How come rappers never stopped by my school when I was enrolled?

One of our favorite rappers, Ludacris, in conjunction with the people behind the Grammy Awards, stopped by Clark University yesterday for “Grammy Career Day”. Over 300 metro Atlanta high school students from 10 different high schools will forever have the experience of meeting Atlanta’s multitalented rapper, producer, and CEO of DTP records burned in their minds. Luda headlined the event that is geared towards placing students in direct contact with industry pros, for the next two weeks in various cities leading up to the Grammy Awards broadcast on February 11th.

The day began with a super-sized panel featuring Ludacris, R&B singer-songwriter Lyfe Jennings, jazz guitarist Earl Klugh, engineer Phil Tan, songwriter Tab Nkhereanye, record label exec Dee Dee Murray and singer, songwriter and vocal coach Jan Smith. This was followed by smaller music workshops, lunch and the closing performance by Shareefa, who sang her single, "I Need A Boss.”

Ludacris had this to say about the event:


"The questions these kids asked are the same kinds of things I wanted to know at their age, and there was no one around like that panel to answer them for me. That's why I do things like this; to make it better for the next hungry young kid. The talent out there just waiting to be bigger than me. And all they need is this knowledge."

Big shout out to Ludacris for taking care of the kids!!

Talk to y’all lata

--Sohh Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 1, 2007 8:19 AM

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Man... I been amp'd about Diddy and Keyshia Cole's duet "Last Night" ever since we got a sneak peek of Key Key laying down the vocals in the booth on her BET reality show.



I am mad that Diddy and the label didn't see enough heat with this record to make it the first or second single at least. I believe it could have made the difference with Diddy being certified Gold and being certified Platinum, which his album has yet to achieve.

Nevertheless... Diddy is Diddy and Keyshia... well, she is Keyshia and I LOVE IT!
Yesterday, Natasha over at YBF ran a first look at Diddy's little girls and long-time girlfriend Kim Porter from the Canada's Hello! magazine.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new Paris & Nicki, Paris & Nicole, Paris & Britney.... well you get it. These girls will be amongst the first generation of children of black entertainment moguls.




Also in the clique is Damon Dash's son, Diddy's other kids, Jamie Fox's daughter and them. Look out red carpet 2021!

I guess with this single and this new birth.... third time is the charm. SOHH, uh... yea. Vote for this video on your countdown of choice.

But while you were wondering if the 132,000 people who bought Pretty Ricky's new cd, Late Night Special, sending them to the top of the Billboard charts, want a refund, we were wondering where Beyonce was the night of the SAG Awards?

Here is our list:
SOHH SOULFUL TOP 5 SONGS OF THE MOMENT!

5. Brandy - "Best Friend"
While homegirl finds some direction after all the drama around her car accident, she'll need her lil brother now more than ever.

4. Trey WRONGZ! - "Wonder Woman"
Listen to it here. It's from the forthcoming... Trey Day. (and y'all get on my case for always referencing Bey.)


3. Musiq - "Buddy" Remix featuring Ja Rule and Fat Joe
Check it, check it, check it out!

2. Janet Jackson - "Take Care"
Simply because since we haven't heard much from her lately... it's like farewell.

1. R. Kelly - "Don't Let Go"
This track is from the Daddy's Little Girl soundtrack.

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Ok, sohh E! is running a show called "Blvd Of Broken Dreams" featuring Latavia and LeToya, formerly of Destiny's Child.

Can I just say.... DAMN!



Can I also just say... DAMN, Rudy Huxtable looks good! Remember that ugly stage she went through towards the end of the "Cosby Show?"

But yea...

Since LetoyaOnline.com won't allow me to embed this video clip, click here to watch it.

IMMA NEED Y'ALL TO WATCH THAT CLIP!

LeToya and Latavia talk about the time when Beyonce was driving a Jaguar and LeToya said she wasn't even pulling in enough money to pay her cell phone bill. It also talks about how when Latavia was sick and in the hospital, and Mathew Knowles had her replaced for the European leg of their tour.

The two talk about that famous instance when they were watching BET and the announcer said, now the world premiere of Destiny's Child "Say My Name," and they didn't even know that they were a.) kicked out the group, and b.) that a video had be shot under their noses.

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet lip sync'ers Michelle and Farrah!

Most importantly, LeToya reveals that Mathew Knowles made them sign an exclusive management agreement before he would allow them to sign their record contract with SONY. Like literally. Toya claims that at the moment he laid out the contract from SONY, he said "before you sign this (recording contract).... you must sign this (exclusive management deal)."

In all fairness, LeToya says that she feels that Bey and Kelly were lied to about the issues. She says her major issue was the misappropriation of funds and lack of consideration that she and Latavia were given.

As you know LeToya debuted at #1 with her subsequent self titled solo album.

