In an earlier post I confused Shingai Shoniwa, lead singer of London’s Indie group the Noisettes, for a black Asian due to her name. A few readers emailed me to say Shingai is actually of Zimbabwean descent. At the time I meant to search YouTube for the group’s music but I forgot.

Thanks to Universal Music’s JD Anderson for sending this video link of the Noisettes new hit “Never Forget You.” The Noisettes’ music reminds me of the Motown sound of the 1960s, but updated! How exciting that good music and great singers are making a comeback — and the British are leading the way!

Hopefully radio will play the Noisettes so today’s kids can begin to develop an appreciation for real music.

Here’s what JD had to say about the Noisettes:

Hey Sandra,

You SIMPLY MUST check out this group the Noisettes from the UK in London. Their sound is soooo unique and the look of the group is very appealing. Lead singer - Shingai Shoniwa has an incredible look and style to her as well.

The current single is “Never Forget You” and their album comes out on September 22nd. The single “Never Forget You” also lands on iTunes July 7th.

I didn’t watch the 2009 BET Awards on Sunday so I didn’t know that Tiny’s new group, OMG, were the underage girls who appeared onstage with mentally impaired rapper Lil Wayne and that gay rapper Drake.

According to upset parents, the youngsters gyrated onstage as Wayne rapped his tune “I Want To F*ck Every Girl in the World” — or whatever the name of the track is.

As most of you know, the group’s lead singer is Zonnique, 12, daughter of Tameka “Tiny” Cottle. The other three members are Reginae Carter, 9, Wayne’s daughter with Antonia Carter who stars on Tiny & Toya (which premieres on BET tonight at 10pm); Bahjah Rodriguez, who turns 12 in August, and her sister Lourdes Rodriguez, who turns 11 in September.

Earlier this month, I spoke with Shamra Rodriguez, the proud mother of Bahjah and Lourdes, who told me that Bahjah’s father, Jonathen “John-John” Rasboro (of the R&B group Silk), was not aware of his daughter’s Atlanta audition with the group.

In this post I told you that Bahjah was in tears because her dad was a no-show at the audition. But Shamra did reveal that “John-John” is a deadbeat dad with at least 7 other kids spread around the U.S.

Shamra said “John John” was jailed earlier this year for a month for his refusal to pay child support for Bahjah.

A few loyal readers emailed me after the 2009 BET Awards with their shocked reactions to the Lil Wayne performance. In a post on Momlogic.com, Dr. Janet Taylor, who has two teenage daughters of her own, asked, “Why are we as women and mothers passively allowing our young girls to be utilized as sexual entertainment?”

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Who is this Grammy Winning singer disguised under heavy makeup for a movie role? If you guessed Eminem, you’re close!

See who it is after the break!

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Y’all going to learn to listen to your auntie when I tell you something.

According to TMZ.com, the three children raised by Michael Jackson as his own are not his biologicals. It should have been obvious just by looking at them, but I guess some people need a lot more convincing.

Surprisingly, Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the children either. All three children were conceived in vitro — outside the womb.

From TMZ.com:

Michael Jackson was not the biological father of any of his children. And Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro — outside the womb.

Multiple sources deeply connected to the births tell us Michael was not the sperm donor for any of his kids. Debbie’s eggs were not used. She was merely the surrogate, and paid well for her services in the births of Michael Jr. and Paris.

In the case of Prince Michael II (the youngest), we’re told the surrogate was never told of the identity of the “receiving parent” — Michael Jackson. Three days after Prince was born at Grossmont Hospital in San Diego County, Jackson’s lawyer came to the hospital to pick the baby up and deliver him to Michael.

Now that the 2009 BET Awards is over, the biggest controversy is not the fact that mentally impaired rapper Lil Wayne cursed and performed a track containing inappropriate lyrics while underage children gyrated on stage.

The biggest controversy surrounds convicted woman beater Chris Brown, who is upset because he was disinvited to perform during the telecast.

Word is that Rihanna’s mentor and former lover Jay Z blacklisted Chris from the BET Awards. Supposedly, BET’s head honchos also considered CB’s appearance a bit risky.

