Phyllis dying by suicide wasnโt about relationships. She struggled w/ depression & bi polar disorder for YEARS. She was in an industry tht was ridiculing her for gaining weight & assured her her โbeautyโ aka thinness made her marketable & Clive harassed her out of her contract.
Iโm sorry but knowing that she was this beautiful and this talented and still struggled with dating and relationships so severely that it ultimately caused her to fall into a depression and commit suicide will always rip my heart into pieces
Toni Morrison said, โOur friendships w. other women are the currency of our livesโฆIn the absence of so many support systems, we are it for each other. You have to work at your friendships w. the same seriousness you did when you went to school.โ
Put the work in for each other.
Doja Cat is a rapper. 80% of her music is rap. & her bars be eating these dudes up. Drake sings on damn near all his songs but no one questions whether or not heโs a rapper, they just say heโs versatile. Itโs giving misogyny for people questioning if sheโs a rapper or not.
@BET
If yall donโt LEAVE this 6 year old girl ALONE! She needs to be watching cartoons, eating fruit snacks, coloring. NOT holding a fist up and taking pictures while the media sensationalizes her fathers murder. Her father was killed. Give her room to grieve and be a CHILD.
I keep waiting for Kelli to have a storyline. One that isnโt the funny fat sidekick friend. Itโs S4 and sis aint have a love interest yet, a actual sex scene, we barely see her at work...nada. i know itโs a show bout Issa + Molly but even Tiffany has a whole storyline...
#Insecure
Shannon aka Keyshawn aka Ms Mississppi is soooooo pretty. Like do yall see this material?! Wow. This face card is too top notch to be with that sick ass yt man. ๐ญ
#PValley
#PValleyStarz
Tahiry, a Black woman, is choked out ON SCREEN in a room with about 4 other Black men and not ONE moves an inch, bats an eye, opens their mouth, NOTHING.
A true microcosm of society. โProtect Black womenโ aint nothing but a catchy hashtag for you bum ass niggas. DISGUST ME.
Janet to the Black community: Thank yall for riding but We must heal and move on.
Black Community: With all due respect Ms Jackson, NO. โค๏ธ
#JanetJacksonDoc
@KimberlyNFoster
None. Not even Diddy. She wasnโt even speaking to Junior Mafia when she went in and cussed them all clean out on The Naked Truth. Her & Cease just made amends few yrs ago which I never thought Iโd see the day.
@HotepQueen
@meryruanoo
Right lmaoo i just donโt understand what ppl be tryna prove when they do stuff like this. Like this is literally the standard right now & had been for years...
@AriLennox
@queennaija
Girlllll you came over here with Ms โthe darkies was hating cuz i was lightโ.....love you sis but iโma just wait for the next one to hit.
Megan Thee Stallionโs audition tape for Love & Hip Hop before she made it big!๐ฅ Years later the Hot Girl Coach is selling out arenas.
#HGSDetroit
#HGSChicago
@Niggalic_ious
We donโt talk about it cuz she hates it. She never wanted to do R&B. LA Reid (a Black man), looking for his own Britney or Christina with a side of Aaliyah signed her and made her do R&B music. While we liked the music, she did not. She doesnโt even perform them, like ever.
The way HBO MAX used tf outta Issa Rae and Insecure to bring in Black & diverse viewership and now that theyโve got what they wanted from her, her shows are throw aways. Nasty game. Very nasty work. Rap Shit is highly rated & the viewership is strong. It deserved more.
@spenbae
I donโt think she is yall. ๐ญ I think when she said she was thankful for her fupa it was her way of telling everybody to leave her midsection and/or ovaries alone.
@mylifeiskara
@Puff_Iya
a nigga sent me the honey pot one time and i almost fell out. ๐ฏ but yess thereโs a fetization of darker skinned women and it has to stop. calling dark skinned women every chocolate dessert ubder the sun is what nobody asked for.๐
Ray J is the result of a mama (and daddy) who didnโt correct the foolishness when he was younger and let it go too far bc she was busy running behind Brandy. And all they do now is avoid him.
He hasnโt matured at all in 25 yrs and it is now affecting HIS children.
Terrible.
@ewitsniko
Iโm so sorry you and your siblings are experiencing this. I pray for you alls peace of mind and formidability. You deserve so much more. ๐๐ฝ
@11wdNICK
Ppl should start saying they hate being Black. B/c the fact is these types of celebrations & dances w/ the dead are done in many Black countries like the Caribbean and African countries too. Theyโre indigenous to us and date back to Africa. But ppl hate themselves so here we are.
