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Meek Mill is Home!
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Yesterday Philly rapper Meek Mill was released from a Philadelphia prison, after serving 5 months.
I’d be the first to say that I’m not a huge Meek fan, but I like a few of his songs but have yet to listen to a full album of his. Dreams & Nightmares is my shit tho!
A judge, who denied his request for bail, decision was overturned by the Philadelphia Supreme Court. If you haven’t been keeping up, he was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for a probation violation, which stemmed from him being convicted of drug & gun charges back in 2008.
Overall, the judge had it out for Philly rapper. Reports came out that the female judge who convicted him of the 2-4 years, was trying to persuade him to sign under her friend’s record label, then wanted him to sing a Boys 2 Men song pleading for his freedom. Of course he didn’t and BOOM he’s been in jail every sense. The public has been very supportive of the injustice that’s he’s faced while this whole situation has prolonged. Celebrities from Jay-Z to T.I. to Kevin Hart have been advocates for him since the beginning and luckily they used their platforms to bring awareness of his situation, a black man being “overly” charged for unnecessary reasons.
When Meek was released, his friend Mike Rubin, who is co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, picked him up in a private helicopter and whisked him away to the 76ers playoff game against the Miami Heat, and coincidentally THEY WON! Even Kevin Hart silly ass was there with him, sitting court side. Meek was even able to ring the ceremonial Liberty Bell replica.
Not only did the the 76ers win the playoff, but they won first round, and on top of that, it’s been 5 years since they’ve been in the playoffs, so it looks like it’ll be a great year for Philly. They already won the Superbowl and if they get even further in the playoffs and not win, it’ll still be a win for them overall.
What was very meaningful to me was seeing Meek with his son on the court. I think it’s beautiful to see him reunited with one of his sons.
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I’m glad that an innocent black man is free and he says he’ll be using his platform to shed light on situations like this. Social injustice is real and Meek says:
“I understand that many people of color across the country don’t have that luxury and I plan to use my platform to shine a light on those issues”
GO MEEK!
Comment below your thoughts on the whole Meek Mill situation.
Blog Challenge: Day 20: What Makes Me Happy
What makes me happy:
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Listening to good music
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A sense of accomplishment
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My family and friends, more specifically…………..
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My baby sister, she’s 1 and absolutely adorbs!
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Comedy
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Dancing
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Sappy engagement videos, delivery videos and surprise army visits. (it actually makes me cry, but happy tears)
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FOOD!!!
What makes you happy??
Coachella 2018 Fashion
I was loving this vibrant and colorful looks of Coachella this past weekend.
RiRi was looking sexy, fab and gorgeous per usual. I love her simple, but sheek, but sexy looks. The first photo below can be easily mimicked by purchasing a white jacket and tying it up in the front and buying a pair of white jeans, buuuuut it looks so much on Rihanna. The tan outfit looks like she got a tan bed sheet and made it look fab lol.
Nicki Minaj decided to pop out and went with a simple yet cute cheetah print outfit. Her top could’ve been a bit bigger for her boobs, but we’ve seen her in more revealing clothes lol.
Bardi Cardi rocked an all white outfit paying homage to TLC. In the second pic, she wore a Versace jumpsuit with “Pop Art” prints of Marilyn Monroe. (Andy Warhol was one of the creators of Pop Art.) She is embracing that baby bump of hers and I’m LOVING IT!
INDIO, CA – APRIL 15: Cardi B performs onstage during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)
Next up, we got Amber Rose, who rocked a poppin pink jumpsuit with her signature blonde low cut.
I’m not the biggest Cassie fan but I likes her 90’s look. The color blocking was dope!
Teyana Taylor slays effortlessly! ‘Nuff said!!
Who were your favorite looks at Coachella??
Coachella Recap 2018
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Coachella was the talk of social media this past weekend ESPECIALLY Beyonce. She stole the show for the WHOLE WEEKEND, with her HBCU band, her reunion with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams from Destinys Child and bringing her sister Solange on stage to kill it with her. Beyonce has the whole Beehive wanting to pledge Beta Delta Kappa, which is the sweatshirt she wore in the second picture. Fans drew the conclusion that Beyonce was a sorority and they wanted to pledge. The letters B-A-K were on her sweatshirt and it could mean B-Beyonce, A-symbolizing Delta, but could also be related to the Roc Nation sign, and the K-for Knowles.
