Queen Latifah ft. Missy Elliott - Fast Car in a Mustang

The Queen made a wish...Ford Motor Company commanded. Latifah, already a proud owner of a '65 Mustang, wished to drive the car in the extended music video for her new song 'Fast Cars' featuring Missy Elliot.

“There are certain cars throughout history that have their own identity. They become synonymous with feeling and energy, an event in your life,” says Latifah. “A Mustang is a Mustang; the car is timeless.”

On June 24, 2009, Latifah took a detour from promoting her new album to head to the New Jersey Motorsports Park, where Colin Braun and the 2010 Mustang were waiting for her. “Are you ready,” Braun asked her. She held on tight while he white-knuckled her through a few hot laps and then Latifah joked, “It’s time to conquer this track,” before she threw on her own helmet and experienced the raw power and handling of the new 2010 Mustang.

Lil Mogul's FIRST Interview - The World of MEGA

Last week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Craig “BBop” Gibson of The Pride Network & Pride Cast Show. To be totally honored, I found it interesting to have people seeking me out to hear about my career path and personal stories as an entrepreneur. As an entertainment manager and sometime publicist (I say sometime cuz I don’t view myself as a PR guy; however, it is on the job description to getting the job done), I prep clients for this type of thing. With media facts and talking points, it was alil nerve-racking for me.

BBop made the experiences easy for a brutha. Midway through the interview I started to reminisce on the past 15 years. My internship at Elite Models, my leap in the world of entertainment as an entrepreneur with my first business partner Jason Campbell, business associates, models, talent, clients, all my ups and downs. I had a chance to think about all the careers I help launch, all the places I have been

and the great projects I had the opportunity to work on.

Photos

Top: Lil Mogul & Model Madison

Center: Makeup Artist Sam Fine, Actress Vanessa L. Williams, Lil Mogul, Hairstylist Oscar James & Actor Al Bayon
Bottom: Booker Catherine, Booker Kat, Booker Bobbie Morais, Photographer James Hicks & Lil Mogul

It was a day to stop and look out. As Shug Avery once said, "I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it."

I must agree. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Craig “BBop” Gibson for giving me the opportunity to take time out to reflect on the past, soak in the present and plan for a continuous successful future while enjoying the journey of the MEGA World of Lil Mogul.

Listen to the interview here:

http://bbops_world_podcast.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-08-14T05_07_17-07_00

(My interview starts 41 minutes into the show)

Photo Top: Supermodel Tyra Banks in the early 90's with Sam Fine & Lil Mogul plotting an entertainment takeoff.

It's Hip, It's Soul, It's Ledisi

An exclusive, in-studio look at Ledisi and Raphael Saadiq during the making of "Turn Me Loose". Raphael and Ledisi discuss working together on the two tracks he produced on her new album. The project is available in stores and online TODAY.
Order today at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002E2M5LO/

Listen to snippets at: Ledisi In Your Ear

Track Listing:

1 Runnin'

2 Everything Changes

3 Turn Me Loose

4 Higher Than This

5 Alone

6 Love Never Changes

7 Please Stay8 Knockin'

9 Say No

10 Goin' thru Changes

11 I Need Love

12 Trippin'

13 The Answer to Why

14 Them Changes

New Album Cover Turn Me Loose Photo by Jack Guy 2009 Make up Nicole Caldwell Hair Michele London Stylist Nonja McKenzie

What's That on your Head? A WIG!!!

When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl’s head! Director Jeff Stilson’s camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture. An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter’s question. What he discovers is that black hair is a BIG BUSINESS that doesn’t always benefit the black community and little Lola’s question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.

In Selected Cities on October 9th