New music from Latavia and Farrah Franklin is in the works. *crickets*
Tags:

* Beyonce Knowles
* Destiny's Child
* Kelly Rowland
* Latavia
* Letoya Luckett
* Mathew Knowles

Posted by SOHH Soul Man on January 31, 20

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Aiight, y’all know I’m in Miami recovering from a massive hangover, right?. I am barely alive, but I still got to look out for my peoples and so here I am. I would file a Superbowl report, but this aint ESPN so I'll just say that I had a great time.Though Im fucked up as hell, the show must go on right? I got some info on Rich Boy for y’all! I also got his highly anticipated new remix available for download! Don’t say I neva gave you nothing. "THROW SOME D'S Remix" Feat. Jim Jones, Murphy Lee, Andre 3000, The Game

Rich Boy is continuing to do his thing while his new single “Throw Some D’s” is still burning up every club from here to Miami. I’ve found some performances from the King of Bama on youtube.com check them out!

Talk to ya'll lata

B E Z

--Sohh Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 5, 2007 4:20 AM

youtube: rich boy to find the performances.

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This might be the lamest story have I covered since my inception to Sohh Atlanta, but its being reported that Bow Wow is still mending from his breakup with Ciara.

Now before you all start in on me let me just explain my case. From day one, when news broke out about Ciara and Bow Wow "dating", I instantly broke out in laughter. Why anyone believed that the height challenged rap/pop act and the Amazonian crunk &B princess were actually a couple was beyond me. When ever I would see them together, all I saw was a walking publicity stunt. Missy Elliot and Ciara had more chemistry...(oops did I say that out loud)!

At first when Bow Wow dropped his latest album, it was common knowledge that any and all Ciara—relationship questions were completely off limits to us journalists. However, now in an effort to drum up significance over his fleeting new album The Price of Lame, Shad—AKA—Bow Wow has now decided to open up a little bit more about his now defunct relationship with Ciara and how their “break-up” has truly affected him. He recently told MTV News.


"It (his new song—“Outta My System”) deals with a situation I was in, for sure," he said. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to listen to that song and know what I'm talking about or who I'm talking to. That's why I did it. That once again deals with the price of fame."

Could his sudden “openess” about CiCi be because his latest lyrical project is more floppin, and less poppin (do see how I worked that in?) The Price of Lame is currently # 54 after only 6 weeks on the charts. I just love how artists try and whore out their personal lives for CD sales. At this point I think its safe to say that we’ve all moved on haven’t we? Not that many of us really cared to begin with. It’s just buffoonery at its best.

Do you want to hear the song? Good, because it’s Sohh Gyant’s Download of the Day!
"Outta My System"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/bow-wow-the-price-of-fame-04-outta-my-system-feat-_t-pain_and_johnta_austin-mp3-ee7.html


MEANWHILE CIARA IS SAID TO BE RIDING DIRTY WITH 50 CENT!
http://blogs.sohh.com/soul/archives/2007/02/good_look_or_ho_2.html

This is an intresting video I found on youtube.com. I’m not sure what to think about it. While I think its pretty ingenious, it also looks like somebody has way to much time on their hands.

The streets is talking about Young Jeezy and Keisha Cole. Word is Y.J. popped the question to Keisha Cole recently and she happily accepted. Of course the "couple", who claim they arent even involved, have no comment on the rumors.

Those two kill me more then any other celebrity copule out there today. They aint no Bobby and Whitney! I mean at the end of the day who the hell cares what they're doing?!? We've all got our eyes fixed on T.I. and Tiny don't we?



Before I forget, make sure you check out Big Cat recording artist Young Snead and Yae High tomorrow, February 6th at the Griffin vs. Mt Zion football game.

Talk y'all tommorrow,

--Sohh Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 5, 2007 12:24 PM

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Who knew Ciara was cozy coze with 50cent?

Sure the two worked on "Can't Leave Em Alone" on her sophomore cd The Evolution, but Ciara admitted 50 basically emailed his verse to them.

According to the New York Daily News, CiCi has been riding dirty in the backseat of 50's car. WTF?

The two were together Thursday night, looking like a couple trying not to look like a couple.

The rapper was spotted in his car in LeFrak City with "Ciara in the backseat, attempting not to be seen," said a source.

Another source describe the pair to us as "a new underground couple."

Is that like Ashanti and Ja Rule or Lily and Herman Munster?

Now for those of y'all not familiar, LeFrak City, according to it's own website, is a gargantuan complex of 18-story buildings with 5000 apartments. Basically the projects.

Now, CiCi coulda been there to drop a hook in 50's secret studio in the hood for his forthcoming cd, or she coulda been joining Olivia as the G-Unit tramp-o-line or it could all be a lie.

source:http://blogs.sohh.com/soul/archives/2007/02/good_look_or_ho_2.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/494881p-416926c.html

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