*the above images are from Beyonce’s instagram*
Our fav Cardi B performed “Best Life” with Chance the Rapper, “She Bad” with YG, “Bartier Cardi” with 21 Savage, “Ring” with Kehlani and even “No Limit” with G Eazy. Her attire with full blown Left Eye vines with the all white and even the ponytails.
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Bae SZA took stage and performed “Drew Barrymore” then she brought out K-Dot (Kendrick Lamar) for “Doves in the Wind” “All the Stars”.
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Migos even took the stage and performed some of their old hits like “Fight Night”
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Of course there were more performance, but these were just the highlights. Make sure you check out my next post about the Coachella Fashion looks over the weekend.
Danii Gold out!
30 Day Challenge: Day 7
My favorite song….MORE THAN ONE, I can’t pick JUST ONE lol!!
Best Thing I Never Had- Beyonce
Ohh Baby Baby- Smokey Robinson
5 Steps- Dru Hill
Hope You Do- Chris Brown
Games We Play- Trey Songz
Colors- Yo Gotti
Something About the Night- K. Michelle
Supermodel- SZA
Weak- SWV
Cardi B WHOLE ALBUM
In My Feelings- Kehlani
Yeahhh I have too many lol, And there’s more too but I’ll stick to these.
Danii Gold out!
CARDI TALK: Album Review & Other Successes
The past few days have been magical for Cardi B. She has been killing music game for the past few months and now it came to a full circle this past weekend.
On Friday, she released her first album titled Invasion of Privacy, and guess what?? It went GOLD in the same DAY. By gold, that means she’s sold or “moved” 500,000 units of her album, but there is a slight catch to that. According to Forbes, her single “Bodak Yellow” went certified 5x-multi platinum in September, which we all heard, but just on the strength on Bodak Yellow’s success, she’s moved 500,000 units of her album already!! PLUS “Bartier Cardi” her second single just earned platinum certification as well, which is 1 Million units. So Cardi’s album won’t be shy of a plaque at all, even without the her singles booming on the charts. I’ve listened to the album at least 5 times PLUS the radio stations have been playing her whole album too; so if her album sales aren’t out of the roof, IMMA BE PISSED!
Now let’s talk about the album…DOPE. DOPE. DOPE. And I’m not just saying that because I love her. Honestly, I was getting tired of her putting out all these songs and featuring on songs WITHOUT an album coming, but she made the wait worth it. She starts out her album with the song “Get Up 10” which was a Meek Mill “Dreams & Nightmares” vibe with the storytelling lyrics. She then has a song with Migos of course, with the song “Drip”, another banga! FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES. Cardi’s features on this album were “BRAZY”. Besides Migos, she got with Chance The Rapper for the song “Best Life” which is a more positive upbeat song. Then, she got my girl Kehlani on a song called “Ring”. She also collaborated with YG for the song “She Bad”, and last but not least….”I Do” featuring SZA, another dope record. I love the sense of women getting together and sticking together, especially with the constant competition and negativity that everyone wants to bring with it.
Cardi sampled a couple of records and made them sound just as fire as the original song. Starting off the first sample on the album, “Bickenhead”, this was sample from Project Pat “Chickenhead” which I definitely remember as kid. Another sample was “I like it” from the original song “I Like It Like That” by Pete Rodriguez, which is a Latin song that she channeled her roots in, being Dominican of course. Then, as stated before, she took the flow of Meek Mill “Dreams & Nightmares” on her first song on the albums.
Now, rumors have been circulating with her being pregnant over the past few months. She FINALLY showed off her belly during her performance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. A video circulated of her came out of her after her performance on SNL, of her saying “I’m finally free.” By that, she’s free from hiding her pregnancy and she can finally embrace it instead of hiding it in shame. She’s been compared to Lauryn Hill because she had a baby in the middle of her career and of course she was the first female rapper to top the billboards with no features with ‘That Thing (Doo Woop) and here we are, years later, Cardi did the same thing with Bodak Yellow. Ironic ehh.
Danii Gold 