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Ramona Parker aka Ms. Melodie of Boogie Down Productions has Died
Yes I know she’s old school, but Daym! That’s Ms. Melodie. For those who don’t know she was once married to the legendary KRS One who was one of the founding members of Boogie Down Productions.
Yes I know she’s old school, but Daym! That’s Ms. Melodie. For those who don’t know she was once married to the legendary KRS One who was one of the founding members of Boogie Down Productions.
HOW DID MISS MELODIE DIE?
We will fill this in when more news comes. Right now there is now cause of her death being cited or how she was found.
By main stream media standards, she was actually not really known for much more than that and perhaps her verse in the classic hit “Self Destruction”. She was like the first lady in Hip Hop back when KRS-One had the game on lock. Seriously, KRS-One used to be in every discussion as the best rapper alive.
In 1988 she released her first single, “Hype According to Ms. Melodie” and she actually released an entire album produced by her the husband entitled “Diva”. That all led to her “Self Destruction” verse and then later another infamous verse with Queen Latifah on “Ladies First”.
You have to remember, this was a time where there were only a few studios, only a few albums being dropped an even fewer female artists. Each cameo and each verse was groundbreaking.
Hip Hop legend D-Nice, who is now a photographer and a world renown DJ had a conversation with Ms. Melodie only a few weeks ago, theurbandaily reports that D-Nice said,
“I had a pleasant conversation w/ Ms. Melodie a month ago. The last thing she said me to me was “I’m proud of you.” The love we all had for each other was genuine. Along the way, some of us lost focus. The love in my heart remained. Scott La Rock, KRS-One, D-Nice, Ms Melodie, & the rest of the BDP crew will always be a part of hip-hip history.”
Ms. Melodie is survived by her two sons. Rest in peace Ms. Melodie and condolences to the Parker family.
We will fill this in when more news comes. Right now there is now cause of her death being cited or how she was found.
By main stream media standards, she was actually not really known for much more than that and perhaps her verse in the classic hit “Self Destruction”. She was like the first lady in Hip Hop back when KRS-One had the game on lock. Seriously, KRS-One used to be in every discussion as the best rapper alive.
In 1988 she released her first single, “Hype According to Ms. Melodie” and she actually released an entire album produced by her the husband entitled “Diva”. That all led to her “Self Destruction” verse and then later another infamous verse with Queen Latifah on “Ladies First”.
You have to remember, this was a time where there were only a few studios, only a few albums being dropped an even fewer female artists. Each cameo and each verse was groundbreaking.
Hip Hop legend D-Nice, who is now a photographer and a world renown DJ had a conversation with Ms. Melodie only a few weeks ago, theurbandaily reports that D-Nice said,
“I had a pleasant conversation w/ Ms. Melodie a month ago. The last thing she said me to me was “I’m proud of you.” The love we all had for each other was genuine. Along the way, some of us lost focus. The love in my heart remained. Scott La Rock, KRS-One, D-Nice, Ms Melodie, & the rest of the BDP crew will always be a part of hip-hip history.”
Ms. Melodie is survived by her two sons. Rest in peace Ms. Melodie and condolences to the Parker family.
Did you Realize that House and Arthur Weasley are the Bumpling Robbers in 101 Dalmatians?
In the 1996 movie 101 Dalmations, Cruella Deville had her henchmen, Jasper and Horace (Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams), steal the puppies and deliver them to her ancient estate.
How you like them now!
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Luke Bryan Apologizes For Cheating While Singing the National Anthem!
This is just a case of some one being too honest. During the MLB All Star Game Luke Bryan was honored when the MLB tapped him to sing the national anthem. The country singer did a decent job but drew criticism because he actually had the words to the anthem, written on the inside of his hand for cheat notes.
The criticism came through all social media, with twitter leading the way. Here is a typical angry fan’s tweet:
“Luke Bryan’s version of the national anthem @ the All-Star game last night was an epic fail. He needs to learn respect & remember the lyrics!”
Luke, took to twitter to defend himself, explaining why he did, what he did.
“I had a few keys words written down to insure myself that I wouldn’t mess up. I just wanted to do my best. I promise it was from the heart,”
“If I offended anyone with my approach I sincerely apologize. Anytime I sing the anthem it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.”
That wasn’t all he caught flak for. He also checked the time while he was singing, but for that he also had a valid reason and tweeted again in his defense.
“I did check my watch because I knew the stealth bomber would fly over 2 minutes in and I knew a started a little late,”
Personally I’d rather he do that, then screw it up. You might see it as being unprepared, but it’s easy to get caught up in the moment like Christina Aguilera did. You can barely tell what he’s doing, if he didn’t admit to it, you would have never known. Sometimes it’s just best to say nothing.
