I didn't watch the debate last night, so I have special insight on what happened.
I'll just say that having to choose from the lesser of two evils just demonstrates how supremely fucked up our current political system is.
Yes, I realize that Gary Johnson is a third party option. I'm also a realist. With the massive amount of money that has been spent by the Democrats and Republicans, Johnson's chance of winning the election are astronomical. So we're stuck.
I don't have an answer.
I wish I did.
I do know that this country will endure, no matter what happens on November 8th.
Producer/songwriter/performer Kashif, who was behind hits for Whitney Houston and Evelyn "Champagne" King, passed away at his home in Playa del Rey, California Sunday.
Kashif- born Michael Jones- initially began his musical career as a 15-year-old keyboardist/vocalist for the ‘70s disco/funk band B.T. Express. He also performed with Stephanie Mills, Nona Hendryx, Gloria Gaynor, Tavares, and the Four Tops, among others- along with eight top 20 R&B hits as a solo artist.
Kashif was also an author, educator, and social activist as well- establishing the foster care organization Team ICare.
Funeral service details are pending.
The New Edition Story will be hitting the small screen next year.
The BET miniseries that tells the story of Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill through their rise, run of hits, and eventual disbanding. It will debut on January 24.
The cast includes Bryshere Y. Gray as Bivins, Luke James as Gill, Algee Smith as Tresvant, Elijah Kelley as Bell, Keith Powers as DeVoe, and Woody McClain as Brown. Bell, Bivins, DeVoe, Gill, Brown, and Tresvant are listed as producers on the film.
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| Kenny Rogers? Fuck if I know, he's had too much surgery. |
Kenny Rogers says his music career will wrap up on April 8th next year- the date of his last show.
"I've done everything I set out to do," Rogers told Billboard. "Every goal I've set, I've done that, and there's a point where you have to say, 'I've had my turn. Let someone else have it,' and that's kind of where I am. It's not that I dislike music; it's just that I can't keep doing this and do what I want to do, which is spend time with my family."
Rogers added that his main goal for retiring is to spend time with the 12-year-old twin sons he has with fifth wife Wanda Miller. "I have two older boys and I didn't get to spend this time with my older boys, and I resent it because it's a very special time in a kid's age," he said. "My boys are playing football this year, and we went to watch a game and they were so excited about us being there, and that's the kind of thing that as a parent you want to be part of as much as you can."
Birthdays today include: Avril Lavigne; Lil Wayne; Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind; Greg Ham of Men At Work; Meatloaf; Randy Bachman of BTO and Guess Who. #MusicalBirthday
