FanMAIL: Willie Taylor Wants You To Know…
A publicist for Day 26 member Willie Taylor emailed me this statement insisting that Willie would never circulate images of himself on the Internets holding his peen. I’m a always appreciative when big PR firms include me in their mailings because it means that my hard work isn’t going unnoticed.
But I never saw the image referenced in this email. Normally my loyal readers would email those types of images to me for consideration. But I would never post them because Sandraose.com is a family oriented blog and we hold ourselves to a higher standard than other blogs.
However, I did see the Jamie Foxx peen image and I was disgusted by it. I don’t see how any female could allow Jamie Foxx within a mile of her box with that crooked pipe cleaner he has. It looks like someone stepped on it with her (or his) 6 in. heels and broke it.
No wonder his lawyers made them take it down so quickly. That was not a good look, and it explains why he’s single.
Anyway, here’s the statement from Willie:
(New York, NY – August 17, 2009) – Recording Artist and member of Award winning recording group DAY26 – Willie Taylor provides official statement in regards of photo-shopped image of himself on the internet.
“It is very unfortunate that someone would try to degrade my name by posting a fake photoshop image of myself on the internet holding what is alleged to be my penis. The alleged picture is my face, but the holding the penis part is not.
I am a man that has a family and have a tremendous amount of respect for myself, my son, my group and all of my fans across the world and I would never put them through such a predicament. So, in a nut shell, that picture is not me.”
Thank you!
Source: Ra-Fael Blanco | TwoRsEnt@aol.com
Obama ‘Joker’ Artist Unmasked: He’s A Fellow Chicagoan
That strong gust of wind some of you felt last week was the winds of Change blowing Barack Obama’s house of cards down. It’s amazing to me how many multitudes of former Kool Aide drinkers have put their cups down and been reformed. I realized Obama himself would ultimately reveal to the masses what a fraud he was. But honestly, I never thought it would happen this quicky. I figured a year, maybe two tops.
Yesterday, I spent the better part of two hours reading this post on the Entertainment board on AOL Black Voices forums. The post is titled “Say It Ain’t So, Barack!” It was so enlightening to read intelligent, well thought out political commentary from black people for a change! I wanted to copy & paste some of those comments on my blog, but there were too many good ones!
Now comes word that the artist who created the infamous Obama ‘Joker’ posters has been unmasked, and he is a fellow Chicagoan! His name is Firas Alkhateeb, and he is a senior history major at the University of Illinois.
Alkhateeb crafted the now famous Time magazine cover featuring Obama in clown makeup on Adobe Photoshop software and uploaded the image to Flickr. At first he got a thousand hits, but the hits exploded after an anonymous visitor downloaded the image and removed the references to Time magazine. The anonymous artist added the word “Socialism” and hung copies of the image around L.A., making headlines throughout the country.
The LA Times newspaper tracked the image to the Flickr account and the page was taken down. Flickr said they removed the page due to copyright violations. Alkhateeb is adjusting to his newfound fame after giving The Times an interview, but he’s concerned about the backlash from Chicagoans.
“After Obama was elected, you had all of these people who basically saw him as the second coming of Christ,” Alkhateeb said. “From my perspective, there wasn’t much substance to him.”
A Dozen People With Guns Show Up Outside Obama Event Today
A dozen people with automatic weapons — two carrying assault rifles — showed up outside a pro-health care reform rally next to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Arizona where President Obama was speaking, according to the Huffington Post.
HuffPo just posted this video of a man carrying weapons legally outside the event. The man, who is black, said “Because I can do it,” when asked why he was armed. He had a pistol on his hip, and an AR-15 (a semi-automatic assault rifle) on a strap over his shoulder. Two police officers stuck real close to him.
The Arizona Republic has more details.
Massive Advertiser Exodus From Glenn Beck’s Show
It seems advertisers are bolting en masse from FOX Channel’s top rated Glenn Beck Show apparently in response to a racist comment made by the hyperactive host. If you recall, Beck called Barack Obama a racist.