Misa Hylton was a teenager when she met Diddy & had their son Justin. Diddy sought out Kim Porter when she was years younger than him, Cassie was 18 years old when he groomed her. Caresha was in her mid twenties when he sought her out. A groomer will always find someone to groom.
You wanna talk about range?! Slept on acting?!
Letโs talk Marlon Wayans in ANY dramatic or non comedic role. LaGuardia & Howard - a trained to go actor. The youngest Wayans gon EAT.
Every. Time.
#BelAir
@313RjUchiha
@theericklouis
He couldโve danced w/ her regardless. Sheโs a fan who bought tickets to his show to line his pockets w/ money & like any decent artist wouldโve done after inviting her up wouldโve been to dance w/ her briefly then escort her off regardless of his attraction to her.
@snarrly_
AND how we make sure Black creatives stay paid. Most times for contributions they were NEVER properly or equitably compensated for the first time.
@jiggyjayy2
She had Junior at 18. That's why she never attended prom cuz she was giving birth to Junior. I assume Sharon & Michael dated for like a yr or 2 prior since she was also his sister's bestie. Then he met Jay when they were 17, got pregnant at 18 and ended that.
Katori Hall is brilliant. The writing in every scene is so damn poetic + authentic. I truly appreciate that. Many writers just aren't writing complex characters for Black women & femmes + here she is writing a show that is intersectional, Black feminist, & queer. GENIUS.
#PValley
@uncle_veek
its the way he jumped into the line of fire for no reason but to be misogynistic. lmao. now him and his girl gon catch strays all day. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
This is one of Phyllis Hymanโs last televised interviews. I love hearing her sing this song, shidd ANY song. I really wish someone would fund & make a movie about her. Her story deserves to be told. I love her SOOO much.
The industry hated her proBlack stances always pushed back. Clive wanted her to make more pop music (he had just signed Whitney & thought her formula would wrk for Phyllis too) Phyllis wanted to make Soul & Jazz music. He thought she wasnโt lucrative anymore and tossed her.
Not me crying BADDDD during this Lizzo Peopleโs Champ acceptance speech. Iโm crying yall. When I say yall donโt deserve Lizzo, yall donโt and I mean that. But me and the people that love her?! We absolutely do.
#PeoplesChoiceAwards
@Brieyonce
Lmaooo. the gag is theyโre not even married yet! this was their co ed bachelor party. i donโt even wanna know what the wedding is gonna give lmfao.
S/Nโฆ.he be looking casket sharp sometimes w/ his makeup. ๐
@ouibbyrose
@itsKARY_
I watched that show beginning to end several times. As much smoke we have for Tameraโs husband, we also should be honest. Tia degraded Tamera ALLL the time. From laughing at the way she talked, her choices, her clothes, her Blackness, etc. Tamera still owes her some knots. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Ppl are complaining about
#PValley
detailing COVID & how hard the pandemic hit us over the past 2 yrs but why wouldnโt they? Name another source or show that highlighted how COVID impacted the sex work industry? Yall donโt think strippers & dancers took a hit? Make it make sense.
Not Gon Cry is the quintessential Black womanโs anthem for a n*gga got me fcked up, you tried me, but ima still thrive in spite of ya punkass. We will always be grateful to
#Babyface
+ Auntie Mary J for giving us this classic.
#WaitingToExhale
@JeffChangx
Sighs. when i say the industry thrives on yt supremacy, anti Blackness, and us being insecure and miserable with ourselves - this is what i mean.
Fun Fact: Jermaine Dupri was Anthony Hamiltonโs DJ because AH was signed to SoSo Def for the first about 10 years of his career. In fact it was JD that signed him and produced his first major hit Comin From Where Iโm From after AH was dropped from like 8 other labels.
#VERZUZ
@RVAReid
The ONLY peer Usher has on his level for a verzuz is a woman; Beyonce. If weโre tlking 90s & 2000s R&B, 2000s pop hits, writing, remixes & collaborations, etc. And neither of them are doing verzuz.
Not Beyoncรฉ Giselle doing the Drea Kelly choreo to II Hands II Heaven! ๐๐๐๐๐ sheโs so unserious but we know she be on her zoom! ๐ญ๐
@ItsDanaWhite
Exactly. & Bey & Rih aint even peers tbh. Bey had 3 group & solo
#1
albums before we met Rih. On the scene for a decade. When I think of who Beyโs peers are, itโs people who came up w/ her. Ppl like Monica, Brandy, Aaliyah, Usher, Mya, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, etc.