Most people jump on social media to browse the platforms to see what their friends, family, celebrities, or favorite influencers are doing. If you haven’t been on social media for the past few hours then you would know that Facebook and Instagram have been down. Currently you can’t do much of anything on the social media sites because of some type of technological issues. Both platforms had a worldwide outrage and users are NOT happy. The blackout largely effected the United States and countries in western Europe. Facebook is hard at to fix the problem and they’ve released a statement because their users were not happy! Rapper Soulja Boy has a solution for all the platforms. He took to twitter (the only popular social media site not down at the moment) to solve the issue. Facebook????? Soulja Boy App is up and well! This would never happen to us smh https://t.co/rSTOnHWAei — Soulja Boy (@souljaboy) March 13, 2019 While Soulja boy is trolling, everyone hopped on twitter to troll Facebook and Instagram: Something went wrong #instagramdown #facebookdown Users be like pic.twitter.com/9o3otCXrUZ — Lody Elias Saad (@LodySaad7) March 13, 2019 Facebook AND Instagram are down… MySpace, it's your chance to make a comeback! #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/ILccg1PtC8 — Troy Osinoff (@yo) March 13, 2019 Trying to use Facebook and Instagram like… #FacebookDown | #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/hGmRkqE8vv — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 13, 2019 yall what if instagram won’t come back, many lives will take drastic turns and you know it #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/rENdI3S00d — habsanxo (@habsanxo) March 13, 2019
Most people jump on social media to browse the platforms to see what their friends, family, celebrities, or favorite influencers are doing. If you haven’t been on social media for the past few hours then you would know that Facebook and Instagram have been down. Currently you can’t do much of anything on the social media sites because of some type of technological issues. Both platforms had a worldwide outrage and users are NOT happy. The blackout largely effected the United States and countries in western Europe. Facebook is hard at to fix the problem and they’ve released a statement because their users were not happy! Rapper Soulja Boy has a solution for all the platforms. He took to twitter (the only popular social media site not down at the moment) to solve the issue. Facebook????? Soulja Boy App is up and well! This would never happen to us smh https://t.co/rSTOnHWAei — Soulja Boy (@souljaboy) March 13, 2019 While Soulja boy is trolling, everyone hopped on twitter to troll Facebook and Instagram: Something went wrong #instagramdown #facebookdown Users be like pic.twitter.com/9o3otCXrUZ — Lody Elias Saad (@LodySaad7) March 13, 2019 Facebook AND Instagram are down… MySpace, it's your chance to make a comeback! #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/ILccg1PtC8 — Troy Osinoff (@yo) March 13, 2019 Trying to use Facebook and Instagram like… #FacebookDown | #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/hGmRkqE8vv — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 13, 2019 yall what if instagram won’t come back, many lives will take drastic turns and you know it #instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/rENdI3S00d — habsanxo (@habsanxo) March 13, 2019
In cased you missed the Vitamin of the day on the Quick Silva Show…The Vitamin was “Positivity is a choice.” Changing our perspective can be the difference between seeing a situation negatively or positively. You will find that creating a positive space to react and process situations can create an inner peace that no one can take away. Try to see everyone situation with a positively perspective and see that doesn’t change your stance.
In cased you missed the Vitamin of the day on the Quick Silva Show…The Vitamin was “Positivity is a choice.” Changing our perspective can be the difference between seeing a situation negatively or positively. You will find that creating a positive space to react and process situations can create an inner peace that no one can take away. Try to see everyone situation with a positively perspective and see that doesn’t change your stance.