Gawker.com has compiled a list of advertisers who asked FOX News to pull their ads from the show:
- Wal-Mart
- Best Buy
- Braodview Security
- CVS
- Re-Bath
- Travelocity
- Allergen
- GMAC Financial Services
- Ally Bank (a division of GMAC)
- ConAgra
- Geico
- Proctor & Gamble
- Progressive insurance
- Roche
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Radio Shack
- Men’s Warehouse
- Lawyers.com
- Sargento
I’m sure FOX has a ton of advertisers and this list only amounts to a trickle. But according to Colorofchange.org, the group that organized the boycott, 8 advertisers pulled out within the past hour. We know how these things work: advertisers pull their ads because it’s the politically correct thing to do. But once the smoke clears and the fanfare dies down, it’s business as usual. I’m sure millionaire Beck isn’t crying in his beer though.
Confirmed: Janet Jackson Working With Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Over the weekend I received a flood of emails from irate readers correcting my post about legendary pop icon Janet Jackson working with equally as legendary producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis again.
I wrote that Janet tweeted about writing songs with the production duo whose hit “Control” made Janet an overnight sensation. But my readers insisted she was referring to her pet dogs. Now why would Janet be writing songs with dogs?
Well, according to online reports, I was right. No apologies necessary. We’re not all perfect all the time.
On Friday via her official Twitter page, Janet Jackson stated, “Hangin’ out with my babies Rocky n Bullwinkle while writing songs for the new project.” “Rocky and Bullwinkle” is well know as her pet names for Jam and Lewis. Are all the pieces falling into place for a new pop classic by Janet Jackson? We should all find out early in 2010. Meanwhile, check out some of the top past achievements from Janet Jackson with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Source
Lil Scrappy Gets Shaped Up
In between trying to make babies with rapper Diamond, rapper Lil Scrappy has a new mixtape coming out on Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace Records called The Shape Up. The mixtape is produced by DJs Don Cannon, Infamous and Tee the Barber.
“Everybody’s been wondering where your boy been at, what he’s been doing,” Scrappy said in a recent interview with MTV writer Shaheem Reid.
“I got with Ludacris, new deal with DTP. Luda and Chaka took me straight to Def Jam. It’s going digital, Gs up. Shape Up is all about keeping yourself flip-flop up. As soon as you get to looking raggedy, touch yourself up, get your shape up. Get yourself in shape. Every day is a struggle.”
“Scrappy did it for the people in the struggle trying to get their life together,” said DJ Don Cannon, who used to spin for Scrappy years ago. “It’s one of those inspirational records. We do it out here, go ‘hood to ‘hood like Alabama, Arkansas, Houston, Nashville, Dallas, that know about the ‘hood and how we had to represent it, how we had to shape it up.”
Gucci Mane, whose single with Mario and Sean Garrett sits at #20 on Billboard, guests on Scrappy’s mixtape.
Miley Cyrus Outpaces Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye
No surprise here: “Run This Town” is simply awful — even with Superstar Rihanna’s supporting vocals.
When three artists who have all had 10 or more top 10 hit singles and are arguably all at the top of their game collaborate for a high profile single, you might think it would be the biggest new release of the week. However, when you go up against the hottest teen artist with a little bit of the wind of controversy at her back, then you’ll just have to sit in the back seat and watch. That’s the story behind the first week sales battle between “Run This Town” by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West and Miley Cyrus’ latest “Party In the USA.”
The hottest new song in the country is Miley Cyrus’ latest “Party in the USA” [with] an expected 200,000 copies sold.
“Run This Town” is the second single from Jay-Z’s upcoming album The Blueprint 3. Billboard estimates the song will sell a total of 150-170,000 copies in its first week… Not shabby at all, but not good enough to be the hottest new single around.
