You ever went to school with someone who you knew would do something spectacular? Well, you may have seen the guy from your left of Chingy on several billboards and magazine ads, but I went to high school with this cat. I remember when "Steph" was the cute crazy guy in school who could sing, dance, run track, and skip classes like no other. I even remember when he took up stripping as a pass time his senior year (Hardbodies....). He's a definite hustler. Steph's a very interesting character with a great heart. Like myself, he's Houston born and Missouri City raised. His music is quickly gaining attention and the ladies...well just look at him...he's fine as hell. Remember Craig David, his sound reminds me of the Brit singer...Steph's just cuter :)
For a while he hustled as a model, gracing the pages of Vibe magazine to name one, acting as the male lead for videos with the likes of Destiny's Child and Faith Evans and now he's doing it way big as the new artist on the DTP label with Ludacris. His video, "Celebrity Chick", has been featured on 106 and park and MTV.
I can say, I'm very proud of Steph for pushing himself to new heights while facing adversity. I wish him the best of luck. Check out his songs and video on his myspace Steph Jones
Yours Truly,
Eddie Nicole
Saturday, August 11, 2007
I Went to School With This Guy
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It's a Baby
THAT'S RIGHT SOMEONE NAMED THEIR CHILD SUPERMAN!!
WELLINGTON (Aug. 8) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.
Sheena and Pat Wheaton said that although their son's official name will be Superman, they plan to call him 4Real anyway. "No matter what it's going to stay 4Real. I'm certainly not a quitter," the baby's father said.
What is wrong with these people!!!!
JUST STUPID!
Ms Ray
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Making Moves
What else? Oh yeah...I'm GLAD to announce my new column with CAUGHT MAGAZINE. It's geared to uplift the youth. So I'm uplifting these youngins on how to conduct themselves with class. Style is easy, class takes skill and time. So Congrats to me... I am the style contributor for the Swagger section. My debut has been featured in this month's issue. I will keep you guys posted on my latest entries. Check out my column...damn it!
I wanna first and foremost thank God, my mother, the academy, and last but definitely not least...THE FANS!
Peace and Blessings,
Eddie Nicole
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Black College Kids Murdered Execution Style: $50,000 Reward is being offered for info on the killers
NEWARK, New Jersey In a city where the murder rate has risen 50 percent since 1998, three promising College students were murdered execution style in a playground on Saturday.
Their names: Dashon Harvey, 20, Terrance Aeriel, 18, Iofemi Hightower, 20. There was also a fourth victim who police say survived the gunshot wound to the head. Natasha Aeriel, 19 (Terrance’s older sister) is said to be in fair condition at the hospital.
An apparent robbery attempt by several assailants made the four the latest victims in this city where the murder rate has risen 50 percent since 1998.Police said three were forced to kneel against a wall and shot at close range; a fourth was wounded.
The killings bring Newark's murder total for the year to 60, and put pressure on Mayor Cory A. Booker, who campaigned last year on a promise of reducing crime.
Mayor Corey Booker
"He doesn't deserve another day, another second, while our children are at stake," Donna Jackson, president of the community-based Take Back Our Streets organization, said Monday at a news conference in front of City Hall.
"Anyone who has children in the city is in panic mode. It takes something like this for people to open up their eyes and understand that not every person killed in Newark is a drug dealer.At a news conference, Booker said it was a time for unity and "not a time to play politics and divide our city."
Killed were Terrance Aeriel, 18, Iofemi Hightower, 20, and Dashon Harvey, 20. Aeriel's 19-year-old sister, Natasha, was listed in fair condition at Newark's University Hospital after being shot in the head. She was found about 30 feet from her friends, slumped near some bleachers.
Authorities were assembling details of the crime from witnesses including Natasha Aeriel, but had not made any arrests by late Monday night.
We at VP keeps the families of the victims on our prayers!
Peace and Blessings,
Eddie Nicole
Monday, August 06, 2007
USHER & TAMEKA GOT MARRIED
Well, If Anyone Cares.They Did It.
Despite canceling their nuptials scheduled to occur earlier this week, the on-again, off-again wedding of Usher and his pregnant fiancee was finally on -- and held quietly Friday, sources told Stella's Column late Friday night.
The multiplatinum singer married his longtime girlfriend, Tameka Foster, who is several years older than he, during a private ceremony in his lawyer's office in Atlanta on Friday, sources said.
