RiGHT ON MAG [NICKI MINAJ SHOOT]

Nicki Minaj with the blonde hair? I'm not sure if I'm feeling that....I still Love me some Nicki though, dont get it twisted. Heres the Video, you be the judge....


NICKI MINAJ RIGHT ON! BARBIE SHOOT SNEAK PEAK from Fatima B on Vimeo.


VIDEO SOURCE: @TimaFBaby

HH.C Beauty Of the Week!!

Okay okay okay....

Everyone’s been waiting for us to indulge the info about the Hollyhood Connect Beauty of the Week!! Well it will go like this, each week, one female and one male will be chosen; we’ll advertise the Beauty all week long, post their twitter and other info to gain them followers or so on. So for all that’s interested…or know some cuties, email us: hollyhoodconnect@gmail.com

**ATTENTION*

In the email subject line please say “HH.C Beauty”

*Send at least two pics

*Name

*Age

*Location

*Twitter Link

hollyhoodconnect@gmail.com

On the Rise....

Sometimes being on Twitter you can come across some very interesting and talented people; Twitter opens door for mass networking and awesome new adventures. One person that has always stood out to me was one of my followers “@Phoenixstar9”, this woman was always dead smack dedicated to whatever she did, from getting folks followers ha-ha, or her T.A.D to promoting beats and I Loved her dedication. If you’re a Twitter head then you may be familiar with Ms. Phoenix, she’s a South Carolina native and makes her hustle by being a creative producer/songwriter. Phoenix was introduced to the music industry years ago due to the fact that she loved music and the creativity that streamed from most of the music; she took it and ran with it. Phoenix started to learn the basics of the music world, learned several different aspects, like the business side of music which will indeed become the prime of a successful career, the music theory as far production goes, and also just being around others that were in the music business and failed, Phoenix even tells us that she failed once but Never gave up and that helped her to learn newer steps and skills to make a comeback and make things work. One of the people that helped Phoenix get back on track with the Songwriting process was another one of my Twitter followers’ @ymacy (feel free to follow her via twitter) she inspired Phoenix to put her skills to work, thus came the Classic Twitter song called “tweet her”. Inspired by all of the beautiful woman she is surrounded by on Twitter daily it’s a very catchy cute song; if you haven’t checked that out please do so. Although she has yet to work with any mainstream artists, she has worked with several underground artist and at the moment majority of them are R&B singers that need the “special touch” that Phoenix has, she says if she could work with some Mainstream artists they would have to be The Dream, Teedra Moses, Mariah Carey and Jagged Edge, hopefully as time goes by and her name gets out their she will be blessed to work with those artists. Believe it or not, being on Twitter, and having talents can be very successful at times, Phoenix uses twitter for networking purposes as well as personal, and she has gained a very nice size fan base, has gained several clients, and also gained a smooth rapport with other businesses and producers, to help them promote their beats also. I believe that if this wonderful Woman sticks to her dreams and goals, well be seeing a lot more of her as time goes by; her drive and dedication is amazing. We at the Hollyhood Connect wish you and your Career the best of luck. In closing Phoenix wanted to encourage anyone out their doing something positive in their life, but it may just not be going how you’d like with some of her wonderful words “NEVER EVER GIVE UP, Even though you might get a million No’s it just takes one YES to get you where you need to be”.


--Porsha

Please follow her Via Twitter @phoenixstar9
*The Classic Hit “Tweet Her”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/6567800311e3f34e
*For services hit her up via email phoenixstar9@hotmail.com .
* Listen to a song written by Phoenix here, Produced and Performed by @guesswhoJQ
www.twiturm.com/4hzue
*Samples of her work at www.myspace.com/dainvinciblephoenixstar9

Need Therapy?

Are you familiar with Lady Breezy?

If not indeed you will be, come 12/1/2009, this 19 year old Hip Hop artist hails from Louisville, KY.

 Lady Breezy music is strictly based on her moods at the time, her music comes from the heart; her goal in the nusic business is to create a road for herseklf and at the same time keep the purity of Hip Hop. 12/1/2009 she will be releasing her EP called “Therapy” and her Debut Album “Launching Pad” will hit in 2010. Lady Breezy does'nt want to indulge much, she rather let her music Speak.

So on thet note stay tuned for this one!!