Source: Oprah Winfrey Network / Tracy McMillan OWN’s latest reality TV show Family Or Fiancé focuses on couples who are headed down the aisle but are having a hard time getting their family’s approval. The future newlyweds are paired in a home with their loved ones and Tracy McMillan, a relationship expert who challenges the couples to find middle ground before their wedding day. You may know Tracy through her work. She penned a viral article seven years ago titled “Why You’re Not Married” that solidified her as an expert. We caught up with Tracy ahead of the premiere and she gave us some insight, tips and advice on relationships. HelloBeautiful: Tell us about Family Or Fiancé? Tracy McMillan: These couples are amazing and you may not relate to every couple’s journey, but you’re going to relate to somebody in that family because you’ve been on one side of this before. You’ve either been the person where your family is not really down with BAE or you’ve been the person. Source: OWN Communications / OWN HB: What were some of the exercises you did with the couples? TM: I meet with them every morning and I give them things to do that first of all are going to help. Like let’s say the couples haven’t met the parents, well this is going to be an icebreaker activity or an activity that’s going to show the parents something related to what their concerns are. One of the things that we do quite often on the show is play 20 questions. he family members will write down the questions that they want to know the answers to and then the other person has to answer it. And it’s anything from ‘have you been faithful’ to ‘what would you do if the baby mama came for some child support and that part of that was your money?’ HB: What can the everyday couple do as an exercise? TM: We’ll have the mom and the new daughter-in-law cook a meal together. When you have to cooperate with somebody, you find out really quickly whether that person is kind of really openhearted toward you or is this just like a lot of power struggle? HB: Which family member is the most problematic? TM: Mama is the most committed to a point of view. She’s the least likely to just go, ‘okay, it’s fine.’ She’s not just going to go along with something. She has a strong feeling, she becomes mama bear. You know? So it’s not that she’s a problematic, it’s that she her feelings on the strongest, she got the biggest investment. HB: You went viral for your piece “Why You’re Not Married,” what was the story about? TM: Marriage is a spiritual path and if your focus is on getting something you want or you’re going to get a big wedding or you’re going to get a white dress and like marriage isn’t really going to change your life, you’re just going to be you at twice as much laundry in that it’s really about giving and receiving love. Source: OWN Communications / OWN HB: What are some common problems that you see in relationships? TM: They don’t understand that relationships are challenging. People are like, wait, what? Why should I have these problems? This is a place where you practice loving. It’s not a place where you go to feel good and get what you want. That’s not why that other person is in that relationship to give you what you want and make you feel good. So a lot of times when people, when it stops feeling good after like the first nine months or a year, then like, yeah, I don’t think this is working. In fact, it’s, it’s working to grow you up that cause that’s what it, that’s what a relationship is all about. It’s about growing as a human. HB: What advice do you give couples coming off the honeymoon phase? TM: The thing about coming out of the honeymoon phase is first of all, to know when you’re in one and that it’s going to end. So even when you’re in it, you got to know it’s going to end. So when it ends, it’s like coming up and moving. So I brought out the airport and so it’s not like, oh shit, what just happened? It’s more like, I know it’s going to be a very different pace than this first part. It’s not going to be as easy. Relationships bring up every unresolved thing. And that starts to happen right after the honeymoon phase. So whatever you’ve got going on, whatever you brought in from childhood, it’s going to get triggered, it’s going to get triggered and then you’re going to get to deal with that. Catch Tracy McMillan on Family Or Fiancé on OWN every Saturday night at 10pm EST. RELATED STORIES: NeNe Leakes Explains Why She Unfollowed All Of Her ‘RHOA’ Co-stars + Reunion Looks ‘LHHNYS9’ Reunion Recap: Rich Dollaz Rebukes MariahLynn’s Undying Love
Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). Source: Denise Truscello / Getty We’re only a week into the biggest reunion tour of the year and there’s already trouble in the throwback paradise. 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 Raz B took to social media last night (March 12) to announce that he was quitting B2K ’s Millennium Tour because he doesn’t feel safe. The video has since been deleted but in a clip saved by the Shade Room, Raz B sayas, “I don’t feel safe because I feel like Chris Stokes is around. So guess what? I’m off the tour. Good luck to everybody. No disrespect to Omari because he’s my brother. Omari, if you want to come talk to me and you want me to do the tour, I’ll do the tour, but I’m officially off the tour.” B2K’s Raz B posted this video announcing he was off the much-anticipated Millennium Tour as he didn’t feel “safe” because he felt former manager Chris Stokes “was around”. pic.twitter.com/2pCD54R3n1 — Dionne Grant (@DionneGrant) March 13, 2019 The singer went on to say, “Oh, guess what? I guess we’re about to shoot the new ‘Surviving Chris Stokes’ movie, right? So call Lifetime ’cause I’m ready to talk.” Over the past decade, Raz B accused his group’s former manager, Chris Stokes, of molesting him as a kid. He suspected the other group members were sexually abused, too, but Omarion issued a statement around the time of the allegations denying it. Stokes has also denied the claims. It’s unclear what truly went down over the past week or so, but today Raz B returned to social media to offer insight on the sudden decision he decided to overturn. Raz B is back on tour…… pic.twitter.com/WuDEcQuyGV — Kryssy (@K_Cherelle_07) March 13, 2019 “I am a work in progress,” he said. “I look forward to continuing the Millennium Tour for our fans. You all deserve it!” See fan reactions below: If B2K is really cool with Chris Stokes being at their concerts and backstage they're all trash af. It's one thing to not know how to move because you're a child, but y'all grown ass men. I see that as intimidation. He knows what he did to Raz B. He's sick af. — B (@BSimone24) March 13, 2019 I don’t think it’s funny that Raz B gonna have to quit the tour because these bum B2K niggas in love with Chris Stokes so much they don’t realize their victims of child abuse and molestation — Oliver Queen-Pope (@Sammy_Socialite) March 13, 2019 I don’t know what mental state Raz B was in when he made that announcement video… but I really don’t want people out here dragging that man. Like… y’all can’t choose which VICTIMS you gone support and who you’re not. Clearly SOMETHING happened. — Cousin Lucky (@ImFinallyAmber) March 13, 2019 The other members of B2K never took Raz B seriously about the Chris Stokes allegations. They called him gay, harassed him, threatened him, and openly called him a liar. I’m shocked he agreed to do the tour in the first place. But imma need them to get it together — Wendy Whaleiams (@iyanuuuuh) March 13, 2019 All predators should be cancelled right, y'all know Chris Stokes abused those B2K boys & were all excited to see some tour he'll profit from. Hope Raz B does a documentary too called “Surviving Chris Stokes”, heard he quit when he saw Chris hanging around pic.twitter.com/JxU6Nff2um — RESOLUTE (@RealYOM) March 13, 2019 hol up, Marques Houston is engaged to Chris Stokes’ 19 y/o daughter. Chris Stokes is the man who Raz B said raped them & forced Marques to do sexual acts with them and apparently Marques Houston bi ? AND Raz quit the tour like he not poor? Jennifer Hudson, help me holler! — the yoga girl with no business. (@_onmycoolMAYY) March 13, 2019 ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Chris Stokes Breaks Silence About B2k Break-up Rumors We Wish These Artists Were Asked To Be Apart Of B2K’s Millennium Tour B2K Announces Tour And Black Twitter Is On Fire With #B2kReunionLooks Follow @TheRSMS
Source: J. Merritt / Getty Ever since winning her very first Academy Award for If Beale Street Could Talk , folks have been digging through the crates and realizing that Regina King has been a superstar for over 40 years. “And yes I still remember the theme son to 227! I forgot Regina King was in this show too” – @DymonGyrl It may be an age thing that causes people to remember King from various different roles. Gen X certainly remembers her from 227 and all the classic 90’s films, but most Millennials grew up at a time where she was just Huey and Riley from the Boondocks. Then, there’s a generation who are just learning as they go along. “Hold up!!!!!! Regina King is the voice behind Riley and Huey from Boondocks?? Bless that beautiful woman” – @mangua But that’s the beauty about being a young legend and household name — everyone from the grandparents to the 13-year cartoon watchers know who you are. Which is why it came as a surprise to many that King is just now receiving her first Oscar after all these years. “It’s never too late to say I’m happy Regina King won an Oscar, but she won my heart way before that.” – @EdwardVidaurre We’ve seen Regina King do a lot in her four decade career. From directing to starring to stealing the show with her small but powerful rold, every screen King touches turns to culture gold. But in between her huge career moments like 227, The Boondocks and Beale Street, there are many other roles that she nailed and most people don’t even discuss. Some don’t even remember that King was in most of these films. “I had even forgot that Regina King was in Jerry Maguire… damn” – @Lainefellipe In the spirit of keeping her lengthy legacy alive, hit the flip to check out these forgotten about, yet classic Regina King roles.
