Danii Gold, also known to many as Bri is an established writer on multiple digital platforms. Danii enjoys writing about entertainment and lifestyle stories.
I’m an old head at heart and The Temptations is one of my favorite oldies groups: so when I heard that Dennis Edwards passed away on Friday, it was kinda sad. He would’ve been 75 years old today.
If you aren’t familiar with Dennis, he was a lead singer in The Temptations, who replaced David Ruffin in the late 1960s. He was the lead singer on “Papa was a Rolling Stone“ and also sang on other songs such as “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” “Just My Imagination” “I wish it Would Rain” “I Can’t Get Next To You” and plenty more. You may remember his song “Don’t Look Any Further” :
Not to mention, he stayed in St. Louis after his fame. He even was staying in North County (Stl lango). Dennis did an interview back 2011, talking about moving back to St.Louis:
He will definitely be remembered for his powerful voice and hit songs.
It’s thats time of year again where black people get recognized only for one month. Now, there is Juneteenth that should give recognize worldwide by other races other than black people but that’s a different story.
I will be giving out a black History Fact a 2-3 days a week for the following month so look out for them!!
I tuned in to the Grammys last night and I was happy about the performances buuuuuut disappointed at some of the wins.
For instance, I LOVE SZA, so of course I was rooting for her to win at least 1 out of the 5 Grammys she was nominated for, ESPECIALLY for Best New Artist, but for some reason….Alessia Care won. Alessia’s definitely been active in the music scene for about three ish years, versus SZA who’s been dropping low key EPs but had a BOOMING year in 2017. For the Best R&B performance category, even though SZA was nominated, it was a given that Bruno was going to win because…well he’s Bruno.
For Best Urban Contemporary Album category, that was a toughy, but I don’t think The Weeknd should’ve snagged that one and I listened to that album. I would’ve gave it to at least Childish Gambino, even Khalid and especially SZA. When you think about it…why wasn’t Kehlani’s SweetSexySavage album nominated under this category. I definitely LOVED that album and I had never listened to any of her music prior to that album. Also, why the helllllllllllllllllll wasn’t Heartbreak on a Full Moon nominated. We ALL know that Chris KILT the album. Yes, it was a lengthy album but well-deserving of a Grammy The category for Best R&B Album was a given because Bruno was in that category but I feel like 24k Magic wasn’t all R&B. It had funk in it, which is cool, but I feel like they put him in wayyyy too many categories.
The Best Rap Performance was given to Kendrick Lamar for Humble, but he was in competition with Cardi B for Bodak Yellow and Migos for Bad and Boujee. I would’ve been happier if one of the two won. Kendrick also won Best Rap/Sung Performance for Loyalty, Best Rap Song for Duckworth AND Best Rap Album for DAMN. Of course I’m glad he won, “For The Culture” but damn…literally; Cardi, Migos and SZA could’ve snagged an award from those categories.
I will say that I liked Kendrick’s performance, it was dope AF. Ri Ri was shaking a lil something and my girl SZA sang one of my favs “Broken Clocks. Childish Gambino performed some song, and his vocals were on point! And OF COURSE Bruno & Cardi KILT their performance of Finesse Remix.
Overall review of the awards: good performances, not so good winners.
Happy 64th birthday to Oprah. Not only is she a actress and talk show hosts, she is a philanthropist, Golden Globe winner, and a Network owner, She is internationally known for charity work and overall her great character.
Happy birthday to a beautiful, intelligent Black Queen!
I LOVED the NAACP Image awards last night, not only for the black excellence but for the winners as well.
The show started out with Anthony Anderson hosting and telling a few jokes. He actually took home the award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy TV Series for Blackish.
The first winner was Octavia Spencer winning the Outstanding Actress Award for a Drama Movie in Gifted
Girls Trip won for best Motion Picture. (Tiffany Haddish had a good year last year.)
The show Black-ish won for Outstanding Comedy TV Series.
Tracee Ellis Ross won for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for Black-ish
(How dope, the TV comedy couple won.)
Omari Hardwick won for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Power.
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The show won for Power Outstanding Drama Series.
The actress Naturi Naughton won for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for Power.
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Taraji P. Henson won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Empire
Charlie Wilson was awarded the Make A Difference Award for raising awareness to homelessness in America.
Daniel Kaluuya, won for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, for Get Out, which was his first award.
CREDIT: Infu.us
Jay Ellis won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Insecure.
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My fav SZA won for Outstanding new artist
Bruno Mars won for Outstanding traditional song AND Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album
It was really nice seeing some of my favorite shows nominated and even winning well-deserved awards. Hopefully “the Academy” will pick up on their great talent and ALL of these winners will be nominated for the Oscars.
Danii Gold 