Lady Breezy can be Reached via Twitter @ladybreezy502 or check her out here: www.breezymusic1.blogspot.com

American Music Awards 2009

Spectacular Award show, Spectacular Fashion, Spectacular Performances with Spectacular People; 2009 American Music Awards by far was the Best. This year they opened the awards with Janet Jackson, her performance was marvelous, Janet performed several of her hits and was dancing her ass off very good choice for an opening act. These awards are very much so different from the other award shows I'm accustomed to like the BET awards or Hip Hop Awards MTV Awards and such. The American Music Awards featured all types of Genres of music Hip Hop, Pop, R&B, Country and so on. Black Eyed Peas took home an award for Best Pop/Rock Band they were all looking very dapper, Fergie was rocking a new hair color, which I Loved. Best Country Band award went to Rascal Flats, Best Alternative Rock Award went to Green Day, Breakthrough Award went to a new group that I’ve never in my life heard of by the name of Gloriana, Best Male Hip Hop/Rap award went to Jay Z and the lovely ladies Keri Hilson and Toni Braxton introduced that award to Mr. Carter, the Late Michael Jackson won several Awards that night that his brother gave wonderful speeches for and Young Taylor Swift won the award for Artist of the Year she took home several awards tonight. There were plenty of other awards given furthermore but too many to mention. I was amazed to see that they had so many impressive performers this year such as Daughtry, Shakira performed with her sexy woman based dancers, Keith Urban performed his hit song “Kissed a Girl”, and also Kelly Clarkson. A-Rod aka Alex Rodriguez introduced JayZ and Alicia Keys to perform their addictive anthem “New York” Alicia and Jay were dressed very dapper for this performance a positive Good Look they had several fans of the song in the audience dancing and singing along to them like Mary J Blige and Kendu, Keri Hilson, Country Singer Reba, Leona Lewis, Whitney Houston and even Perez Hilton. During this performance it was the talk of twitter everyone was wondering if Lil Mama would do a repeat of the MTV awards and run on stage, Comedian/Actor Marlon Wayans said Via Twitter “#AMAs watch Lil Mama crawl up out the Piano and Pose for the ending” that tickled me, he was referencing to the Piano Alicia Keys was playing on if you didn’t see the award show. Other performers were Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna made a debut performance with her new song “Wait is Over” she was dressed in a Mummy Like outfit, looked of the consistency of Tape, very weird but was Sexy. Lady Gaga stunned us with her feisty performance and her stunning head dresses she likes to wear, breaking glass and Burning Pianos loved it, Mary J Blige, Jlo came back on the scene with her new song singing about the expensive red bottomed shoes “Louboutins” she was amazing and the track was actually catchy, Whitney Houston performed, Timbaland, Green Day performed “21 Guns”, 50 Cent & Eminem, and they Closed out with Adam Lamberts new song. It was a night worthwhile staying in watching these awards. I was very impressed this year, hopefully next year they can compete with themselves and do much more. Who knows they just might, more and more everyday we are introduced to new music. Overall if they play repeats and you missed it, I suggest you catch the repeat.



PICTURED BELOW: ADAM LAMBERT PERFORMING, JAY Z ACCEPTING HIS AWARD,TONI BRAXTON & KERI HILSON, TAYLOR SWIFT VIA LONDON ACCEPTING HER AWARD, DRAKE, KID CUDI, JEREMIH ANNOUNCING MARY J BLIGE, & GREEN DAY PERFORMING "21 GUNS".

--Porsha

Haters will never CEASE!

How do you feel about Cali Music? West Coast Music? Jerkin Music? Hyphy Music? All these genres of music are liked upon “preference”, and that’s a Fact. It kills me to have certain people judge and critique a certain genre due to the demographic info behind the genre, I personally like all types of music and artists for that matter, because anyone out their that can be creative enough to come up with a song or album, and pitch it to make a hustle, I can dig it; So I’m not going to knock that person. Its several million people that judge others on a daily and aren’t doing shit with their life, which bothers me tremendously. Growing up I always heard the saying “don’t knock another niggas hustle” and I believe in that saying, who am I to judge a person because it’s not to my liking? Funny thing is, it’s all in human nature to do so, no matter what a person is going to hate. This whole topic was triggered by a song that I actually like, its called “Toot it & Boot it” by TY$ ft YG & TeeCee. They are new Cali artist on the come up and people that are on YOUTUBE are constantly stating their wack, or dumb music, or just harsh rude comments. Well hey, I love the song, and the positive things that they have going. You folks also have to remember that the Music we listen to here in Cali is different from other music; it’s our style.