Source: WENN / WENN via Bossip.com : Missy Elliott is set to become the first female Hip Hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame when the annual ceremony goes down in New York City in June–but she’s got another big accomplishment on the way, too. 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 Ahead of that absolutely major honor, the music legend is also going to receive an honorary doctorate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music alongside longtime pop star Justin Timberlake and conductor Alex Lacamoire. The school announced this news about their upcoming recipients via Twitter on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: 18 Songs You Didn’t Know Missy Elliott Wrote According to the Berklee College of Music website, Berklee President Roger H. Brown will present Elliott — a 5x-Grammy Award winner with nominations spanning three decades — Lacamoire and Timberlake with honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Berklee College of Music’s commencement ceremony on May 11 at Boston University’s 7,000-seat Agganis Arena.This year’s honorary doctorate recipients are being recognized for their “achievements and influences in music and for their enduring global impact.” ANNOUNCEMENT: @jtimberlake , @MissyElliott , and @LacketyLac to Receive Honorary Doctorates at #Berklee Commencement https://t.co/6OvOkfWCkE pic.twitter.com/k9Bsr1W42G — Berklee College of Music (@BerkleeCollege) March 12, 2019 Past recipients for this prestigious honor include Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, George Clinton and Nile Rodgers. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1845258″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Chance The Rapper Ties The Knot, See The Wedding Photos Rickey Smiley’s Uncle, Thomas Smiley, Passes Away New Study Reveals Marijuana Before Sex Could Lead To Mind Blowing Orgasms Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Daniel Boczarski / Getty With less than two weeks until its premiere date, the horror flick Us is already making a name for itself in the movie world. The Jordan Peele -directed flick already screened at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday, and critics are showering it with praise. “It’s official: Jordan Peele is the new Spielberg. # Us is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year,” said author Ramin Setoodeh . It’s official: Jordan Peele is the new Spielberg. #Us is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. #SXSW — Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) March 9, 2019 The film’s two leads Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o also received a lot of accolades with Lupita already getting Oscar talk. “It’s safe to say that #UsMovie further proves that @Lupita_Nyongo is one of the finest actresses of her generation,” wrote film industry professional Matt Dentler. It’s safe to say that #UsMovie further proves that @Lupita_Nyongo is one of the finest actresses of her generation. #SXSW — Matt Dentler (@MattDentler) March 9, 2019 “My review for # UsMovie . Lupita is about to win another Oscar but this time as lead actress. She should actually win 2,” tweeted director Matthew A. Cherry. My review for #UsMovie . Lupita is about to win another Oscar but this time as lead actress. She should actually win 2. — Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) March 9, 2019 Did we mention Lupita completely slayed on the SXSW red carpet as well… View this post on Instagram US against the world. #UsMovie Global Premiere at #SXSW Swipe for inspiration: Paying my respects to tha Doggfather! @SnoopDogg A post shared by Lupita Nyong'o (@lupitanyongo) on Mar 8, 2019 at 9:38pm PST It should be noted that Lupita and Winston aren’t new to having success in the arts together. Before Winston gain international attention in Black Panther last year and before Lupita broke hearts in her Oscar-winning performance for 12 Years A Slave, the two attended Yale School of Drama together for the master’s program. Winston even talked about how they once dreamed of being in a superhero flick, and their vision came true when they booked Black Panther together, which was Winston’s first movie. But even before Yale, Lupita was doing big things, and Winston was definitely getting warmed up for stardom before Black Panther arrived. Hit the next pages to peep what Lupita and Winston were up to before they became famous.
Source: KaShauna Williams / Radio One James Worthy has captivated us with beats for top charting hits including Meek Mill’s Dangerous. After working with so many talents from 6lack, The Weekend to Travis Scott, James decided to redefine his artistry by taking to the booth himself. Revealing he is more than just a Producer, watch as he talks to Radio One’s own K.Samone about his creativity behind his EP Blu Leisure, the revolution making his debut to the world as an artist and simply reminding us there are no boundaries in this industry. Following the blueprint of icons such as Q-tip, Kanye, and Timberland we already respect his art now lets receive his artistry because James Worthy is more than just orchestrating a beat.
