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Clearly got his bodyguard on site…LMAO…society is wrong for this one

While Ri-Ri chills with no bra in the streets of NYC, I know Chris is extra salty…smh

Ah Well….Young Love

If there is one thing I agree about during the Whitney Houston/Oprah Winfrey interview Part I is that “A Man Must Have His Own” or it (the relationship) WILL NOT WORK…that has and always will apply in my love life and that is why my love life has changed..TRUST

FASHION WEEK IN NYC IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL…LET’S SEE WHAT THE CELEBS HAD IN STORE FOR US ON THIS FABULOUS WEEK:

SAFE TO SAY THIS WAS A **FAIL** FOR LADY/SIR GAGA

KIMORA LEE WAS DEFINITELY IN THE “FABULOSITY LANE”

NO MORE BLONDE ON KIM K = *FAB*

FAB MEN EXIST TOO - RUSSELL & DIGGY SIMMONS

RACHEL ROY’S SPRING 2010 LINE IS PROMISED TO BE MORE THAN FAB…LET’S WAIT & SEE

NICE & “THICKE”  PAULA & ROBIN THICKE BRING IT ON THE RED CARPET DURING FASHION WEEK!

TYSON’S FAB ON THE CATWALK WAS IMPECCABLE

ANGELA SIMMONS & ESTELLE DO THEIR FABULOUS THING DURING FASHION WEEK 2009!

TEYANA TAYLOR ON THE HALF **FAIL** SIDE AT THE LACOSTE SHOW DURING FASHION WEEK

MORE PICS AND CELEBS DURING FASHION WEEK 2009 COMING SOON on MSDELALEU.COM

Yale graduate student Annie Le had been missing for five days before authorities  found what is believed to be her body.

Police  found a body Sunday behind a basement wall in the Yale research facility.  Police believe it to be Annie Le, a Yale student who was missing for the past five days.  The case has now been ruled as a homicide and will be investigated by the New Haven Police Department.  Seeing as the building is only accessible to students with magnetic entry cards, people believe the crime was committed by someone who had access to the building.

University President Richard Levin says:

“The investigation will continue,”  adding that authorities are conducting an autopsy and identification of the remains. “We have every hope that it will be successfully resolved.”

Police first learned Annie was missing after her roommate reported her missing last Tuesday, September 8th. She was set to be married to her fiance Jonathan Widawsky Sunday, September 13th; friends and supporters left wedding gifts outside of Jonathan’s home.

 WHO GOT BEEF? LOL

Here is a letter from former Executive Editor of Music at BET.COM

Mr. Andreas Hale to apparently everyone  in the industry…Read Below

As of today (September 8, 2009) I am no longer the Executive Editor of Music at BET.com.

Upon entering the position at BET I said that I needed one year to see what really went on inside the belly of the beast. I needed 365 days to sleep with the enemy and infiltrate the system. One year to see if they REALLY wanted change at BET.

As someone who has been critical of BET for many years, it surprised many that I would leave my post at HipHopDX last year to take a position at BET. But it was an opportunity I absolutely had to take. I could no longer be critical of this company without accepting the opportunity to change it when given. Although I was hired to bring about change, I was systematically shut down. I wasn’t hired to make noise, I was hired to be silenced.

The truth of the matter is that everything that you thought was wrong with BET is true.

Over the past year I’ve seen a lot to reinforce my position that BET is too far gone in the negative to turn into a positive. We have all always thought the worst, but to actually see it in action is another thing in its entirety. The unprofessionalism, the tom foolery, the favors, the misappropriation of resources, the bad ideas that reinforce negative stereotypes, the emasculation of men, the meetings that break down in full fledged cursing battles, the unpaid overtime, the tears from employees scared for their underpaid and overworked positions and ultimately the unwillingness to change are all harsh realities that I’ve witnessed firsthand.