Among those present was Usher's mother, Jonetta Patton, who, it has been widely reported, staunchly disapproved of the marriage. Foster was reportedly largely responsible for Usher firing his mom as his manager last May.
The pair, who are expecting their first child together this fall, had been scheduled to marry last weekend before Usher publicist Patti Webster announced the wedding was called off.
Ms Ray
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Beyonce And American Express
American Express has announced that Beyonce
will be their next celebrity rep. (She use it enough, that's the truth!!)
The credit card company has reportedly signed the singer/actress to a multi-million dollar ad campaign that will launch in late 2007. (You Go Girl!!!)
Ms Ray
Trust me, She don't leave home with out it!
Luxury Trump Condos Come With A Catch
Condos With A Catch!!!
You can't live full time at the Trump SOHO Condos
With an outdoor pool on the fifth floor, fine dining at street level and a private library in the lobby, the 42-story Trump SoHo won't only be the tallest building in the neighborhood, it will also be the most luxurious.(Talk about a very Expensive time Share) You can't live there!! After you paid Million of dollars, you can't live there at all!!! Well it must be nice to have that type of money to burn.
Yet no matter how many millions they pay for the 400 condos that will soon be available for purchase, the new owners will not be permitted to hang even a single family photograph on the wall.(Can you believe this, not one photo..not one. What's the point!)
Nor will they be allowed to live in their condos for more than 29 consecutive days or more than 120 days in any year. The rest of the time the condo must be rented out as a hotel room.
"We are required to change the keys when the owner is not there," said Julius Schwarz, executive vice president with Bayrock Group, Donald Trump's partner in the project. "There is an owner's closet in each unit, so you don't have to schlep a suitcase every time you come to town."
Other than this closet, there will be no physical evidence to hotel guests that a private individual owns the condo.
Ms Ray
What a Rip!
What do you think?
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
True Stories From the VP Drama Queens
Here are just a few of our favorite and most popular post. We were told by fans who are friends to highlight our crazy stories...so we decided to add a bar on the right side of this page titled "The Classics". Therefore you guys can click on our archived stories without searching through the months.
Enjoy!
Here's one for the road!
The Buhscue Me Story
Aretha:These Roots Goes Onscreen
Aretha Franklin
In her surprisingly tame new memoir, Aretha Franklin shows the fickle men in her life a bit too much "Respect."So you'd expect the Queen of Soul's autobiography to dish some serious dirt in a just-us-folks manner. Yet Aretha: From These Roots, written with David Ritz (biographer of Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, and B.B. King, among others), seems positively Victorian in its approach, harking back to a day when nice ladies didn't swear or dwell on sex in print.
Throughout the strangely prim book, Franklin glosses over unpleasant events, accentuating the positive to a degree that's almost risible.
A star cast Jennifer Hudson will be playing Aretha Franklin in the movie and Billy Dee Williams will be playing Her father, C.L. Franklin
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
DON IMUS IS BACK!!!
Radio talker Don Imus, exiled from the airwaves in April after making remarks many saw as racist, will return to the microphone as early as September, industry analysts and observers tell NewsMax � but not all agree that the return will be triumphal. The industry has been rife with rumors since Imus sidekick Bo Dietl's announcement on an Albany radio show, and picked up by the New York Post, that an Imus comeback was in the works for this September. But experts explain to NewsMax that events are moving so quickly that the "I-Man" will be back in his broadcast chair by late summer or early fall. ( NOW HE NEED TO WATCH WHAT HE SAY THIS TIME!!!!)
Don Imus Is Coming Back
Eddie Murphy & Tracey Edmonds Are Engaged
Eddie Murphy serious about marrying Tracey Edmonds
Now the pair have unveiled the ring and they are officially engaged."Tracey and Eddie are both very much in love and are excited about spending the rest of their lives together," confirmed Tracey's personal assistant.( Whatever!!) But she is gorgeous. Check out the ring (Cartier 8k diamond ring) Bling Bling Bling!!!!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Barak Obama Covers Vibe
As the summer ends, the 2007 presidential debates and press releases will increasingly take over media outlets. In case you are unaware. Barak Obama has a good shot at being the first Black president in the history of the U.S. If that's not enough reason to get out and vote, make sure to check out this issue if you want to get enlightened on his views on how he will change America.