First of all, who cares??? And secondly, does Jay Z call the shots at BET now? Chris Brown’s career is over and that’s why he was asked not to perform. This nonsense has even made it into the mainstream media:

One source says Brown’s absence came at the insistence of the Rev. Al Sharpton. “Al made such a fuss to the BET executives that they pulled Chris,” says our insider, who adds that Jay-Z also had a hand in the decision. “Jay is a big name in the BET community, and he was very vocal about his displeasure with Chris attending the ceremony. He didn’t want Chris anywhere near the awards so close to the court’s ruling.” READ MORE…

The “source” sounds like an idiot. Jay Z is not a big name anywhere — Beyonce is. If it weren’t for Beyonce no one would be checking for Jay’s old azz.

An attorney for Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, a cardiologist who was with Michael Jackson when he died, appeared on CNN last night to respond to questions surrounding his client’s bizarre behavior in the hours before and after Jackson’s death.

Murray’s attorney, Edward Chernoff, told CNN that the delay in calling paramedics after Jackson was found unconscious was due to all the landlines in Jackson’s rented Holmby Hills mansion being “shut down” for “privacy reasons,” and Murray didn’t use his cell phone because he didn’t know Jackson’s address.

Chernoff claims Murray scrambled around for 30 minutes searching for a working phone after finding Jackson unconscious with a weak pulse in his bedroom.

Chernoff claims Murray called out for help but got no response from security. After 30 minutes, Murray raced downstairs and asked the chef to call 911. “This entire time, with the exception of him running downstairs, he was performing CPR on Michael Jackson,” Edward Chernoff, the lawyer, told CNN.

When asked why Murray performed CPR on Jackson while the King of Pop lay in bed rather than on a hard surface such as the floor, Chernoff responded the bed “was firm.”

Hospital beds are firm as well. But medical personnel are trained to use either a solid surface such as a back board or the removable head board of the hospital bed.

Jackson’s family members told TMZ.com that Murray injected Jackson with Demerol at 11:30am about an hour before paramedics were called. But Murray denies injecting Jackson with Demerol.

Jackson’s toxicology results should be back by now. Blood test results are usually available within a week or less, especially if the tests are expedited. The toxicology report can take 4-6 weeks.

If the test results are in, the coroner’s office has a better idea which medications were in Jackson’s system when he died.

This could explain why the L.A. police returned to Jackson’s rented home on Monday (6/29) in search of more medications and evidence. The police probably carried a list of medications provided to them by the coroner’s office.

If those meds aren’t found in the home then it can be assumed that the doctor spent those 30 minutes or so “cleaning up” the scene prior to calling paramedics.

According to online reports, grief-stricken hard core Michael Jackson fans are taking their own lives. At least 12 fans have reportedly committed suicide across Europe:

Gary Taylor, president and owner of MJJcommunity.com, says, “I know there has been an increase (in deaths), I now believe the figure is 12. It is a serious situation that these people are going through but Michael Jackson would never want this. He would want them to live.

“They (fans) can’t accept it, they feel in some sort of different reality. I’m stunned that he’s dead. One minute he is coming here for concerts and the next he is gone. I think the funeral will be where the reality kicks in that he is gone and won’t be coming back, there will be a huge depression in the fan community when that happens.”
And Jackson’s political activist pal Reverend Jesse Jackson has even recorded a message to his fans, urging them not to “self-destruct” in the wake of the singer’s demise.

Jesse Jackson says, “This is a time when hearts are heavy. There is great pain but great cause to celebrate Michael’s life. It made Michael happy saying ‘We Are The World’. Don’t self-destruct. We fall down sometimes, we get back up. That’s the right thing to do. In Michael’s name let’s live together as brothers and sisters and not die apart as fools.”
Thousands of Jackson fans are planning a vigil on 13 July (09) at the O2 Arena in London where the star was due to kick off his 50-date comeback tour.

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I lOVE Rihanna in white! White is definitely her color! Not because it makes her look virginal (we know she’s a freak!). But because the color white makes her positively glow and brings out her otherworldly beauty.

Her orange bra adds a little splash of color that pulls the viewer’s eye in. Rihanna knows how to draw attention to herself in subtle ways — unlike Beyonce.

RiRi was spotted lunching at Phillipe Chow in NYC today with her HLF, Melissa.

MORE pics of Rihanna after the break!

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