That is not to say that there aren’t some good people who have sat in the offices of BET. Unfortunately, the good people are not in positions of power to instill any change. Instead, they work their fingers to the bone just to keep their jobs in this harsh economic climate. The other good people ran out of the door as soon as an another employment opportunity presented itself. To say BET was a revolving door would be an understatement.

I came in with a plan to provide balance and to deliver good music to the masses and help make BET relevant again – at least in the dot com world. Those attempts were shut down by out of touch executives who run a dot com but could barely turn on a computer. By those who judge their metrics by page views over absolute unique visitors (that‘s ad sales talk). By those who simply don’t understand the internet.

They brought me in because of my track record but never once took a look at my body of work. If they did, they would have known that I was the pen behind editorials such as “BET’s Coon Picnic” or were aware of the many times I have been critical of their award shows and programming. All they knew is that I played a major role in making a once unknown website into a online media outlet that surpassed theirs and they wanted a piece of the action. Too bad they never researched who I really was.

During my tenure I worked long hours and sometimes succeeded at bringing in decent content to try to reflect the change I wanted to achieve. But it wasn’t without opposition. While some interviews and content initiatives were able to make it through, many others were either shut down or met with ridicule. I offered ideas to incorporate the blog world and to spotlight new talent before MTV did. Those ideas were met with comments such as “This isn’t HipHopDX” or “You don’t know what you are talking about.”

BET is not about the quality of your work. Rather, BET is about the relationships you have with powerful people within the company. BET is not about challenging. Instead, BET is about accepting and saying “yes.” If you have known or followed me over the years, you would know that these are things that simply are not in my character and ultimately resulted in my removal.

For the artists and labels that I have worked with for years, I tried. I did whatever I could to achieve that balance many of us wanted to see happen. To the writers who wanted to writer for BET, I made an attempt but was never given a budget to work with.

Upon my arrival, I was told I would be given a staff. Not true. I had a staff of one to carry out daily operations on a website. I fought tooth and nail to accomplish the minimum (an embeddable player and a site people could navigate) and was constantly brushed off. It was a position that was set up for failure. But I endured as long as I could.

Alas, I have been removed from my position after infiltrating the system and the timing was perfect. I wasn’t let go because the site’s numbers were down. Not because I didn’t work hard. Simply because of a personality clash with an individual whose proverbial ass I didn’t kiss enough. Again, not about the work you do but about the relationships you keep and the sides you take.

I’d like to thank BET for covering the cost of my relocation to bring me to the great city of New York/New Jersey. I’d also like to thank them for putting me in close quarters with people who think like me and will hopefully work with in the near future. I’d also like to thank them for providing me enough controversial content that I observed firsthand and will make for many tales to be told.

I said it and I meant in: One year to either make changes or move on. I left HipHopDX on September 16th 2008. Today is September 8, 2009. Eight days short of a year. Most thought I wouldn’t even last that long. But in that year I’ve had my greatest fears about Black Entertainment Television affirmed.

There is so much wrong with BET that I’d rather not break it down in a single email.

It is pretty good fodder for a book don’t you think?

As of today, Andreas Hale is a free agent.

HERE WE GO…..INSERT BULLSHIT BELOW..SMH

WHAT DO YOU HONESTLY THINK OF THIS INTERVIEW?  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ROLE THAT HIS MOTHER PLAYS IN ALL OF THIS?  DO YOU HEAR THE SINCERITY IN HIS VOICE OR NO?

DISCUSS.

I HAD TO ADDRESS THIS VIDEO & ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS TRULY SAD HOW ANYONE WOULD EXPLOIT AN INDIVIDUAL’S SICKNESS FOR THEIR OWN PLEASURE…

THE PERSON IN I SPEAK OF IS ACTRESS MAIA CAMPBELL BETTER KNOWN FOR HER PORTRAYAL AS “TIFFANY WARREN” IN THE SITCOM “IN THE HOUSE” 

