50 Cent Covers JET Magazine
From a press release:
Successful rapper, author and actor Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent covers JET Magazine’s Oct. 24/31 issue. In this issue, 50 discusses his new book, 50 Cent Playground: The Mostly True Story of a Reformed Bully, which he hopes will encourage kids to think about the reasons behind bullying and how it impacts communities. JET also gets the renowned superstar to open up about his personal life. Find out what book inspired him and why ongoing education played a pivotal role in his life. Plus, learn how he raises his teenage son and uncover why he believes there is a difference between earning a college degree and truly being educated.
Also in this issue:
The 12 People Deciding Our Financial Fate
Literacy In Our Community
Celebs’ Unscripted Challenges
And, of course, every week…
The JET BEAUTY sizzles while JETSETTERS keep moving higher. And JET gives you all of the Celeb Buzz, Editors’ Picks, Photos, News, Politics and juicy scoops to keep you in the know about what’s HOT & happening in Black America.
Be sure to check out www.jetmag.com for your chance to win a DVD copy of the TV Season of Shaft.
On newsstands nationwide October 24, 2011
Rihanna mocks her alcohol and drug problems in new album covers
As you know, a source very close to Rihanna’s camp tipped us off about her alleged alcohol and drug problems. The 23-year-old troubled singer seems to flaunt her reported substance abuse problems on two new covers for her upcoming album, Talk That Talk.
The artwork for the album depicts Rihanna holding her head with dark makeup around her eyes. The cover intentionally gives the illusion that she’s completely wasted. While on the Deluxe package cover Rihanna appears to be blowing marijuana smoke out of her mouth.
The fact that Rihanna would make light of her alleged alcoholism and drug problems in her artwork shows how immature and manipulative she is. Rihanna doesn’t care that most of her fans are impressionable teenagers and young adults.
As our source recently told us, “Rihana does what Rihanna wants to do.”
DISSED: Dudley doesn’t have the time for Rihanna
Those of us who knew better scoffed at reports that troubled singer Rihanna was dating British model Dudley O’Shaughnessy, 21. We already knew that the 23-year-old Bajan is neither Dudley’s speed, nor proper gender. Rihanna clearly has a type. Unfortunately, her type is usually gay or bisexual.
According to British tabloid The Mirror, Dudley dismissed rumors that he and Rihanna are dating. The fighter-turned-model said he just doesn’t have the time to be Rihanna’s beard: “My career is my biggest priority right now,” he said.
At his mom’s home in East London yesterday, he told the paper: “We had fun together, but I don’t know whether I will see her again to be honest.” He added: “I’d like to go to America …but for work.”
Rihanna is featured on the cover of this month’s Esquire magazine. In the cover story, the self-hating singer, who is bisexual, revealed that she still struggles with her feelings of inadequacy, which leads her to pine away for the unavailable men who often end up brutalizing her.
Kelly Rowland Covers Cosmopolitan
Of all the random celebrities covering magazines, Kelly Rowland’s covers are the most beautiful! Kelly’s cocoa smooth skin and cover girl smile makes her a favorite of professional photographers.
From Toya
Kelly Rowland shows off her gym-bound physique on the UK’s November 2011 edition of Cosmopolitan. The beaming songstress poses in her lingerie bra top, black leather shorts and black jacket with red lining. Kelly will be back in the UK this weekend as The X Factor finally moves into its live finals stage. Does she have the winning category? In my honest opinion? The answer is NO!
Kelly was spotted wearing a purple string bikini while relaxing on the beach with a friend yesterday.
Photos by Bauer Griffin
Morning Glory & Wood: Athletes Strip for ESPN The Magazine
Sylvia Fowles of WNBA’s Chicago Sky by Jeff Riedel for ESPN
Age:
26
Body stats:
6-foot-6, 200 pounds
Birthplace:
Miami, Fla.
Career highlight:
Earned a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Your favorite athletes are photographed completely naked as ESPN The Magazine unveils its third annual “Body Issue,” on newsstands Oct. 7. More than 20 pro athletes strip for the strategically covered portraits in the “Bodies We Want” section of the issue, which the magazine calls an “exploration and celebration of the athletic form.” (AJC)
Thanks to loyal reader Nicole B. for sending us this link to ESPN The Magazine’s 2011 Body Issue.
Nia Long Covers EBONY Magazine
Nia Long Bares Her Soul-and her Belly-In Her Most Intimate Interview ever! The actress poses nude for EBONY’s cover—and gives us an exclusive peek at her very personal pregnancy diary.
Cover Star and expectant mother, Nia Long as you’ve never seen her before!
In the November issue, Long gives EBONY an inside look into her pregnancy diary, the shocking news that made her knees buckle, and how she and her partner, Ime Udoka, are handling the changes and bracing for a new chapter in life. She also opens up to EBONY for the first time ever about her humble roots, reconnecting with family in the West Indies, raising her son, finding her life mate–and about the pregnancy that wasn’t suppose to happen. “The medical profession tries to tell every woman, ‘Have your babies before 40…’ Society tells us ‘Get married before 30…’ I think if we just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.”
Lil Wayne: “Drake is not my competition, I’m the guy’s boss”
Young Money Records owner Lil Wayne put the smack down on his employee, Drake, during a cover interview for VIBE magazine’s October/November issue, due out in October.
When VIBE asked the platinum rapper if he felt intimidated by Drake’s meteoric success, Weezy’ revealed his own insecurity:
VIBE: You mentioned how humbled you were at the success of “She Will.” Drake, who wrote and performs the song’s chorus, has now become a platinum star in his own right. Do you look at the guy and say, “Wow, I helped create a monster, I have to stay on my toes”?
LIL WAYNE: I don’t look at it like that. Drake is my artist. If he wasn’t my artist, then yeah maybe. But that’s my artist. He’s not [just] a friend. We’re more than friends. It’s business. It would be impossible for it to be a competition. I mean, I’m the guy’s boss.
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