What do you think? Can you tell if he is looking at the words or not?
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Mindless Behavior Continues to Apology for Lauryn Hill Tax Joke – No Apologies Should be Necessary.
Mindless Behavior took a lot of Heat for a joke they made about Lauryn Hill during their Shtick with Mike Epps while announcing the award for the best female R&B artist.
WHAT DID MINDLESS BEHAVIOR SAY ABOUT LAURYN HILL?
Actually the joke came via group member Ray Ray. When the group came to the stage to make the award announcement Mike Epps was jokingly singing bad. Ray Ray then says,
“You sing bad,” he said. “Like Lauryn Hill tax accountant bad.”
That’s it. Everyone got bent out of shape but remember not only are these boys only kids, but they also don’t do the writing for the award show, not to mention there are rehearsals as well so everyone who was part of the show played a part in the joke.
At the end of the day, it’s a joke…..and hill didn’t pay her taxes.
Mindless Behavior apologized twice and hopefully that will be enough.
During an appearance on BET they said,
I want to apologize about the Lauryn Hill joke, I didn’t mean no harm by it. I hope everyone can forgive me. It was like a big thing on Twitter and everything, so I truly apologize. I respect Lauryn Hill and all of them like that.”
On their twitter account,
we meant no disrespect to our girl Lauryn Hill last night, it was a bad joke. we’re big fans and hope you’re not mad! #peace -MB.
Hopefully that will be enough. It should be more than enough….and Lauryn, PAY YOUR DAMN TAXES!
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IN NEW YORK
NEAR TIME SQUARE
Los Angeles at Sunset & La Brea.
THE SAME BILLBOARD AT NIGHT!!
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Kimora Lee Simmons Splits from Dijmon Hounsou. Reports of Money Issues, Cheating & Kola Boof Tweets
It was first reported that the two split up purely over money. A source told the NY Post that Dijmon walked out on Kimora after Russell Simmons stopped funding their lifestyle.
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I don’t understand why in the hell Russell would be funding their lifestyle. Kimora makes a ton of mon and I’m assuming Dijmon’s African ass is pullin’ in a decent check…Right? Right?
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The first signs of financial issues came when Kimora put her 6 bedroom Beverly Hills home up for sale…..at a loss. She paid $5.9 and listed it for $4.7 (and will probably sell it for 4.5) . When she got wind of the rumors she attempted to stop them via a tweet,
“Wow, I put 1 of several properties I own (+ DONT live in) on the market & now apparently my whole life is fallin apart?! Rumors, Rumors …”
In regards to the relationship between Hounsou and Kimora no one would comment directly on their relationship at all. Djimon’s rep simply said,
“Djimon’s been working in Vancouver for the past few months.”
NOW FOR THE CHEATING………….ENTER KOLA BOOF….
Who is Kola Boof?? Good question. She supposedly was one of Osama Bin laden’s sex slaves. She is probably one of the most controversial authors to come to light in the last 10 years. She’s a huge Sudanese-Egyptian woman with a big mouth and no filter. I can go on and on but you get the picture…..
She claims that she is the reason that Simmons and Hounsou broke up. A source told the NY Post to contact Boof based on some tweets that she wrote back in January of this year. When Boof was contacted she had no problem admitting that she is indeed the reason or at least part of the reason for the break up,
“I am the reason that they broke up.”
“I have slept with Djimon Hounsou throughout his marriage to Kimora Lee Simmons,”
“I don’t think it’s a secret to people in Los Angeles.”
“because I had just lost my husband. We were lonely and intended to have sex only once, but then we had chemistry and became addicted.”
AND ALSO FOR REVENGE….FOR WHAT? SHE WON’T SAY….
“I am not in love with Djimon Hounsou & he is not in love with me,” she wrote. “The only reason I had sex with him was to get revenge on Kimora.”
“Kimora nearly destroyed my life and my children’s lives,”
“She is a lecherous, two-faced, money-obsessed witch and a delusional snob.”
When questioned on what exactly did Kimora did to her, Boof suddenly became short on words,
“It’s just too much,”
Here’s a look at the tweets that Kola Boof posted back in Jan.
So far neither Kimora or Dijmon have confirmed or denied the break up but Kimora’s response to Boofs claims, was simply,
A real woman avoids drama, she knows her time is precious and she’s not wasting it on unimportant people, situations or things.” #GetYours #Fabulosity.
Very classy Kimora. Lets see if she can stay on the high road!
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