Celeb Style: chris brown in MCM

Troubled singer chris brown, 21, was spotted outside his New York hotel wearing a trendy MCM cognac TI$A backpack. I told you about the resurgence of this popular backpack late last year when I noticed several celebs wearing one.

MCM was all the rage back when I was in high school, but the brand fizzled out in the late 80s. I called the NY MCM flagship store yesterday and they confirmed that this backpack is sold out everywhere. Had you acted quickly when I first told you, this backpack could have been yours for a mere $450. Luckily, I got mine before the stampede.

Photos: The Media Circuit/INFphoto.com/INF PHOTO and Splash News

Celeb Style: Jay Z in Balmain Distressed Camo Hoodie

I thought only little kids still wore Timberland boots?

According to UpscaleHype:

Jay-Z, minority owner of the New Jersey Nets was spotted sitting courtside as his Nets hosted the Utah Jazz last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Jay-Z dressed real casual rocked a Balmain distressed camo hoodie (approx. $694) and a pair of black nubuck Timberland boots ($155). What do you think of his courtside look?

Celebrity Seed: LisaRaye (Kai Morae)

LisaRaye’s beautiful daughter, Kai Morae, 23, is Apple Bottom’s first plus-size model. As I reported earlier, the photos were shot by celebrity photographer Derek Blanks.

The shoot was done in Los Angeles and will be featured in an upcoming episode of ‘LisaRaye The Real McCoy’ on TVONE.

The images feature fashions from Nelly’s Apple Bottom’s Spring 2011 Collection. Apple Bottoms started out in 2003 as a denim label designed specifically to fit the natural curves of African American women.

Now the company has branched into a full lifestyle brand featuring Apparel, Footwear, Swimwear, Jewelry, Designer Eyewear, Fragrance and Home Goods.

What do you think of Kai’s photos? (Click images to enlarge) I hear that Kai is upset that they Photoshopped her photos to make her look older and to render her subtle curves even larger than they really are in real life.

Rapper 50 Cent Premieres New Headphones Line

Dr. Dre, LeBron James, Ludacris and Sean “Puffy” Combs have their own line of headphones, so why not Fiddy Cent? The troubled rapper joins the growing list of artists and athletes, such as Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Quincy Jones, who have released their own studio quality headphones for consumers.

50 Cent attended the Release Party for his Sleek By 50 Cent Wireless Headphones at Marquee Nightclub In The Cosmopolitan last night in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 35-year-old fading rap star tells MTV.com:

“I took the time [and] made sure [that] I secured myself before releasing the product to the general public [and that] it might be matched up against Beats By Dre. I knew that immediately that they would make those comparisons and I made sure I secured myself by having something that wasn’t actually in the marketplace. It’s exciting, new and innovative.”

The headphones are expected to retail at $350.

Photos: Wireimage/Getty

Keri Hilson Attends 2011 AKOO Calendar Model Search

Singer Keri Hilson attended the AKOO 2011 Calendar model search event held in NYC yesterday. 12 winners will be given $1000 cash and will appear in the 2011 AKOO calendar. It’s not clear if Keri Hilson herself will model something sexy in the calendar. We’ll let you know if she does.

Hiphopwired had all the deets:

T.I.’s AKOO Clothing Brand kicked off its 1st annual calendar model search last week in NYC.
The event, co-sponsored by VIBE magazine, brought out Keri Hilson who performed a quick set before jumping on the AKOO custom bike decked out by MOTO Insanity out of upstate New York.

The bike will be making its rounds to events before finally being auctioned off to a lucky winner.

The AKOO calendar model search generated almost 150 model entries within the first day. Voting for your favorite calendar hopeful has begun as of December 24th and winning ladies will join the AKOO team as brand ambassadors while enjoying the many gifts and opportunities that will be coming their way.

Celeb Style: chris brown wearing Strivers Row “Redeemer” jeans

Last week, struggling R&B singer chris brown, left, and rapper Fabolous bonded while sitting court side during a recent NBA game.

chris was rocking the Strivers Row “Redeemer” jeans, which you can purchase online at www.striversrowUSA.com as of next week, or at the Strivers Row flagship store in Atlanta [774 N. Highland Ave. NE | tel 678-973.0045], and the Atrium in NYC.

To preview the Strivers Row Fall/Winter 2010 collection, check out this post by HypeBeast.

Stay tuned to Sandrarose.com for details on how you can win a Strivers Row shopping spree after the New Year!

PICS: Winners of T.I.’s $400 Toys R Us shopping spree *bumped*

*Originally posted on Dec. 22, 2010 @ 2:22 p.m.

*Last night, 10 lucky members of the Sandrarose.com community and their families went on a $4000 shopping spree at Toys R Us courtesy of T.I., Grand Hustle, Atlantic Records and Sandrarose.com! Everyone had a great time shopping, despite the fact that I was over 40 minutes late bringing the gift cards.

Thankfully, Amir Boyd of Grand Hustle arrived early and he immediately took charge of the situation. He was so organized and professional! Amir had all the winners (and the 2 alternates) identified before I arrived.

I also want to give a shout out to Grand Hustle artists Young Dro (who was great with the kids!), Lil Shun Hendrix, C-Rod, Mac Boney, Grand Hustle CEO Jason Geter (who did a little shopping of his own), the OMG Girlz, Shamra, and everyone else who came out and helped the winners shop for toys!

Special thanks to Ms. Hannah Kang, GM of Grand Hustle, who has blessed the Sandrarose.com community with her kindness and generosity all year long.

And finally, a big THANK YOU to T.I., Grand Hustle and Atlantic Records for selecting Sandrarose.com to host the shopping spree!

Loyal reader Shay1, who won the iPAD, writes:

Hey Auntie!

Thank you so much! I cant begin to thank you enough. That was the best time…… you guys really outdid yourselves.
YES! Everything was nice….. everyone from the label was walking around asking people do they need help finding stuff and shopping. It was very nice…. everyone was taking pictures. honey, those pics of me on
the ground are the funniest and worst… I couldnt breeve ……LMAO!!!

Updated:

I just found out that Grand Hustle CEO Jason Geter and his artist Young Dro both chipped in to give each of the 2 alternates $400 gift cards! That was so nice of them! (the alternates were there in case a winner didn’t show up). The original plan was to split a $400 gift card with the 2 ladies since all but 1 of my winners showed up to claim their prizes.

Check out the videos of my winners thanking T.I. for the $400 gift cards they each received!

Originally posted on Dec. 22, 2010 @ 2:22 p.m.

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