Schwarzenegger's Mistress Speaks

Hello Hon-Tey's!

There is so much going on in the world right now, from Eddie Long's wife moving out to Male birth control pills.  However, something that I had to comment on is Schewarzeneggers' mistress/housekeeper, Mildred Baena speaking out concerning her "love child".

Well, for starters...what is it she can possibly say?  I would have respected her more if she would have just stayed quiet and not said anything.  Nevertheless, she did and this is what she had to say regarding the situation.

“Last summer I brought Joseph over to the house,” say Baena.  ‘After that, people in the house started whispering about how much they looked like each other.”

“Maria would ask if I needed to talk to her, and I kept saying “no”.  Finally, she asked point blank.  Maria asked me directly if Joseph was Arnold’s son, and I just broke down.  I dropped to my knees and I was crying, saying that yes he was and I was so sorry.  She cried with me and told me to get off my knees.”

Baena also stated, “ Since I was retiring soon,  I said I would pack up and leave right away, but she said to stay until after the holidays.”

I have a visual in my head as to how this played out and all I can do is shake my head while rolling my eyes. Really Mildred?  You actually thought you could bring this child around who looks like Arnold circa 1974, and no one gives him a second look?  C’mon Lady!

Baena added that she never told Arnold that he was the father but adds, “He’s a good man and I know he’s suffering too.  He loves Maria.  I hope with time they work things out.”

Really Lady? 

Another Legend Lost - Gil Scott-Heron

Hell Hon-Tey's

On my radar currently is the lost of a musical, author and poetic GENIUS, Mr. Gil Scott-Heron!  We lost a great man on May 27, 2011.  


I remember it like it was yesterday. The night  was hot, humid and sweaty. I was in a drunken dance daze listening to the DJ continuous pump jams into the air and through my body like an airbourne drug! I took a breather to rest upon the black leather couch in a Harlem nightclub and I heard the DJ play an unfamiliar sound.  The beat was awesome!  The voice which penetrated my ears caught my full attention.  I made my way to the DJ booth, asked him, "Yo! What was that song you just played?"  He gave me a weird look.  Asked how old I was and where I was from.  Then told me, "Baby, that was Gil Scott-Heron!" Then he proceeded to put back on his headphones and produce more mind elevating beats in the atmosphere.



Born in Chicago,Il, but raised in Tennessee and later relocating and calling home New York, Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, author and musician.  He was known mostly for his work as a spoken word artist in the 70's and 80's.  One song that he received critical acclaim for was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.  His musical style later came to influence hip hop and neo soul.  He has been described by many as the "God Father of Rap".  Which I believe to be true, since rap is basically poetry set to music.





Having over 20 albums under his belt Mr. Heron was unable to gain big commercial success because many black radio stations wouldn't play his songs.  Also, he was not budging on his intense dislike for political and social injustice within the black community, and was not willing to sugarcoat anything.  Having a few run in's with the law, coupled with battling drug addiction, Gil continue to make music.  It was something that just came natural.  His most recent recording was in 2010, "I'm New Here".







Although, he is a great musical genius the music scene has lost...we have gained yet another legend to add to our records of MUSIC, AUTHOR and POETIC history!  You WILL be missed!



YO NIKKI'S FAVORITES
* The Bottle
* The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
* Home is Where the Hatred Is
* Winter In America
* Me and The Devil (2010 release)

The World POST OPRAH

Hello Hon-Tey's!


If your anything like me your probably struggling to deal with The Post Oprah Effect.  Like many Americans and abroad I have watched Oprah for many years, and like many the world normally would stop when her show came on.  I remember as a youngster watching big Oprah, small Oprah and in between Oprah...and if you were like many of her faithful viewers you fail to notice her ever changing metamorphoses.





However, it was after the Color Purple came out that I began to view Oprah Winfrey in a totally different light.  She wasn't just an articulate black woman with a talk show, but she was now an actress. An actress that got my full attention in a movie that later made its way into my collection of noteworthy DVD's.  It was the role of Sophia, Harpo's outspoken, brash and tell it like it T.I.S. wife!  Sophia was my favorite character in the movie, and later I felt slighted when I noticed her name wasn't part of the movie poster credits. 



Now at 9am on weekdays what am I supposed to do with my time?  I can't look forward to Oprah walking out in her Christian Louboutins.  I can't look forward to Oprah saying, "Closed Captioning is brought to you by the following ".  I can't look forward to Oprah having an occasional "sista gurl" moment."  I can't look forward to Oprah looking at a guest like, "Who booked yo crazy azz?"  I can't look forward to Oprah speaking of the "Ugly Cry"! And finally, I can't look forward to Oprah propping her feet on the back of her heels because she doesn't like to wear heels! 




Whatever it is you and millions of others will miss about the Big O, what will forever stand out in my mind is her last show in which she said, "You also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.  You have the power to change somebody's life." That quote will live in me forever!  YAAAAAS Hon-Tey!

Kola Boof - Osama Bin Laden Mistress Speaks

Hello Hon-Tey's!

Kola Boof 

Osama dead, but his mistress tells all! Kola Boof, was Osama Bin Ladens mistress for years. She was one of his "leader" mistresses.  After being called a liar for years, she speaks and Hon-Tey the story she tells makes one think, "Really Lady?!"


Kola Boof recently stated in several press organizations that she meet Osama and fell in love under nontraditional circumstances--after he raped her the first time they met. However, after attempts to make her story public and tell the truth the media shut her down, saying, "she wasn't pretty enough."


She went on to call Osama a "monster, a genius, a poet, a racist woman basher and a very passionate, deeply  sensitive confused being."  and added with emphasis, "Like all of us, he was somebody's child."