The Special Juice Issue hits the stands August 14.
Usher Calls Off Wedding
Usher wedding called off NEW YORK -- The wedding between Usher and his pregnant fiancee has been canceled, his publicist said Saturday.
The wedding between the multiplatinum singer and his longtime girlfriend, Tameka Foster, had been scheduled for Saturday.
The pair are expecting their first child together this fall.
Publicist Patti Webster would not comment on whether the two were still engaged or even a couple.( I wonder what happen!) Well sources are saying
Jonnetta Patton, was less than keen on the match and was not invited. There were reports that Usher's godfather, actor Ben Vereen, was also taken off the guest list because of his protestation to the marriage.
"Usher woke up on Saturday and said he couldn't go through with it," the source stated. "Apparently, he also couldn't bring himself to call all the people who were invited. He had the wedding planner call everyone in the wedding party."
Foster was furious: "She was marching around, cursing," added the source."
Reported that Tameka Foster was an ex-con (Spent close to a year in jail for welfare fraud) whose drug-dealing ex-lover had been gunned down. Foster's half-sister, Valencia Foster added to the fuel saying, "Poor Usher has no idea who he's marrying."
Valencia Foster also stated that Tameka had threatened to ban her mother from the wedding ceremony all because she had lost her false teeth.
Ms Ray
What do you think!
It's Just Tap Water
Aquafina Labels: It's Tap Water
By VINNEE TONG 07.27.07, 11:37 AM ET
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The label on Aquafina water bottles will soon be changed to spell out that the drink comes from the same source as tap water, the brand's owner said Friday.
A group called Corporate Accountability International has been pressuring bottled water sellers to curb what it calls misleading marketing practices.
Aquafina is the single biggest bottled water brand, and its bottles are now labeled "P.W.S." The new labels will spell out "public water source."
( That's right people, we have been bamboozled. I knew with all these bottle waters one will be just tap)
AAAGGGHHHH!!!!
Again, I will say Seek Help to all the men, creeps and non-creeps alike. Today at work I was taking my daily two hour break and a man politely asked if he could have a seat, of course I said yes (IDIOT). He starts his inevitable conversation with the usual "Your very beautiful", I say thank you and continue to stare off into the distance. The rest went a little something like this:
Creep: "I'm an honest person and I want to be honest with you. I just got of Jail. I was incarcerated for 35 years...".
Me: That's when I cut my eye over to him like, what can bust this person in the head with?
Creep: "... I did a favor for a friend that was being abused. Have you ever meditated?".
Me: Sure
Creep: I'm a very mentally disciplined person. I want you to know that I'm having an experience with you right now but, it's mental. Have you had any experiences of the third kind.
Me: I know this fool is not about say he's an alien or some shit "No. What do you mean?"
Creep: Right now the energy is very high between us and I'm having the full experience of you in my mind. Can I touch your hand?
Me: No.
Creep: I understand.
Me: I'm not having the same experience that your having right now. I'm also not planning on having an experience here or with you at all.
Creep: Next time you should accept things for what they are.
Me: Why did he go there? "What haven't I accepted? Your the one assuming I don't understand what's going on."
Creep: Blah, Blah, Blah.
At this point I stopped listening because I couldn't believe my eyes. Creep had on a basketball uniform type outfit that was quite thin and every time he spoke he would move his PENIS up and down. I know that men can do this and It's never involuntary so I'm like, this MuthaF@#ka. I'm stuck at this point because, I don't want to react to quickly, remember, he just got out of jail. He may have some post traumatic, don't startle me type shit going on. I wasn't trying to set him off while we're in this upper middle class area anyhow. His first spastic move we would've been scrappin'. Not to mention, I'm on an unauthorized two hour break.
Me: I'm going to head back to work, you take care.
Creep: I've already manifested in my mind seeing you again. We'll meet again and your experience will be unimaginable.
I could have died, laughed , screamed and vomited all at once. Can you believe this bastard?
He was actually pulsating his PENIS. I didn't want him to see me peep it cause he might have thought I was interested in having an experience. What was even funnier is the PENIS was so small. That made the situation a little less offensive and actually comical. MUTHALUVIN' BASTARD.
What was he thinking?
If anyone has had a creepy experience let us know about it. This applies to the fellas as well.