--Porsha



Here's the video that i'm referencing to below:

Young Cali. Music Scene

Im back on my music tip! Not too much, BUT Im back nonetheless. Okay now contain yourself. Jk! Anywho, if you've read my past blogs on the topic of music you can sort of sense that I'm not a huge mainstream music lover. Dont get me wrong I watch MTV Jams like the next person, but I find myself liking the music of Local and Underground artist, and artist that are on the come up a tad more. Okay not a tad, quite a bit more lol. The reason I like music artist like this is because you get them at face value. Their raw in a sense. No big Execs. behind them making them change their image up on us after we begin to follow their career and music. Un-BrainWashed. No BS (bullsh*t), just good music.
Well I said I wasn't going to write a dang essay on this, so let me just get into this. So for this Edition of "No POP-Heads Allowed", lol, I have local/underground/on-the-come-up artist from the West Coast. They would be; PacDiv (Pacific Division), Dom Kennedy, Comptons Double P, Carter, Tay F3rd, YG, U-N-I, The Vixens, Asia Lynn, Threee C (3C), and Ya Boy. I didn't list all the more known artist first, because honestly all these artist are making a name for themselves. To me their all a breath of fresh air, and great representations of how the West Coast's young adults are soo laid back, hip, and creative.

Well I rather you guys check them out because I already know what they sound like. && if this is your first time hearing of some of these artist and you like them then hit them up let them know you like what you hear (and possibly throw Hollyhood Connect a bone and tell them you heard about them HERE!) Lol okay enough pluggin' here are links to their Twitter and Myspace accounts.
 

PacDiv -

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/pacdiv







Dom Kennedy -
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/domkennedy
www.twitter.com/DOPEITSDOM

Comptons Double P -
Myspace: www.myspace.com/doublepmuzic
www.twitter.com/COMPTONSDOUBLEP

Carter -
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/carter
www.twitter.com/CARTERCARTIER

Tay F3rd -
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/taytheegr8
www.twitter.com/TAYF_3RD

YG -
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/yg400
www.twitter.com/DefJamYg

U-N-I -
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/unimuzik

The Vixens -
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/vixenentmusic
www.twitter.com/theVixenz

Asia Lynn -

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/asialynncuh

www.twitter.com/asialynncuh

Threee C (3C) -

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/threeec

Ya Boy -

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/yaboy

www.twitter.com/YBTHEROCKSTAR

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Enjoy!!
 
--brittany k.

Lady Gaga

I honestly never really liked listened to Lady Gaga’s songs.

Although I thought that her style was fuckin classic and wild so I gave her props, at one point and time I was major digging her and Wale’s song. But now more and more I hear and see Gaga; she’s starting to grow on me! I recently heard a few songs like Bad Romance, Eh Eh [nothing else I can say] LoveGame, Beautiful Dirty Rich, and some others, and I actually liked them. These songs may be old, but hey never to late to catch up right? I love her role she plays in the New Beyonce Video “VideoPhone” she tones down all her wild makeup crazy looks and still can maintain being a beautiful woman. I guess I’ll keep an eye and ear out for Ms. Lady Gaga she’s seems interesting. All you Gaga fans be sure to pick up her new C.D tomorrow 11/23.2009”The Fame Monster”



--Porsha

Cruel Intentions.

This world can be so fucking horrible and harsh at times! Sucks that some people are born into the most messed up circumstances not even given a chance to redeem their self, not given time to live a so-called "normal life". Over the past week a five year old girl was in the news headlines as missing, her name is Shaniya Davis, over the days that passed several crews went out searching for little Shaniya hoping and praying that she be found safe and brung home. Monday came and news hit that Shaniya was found, but she was found dead in the next city over in a wooded forest like area. So sad, someone could kill a five year old child, sucks to be that person, so fucked in the mental to have the audacity to commit such a thing! Come to find out, her horrible mother had been trading the little girl for sex to people, and the man that kidnapped her is being speculated as one of the clients. On that Tuesday the day after she was kidnapped they were seen in a hotel hallway and he was holding Shaniya in his arms, she didn’t look like she was in any harm, and its sad, because she’s five years old, I mean how much can she know about being in harms way if she wasn’t taught anything of the sort. The hallway of the hotel was the last sighting of the little girl and the kidnapper. Hopefully as days past by, this story can unfold and we can get more insight on what went down! Monday evening they held a candle light vigil for Shaniya and several people attended, family, friends and residents of her town just to show support since the topic had been so talked about. It hurts me and kind of hits home to me, few years back, I lost a little cousin due to ignorance, nothing of this sort, but due to a senseless shooting, she was sleep in her bed and shots were fired, she was struck in her chest and died on her way to the hospital in my cousins arms (her father); she was only five years old at the time. I don’t believe anyone should lose their life to some dumb shit, no child nor adult. I wish that one day, this world and the way people think could just magically change no more killings, robbing, raping, and beatings anything that leads to someone losing their life could just be ceased! Our condolences go out to Shaniya and her Father that is left w/out a daughter due to nonsense. Our condolences also go out to any other family that lost someone due to a senseless act.

