Why do we care if it’s new hair?
Why is it that when a celebrity debuts her new weave hairstyle, we blogs have to write a new post about it?
As far as I’m concerned, weave is no different from lacefronts or wigs; it’s all artificial hair to me. So why make a big deal about it? Did the media in the 60s write articles every time Diana Ross debuted a new wig?
Last night, R&B Diva Monica, who I love like a niece, tweeted a pic of her new weave. But instead of tweeting “new hair”, she tweeted “new color!” That tweet left me baffled. I thought when we announce we have a new color, we’re supposed to mean our own hair?
Mo later clarified that the new color was in reference to her own hair. She then acknowledged her new hair by declaring, “I bought it.”
That’s fine. But when a man buys a new car that’s a different color than his last vehicle, does he pull up to his boy’s crib and shout, “hey dawg, new color!”
New Music: Brandy & Monica: “It All Belongs To Me”
Last month, Sandrarose.com told you exclusively that Monica would be releasing her single with Brandy today! V-103 just premiered the new single titled “It All Belongs To Me”. The mid tempo single is the first time the two stars have recorded together since “The Boy Is Mine” 14 years ago.
“It All Belongs To Me” is the first single off Monica’s upcoming studio album titled New Life, available April 10th and Brandy’s forthcoming, yet-to-be titled album set for release this Spring, according to RCA Records publicity dept.
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Monica Brown Performs at 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands
On Friday night, R&B Diva Monica had the distinction of hosting the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands dinner at the Georgia Dome at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta (above). She wore a beautiful gold embroidered floor length gown to the dinner!
And on Saturday, Monica thrilled the audience by performing during the 10th Anniversary Honda Battle of the Bands annual extravaganza!
Photos by Sophia Jones Professional Photographer Represented by RetnaTel.
Rico Love: “Monica and Amber are not recording a song together”
That Monica Brown is NOT recording a song with stripper-turned-singer Amber Rose. Mo’s producer Rico Love, who produced half of Monica’s much-anticipated album, New Life, is outraged that a certain blog “misrepresented” his hard work based on a photo.
“Monica was in the studio last night when La La [Anthony] stopped by and they took pictures,” Rico explained.
“[Amber] was just passing by and they took a picture together,” he said of Mo and Amber, who released her first single, “Fame” last week.
“They are not recording no song together!” said Rico via phone from his seat at Madison Square Garden where Mo’s husband, Shannon Brown, and the Phoenix Suns are taking on Carmelo Anthony and the NY Knicks.
“I’m losing my patience with this sh*t,” said Rico as he tried to be heard above the roar of the crowd in the arena.
Rico continued: “The only duets that Mo has is with Brandy, which is due out Feb. 6,” he said. “There are no duets with Monica and any other females, period!” He also revealed that the music video is slated to shoot next week.
“I know how sensitive these chicks can get, but we take our artistry very seriously,” said the producer who has worked with Usher, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and others.
“We’re not trying to act nasty toward anybody. But that was totally wrong information to put out based on a picture that was taken in passing.”
Monica’s album, New Life, is scheduled for a March 26 release.
Monica Brown and Amber Rose, Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa in the Studio
Yesterday the Internet was abuzz when Kanye West’s former beard Amber Rose tweeted a pic of herself posing with legenday R&B singer Monica Brown in a studio. Monica is busy recording her much-anticipated album, New Life, set for a Feb. 21 release (which we hope will rocket her into the stratosphere). We really hope Amber was just passing through the studio and that Mo obliged her with a photo? We would hate to hear Amber shrieking on a Monica track.
Monica Headlines Battle of the Bands 2012
R&B Diva Monica will headline the annual Battle of the Bands on Jan. 28 at the Georgia Dome.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: “eight college marching bands from historically black colleges and universities will showcase their music and showmanship at this annual invitational event, but it will also spotlight the talents of Grammy-winning Atlanta singer and songwriter Monica.”
Monica will perform at the Battle of the Bands on Jan. 28, just weeks before the scheduled release of her seventh album, New Life. You can get a taste of the new album on the Georgia native’s website, which features the video for the track “Until It’s Gone.” You can pre-order the album there, too.
Tickets for the event, which begins at 3 p.m. Jan. 28, are available at Ticketmaster or at the Georgia Dome Box Office. Tickets are $10-$12.
The bands participating in this year’s Honda Battle of the Bands are:
Albany State University’s Marching Rams Show Band
Bethune Cookman University’s Marching Wildcats
Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South
Prairie View A&M University’s Marching Storm
South Carolina State University’s Marching 101
Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands
Virginia State University’s Marching Trojan Explosion
Winston-Salem State University’s Red Sea of Sound
Monica Covers Sister 2 Sister Magazine
R&B star and real life Basketball Wife Monica covers the January 2012 issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine. Inside, she shares exclusive family photos with S2S and tells Publisher Jamie Foster Brown about her life with her hubby, L.A. Lakers star guard Shannon Brown: when she knew he was “the one,” how they make their blended family work, what’s up with her girlfriends Keyshia Cole and Brandy, and why the release of her new CD was pushed back.
Also, in this issue, local club promoter Omar “Slimm” White, 28, talks about why he dumped his 48-year-old fiancee, Vivica A. Fox; why he likes older women, and why celebrity life doesn’t faze him.
About him and Vivica being on the cover of S2S, Slimm said, “Nah, she didn’t tell me. Honestly, I haven’t spoken to her in about two months…I’m assuming that when she got the word that (the interview) would happen, she probably was banking on us getting back together…But my thing is, I’m not going to marry a person if I’m not happy. That’s why I had to step back. Like, we’re not compatible no more. It’s just time to move on.”
S2S also has exclusive pics of singer Fantasia, her man Antwaun Cook and celeb guests at Fantasia’s baby shower. See even more photos at S2Smagazine.com/FannysShower
