Hip Hop culture celebrated 50 years of innovative music and Raymour & Flanigan Harlem, is part of the celebration. Roz Live has partnered with the nationally known furniture store to produce the Connie Kennedy Talk Show. Kennedy is a Harlem socialite and self-proclaimed advocate for solutions to healthy living.
Kennedy’s show will feature local and national guests with varied topics like Celebrity Buzz by Harlemwood Glamour and maintaining mental health with Dr. Jeff. Kennedy’s first promotional show featured the Godfather of Hip Hop DJ Hollywood and New York legendary Top Club DJ Eddie Cheeba. The 125th Street Raymour & Flanigan store presented the perfect talk show back drop for the story of how DJ Hollywood became the first Hip Hop DJ to headline the Apollo Theater, prior to his signing with CBS Records.
According to People, John Boyega has revealed that his “They Cloned Tyrone” co-star Jamie Foxx has “finally picked up the phone” and is “doing well” in the midst of his health crisis. At the American Black Film Festival, Boyega recently said he had been unable to reach the Oscar winning actor. However, Boyega told People, “He finally picked up the phone. Thank you, bro. He’s doing well. And then, you know, we just giving him the privacy and we can’t wait for his return. I gave him the well wishes directly. So I’m just gonna be waiting until he comes back out here. So take your time, Jamie. We love you bro.”
Meanwhile, Datari Turner, who co-produced “They Cloned Tyrone” with Foxx said, “He’s doing amazing. I promise you. Doing really, really good. Director Joel Taylor talked to him yesterday.”
Riding high on the success of her latest album, “Imagine,” as well as solid media appearances on radio and television, the marvelous Tony award-winning /R&B legend Ms. Melba Moore unveils her single, “It Seems To Hang On,” via The Gallery Entertainment /Orpheus Enterprises label. The song will be added as a bonus track to the “Imagine” album. Written and first recorded by the team of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson in 1978 (the duo’s first Billboard R&B chart topper and Top 40 hit as performers), Ms. Moore offers a fresh, new take on the soul classic, which she feels that fans of both the original and her followers will enjoy. Said Ms. Moore, “I recorded this classic as a way to honor my fans as well as two very special people — Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson — who opened up so many doors of opportunities for me.” “It Seems To Hang On” is available on streaming/download platforms.
Tongues are wagging that songstress Julia Robertson’s new single “Heat” is the hit of the summer. It is produced by Erick “Mr. Major” Shervington. Robertson’s long-awaited album “The Audio-biography of Julia Robertson is on the way!
