mike, Kennesha, and Terrell will all be participating in a “live chat” type of thing, hosted exclusively here on Think2Wice, where we will talk about everything that’s going on – from who’s wearing what, what we think of the performances, and whether or not we agree with the people who win their respective categories of nomination, among other things.
So while you’re chilling at home watching the show, why not grap your laptop, or sit at your desktop, and enjoy the show with us! You definitely won’t want to miss this:
JUNE 24TH 2008 @ 8:00 PM
LIVE ON THINK2WICE.ORG
Looks For Less: The Styles Celebs Love
If you have been to surfing the net lately then I know you have seen these recent pics of Ms. Ashanti rocking $521 Gold and Black Gucci ‘sevigny’ high heels just about everywhere. Love the shoe, but not the price? I found out were you can get cheaper versions of Ashanti’s new favorite shoe and other styles celebs are lovin this summer!
Will Smith Covers Jet Magazine
Will SMith covers the latest issue of JET Magazine. In the issue Will tells us what we can expect from his new movie Hancock.
“‘Hancock,’ follows a sarcastic superhero who constantly leaves a wave of destruction in his path; sci-fi comedy ‘Meet Dave,’ which teams up Eddie Murphy and Gabrielle Union, chronicles a ship from outer space that lands in New York City to learn the culture of Americans.â€
Im feeling this cover! Can’t wait for the movie!