Not only is Wu-Tang for the children, Prince is too. Clap for ‘em Recording artist Prince is making a $250,000 donation to a nonprofit group that aims to make sure all children in a Columbia, S.C., neighborhood graduate from college. Prince’s drummer and Columbia native John Blackwell Jr. made the presentation Tuesday to Eau Claire Promise Zone officials. The Eau Claire Promise Zone is a 12-neighborhood area that is part of the nationwide “Promise Neighborhoods” movement, modeled after the work of Geoffrey Canada and his Harlem Children’s Zone. Prince and the New Power Generation performed shows in Columbia, Charleston and Greenville last month. Source
For those of us not raised in New York City, moving to the concrete jungle is an exciting, but huge adjustment. Everything in NYC is louder, bigger and bolder than anywhere else in the country . When you come from a smaller town, the diversity of activities, people, food and opportunities can be invigorating, but intimidating. In the words of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, “these streets can make you feel brand new.” However, living in New York City does not necessarily make you a New Yorker. A real New Yorker, has mastered living with the fast pace of the city, has learned the lingo, and adjusted to the unpredictable nature of everyday life in the city that never sleeps. Here are eight tell-tale signs that you’ve gone from a bright-eyed NYC newbie to a seasoned New York City diva. ( Continued at MadameNoire.com )
When you think back to when you were a child, figuring out what to wear and how you would walk out the door everyday was pretty simple—because your parent usually dressed you, right? I know when I went to school as a tyke, my fashions usually matched those of the black girls around me: bright windbreaker suits, big twists and braids with colorfully animated barettes, maybe a light up shoe or two. No one was overly eclectic until late junior high, when your parent stopped pulling and picking out your fits everyday. But nowadays, it seems kids, the younger the kids are, the more control they are getting over what they put on everyday. And many are wondering if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. ( Continued at MadameNoire.com )
When you think back to when you were a child, figuring out what to wear and how you would walk out the door everyday was pretty simple—because your parent usually dressed you, right? I know when I went to school as a tyke, my fashions usually matched those of the black girls around me: bright windbreaker suits, big twists and braids with colorfully animated barettes, maybe a light up shoe or two. No one was overly eclectic until late junior high, when your parent stopped pulling and picking out your fits everyday. But nowadays, it seems kids, the younger the kids are, the more control they are getting over what they put on everyday. And many are wondering if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. ( Continued at MadameNoire.com )
We’ve all been out with friends at the club and taken pictures with the club photographer after a few Don Julios and looked at the pics the next day like “DAMN!” Here’s a few celebrity “DAMN!” pictures that should bring some smiles and laughs to your friday! Source
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The pouf is mightier than the pen when it comes to speaking fees at New Jersey’s largest university. The Rutgers University Programming Association paid Snooki of the reality TV show “Jersey Shore” $32,000 Thursday to dish on her hairstyle, fist pumps, and the gym, tan, laundry lifestyle. That’s $2,000 more than the $30,000 the university is paying Nobel-winning novelist Toni Morrison to deliver Rutgers’ commencement address in May. Money for Thursday’s appearance came from the mandatory student activity fee. Freshman Adham Abdel-Raouf told the newspaper he thought the price was a bargain given Snooki’s popularity. Source
You may have heard of a little book called Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus . In the popular self-help book, relationship counselor John Gray focuses on the differences between men and women and provides some insight on the fact that women and men communicate and function differently in relationships. He proposes instead of constantly battling the urge to change one another we should accept our differences in order to develop healthy relationships. Whether you loved, hated or even read the book, John Gray does a decent job of pointing out that miscommunication usually occurs when partners in a relationship say one thing, but it is interpreted incorrectly. “We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways…the ways we react and behave when we love someone,” he writes. It actually boils down to biology at its basic level. Genders think and express themselves differently, partially because our brains are built differently. Women say about 25,000 words a day; men only say about half that amount. Women are naturally better communicators. We can articulate exactly what we’re feeling in order to convey a clear message. For example, if a woman is upset about the fact that her man was late, there is no hesitation in saying, “When you’re late it makes me feel like you have no respect for my feelings or priorities.” If a guy is upset because you were late, it may come out like, “It took you that long to do THAT to your hair?” We all know the inferno that follows that comment. Men better express themselves through action, they are natural showmen. Instead of apologizing for disrespecting the effort it actually took to make your chignon look effortless, he’ll send flowers or let you have the last Oreo that he’s craving. Take a look at some quick tips that follow in the style of John Gray’s approach to understanding all of the simple misinterpretations that make our relationships unnecessarily complicated… ( Continue reading )
