Gossip

By Souleo. Yesterday, Sirius radio personality Angela Yee gave us her take on the gossip phenomenon.  She returns today to give us her expert advice on how to handle gossip in everyday life from how to avoid to being the subject of rumors to dealing with gossiping family members.

On how to avoid being the subject of gossip:

1.  Try to not do anything stupid like don't get drunk and pass out at the club.

2.  Be careful who you're around and know who is a good friend or not.  I go out with people and if I don't know them well I don't say too much about anything and my guard is up, but with my friends I can go buckwild.

3.  You should never argue on Twitter or Facebook.  It's a big no-no.  People will try to provoke you to do something but don't.  The best thing is to ignore it because the more you feed into it the more attention you give to it.

How to handle gossip in the workplace:

1.  Do not participate in gossip in the workplace; it always comes back to you.  If I don't like someone instead of me saying I can't stand so and so I just say I don't know that person well and I keep it moving.

2.  It is good to listen to gossip 'because knowledge is important for your own personal information.  That's how I know everything I know.

How to handle family gossip:

I know my family all talks about each other.  In this case it's more important to listen and try not to be judgmental about people.

For more information on Angela please visit:

www.teamyee.tv

By Souleo. We live in an age where gossip has saturated every facet of pop culture.  The result is a massive global obsession with the private lives of celebrities and reality stars that has left society with a seemingly unquenchable thirst for rumors and scandal.  For Angela Yee, the Sirius/XM Radio personality of "The Morning After," and 'Lip Service," it's a reality that has left her with growing concerns about the direction of society.

"I think that's part of what makes society right now messed up.  People like to film fights or someone mentally ill on the subway going crazy.  People think it's funny and people are desensitized to it [gossip]," she said.

Angela notes that the world's fascination with gossip is so prevalent now because of the virtually unlimited access we have to the lives of celebrities.

"I think a lot of it has to do with the internet and accessibility to people's lives.  Now everything is so instantaneous and with reality shows we look into people's lives.  These people are not celebrities until they get on a television show.  So people care about everything about a person due to the reality shows and the technology."

Angela, who always makes sure to give her listeners something to talk about as she fearlessly and hilariously interviews celebrities on all the hot issues, makes it a point to try and balance her gossip reporting with responsibility.  Besides her winning personality it's one of the features that helps separate her from most gossip reporters and bloggers.

"I try to be responsible when it comes to reporting.  I may know something about one's personal life off the record but I won't expose people.  If it's something that is already being talked about and on different sites then it's safe to say I can talk about that but I always state alleged until proven otherwise."

It's a delicate balance between gossiping with class and not but Angela seems to have mastered the art as her witty banter keeps listeners coming back for more.

Be sure to check out tomorrow's part two where Angela gives her tips on avoiding being the subject of gossip and dealing with everyday gossip in the workplace and family life.

For more information on Angela please visit:

www.teamyee.tv

By Souleo. Yesterday, we introduced you to best-selling author, Terrance Dean’s new weekly advice column on hellobeautiful.com, “Straight, from your Gay Best Friend.” Now he is back to share with us the juiciest advice he has been given about sex, relationships, work and living the fabulous life. After all even an expert needs someone to run to.

On where he goes for advice:

I have a spiritual mother and many spiritual people who are mentors and have helped me such as Iyanla Vanzant and her husband, Adeyemi Bandele. I know when to cleanse and how to go to that place where I can regroup and get to where I'm supposed to be.

On the best advice he’s been given about sex:

People don’t communicate their needs and wants and how they need it. So if you can’t communicate that before sex then know it is just sex. It’s not love, it doesn’t mean I like you or anything else. Now if after sex you discuss all that then sex can be even greater to the tenth power.

On the best advice he’s been given about relationships:

I was in love with this guy and it became very volatile emotionally and physically abusive and we broke up twice. My spiritual godmother told me that I’ve done that already and why in the next relationship don’t I look for someone from a loving background. We all go to what’s familiar for us with people who come from the same drama and experiences and that’s not always healthy.

