Today marks the 21 years that the Notorious BIG was murdered in Los Angeles. His music continues to live on and murder case is still unsolved.
Lately, there has been a lot of Biggie unsolved murder series showing on television; from Biggie: The Life of Notorious, to Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and Notorious BIGĀ to Oxygen network shows and plenty more, PLUS the movie that came out in 2009, which was a good film; but it’s a bit overwhelming. It’s like the network are blatantly trying to make money off the unsolved murder (including Tupac) and to me, reopening the wounds of his loved ones, like his mother, ex-wife and more importantly his children. I feel like the case could be handled out of the public without creating television shows about it. I appreciate the perspective but it’s becoming a bit too much. Overall, I hope the murder does get solved.
Some of Biggie’s hits are “Juicy”, “Hypnotize”, “Big Poppa”, “Party & Bullshit”, “Who Shot Ya”, “Mo Money Mo Problems” and several more. Use this day to play all your Biggie hits if you’re a hip hop fan.
I want to dedicate this post to the lovely Black Women who came and slayed the 2018 Oscars this year.
Oh, the men looked fine too!!
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I loved these looks from the stars and SHOUT OUT TO Tiffany Haddish honoring her father by showing homage to her roots of Eirtrean gown on the red carpet…
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AND for wearing her dress for the white Alexander McQueen gown a third time at the Oscars lol. She had originally said she paid $4k for the dress so she’s going to keep wearing it lol.
Talk about GREATNESS! Did you know that Black Panther made $218 MILLION over the weekend all over the country? Andddd it’s Black History Month! That some Black Excellence. I’m so proud of the movie’s debut success!
I went to see Black Panther on Friday, just like every other black person did this weekend and I enjoyed it of course. I will be the first to say that I’m not a Marvel fan….at all!! I’m not into superhero movies like that but I just HAD to see this film because:
Spoiler Alert: I LOVED the story line and it made me think—maybe there is a whole different galaxy or planet or even a different country that has the advancements of technology that Wakanda had. The movie seemed more present day, especially with the settings of being in South Korea and London. I LOVED that there was a family tie between T’Challa (Boseman) and Killmonger (M.B. Jordan) and fighting for the throw because of a bad grudge being held.
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Also, I loved that Black Women played a significant part in the movie, from his sister being helpful with her technology knowledge by helping him drive a car while she was still stationed in Wakanda, to T’Challa being in South Korea. Also, Okoye being his right hand (wo)-man by helping him fight and using her sword power (like she did in Walking Dead). Also, Nakia was his eye candy but also a great spy working along to save others lives before T’Challa walked back into her life.
You hear a lot of one-man band superheroes but never a lot of black women superheros. There are Black Women Superheroes from the Marvel series like Storm from X-Men, Misty Knight, and Monica Rambeau, and maybe this movie will be the start of trying to make movies about them.
I’m just sooooo excited that black people mainly, but all races in general came out to A) support a Black Film, B) a Black director, C) a Marvel film that brings people from all races out…to support a black film–Black Panther.
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Fun Facts about the director: Ryan Coogler:
He directed his first film at age 27, which was Fruitvale Station
He directed his second film at age 29, which was Creed
Third film he directed was Black Panther, at age 31.
If you haven’t seen the movie….see it! If you have seen it…see it just ONE MORE TIME lol–for the culture–for the young directors like Ryan Coogler making a come up!!
Happy 30th birthday to the successful singer and businesswoman.
Rihanna had a successful year last year when she launched her Fenty makeup line in September 2017 and racked up $72 million in the first month!! Fenty was also named one of the best inventions of 2017, by TIME magazine.
She also raised over $2 billion for Senegal. Her album Anti, released in 2016, has beat Katy Perry for the most #1 singles in a Dance Club songs. She’s even got a street named after her in her home town of Barbados!!
She is pawpin!!! (poppin) and can only go up from here. Happy Birthday Ri Ri Boo!
#DidYouKnow that Good Times aired for the first time today, 44 years ago? Of course i wasnāt born when the show originally aired but I definitely watched reruns lol!
Happy Birthday to good show that showed a struggle, strength and love and may Esther Rolle rest in peace.
Todays Black History Fact is about Eartha Kitt. She was the original singer of the Christmas hit āSanta Babyā and was the first Black Catwoman in the Batman and Robin series in the 1960s.
Eartha also played in Boomerang as Lady Eloise, Madame Zeroni inĀ HolesĀ and the voice of Yzma inĀ The Emperorās New GrooveĀ which won her an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production. Sheās been on television and in movies since the late 1940s (uncredited).
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Eartha acted in films up until a year before she passed in 2008 from colon cancer.
May her recognition live on and may she Rest In Peace.
I recently read that Best Buy will be pulling all of their CDs from their shelves starting in July. Even Target is Ā considering the idea, under the condition Ā the music suppliers agree to a consignment base sales platform. In simpler terms, that means Target only want to pay for the CDs that sell instead of selling whatever CDs the supplier sends them and what they doesnāt sell, they have to pay to ship the items back, which is what theyāre doing now.
I remember being a young kid and my mom having a tape player in her car and listening to Jodeci.
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To take it back a step further, I remember my Nanas having a vinyl player (turntable) and me, her and my little cousin Cobi (RIP) would listen to Michael JacksonāsĀ Bad album.
To go back further than that lol, my grandpa gave my dad his old school 1974 Rolls Royce and it had an 8-track in it, and my dad would listen to some Al Green when I rode with him.
Fast forward to my high school days, i would record songs on the radio using a tape andddd i started buying CDs in elementary school (allowance money). I even got into making mix CDs, ask my friends and cousin about me lol. I was ON it! So, to hear that one of the places i would buy my CDs from, Best Buy, will stop selling them starting in July, itās sucks! Am i getting that old? Iām only 20….something, and I feel like Iāve seen all the phases in which music has been played over the years.
Currently, my Jeep does not have a CD player. I play music from my phone through Bluetooth but prior to that, i was STILL buying CDs up to two years ago. Iām guessing this wonāt hurt the music sales as much since artists are getting their money through streams via Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify, Tidal, Sound Cloud And even YouTube. But Iām still kinda sad because I feel old lol!
Danii Gold 