HIP HOP COUTURE

SUPPORT YOUR GIRL! Please pick up the July issue of Street Connfinement Magazine out on news stands now! My fashion column, HIP HOP COUTURE, is the guilty pleasure minus the guilty! My aim is to keep the fashionistas in the know on all of the hottest emerging designers and fashion trends! So go out and cop that today!!!! Shout out to my girl, editor of Street Connfinement Magazine, SHIREAL RENEE!!! And remember, DIVAS, life is too short to wear a horrible outfit!!!

This Just In! LA Anticipates over 100,000 MJ Fans at Public Memorial Service

Wherever Michael goes, the fans will follow. LA officials are in the process of figuring out a game plan to accommodate the anticipated 100,000 fan turn out at Michael Jackson's public memorial to be held at the Staples Center, next Tuesday, at 10 a.m. The cause of alarm: The Staples Center's accommodation of 20,000 will not suffice for the expected turn out.

11,000 tickets will be distributed for free for all MJ fans to partake in the public memorial for the famed pop star.

In other MJ news, Debbie Rowe wants "her kids back!" She is considering whether to seek custody of the two children that she had with Michael. . . More MJ news to come, as it unfolds. . .

EXCLUSIVE! Michael Jackson's final "This is it!" Tour rehearsal on June 23, 2009. Michael's BAD!

Whack Video for a Hot Song!

OK, here's my opportunity to sound off! I think Kanye is dope in all, but his directorial skills are to say the least, pathetic. How did Drake go from having a hot summer anthem with the "Best I Ever Had," to having one of the whackiest hip hop videos in the world? I knew Hip Hop was dead, but dang! I mean, for starters, the video clearly depicts that women's beauty is defined by how big her chest is and how light her skin is! So appalling. I mean, even coming from me, a light-skinned sistah, I am completely offended! What is the deal with the industry, and some black men in general's fixation with fairer skinned women? I mean, Kanye, (being a black man raised by black parents,) and Drake being bi-racial, couldn't have found one pretty dark-skinned sister to represent in the video? I mean, come on! There are plenty of pretty dark-skinned ladies that could have made cameos in the video--Gabrielle Union, Natalie Ellie? They could not find "one" to represent alongside the light-skinned sistahs and Hispanic girls? I mean, why is it really on that trip these days? What happened to the early 80's when brothers celebrated a chocolate skinned woman, all women in general? Color does not define our beauty, light-skinned, chocolate, olive, or in-between, beauty is beauty. . . .Why not showcase and celebrate every shade, with out favoritism. Anyways, the video is lame. .. whack. I am extremely disappointed. Take a look, and you decide!