--Porsha

NEW!!!! BEYONCE FT LADY GAGA ViDEO PHONE REMIX!!

Reality Show B.S

I was wondering, am I the only one around that’s tired of this “Reality Show” shit? I mean its cool and all to be on a show get yo little 15 minutes of fame and all, but every damn station now has a Reality Show on it. Here at my home, we even have a station called “Fox Reality Channel”. All day long they play like bootleg looking reality shows; last time I checked Reality was defined as “the quality or state of being REAL”. Majority of these reality shows are fake as hell, for example Real Chance of Love., come on bruh, they need to let me write their scripts and then mold Real and Chance into some better actors. It’s horrible, that real TV and shows that are worth watching are being overcast by some fuckery. Ha-ha this was just a little vent I needed to get off my chest; I was flipping through the channels tonight and couldn’t find anything on TV but this Reality Mess. If any and everybody can get a reality show, give me one; ill entertain you fools for 30 minutes to an hour once a week!

--Porsha

#WhereTheHellYouAt

*RaZ-B-you went from the Hottest Urban Boy Band to Rockin “Viva la Mexico” shirts & them ashy ass black, lips where you at Black Lips? We miss you…

*Eamon-damn bruh you was crying, and whining over that brawd dippin out on yo ass, now you ghost, where you at booty chin?

*Shwayze you went from trailer parks to Malibu, to touring makin money, and fuck…guess you reverted back to “the Bu”, we miss yo nappy roots!

*D4L yall went from Rappin about Laffy Taffy and shit now I bet yall niggas slangin Laffy Taffy.

*Jagged Edge we actually miss yall boo-hoo crying ass ballads; come back crybabies.

*Houston my nigga after you stabbed yo eyeball out we aint heard from you, until this recent video on YOUTUBE. EYE see you playboyyyy ;-)

*Sisqo Mr Thong tha Thong Thong where da fuck you at Sweet Cheeks?

**This is only jokes, don’t take any of this Personal, we Love these artist.

-Porsha and brittany k.

Mecca of future stars; YOUTUBE!

So Youtube has been big for a while now but recently it feels like it's been stepped up a notch. You can find practically anything on there; tutorials on how to do certain types of weaves, certain ways to apply make-up, music covers of well known songs, and dance videos. I'll admit I'm an avid user of Youtube and I'm guilty of typing fights in the search box to see people get down and dirty lol. Aside from that mess, I've found some good/great/funny videos. On the funny side there's videos like this one with over 3 million views

This video is too funny to me. He like really paired up drink to personality, classic.

For the creavtive and artsy minds like myself you would probably enjoy this channel

I believe this boy to be talented, it's just him his ukulele and at times special guests.

Wanna get that smokey-eye or just learn how to use different colored eyeshadows your best bet would be to check these two channels out beacuse their techniques are crazy out the game; and

And as far as music covers go, one cover that I cannot forget to mention is a cover of Maxwell's "Pretty Wings" done by Durand Bernarr. This boy does this song Extreme justice. See for yourself, BUT after your done reading lol,

Another cover that caught my attention was one actually done by Robert Townsend's daughter, Skye Townsend. She has a unique and pretty voice. The cover that I most like is of Jasmine Sullivan's "Need You Bad"
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With those videos and channels that I think might interest you there are thousands of horrible videos to go along with those, but I only want to focus on the positive and interestings ones. So with that said, I hope you guys enjoy!

--brittany.k

Wanna Be Nicki Much?

Hey, I'm no one to judge, but umm Baby girl is trying to sound a Bit like Nicki Minaj. I know we got a Lot of “Nicki Haters” so you losers be the judge!

