Source: Larry Busacca / Getty Fantasia ’s seventh album is complete and she decided not to record this one alone. The American Idol alum confirmed via social media that her next LP will feature tracks with R&B gems Jazmine Sullivan and Brandy . “So Thankful for you [Jazmine Sullivan] & [Brandy],” she on Instagram. “This is an independent Album and we DID IT!!!” She didn’t reveal when the album will be available, but the project will be titled Sketchbook because she sees “her life as a painting.” The post implies that this is a joint album between Fantasia, Sullivan and Brandy but since her first single “Enough” is a solo track, it’s uncertain. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). So Thankful for you @jsullivanmusic & @4everbrandy this is an independent Album and we DID IT!!! @von_cocapt #RockSoul pic.twitter.com/YqB8jmYFAl — Fantasia (@TasiasWord) June 15, 2019 “Sketchbook has many sounds,” she said on IG. “Good Music, Its Young and Fresh, Musical, Hip, Soulful, Rockish, Popish and So Fantasia.” Now that Fantasia is an independent artist, she is free to do her music how she wants and with whom she wants to do it with. In a recent sitdown with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, she said she jumped at the chance to collaborate with two of her favorite singers. “I turn into a little groupie when I see Jazmine,: she said. “I love her, and I love Bran. I wanted to kind of reach back and touch some different eras when it came to that girl group. “I was like, ‘Wouldn’t it be dope if we had a girl group where it was Jazmine, Fantasia and Brandy?’ Let’s just put it on an album.” Sketchbook will also feature tracks with T-Pain and Meghan Trainor. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit This story was originally published on MadameNoire.com . ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Sasha Obama Graduates High School [PHOTOS] Tami Ever After: Tami Roman Lands ‘Basketball Wives’ Spinoff Show Aoki Lee Simmons Stuns At Senior Prom [PHOTOS] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: ATLPics.net / Radio One Digital Goin’ Baby on Baby isn’t just a word, it’s a whole ass mantra for DaBaby . With “Suge” skyrocketing up the Billboard charts and his every move turning into a highlight reel, the Charlotte rapper took it up a notch when it came to Birthday Bash. He sat down with Sammy Approved & Alex From Bossip at Birthday Bash ATL 2019 in Atlanta, GA to talk about all his altercations and how they have actually helped his career. RELATED: BirthdayBashATL2019: Yung Miami Twerking Preggo Is Everything! [Exclusive Video] He then took the stage and had the whole crowd Goin’ Baby on Baby! Source: ATLPics.net / Radio One Digital RELATED: Megan Thee Stallion Gets Surprised By Wale At Birthday Bash ATL 2019 [Exclusive Video] _____ _______ Check out the performance below… _____ View this post on Instagram The homie @dababy blessed the #birthdaybashatl2019 stage. A post shared by Hot 107.9 Atlanta (@hot1079atl) on Jun 15, 2019 at 6:12pm PDT From kicking off with “Suge” to jumping into the crowd for “Walker Texas Ranger,” ALSO SEE: Da Baby: Signing To Interscope, 21, New Album , Repping Charlotte
Source: ATLPics.net / Radio One Digital Goin’ Baby on Baby isn’t just a word, it’s a whole ass mantra for DaBaby . With “Suge” skyrocketing up the Billboard charts and his every move turning into a highlight reel, the Charlotte rapper took it up a notch when it came to Birthday Bash. He sat down with Sammy Approved & Alex From Bossip at Birthday Bash ATL 2019 in Atlanta, GA to talk about all his altercations and how they have actually helped his career. RELATED: BirthdayBashATL2019: Yung Miami Twerking Preggo Is Everything! [Exclusive Video] He then took the stage and had the whole crowd Goin’ Baby on Baby! Source: ATLPics.net / Radio One Digital RELATED: Megan Thee Stallion Gets Surprised By Wale At Birthday Bash ATL 2019 [Exclusive Video] _____ _______ Check out the performance below… _____ View this post on Instagram The homie @dababy blessed the #birthdaybashatl2019 stage. A post shared by Hot 107.9 Atlanta (@hot1079atl) on Jun 15, 2019 at 6:12pm PDT From kicking off with “Suge” to jumping into the crowd for “Walker Texas Ranger,” ALSO SEE: Da Baby: Signing To Interscope, 21, New Album , Repping Charlotte
