1) Eminem
2) Lil’ Wayne
3) Kanye West
4) 50 Cent
5) T.I.
6) Ludacris
7) Drake
8 ) Young Jeezy
9) Jadakiss
10) Rick Ross
Do you agree?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Church abandoned me when my mariage failed-- Kenny St Brown
She set the rule even before the commencement of the interview. Looking quite robust, relaxed and remarkably attractive than few years ago when she was battling with emotional trauma caused by her broken marriage, gospel act, Kenny St Brown insists she would not take any question relating to her crashed marriage. Holed up in her cosy, sparsely furnished Lagos apartment for sometime now, the sultry gospel sensation appears determined to rid her once heavy heart of thoughts regarding her failed marriage with fellow musician, Eddy Montana.
Yet she savours the exciting company of her two lovely kids, whose framed picture on the center table smiles at you as you wait in her sitting room. “We can talk about anything, but please don't ask me about my marriage,” she warned as she sat gently on a plastic chair under a mango tree directly opposite her apartment.
But more importantly, she would love to speak about her latest album, 'Turn Around', especially the significant impact it made in the music career of the late hip hop star, Dagrin, who featured in one of the twelve songs in the album.
According to her, Dagrin's meteoric rise to fame before and after his death was largely influenced by the song. “Turn Around is a connection of powerful prayer points from A to Z. It was produced at the time Dagrin was looking for prominence and all his prayers in that song were answered. In the song, he asked God for fame, he asked for money and wanted to be a widely celebrated rapper.
''All his requests were granted as he soon had money and became a celebrated rapper. Unfortunately, he did not ask for long life, he did not ask God for safety. If he did, I believe he would have lived longer. After his death God revealed this to me and I went back to the song and realised it was true.”
Love life
It is not what I would like to talk about. Right now, I'm in love with my career. I don't even think about it. It doesn't even come up in my prayer points. Maybe because of what I suffered in the past. It wasn't funny. I found my career totally threatened. Even my church that was supposed to be my succour compounded my problem. They removed me from the list of artists and told members to stop inviting me to events. I went to events and found my name totally absent and when I asked the people in charge, they would say it was the church that asked
them to do so. It was so bad that at a point I considered going into business. But God spoke to me. He said, 'I'm the one who called you to church from the world. If the church has rejected you, the radio and TV will accept you.' Gradually, I started putting myself together and I thank God who has given me a turn around.
Shift to club, party songs I have rebranded from doing the typical church praise and worship gospel songs to more contemporary club compliant, party acceptable songs. It is like a total revolution for me. It is a rebranding in terms of content, style and target audience. You don't expect me to do 'you are worthy worthy' I did 11 years ago because it can no longer satisfy the audience of today. It is necessary to do this in order to meet the current demands of the Nigeria music market.
Delay in album release It took time for me to release the last album because my own kind of music is very peculiar. I deal with real life situations, real experiences, real circumstances and all that. I'm not like some artists that will find somebody to write for them and then use their image to present it to the world. My work is a creative work in which I am conditioned to meet strict conditions in terms of content theme and messages that must be delivered the way music is being delivered now. There is a compelling need to create content for radio and TV where, at a time, there was no representation for the gospel so there is a vacuum to be filled with contemporary gospel songs. So, all this is responsible for the delay because if you look at Turn Around, you will agree with me that there is flow, emotional connection and fluidity from the first track to the last.
DagrinActually it was Sheyma, the producer of 'Turn Around' that brought us together. But I would say it was destiny that brought us together. Though the first time I encountered him was two years earlier when I conducted a talent hunt, in which he made a semi final. But destiny later broug us together because it was at the time I wanted a turn around in my career and he too was looking for prominence. At that time he was always with Sheyma to feature in the albums of some of the notable artists he was producing then. At first I was wondering what contribution would someone like Dagrin make to my kind of music. But I was shocked when he started delivering his songs. He even had more prayer points than me. It was then I knew that the boy really believed in God. He believed that it was only God who could do it for him and God answered all his prayers. Turn Around video came out before he released Pon Pon. It was all his wishes in Turn Around that were eventually granted even though he had a death wish hanging on him which reflects in his 'If I die'. But he touched more lives after death than when he was alive.