VIDEO SOURCE:WORLDSTARHIPHOP.COM

Are You a Makeup Fanatic?

Well a while back I came across a couple of YOUTUBE videos, which were on makeup tips and blending colors. I grew more and more interested because the ladies in the videos had like every color possible; and thus came the “Coastal Scents 88 color Palette”. I was amazed, in a way shocked to see so many colors in one palette, and I never heard of the brand; so I decided to look further into this Coastal Scents fuss. When I browsed their site, I saw that you can get the palette in matte or shimmer. I then watched more videos and seen that the quality of the makeup was being compared to M.A.C. they call it the “more affordable M.A.C” and I somewhat agreed with them.            
With the matte palette, you get more of a bold stand out type look, very pretty, and with the shimmer palette you get more of a flashy over the top look, some people blend the looks of the two palettes to create an astounding finish. I fell in love with these palettes and I think a lot of you makeup fans will also. So go browse videos on YOUTUBE to see some looks pick up new tips and even head over to the coastal scents website and pick up a few palettes, brushes, or whatever else they have that might get your attention.


Picture: 88 Shimmer Palette (the Left)/88 Matte Palette (the Right)
http://www.coastalsecents.com/

Video Source: YOUTUBE


--Porsha

Plus Size Fashion.

Fashion and new trends are a big topic for some people these days, from brand names, to different styles, to the in-colors to several other aspects of the fashion world. But when it comes to plus sized fashion, it can be limited; and with it being limited, some plus size girls/woman tend to have self esteem issues, wanting to fit it or be in style. Me, personally being a plus size woman, I have high self esteem, I live my life how I want, dress how I want and create fashion trends for myself. If you are one thats self esteem is low due to fashion, then I'm here to give you a few good plus size fashion hot spots, so you can boost your ego.

Plus Size Hot Spots To Shop At:

*Torrid: very trendy, and geared toward a more younger audience.
Their sizes range from 12-26 and they carry everything under the sun.

http://www.torrid.com/

                        

*Ashley Stewart: they are geared towards more the mature adult.
Very sophisticated clothing. Sizes range from 12-30*

*in some areas

http://www.ashleystewart.com/

*Forever 21: they have now widened their clothing to plus size clothing.
Very hip, trendy clothing. Sizes range from large to 2XL.
[3XL will be coming soon]

*Please note: some stores don’t carry plus sizes yet

http://www.forever21.com/

[click on Faith 21]

*Wal-Mart: now with wal-mart it all depends on your liking.
They have junior plus clothing and also womans plus.
Sizes range from 12-26.

You can visit your local wal-mart or

http://www.wal-mart.com/

--Porsha

Word on the “Streets”

Now yall know we listen to all the speculation that be circulating, well boy does the “streets” have some juicy juicy! Even months after Michael Jackson’s sudden death, these fools are still fighting over who gets what? In recent news Mr. Joe Jackson is making a big fuss saying he “needs money”, knowing good and well Mike wouldn’t have wanted that, that’s just some of the nonsense going on with that family. NY rapper Saigon was put on blast via twitter by Video “Model” Renee Divine, he was acting mighty thirsty begging for her number, and some other shit, so she quenched his thirst and made his Private Messages [Public] now that’s too funny. Miss Teyana Taylor confirmed [via twitter] we'll be seeing her on the Big Screen soon in Stomp the Yard 2 and also we'll be able to Sport her line of lip gloss soon, the Lip Gloss will be called “Dope Lips”.
                

          Pictured from Left to Right:

Rapper Lil Boosie, Rihanna, Katt Williams, Teyana Taylor, Jon Gosselin

On another note what the hell is on Mr. Katt Williams mind, he’s said to have robbed someone for $3500 worth of jewelry, come on now Katt, were all hoping this was a lie brotha… This past Monday Rapper Lil Boosie, turned himself in for his two year stint, and we're also hearing that Mr. TiP Harris is back on the streets, but we’ve yet to see him in the public eye, so all we can do is wonder… Babydaddy Jon Gosselin has brought upon a counter sue against TV channel TLC, regarding their initial lawsuit stating that Jon breached his contract, we shoulda never gave them folks a damn show. This week Shaqz wife Shaunie filed for legal separation from him, and plans on moving back to Los Angeles. Last week Rihanna went public with her side of the “story” of what happened and she basically fucked up Chris Browns life/character even more, now this week she’s crowned “Woman of the Year” and for what? Well the streets gone leave that at that…