Alexandra Shipp & Other Baddies Talk Their Superpowers In the spirit of Dark Phoenix ( also known as X-Men: Dark Phoenix, in theaters now ), one of the movie’s stars, Alexandra Shipp , has solicited an amazing array of influential women, taking their respective industries by storm to show their FIERCE side. Curated specifically for two of the hottest digital kingdoms on the net, BOSSIP & Madame Noire , the ladies took their talents to The Los Angeles Roosevelt to give you a little DRIP. If you thought Girl Power was just a phrase you’re wrong—it’s a movement—a F I E R C E one! We curated a shoot about these real-life superheroes. Like to see it? Here it go… Alexandra. Alexandra Shipp, Actress, Dark Phoenix. On The Gram. 1. What brings out your Dark Phoenix (superhuman abilities) and what are they? Whenever I see someone being mistreated or some type of injustice happening in front of me, I always want to jump in and fight for the victim. I’ve been this way since I was a kid on the playground fighting everyone else’s battles for them. 2. What does women empowerment feel/look like to you? I think it feels like gratitude! Just being thankful that you’re seen! 3. 5 things that help you feel empowered. Family Friends Food Fashion Rest 4. How do you plan to empower other women? I think that support of my fellow women is the best way I can empower them! Letting them know that I see their greatness and even celebrate it is key to our joined feminine success! Ashley. Ashley Everett, International Dance Star. On The Gram 1. What brings out your Dark Phoenix. (superhuman abilities) and what are they? When it’s go time! I thrive when it’s time to show up and show out. Whether its performing live, on tv, on film, during photo shoots, teaching, or public speaking, I tap into “go mode” and give my all for the audience to receive. At the end of the day, I am human, but I am also a performer and I believe all performers have somewhat of an alter ego that we have an on & off switch for. When my switch is on that’s when my Dark Phoenix comes out… and she’s a BEAST! 2. What does women empowerment feel/look like to you? I’m all for women empowerment! We are so much stronger together than we are individually. I have truly been supported by women from all different walks of life and it is so amazing to see how we connect. I always do my best to reciprocate and support my ladies however I can! 3. 5 things that help you feel empowered. Five things that help me feel empowered are 1. Performing 2. Genuine love & support 3. Accomplishing something for the first time. 4. Taking risks & stepping out of my comfort zone. 5. Most importantly, loving myself and others, flaws & all! 4. How do you plan to empower other women? I always look to empower other women through supporting their dreams and endeavors. I help guide with relevant advice and positive reinforcement, while giving back and sharing knowledge from my own from life experiences. Kayla. Kayla Brianna, Songstress. On The Gram. 1. What brings out your Dark Phoenix (superhuman abilities) and what are they? When I push myself to do something I’ve never done before that challenges me is when I feel my “Dark Phoenix” is brought out. I am forced to push myself to reach new heights. 2. What does women empowerment feel/look like to you? Women empowerment feels like women supporting other women and genuine friendship. 3. 5 things that help you feel empowered Five things that help me feel empowered are: working out, performing, recording in the studio, being with my family and helping others. 4. How do you plan to empower other women? I plan to empower other women by supporting them, lifting them up and encouraging them to be the best version of themselves. Angela. Angela C. Styles, Emmy Award-winning hairstylist. On The Gram 1. What brings out your Dark Phoenix (superhuman abilities) and what are they? When I’m under pressure or when I’m being my most creative self. My superhuman abilities are being able to think quickly on my feet and making something out of nothing. 2. What does women empowerment feel/look like to you? Women empowerment feels like sisterhood. It feels like honesty, trust, and respect for other women. It looks like every situation when you just needed to get advice or support and another woman was there to help. That feeling of protection is like none other. 3. 5 things that help you feel empowered. 1. Sharing experiences with other like-minded women 2.Learning something new 3.Making a woman look and feel her best 4. Giving love and encouragement to the youth 5. Helping someone in need 4. How do you plan to empower other women? I do it daily by helping guide women into more healthy hair care practices and styling tips. Great hair gives the ultimate confidence. Also focusing more on self-love and the beauty of what we are born with is a message that I can’t say enough. I plan to continue to share my love for textured hair and all its incredible facets. Miryam. Miryam Lumpini, international tattoo artist and Global Creative Director for BodyMark by BIC. On The Gram 1. What brings out your Dark Phoenix? (superhuman abilities) and what are they? My superhuman abilities are healing with Art! I am Art! creating Art with and on other people has been my passion and also has been my way of surviving which also became my career path. what brings it out of me is my passion for different cultures, nature, animals, traveling, space, things that are healing to us when we view it from a bigger picture. we can compose and express ourselves through these elements and therefore help create healing images in our forms that we can carry with us. 2. What does women empowerment feel/look like to you? Women empowerment to me is anything that inspires mental freedom as sexual freedom, economical freedom and independence and freedom to love and control your own body and appearance. Uplifting women without having to put another woman down! 3. 