MAIA’S MOTHER WAS BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL, AUTHOR OF 3 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS, ONE IN WHICH SHE HIGHLIGHTED HER STRUGGLES AS A SINGLE MOTHER RAISING A CHILD WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS ENTITLED “72 HOUR HOLD”–THAT MENTAL ILLNESS POPULARLY KNOWN IN SOCIETY AS “BI-POLAR” or “MANIC DEPRESSION”

BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL DIED 3 YEARS AGO (NOVEMBER 27, 2006) AT THE AGE OF 56 FROM BRAIN CANCER.  UNFORTUNATELY LEAVING A CHILD WHO  TODAY IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF A DIVINE INTERVENTION.  I ASK THAT WE ALL TAKE THIS AS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THE REAL PROBLEM OF THE STIGMA THAT IS “MENTAL ILLNESS” WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

REST IN PEACE BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL

“Discipline is the servant of inspiration.”

 Young Love Gone Wrong From The Start?

Home Raided : Found>>Heroin & $42,000?!?!?!

African American women owning a footbal team!!!!  Powerful Moves in 2009

Puppet & Master–**BIG FAIL**

WTF? BET’S CLAIM TO FAME?!? SHUCK & JIVE CENTRAL

Usher’s Upgrade from 2nd to 3rd base..Just Go Home bruh…lol

Shameless Shack Ups of 2009…

Publicity Stunt for how long?  Christina..you better off just trying to dye your hair another color..let’s try red next–it would match your career coming to a complete STOP!

Thank You for a Genuine Comeback!  & You’re Right..”Crack Is Whack!”

Can you imagine the thought bubbles for this pic:  Nas:  “I’m the best husband and father ever!” Kelis :  “Where’s my money and blue hair dye for the baby?”

Reggie Bush’s goal this year is apparently:  “How to Make A Hoe a Housewife”  Break-Up to Makeup..the headgame was that tough Reggie? To be Continued…

“Who Goin Check Me BOO?” Making the BRAVO Network more proud of its quality programming everyday! smh

This Is So Sad, I Can’t Even Provide a Wiseass Comment..One Word:  INTERVENTION

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From Then To Now…Stay Focused Brit..it Definitely Takes You a Longer Way

How Does DJ AM die before Amy Winehouse?  She is Your Brain On Drugs!!??!?!

BROOKLYN WE GO HARD & TEXAS - WE DO IT BIG! TILL RETIREMENT DO THEY PART…

“HE’LL DO ANYTHING FOR A BLONDE DYKE” …..ANYTHING

UNHAPPILY NEVER BEFORE OR AFTER…

& LASTLY

The Diss Songs of 2009 would not be complete without these two! SMH..Eminem’s response…PRICELESS…Tacky/somewhat Lame…but PRICELESS (See for yourself by clicking on the link below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLthm3ajS0

Abstract

Although women’s workforce participation has grown considerably over the last few decades, women still make up a small proportion of top positions in business. Even more importantly, while percentages of elite women leaders occupying senior executive ranks remain low, the representation of African-American women among corporate leaders still seem dim.  The real question lies in whether there exists a race or gender gap or  rather if African American women specifically face more barriers in the advancement into corporate leadership positions in media specifically the radio industry.  By focusing on successful African-American women leaders in corporate leadership positions within the media industry, this study will hopefully examine the challenging  myths that exist about their experiences and help them, and others, to better understand how they have advanced and can continue to advance.  Specifically the information for this paper is coming from personal interviews with five radio  station owners, the goal to reach specifically African American women owners and examine how in the year 2009,  corporate leadership positions and media ownership by African American women has not grown, even with the incorporation of diversity programs by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission.) The participants response to this subject involved significant ways to evaluate the reality of the issue and was outlined in different aspects:  educational opportunities, status, race, self-esteem, and financial obligations.  While each aspect is important to the overall issue, self esteem and financial responsibility were essential in getting to the root of the problem. 

Q:  Are we in need of more African American women in corporate leadership positions?   A: YES WE ARE! Susan Davenport Austin, Sheridan Broadcasting (left), Cathy Hughes, Radio One Inc. (Right)  Up Next…Barbara De Laleu?!?!