On the best advice he’s been given about work:

My friends hate me for this but if you don’t like your job: quit. I don’t have time for complaints. That wears me out to no end.

On the best advice he’s been given about living the fabulous life:

Have fun and enjoy each and every moment. If you don't then you miss out on the possibilities. Also surround yourself with those living the life. If you hang with broke people you end up being broke too.

For more information on Terrance’s column please visit: http://hellobeautiful.com/author/terrancedean/

By Souleo. In his ESSENCE Magazine best-selling book, Hiding In Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry - from Music to Hollywood author, speaker and educator Terrance Dean addressed hip-hop’s last taboo: homosexuality. In the process he forced the masses to face the truth about the deep secrets of a prominent gay sub-culture within not only the entertainment community, but within the larger urban community.

For the once closeted author the aftermath of the book’s release and subsequent success led to a newfound sense of freedom and personal acceptance.

“It’s opened the possibilities for me to share parts of my life. I don’t have to be afraid and hide who I am any longer. It’s out there and I know that God loves me—I’ve learned that,” he said.

With such confidence, Terrance has taken to sharing his insights about relationships, sex and careers in his new weekly advice column on hellobeautiful.com, “Straight, from your Gay Best Friend.” The column is targeted to women as Terrance notes that many need a better understanding of the male perspective.

“Many women ask me about certain sexual requests from their men and if that means that he is gay. So I wanted to set the record straight because I feel there’s misinformation about sex and sexuality,” he said.

One of those main areas of misguidance he wants to address with women is their behavior in relationships.

“I think one of the most common things they let men get away with is not def ining the relationship. Many women stay with men who won’t label the relationship or they are in relationships with men over 5 or 10 years and it’s not going anywhere. I think the gay community makes some of those same mistakes. We all need to learn to let go and move on,” he said.

Since its debut last month the column has been a hit and Terrance knows it has much to do with the sense of trust between gay men and women as seen in shows like “Will & Grace,” and in the Dwight Eubanks character on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

“For many women it’s hard to be friends with heterosexuals because while you have your head on his shoulder he may be wondering if you two are gonna hit it later on. So women know a gay man has no interest in them but is still able to speak on how a man thinks. So a gay man is truly a friend with no ulterior motive and it works vice versa too.”

While his weekly column comforts his readers Terrance is also hard at work on two new books including the fall release of, Straight, From Your Gay Best Friend - Who Else Is Going To Tell You The Truth About Work, Relationships, and Having a Fabulous Life! Before that fans can check out the anthology, Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris which also features novellas by James Earl Hardy and Stanley Bennet. The book is in honor of Terrance’s dear friend and mentor, New York Times best-selling author, the late E. Lynn Harris. 

Be sure to check out tomorrow’s part two with Terrance where he shares the juiciest advice he’s received about sex, relationships and work.

For more information on Terrance’s column please visit: http://hellobeautiful.com/author/terrancedean/

By Souleo. Model Coco is out to prove something and that's that there is more to her than the size of her rump or the fact that she is Ice-T's wife.  To show this other side she's slowly diverting attention away from her physical assets to her other gifts such as designing her own forthcoming Licious jeans line and working on an upcoming superhero novel book series.  Still, Coco can't seem to get away from the controversy and rumors.  In this JimmyJazz.com interview Coco talks it all including not minding being famous for her butt, rumors about her and Ice-T's sex life, her willingness to get more plastic surgery, her near death experience, why she doesn't mind being labeled a dumb blonde and more.

On the Coco you don't know:

People don't see me as wifey.  They see me as a crazy wild party girl.  I cook and clean and scrub toilets and wash my clothes.  I'm not all about the party all the time.  I juggle my husband's career and mine and I handle our calendar.  He has lectures, appearances, interviews, filming and I have my own shoots and everything.  I love it.  Ice tells me to do one thing at a time but I do five at one time and he laughs at me

On being famous for her butt:

I don't mind.  Everyone needs to be known somehow.  J.Lo is known for her butt so why can't Coco be known for her butt?  So no matter if you're a celebrity or not if there's a girl with a big booty who stands out then they'd talk about that one girl.