5 things that help you feel empowered. 1. I feel empowered listening to other women who don’t give a f*ck! It is very refreshing because you actually realize how simple it is, how we know we allow our minds to get blocked with so much bullshit just because we want to fit into a cute society frame whatever that is, and we end up living in invisible cages. 2. being a woman in 2019 is also very empowering I feel like women now are finally starting to really understand each other‘s value and support each other and therefore I also feel like men are starting to respect women more as well even though we have a long way to go still. 3. I feel very empowered when people value my opinions in corporate/business meetings and when people really respect and listen to me when I do business no matter what type of culture they come from. 4. I feel empowered when a man cares about my sexual pleasures 5. I feel empowered being around other women when we get to really just open up and laugh about things that we feel that we have in common 4. How do you plan to empower other women? I have always been the type of person who practices never preaches! so what I usually do is empower through my actions of spreading as much positivity in general because this world needs love, needs healing, needs kindness, needs compassion, needs to rid itself of ego. The world is mother nature, the world is healing female energy. there are so many negative energies that I don’t want to even associate myself with in order to inspire to live a life far away from destructiveness so that we can fully evolve and grow into our true self and be who we authentically were born to be… to live a limitless life! Photography via Mad Works Photography.
Source: RYAN MCBRIDE / Getty First Black Mayor Of Upper Marlboro Resigns Amidst Racist Bullying A Maryland mayor is stepping down from her position after saying she’s been the victim of racists attacks and bullying. According to NBC 4 , Mayor Tonga Turner of Upper Marlboro is resigning and residents claim it wasn’t until she made her announcement that the alarming incidents came to light. “I am writing to inform you that effective Friday, June 21, 2019, I will no longer be serving as mayor and president of the board of commissioners for the town of Upper Marlboro,” Turner wrote in a letter, which cited progress in having secured $800,000 in grants, legislation that advanced economic development and the creation of “an outreach team that is focused on diversity and inclusion.” Turner continued: “It is no secret that the Town of Upper Marlboro has been plagued with a dark history and past, but my hope is that in the past two years under my leadership, each of you has seen the great promise for our future.” Turner is Upper Marlboro’s first Black mayor, and she said the bullying began as soon as she first took office, according to people at a Monday town hall meeting. Folks say the incidents included everything from her tires being slashed to a former town commissioner sketching swastikas DURING A TOWN HALL MEETING. “She explained a lot about receiving threatening emails and being called certain words from her constituents,” Upper Marlboro resident Angel Saules explained. “Her tires have been slashed, from what I understand. And then kind of like the kicker and I think what made it be a part of the meeting is that someone who attends very regularly had been sketching swastika signs.” Another Upper Marlboro resident, Monica Wilson, took a photo after noticing a guy at Monday’s meeting drawing swastikas in a yellow legal pad. Multiple sources confirmed the man was a former town commissioner. “And I look over and see him scribbling swastikas over and over again,” Wilson said. “He flips the pages, continues to scribble additional swastikas.” Like whaaa?! “There have been some things that have happened during her year and a half as mayor that she did talk about at the town meeting last night,” town spokesman Ray Feldmann explained. “There have been some incidents that she’s had to deal with, but those were not incidents that had anything to do with her resignation.” Feldmann said that while the racism has been challenging, Turner gave up her mayoral position to spend more time with family. But he also acknowledged the mayor’s progressive views received some pushback. “She is about not accepting the status quo, shaking things up, and that has not been acceptable to a lot of people,” Feldmann said. Interestingly enough, Upper Marlboro is apart of Prince George’s County, Maryland, which is predominately Black. Of course, White folks still occupy space in Upper Marlboro’s town of 657 people, and it seems the town’s history of once being predominantly White is showing its ugly face. Smh. Who knows what else Ms. Turner had to deal with. You can check out her resignation speech for yourself below.
