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When I first heard of this girl, the first thing that captivated me was her unique poetic flow. Then I heard '40 emcees,' and was completely stolen. I thought, "I had to buy this album, this chick is so avant-garde to mainstream it's so refreshing." I decided to profile her on inCOLOR Magazine because of her upbeat, socio-intuitive perspective on the simple complications of life. Wondering up and down why she looked so familiar, I was surprised to find out that she starred in an old Nickelodeon throwback, "My Brother and Me." In between school and writing, Amanda [Diva] Seales did her thing and is making her way. Check out the article and watch her videos on the link above.

She's an actress. She's a poet. She's a beautiful dreamer. She can tell you like it is with a smile on her face. This is exactly what she did when I first met her at my first college in CT. Bridget Gray has shown the world her Shades of Grey and took her fans on a journey to Self-Love. Here's an excerpt from inCOLOR Magazine : Living by the pen, Gray has talked about her masculine femininity, her views on the game of life, war and peace and why color should not matter. A native of Illinois, Gray traveled to Los Angeles, CA to pursue her dreams of acting. After playing a variety of roles in feature films, television sitcoms and dramas, and music videos, her infectious stage presence and twist of the tongue made her a not-so-average spoken word performer. In 1999, she won a poetry slam and began combining old-school knowledge with a new groove and attitude, performing in various poetry spots and competitions, as well as lecturing and performing at many colleges and uni...

In my Black Woman course, my class was divided into groups and took part in focusing on the Black woman's contribution to the music, arts, sports, media, etc. My group focused on the media and sexuality, but I was fascinated by a girl in my class who recapped the early, hidden life of Early Black Hollywood. I was familiar with Josephine Baker and Dorothy Dandridge but I had no idea who the Black Garbo aka Nina Mae McKinney was until this class. I had to write about her for inCOLOR Magazine. Before Beyonce played Carmen, Dorothy Dandridge was the original. Before Meagan Good became a cinematic sex symbol, Nina Mae McKinney was the first to do it all. Dubbed the ‘Black Garbo’ after the popular actress Greta Garbo[and garbo being the Italian word for grace and politeness], Nina Mae McKinney was the first Black movie star of the early 20th century. A multifaceted performer, she did more than act; she was a singer, band leader and comedienne. Big and bright in both talent and personal...

Okay, I was about to vent about how much of enough I've had with the Tiger Woods scandal, but I realized that I would be a hypocrite to my own self. My previous Michael Jackson posts say it all...so I retract my deliberate venting. I've been using this awesome internet browser, Blackbird; I call it the Black Mozilla because it's like a internet and search engine targeted toward African-Americans, too awesome for words. But anyway, the majority of the top headlines are all about Tiger's loss of endorsements, his wife breaking his face and buying a new house, and so much stuff that the media thinks we need to hear. I just finished a class at school, Press in America, and my professor kept challenging my class to consider if the information we receive from the media is making us a more informed person and helping us to become a productive member of society. Me, born with the consistency to find the optimistic side out of anything, tried to find some good out of this whole ...

Sensational. A wesome. E xciting . Simply put in the words of Berry Gordy, “ the greatest en tertainer that has ever lived.” The creative ingenuity of Michael Joseph Jackson will forever be a special mystery to those who loved him and his music . His voice has captivated audiences by the thousands since the age of five . His danc ing put the crowd s into a standstill as they try to mimic his moves. His lyrical expressions plus the melodic journeys that he produced from his active imagination to the studio resulted in a plethora of number one hits, awards, and earning the title as the King of Pop, Rock and Soul. Jackson was both musically and socially inclined to make a n ame for himself. A humble, compassionate human being, Jackson has supported almost 40 charities dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and making their comm unities a better place for them to flourish. He created the Heal the World Foundation in 1992 in efforts...

This is a group assignment I finished in my public affairs reporting class about less than a half hour ago. Here is an excerpt: Crime rates drop statewide; Paterson credits Operation IMPACT By Casey Quinlan, Dana Morris, Michael McDonald, Regina Rivers and Elizabeth Cross, Legislative Gazette contributors According to new information from Operation IMPACT, a program operated by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, crime in New York state has dropped 4.7 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same time period last year. The most notable decreases in statewide crime have been murder, rape, car theft and robbery. The drop is fueled mostly by lower crime in New York City, which has decreased by 6.6 percent, while crime outside the city decreased by 3.1 percent. New York City, which has the highest number of murders in the state, saw its murder rate drop by 19.8 percent. Robbery, another prevalent crime in New York City, has decreased by 15.6 percent. However, rape cr...

Yeah, so I'm definitely going to see this movie. The rehearsal movie is 100% much of a better way to remember Michael Jackson instead of that horrific lifeless picture of him that was blasted onto newspapers and entertainment news shows. For the record, 2 weeks, really? I hope SONY is considering making a DVD of the movie. It's been three month's since Jackson's passing and the world keeps spinning, people still have to go to work, school, dentist appointments and take care of a whole bunch of other obligations to tend to. Yet the tributes keep flowing and his music keeps playing. If you're like that senator King who is sick of hearing about Jackson, change the channel, turn off the music or the computer; talking ignorant nonsense on YouTube is just flat out ridiculous on his part. It really makes me wonder, did anyone or does anyone consider the traumatic mental anguish of his kids? His family doesn't still shed tears because their brother, son, uncle is gone? ...