Boofs states, "Osama rapped me the first night we met. But out of my fear and determination to survive we became comrades; lovers; we wrote poetry together, I did his hair, I cooked for him, he gave me jewels and money; sent me to Milan on shopping sprees; buried one of his guards that I killed and made it so I only did one night in jail.  Living at La Maison Arabe was hardly the life of a slave--I wasn't in chains, honey."  

According to Kola she was torn down because she was a Black woman of Egyptian/Sudanese descent and not what "white powerful news controllers" wanted to promote.  She adds that one of Osama's wives Najwa Bin Laden referred to her as his "nigger slave whore" a term she obviously didn't appreciate from the "pitiful head covered door mat jockey."

Boof also states, "It hurts to have so much valuable information; so much intelligence and to be so truthful and articulate--yet have "white powerful news controllers" decide that you're not the right image for what they'd like to promote.  Therefore, part of history is always missing.

WHEW!  I don't know about you, but it looks like Ms Boof wanted to go down in history with Osama!  She seems less like a sex slave and mistress...but more of an "ATTENTION WHORE."

Gary Norman Jr , Author, Director, Producer and Publisher

Hello Hon-Tey's!

As you already know I like to give credit where credit is due...and with keeping my promise I would like to put a bug in your ear.  His name is GARY NORMAN JR.  He's one of Chicago's own up and coming Author, Director, Producer and Publisher.  WHEW!  I'm out of breath just typing all of that!

I got the chance to meet Gary while providing services (make up artistry) for his fabulous stage play PINK OCTOBER, based on his novel. PINK OCTOBER is about living with cancer.  The key word is living.  It points out that you are not diagnosed with it and then you die.  There is life before, during and after diagnosis.   This play made me laugh, cry and think on how this horrible disease has taken so many of my loved ones. PINK OCTOBER is not just about cancer, but various types of relationships and situations amongst family, friends and lovers.  PINK OCTOBER puts a fresh perspective on an old problem that has been outted and is now battled openly by the masses.
http://www.pinkoctober.net/index.htm

My personal review for PINK OCTOBER:  2 thumbs UP! - "funny, thought provoking and touches home on so many levels"

There you have it Hon-Tey's  another one of Yo Nikki's moments!  CIAO BELLA!

BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE ROBBERIES!!!!

Hello Hon-Tey's!



It been so much going on in the world these last couple of weeks - from Donald Trump talking smack about Obama...to one of the Guardsmen being banned from attending the Royal Wedding...to BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE ROBBERIES!


Yes, you read right!  Thieves who broke into a Chicago beauty supply store made off with nearly $80,000 worth of human hair.  The store owner, Jay Han, said he believed the thieves knew just how valuable the hair could be on the black market.  "The tresses are used to braid hair and for hair extensions especially in the African American community", he said.  Videotaped surveillance outside his shop showed a white van driving up to the back of the store on Sunday morning.  Three men used a metal bar to pry open the door.  The men left the shop with large plastic bins full of the packages of hair and other items including wigs with natural hair.  Mr. Han, stated, "they didn't take any money."


I guess this is becoming a TREND in the urban community.  Chicago is not the only city to fall victim to WEAVE JACKIN.


Nashville, TN was where another incident occurred. However, the suspects didn't make it far.  One was caught and the other is still on the loose.


Montgomery, AL.  The suspects are still at large.


Dearbourn, MI - Approximately 80 Velvet-brand hair extensions were stolen from the store.  Unfortunately, The owner of the store was shot and killed.


This is ridiculous!  Is getting your weave done that important?  Well, to some I guess it is.  So much so that one will LIE, CHEAT, STEAL AND KILL for a new do!

Lady/Water No Get Enemy by. Fela Kuti

Hello Hon-Teys!

I've been gone for a while, I was gathering my thoughts and focusing on my bread and butta!  However, I'm back and I wanted to share with you a legend that was known by some but has inspired many.  I am speaking of Fela Anikulapo Kuti!  Born October 15, 1938 as Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian musician, activist, composer and politician whom was famous throughout Nigeria, Europe, UK and United States in the late 1950's up until his death in 1997.  

Fela sang about political issues throughout the world and abroad.  As his music became more popular he used it as a soapbox to voice his political opinions, which in turn made is recordings more politically motivated.  Fela's music became very popular among Nigerian public and Africans in general.  In fact, he made the decision to sing in Pidgin English so his music could be enjoyed by individuals all over Africa, where the local language spoken were very diverse and numerous.

Afrobeat is the muscial style performed by Fela Kuti.  Which is a complex fusion of Jazz, Funk (espeically the music of James Brown)  psychedelic rock and traditional West African chants and rhythms. Some elements often present in Fela's music are the call - and - response within the chorus and figurative but simple lyrics.  Fela's songs were also very long, at least 10-15 minutes in length, and reaching the 20 or even 30 minutes, while some unreleased tracks would last up to 45 minutes when performed live.  This was one of the reasons that his music never reached a substantial degree of popularity outside Africa.  His LP records frequently had one 30 minute track per side.  Typically there is an instrumental  "introduction" jam part of the song, perhaps 10 - 15 minutes long before Fela starts singing the "main" part.

THE SHRINE (named after the famous nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria) is located in Chicago, IL and NYC is dedicated to Fela Kuti and his sons Femi and Seun Kuti among other groups or individuals that play Afrobeat music.

Some of my favorite Fela recordings are:

ZOMBIE

LADY/WATER NO GET ENEMY

EXPENSIVE SHIT

LADY

SHUFFERING AND SHMILING
YELLOW FEVER

2000 BLACKS GOT TO BE FREE

NO AGREEMENT

Well Hon-Teys, thanks for tuning in to my world...and I hope I have opened a new window for you to view music to.  Until we chat again...CIAO BELLA!