On the popularity of the big butt:

I think it's gonna be hot for one second and will turn just like anything else.  We have to think of something to talk about and this body part thing will go to another body part at some point.  So I guess ride the train as it's happening.

On plastic surgery:

When I did my boobs I didn't have a mentor and I wish I waited.  So that's why I had to do them again.  I would do more plastic surgery but I am fine right now.  As I get older it just depends on what starts sagging.

On love and relationships before Ice-T:

I've never had problems with love.  I just hook on and am into someone for years.  The boyfriend before Ice we were together for five years.  He was a nerd, worked for Intel and was a body builder guy.  I thought I was in love.  Then when I separated from him and fell in love with Ice it was so different.  He always wanted me around him and I wanted to do the same.  He wanted to go and do my nails and hair with me.  I consider Ice my girlfriend.  I can talk to him about anything.  It's very cool.

On the rumors about her and Ice-T's wild sex life:

I don't mind.  We are a sexy couple in front of and behind the camera.  So that's not a story.  What I don't like is when they talk bad between us.  We have a perfect relationship.  We are just a fun happening couple and people transcend that into being slutty and us having an open relationship which is not true.

On the fitness competition that almost killed her:

Winning Miss Eugenia in the fitness competition in Mexico was the hardest thing in my life.  I almost died.  They work you to the bone.  I passed out so many times.  There was exhaustion, no eating and drinking no water 'cause you don't want that in your tissues.  So I was literally dying but I said I need to win and I did.  I'll never do a fitness competition again.

On being labeled a "dumb blonde"

I get that all the time but I get more out of people when I act like that.  They don't think you're smart so they will tell you smart stuff.  I just calculate it in my head and later on I'll go to Ice and say this person told me this.  So I'm a magnet and I absorb a lot.  I act dumb but that's only to collect information.

On her upcoming Licious Jeans line:

I've always had problems with things on the rack fitting me.  I would have to get them cut and have them trimmed in the waist.  So I'm like why not do a line with just jeans with stretchy material for women shaped like me?  I don't think you need to be super skinny.  So we got some great fabulous designs and girls are gonna go crazy.  I can't wait.  Even those guys that get dressed up in girl stuff will love it!

For more information please visit: www.cocosworld.com

By Souleo. Well, not quite.  Willie Taylor of Day 26 may have had naked pictures leaked last year but the only sex tape he is issuing is his latest mixtape entitled, Sex Tape.  Sorry for the tease.  Throughout the mixtape Willie offers up tales of pleasure but what you may be surprised to know is that he didn't always know how to "Knock it Out of the Park," when it came to his sexual prowess.  As a young man he revealed to JimmyJazz.com that he had a lot to learn about the art of making love.

"I thought I was good but I had a couple of teachers who helped me get better.  I thought it was about hearing noises.  My young age wanted to hear noise and screaming for the neighbors.  Plus in high school the girls like you and the guys boost you on so I started feeling like I was the king but that wasn't so," he said.

Willie has now reached a place where he is confident in his, ahem, skills.

"In my older life I realized there's so much more.  So now I don't want loud screams.  I want passionate ones and to take my lady to a place she never been before and keep her going there every time.  Now I feel like I'm at a point where I can say I'm good and my wife vouches for that," he said.

Still with all the confidence he has now he doesn't see himself as a sex symbol despite constantly taking off his shirt for fans.

"I leave that up to the ladies and people who want to call me that.  I don't toot my own horn.  If you think I look nice then thank my mommy and my dad," he joked.

For Willie the mixtape release is also about more than just sex and music.  It's about him stepping front and center as an entrepreneur and the CEO of his own label, Noivak Music.

"I want to brand my label and that's why the mixtape is out under Noivak.  This way people can identify the label and get familiar with it so that when my artists come out they can trust the brand," he said.

Willie is also slated to get back into the studio this month with Day 26.  No doubt, they will be creating some more steamy songs for listeners.

