Showing posts with label Role Models. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Role Models. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Blazin Hot Video .... Vector ft 2face.......... Get Down


Nigerian musicians 2face Idibia and rapper vector have teamed up on this new joint 'Get Down'. Watch the video which was directed by Clarence Peters after the jump



Friday, May 20, 2011

Wrestler Macho Man Is Dead

American wrestler Macho man Randy Savage is dead. The wrestler suffered a heart attack while driving causing him to have a head on collision with a tree.

The WWE and fellow wrestlers have already started reacting to the news....
"WWE is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the greatest Superstars of his time, Randy Poffo, aka Randy “Macho Man” Savage."

Hulk Hogan wrote this on his twitter page, "I'm completely devastated, after over 10 years of

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not talking with Randy, we've finally started to talk and communicate."
He added, "He had so much life in his eyes & in his spirit, I just pray that he's happy and in a better place and we miss him."
"We miss him a lot. I feel horrible about the ten years of having no communication. This was a tough one."

Mick Foley aka Mankind tells TMZ, "Though I only met Randy Savage a handful of times, he was one of my all-time favorite performers ... I loved his style, in the ring and on the microphone.
He adds, "I loved hearing stories about Randy and his wrestling family. From the incredible matches in the small towns throughout the south where he forged a legendary reputation before becoming a household name with WWE, to the tales of even more legendary thrift on the road - that I did my very best to live up to - Randy Savage had a profound effect on me."

The Rock posted this via twitter..."RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage - you were one of my childhood inspirations and heros. Strength, love and prayers to the Savage/Poffo family."

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Blazin Hot Video .... Blind Fury......Friends Before Lovers



   If you watched BET's freestyle friday then you would definitely know Blind Fury. Let me do a quick rundown for those of you that don't know him..... he is an incredibly gifted rapper who can also sing ( he blew Chris Brown and other judges away when he sang during the semi finals *can't really remember exactly what stage though i am almost certain it was the semi finals*). The guy held people spell bound with his style of rap for weeks and went ahead to win the competion. Yes as his name goes he is blind.
      This man shows that no matter what life throws your way you should always have the confindenc to pursue your drems and be the best at it.
    Watch the debut music video from this gifted young man after the jump

 

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Idris Elba To Open Health Clinic In Sierra Leone


Actor Idris Elba is planning on opening a healthcare clinic in Sierra Leone to provide support for sick families in his father’s homeland. The actor was born in England to African parents and admits he’s “embarrassed” he’s never visited his father’s birthplace or his mother’s hometown in Ghana,
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putting together plans to boost healthcare in Sierra Leone by teaming up with a cousin to fund a medical unit in the country – and he’s even considering helping the region’s arts industry.
“It’s embarrassing. I have to go. There are plans, serious plans! I can’t wait,” Elba tells Britain’s Observer Magazine. “I want to go to Sierra Leone with something – whether it’s some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.
“I would really like to open a studio in Sierra Leone. It’s a country that can actually house and look like many parts of the world. If I could somehow encourage a film community to use Sierra Leone as the studio in West Africa to make films there, that would be really cool.”

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

I Am Feeling........ Award Winning Author 'Myne Whitman'



   When i see Nigerians and indeed Africans doing extremely well i am always very proud.When they are role models to young people...I brag about them. One person who i am definitely feeling right now is award winning author 'Myne Whitman'.
      Myne Whitman is a Nigerian author based in the United States who writes romantic fiction under this pen name. She was born and raised in Enugu, Nigeria, where she spent most of her time, studying, reading and daydreaming or climbing trees and playing with the boys. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health Research but has chosen her childhood dream of spinning stories. Myne writes and blogs full-time, and volunteers as an ESL tutor for a local charity. She critiques with the Seattle Eastside Writers Meet-up and is a
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   In June 2010, the author won big at the Nigerian Blog Awards scooping up the Nigerian Blog of the Year, Best Use of Social Media, Best Collaborative Blog and Best Writing and Book Blog. Myne Whitman has received full page features in the THISDAY, Vanguard, NEXT and the National Daily Newspaper with several articles and interviews in the Guardian, African Loft, Reading Bridges Magazine, among many others. The author was the Personality of the month for LadyBrille Magazine in March and the Spotlight Profile for the AfrikanGoddess Online in July.
The author’s publicity profile soared after her first novel, A Heart to Mend, was released in December 2009. The novel started life as a series of excerpts shared on the author's blog, but has brought only accolades in its wake. A Heart to Mend appeared in the top twenty West African Books on the Amazon Kindle Bestseller list, and also was recently selected by The New African Woman July Issue as one of the Summer Must-reads alongside The Long Song by Andrea Levy and The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna.

A Love Rekindled looks set to meet and surpass the benchmark set by AHTM. In February 2011, it was long listed into the second round of the Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough Novel Award. The book will be officially released on Sunday, April 3, 2011 with a full video trailer and a Nollywood Casting, along with promotional giveaways.
You can follow Myne Whitman's blog, follow her on Facebook or Twitter to keep updated.