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Source: SplashNews / Splash News Cardi B Literally Busts A Move In Dior Jumpsuit Cardi B literally busted a move this weekend at Bonnaroo — Tennessee twerking her way into a wardrobe malfunction while wearing a pricy Dior jumpsuit that split straight up the back once that booty started bumpin… Source: SplashNews / Splash News Cardi made a quick recovery by changing into a bathrobe. Hit the flip for more photos from Cardi’s bootylicious Bonnaroo performance.
Source: ATL Pics / Radio One Digital Yung Miami Talks Cardi B Advice, Pregnancy Cravings & Baby Daddy Requirements Yung Miami has been holding the City Girls down despite her group mate JT serving time . She recently held it down with a performance at Birthday Bash ATL 2019 and she even sat down with Bossip editor Alex to dish the ups and downs of rolling solo. She also talked pregnancy cravings and some of the best advice Cardi B gave her as an underdog rapper. Check out the details below, then hit the flip for a peak at her performance!
Source: STRINGER / Getty Police Report Deems Shooting At Willie McCoy 55 Times “Reasonable” F**k the police . First and foremost. Now that we have that out of the way. We’ve been reporting on the police shooting death of Willie McCoy since February when Vallejo, California police found him asleep in a Taco Bell drive-thru…then killed him. According to USAToday , Willie’s family is pushing back against an janky-a$$ “independent report” that the cops drummed up in an attempt to absolve themselves of any trigger-happy wrongdoing. The report released this week found that six officers fired 55 times at 20-year-old Willie McCoy in the span of 3.5 seconds shortly after he woke up from sleeping in his car in the drive-thru lane of a Taco Bell restaurant. Attorney John Burris told USA TODAY he believed the report was irrelevant, particularly since the hired expert also deemed police had probable cause in the fatal 2018 shooting of Stephon Clark. Let that sink in. The cops went and got the SAME GUY, David Blake, who said the Stephon Clark shooting was all-to-the-good. “Officers are not required to wait until a weapon is pointed at them to take the necessary steps to save their own lives,” Blake wrote in the report, adding that their actions were “reasonable based upon my training and experience as a range instructor as well as through applied human factors psychology.” This is the system that Black and brown people are up against in America. Do anything to save a cop’s a$$. SMFH.
Source: ATL Pics / Radio One Digital Da Baby Performs At #BirthdayBashATL2019 Da Baby a.ka. “the prettiest chocolate n***a alive” brought his charm to Hot 107.9’s #BirthdayBashATL2019. The Charlotte rapper whose known not only for his tracks “Suge” and “Baby Sitter” but for being your girlfriend’s celebrity crush , was spotted backstage at Atlanta’s Statefarm Arena where he chatted with BOSSIP’s Alex, Sammie Always and Dish Nation… View this post on Instagram We just ended but pics are coming in Check em out @atlpics Presented by @att #ItsA404Thing A post shared by Hot 107.9 Atlanta (@hot1079atl) on Jun 15, 2019 at 9:55pm PDT before hitting the stage for a high-energy performance. View this post on Instagram @dababy on that #BirthdayBashATL stage @atlpics Presented by @att #ItsA404Thing A post shared by Hot 107.9 Atlanta (@hot1079atl) on Jun 16, 2019 at 7:52am PDT We’re still going baby on baby for Da Baby. Source: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net / Radio One See more of Da Baby at Birthday Bash on the flip.