You can get your freak to Willie's Sex Tape at the stroke of midnight on Valentine's Day when it become available for free download here: www.noivakmusic.com

Photos: Fred King @ King Vision Photography

By Souleo. In the DJ realm there is only one "commander-in-chief" and that is NYC's own, DJ Commish.  DJ Commish has worked with some of the biggest artists and corporations in the industry including Jay Z, BET, VIBE, AOL, the NBA and the NFL.  With his exclusive access to the stars you can bet that DJ Commish has some interesting tales to share on the celebrity party scene.

Some of the observations DJ Commish makes involves the party habits of the stars.  The most interesting habit comes from, Lil' Kim for her super late appearances.

"During the last two years of my New Year's parties she likes to come in at four in the morning.  Normally at four people are completely wasted and ready to go home but she is juts getting to the party and wanting to get it started," he said.

When the party does start, DJ Commish knows to expect the unexpected.  One unexpected occurrence involved Ray J and a flashing episode in the men's bathroom.

"I took a break from DJ'ing a party to go to the bathroom and Ray J followed right behind me.  So we're using the bathroom and talking about his album and the party.  Then some chick comes up between the two stalls and flashes him.  He apologized to me and was like this happens all the time.  Later when he came up to the DJ booth some other chicks came up and were wilding out too," he recalled.

Aside from the fun tales DJ Commish even has experience being caught in the crossfire of hip-hop heat, most notably the 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule vs. Fat Joe beef.

"I did a G-Unit barbecue 4 or 5 years ago and I was not allowed to play Ja Rule or Fat Joe.  The funny thing is it didn't come from the G-Unit camp at all but it came from the company working with G-Unit for the site.  50 Cent wasn't even there.  Olivia, Young Buck and others were there but they didn't even care.  They were there chilling so that was crazy," he said.

DJ Commish's craziest experience comes from outside the celebrity world with a near riot that almost landed him in jail.

"There was one night in Pittsburgh when I played Crime Mob's "Knuck if you Buck."  I didn't hear the record but five or six people requested it at the club so I played it.  There was a part where the girl starts her verse and once she started it was a riot in the club.  Police came in and shut the whole thing down.  They tried to arrest me for inciting a riot.  I had no idea and that happens to DJ's with certain records," he said.

It's these colorful experiences and memories that make it all worthwhile for DJ Commish and why he continues to keep on spinning at all the hot parties and on Music Choice's Mix-tape Network.

For more information on DJ Commish check out:

www.djcommish.com

By Souleo. This morning several outlets including one of our favorites, www.theybf.com reported the rumor that Baby Blue of R&B group, Pretty Ricky is a deadbeat dad. In the report actor Duane Martin who is married to actress Tisha Campbell-Martin supposedly sent around a letter stating that the singer impregnated his wife’s younger sister, Tiara. In the letter Duane allegedly states that Baby Blue has not returned calls to Tiara, claims he is not the father and that Tiara is now in a deep depression because of the alleged abandonment.

JimmyJazz.com is now the first outlet to get Baby Blue’s official response to the rumor.

On whether or not he is the father:

“I don’t know if the child is mine. We had protected sex. If I am the father I will take care of my child. I have a great father and I will take responsibility. We got a day camp called Blue Star Learning Center and kids are welcome. If I had the opportunity to father a child I would love it. The whole family would father that child. We don’t do deadbeat dad stuff around here.”

On his last communication with Tiara:

“Yesterday she called and said she was in Miami to get an abortion. I live in Miami so why wouldn’t you come by me?”

On the nature of his relationship with Tiara:

“It was one of those situations where it was not a relationship. We were two young people who had sex.”

On why he thinks the allegations are being made against him:

“Uhm, that’s the life of a celebrity. I don’t have time to actually be on the phone holding conversations like that. I’m in the studio. I’m sure maybe she wants attention or something. I mean to be honest I think the whole thing is just a rumor.”

On whether or not he will take a paternity test:

“Of course. I don’t know if it is true. So I’ll take a paternity test and take care of my child. I don’t like the press saying I’m a deadbeat dad and somebody saying that they pregnant. Five months is big right there and she should be showing by now.

Where is the proof at? How can I be a deadbeat dad of an unborn child?”

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