Family influenceMy elder brother, Keke is into entertainment journalism while I'm a gospel singer. We all have our individual calling within entertainment. I would say my music talent comes from my mother’s lineage because I can remember my mum's elder brother was a DJ back in Ago Iwoye, our home town. He was always busy from Monday to Monday and we were following him to naming, wedding and burial ceremonies in Ago Iwoye in the 60s, 70s till 80s. My mother has a very strong voice. My sister Moji Dokpesi has a good soprano voice. My father was an educationist and an evangelist. So I would say the gospel part of me is from my father.
Advice to single ladiesDon't get too desperate for marriage no matter the situation you find yourself because it can make men take you for granted. You don't even have to make it prominent on your prayer points because the more you do so, the more desperate you become and this can put men off. Just be calm and always make yourself attractive to men in terms of character, physical appearance and your general conducts. It is better for a man to get desperate than for a woman to get desperate.
Source : Onlinenigeria
Jackson is the highest earning dead celebrity
Michael Jackson has been named Forbes Magazine's top earning dead celebrity.
Although
or alive apart from Oprah.
Jackson not only took the No.1 spot on the 10th annual ranking of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, with gross earnings of $275 million, but he made more money than the other 11 deceased celebrities that made the list combined!
His estate's 12-month haul was greater than overall income of the two biggest alive musical acts this year, U2 and AC/DC.
The list
Michael Jackson - $275 million
Elvis Presley - $60 million
J.R.R. Tolkien - $50 million
Charles Schultz - $33 million
John Lennon - $17 million
Steig Larsson
Dr. Suess (Theodor Geisel)
Albert Einstein
George Steinbrenner
Richard Rodgers
Jimi Hendrix ties with Steve McQueen,
Aaron Spelling.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Kim's Response to Critics Over Reggie Bush
I am so excited for you to see what is probably my most open and vulnerable episode when it comes to my personal life.
However, I saw some stuff on the Internet saying I’ve put Reggie on blast for airing a phone call with the two of us. Reggie and I were in a relationship for over 3 years and we have taped dozens of conversations and iChatted many times while filming, so this is nothing new or scandalous. Reggie is my friend, and whether or not, we are in a relationship, he is someone I care about. With that
said I live my life on a reality show and to let you guys into my life, I show as much as I can. This episode is my most emotional and most vulnerable and it takes a lot to put yourself out there the way I did.
I think once you watch the episode you will really see that I in no way put anyone on blast! We are sharing a small bit of my personal life. Clearly so much more has gone on between us that no one hour episode can cover.
This really made me see how tough it is for Kourtney and Scott to open up so much and share so much and I admire their strength!
Kim responds to people who criticised her for airing her heated phone conversation with Reggie Bush on her reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians"
Na Wah Ohh!!! Man Rapes Woman, Then Asks Her On A Date
The NYDailyNews is reporting that a woman is claiming to have been raped then later texted and called by her attacker in an attempt to get together.
The victim claims that early March of last year, her attacker, Timothy West, 26, gained access to her home via a window and raped her twice at knifepoint while her mother and brother slept upstairs.
The 21-year-old waitress goes on to allege that after the dreaded ordeal that she gave West her cell phone number, hoping he would contact her so she could alert the police.
Sure enough, she claims she received a text a few hours later from West that read: “What's Up girl?”
The attacker then called her and had this eerie conversation that was played for the court room, on thursday(October 21).The victim asks, "You just broke into my house, yo. I've never seen you before .... You try to rob me, then you rape me. Why you did that to me?"
"I do apologize from the bottom of my heart," he told her.
He then asks: "You mad at me?... I can't call you no more?"
"What made you want to come in and break into my house? Why out of all the houses, why my house?" she questions.
"It was just random," he replied.
"Can I come see you?" he asked.
The woman then agreed to meet the man at a location where she was waiting with the police who promptly arrested West.
The defense claims that the sex was consensual, pointing out that the victim never screamed out to alert her family members.
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