Valentine
Friday, July 27, 2007
Pre Fall Chic Peek!
Pre Fall Chic Preview. 
Valentino collection
Turtleneck Dress
Midnight blue
Sleeveless; cut-in shoulders.
High waist.
Pleated skirt.
Tiered ruffle hem.
70% wool, 20% silk, 10% cashmere.
Dry clean only.
Made in Italy.
$2950.00
So Sexy!!
It was hard to pick from Valentino's collection, but I did my best.
Check out the shoes for the Pre Fall Collection by Valentino!!
Love It!!!
Valentino collection
Shoes and Handbag
Love the Peekaboo Toe!!
DOLCE & GABBANA
Champagne.
Gold-tone napa leather trim.
Studded V neckline; shoulder straps.
Corset-seamed front and back (see below).
Straight skirt.
Exposed back zip (see below).
90% silk, 6% lambskin, 4% spandex.
Made in Italy.
$3,250.00
It's To Die For!!!!
Yumm!!
Ms Ray
Thursday, July 26, 2007
VIBE AXES VIXEN
CEO of Vibe Media Group, Steve Aaron, recently announced that Vibe Vixen, the female counterpart to urban music & lifestyle magazine, Vibe, will cease publication as of next month. The announcement, which comes just two weeks after Aaron took office, repositions Vibe Vixen for only special issues. The new format will focus on specific urban culture themes slated to begin in the fourth quarter, and while the frequency of the special issues has yet to be determined, it has been confirmed that Vixen will still maintain its website. Vibe Vixen was originally launched in February 2005 coming out twice a year. The frequency was upped to six times annually earlier this year. Rihanna is the cover model for the final issue following in the footsteps of previous cover models Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Kelly Rowland and Janet Jackson. 
This doesn't make me happy....another girly mag falls by the waste side
Real Talk
Enough with the embarrassment we call Brittney, Lindsay, and Micheal Vick.
Lets bring to light the issues going on with human rights in the 21 century. I am so happy to report to my readers that there was a tribunal which took place last week against the US. Government on their involvement with the torture and lack of humanity for the Hurricane Katrina victims. Of course, this information can not be found on any major news site, not even CNN. World leaders have joined forces to set a case against George W. Bush and his croonies for the inhumane atrocities his regime commited on that terrifying day. Thank God we actually do have leaders. Let's stop worrying about the bull$hit the media continues to feed the public and start doing research on issues that matter.
Surprisingly, I found this on Vibe.com
Here is a portion of the article
It's been two years since Hurricane Katrina and Rita ripped through the belly of the South, and survivors, along with various scholars and activists, are seeking to hold the US government responsible in a tribunal court hearing scheduled for this August.
On Tuesday (July 17), New York City Councilman Charles Barron and former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney met at Manhattan's Center for Constitutional Rights for a press conference to discuss the upcoming trial. The tribunal will target President Bush, the US government, State of Louisiana, State of Mississippi, and various other agencies who were involved in the Katrina and Rita relief efforts.
The Tribunal will include a team of human and civil rights prosecutors, including Joan Gibbs from the Center of Law & Social Justice and Kali Akuno, from the Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund.
Overall, the Tribunal's main goal is holding the US government accountable for their reaction to the 2005 storms.I will try my damndest to keep up with the status of this monolithic event because apparently the news has forgotten or just doesn't care.
Peace and Blessings,
Eddie Nicole
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Oops She Did It Again People!!!!
Oops She did it again!!!
She has Really Lost Her Mind.
Ah, pop stars. They fall so fast.
The future is looking pretty darn bleak for
Britney Spears after reports surfaced online
yesterday that the singer had a potentially career-
ending photo shoot with OK! magazine.
The mag is planning to go public with details
of the shoot in which Spears
allegedly behaved erratically.Multiple sources told TMZ.com that Spears’
behavior was “nothing less than a meltdown”
and that the photos from the shoot are so damaging
that they could “kill her career.
*Apparently, Britney took frequent trips to the bathroom and had a different
mood swing each time she returned.
*She was allegedly paranoid during
the interview, convinced that the ceiling was about to cave in on her.
*According to reports, the mother of two also ordered fried chicken on set
and wiped her dirty hands on a pricey Gucci dress, staining it with grease.
And that’s not all
*Her dog had an, err, accident on the floor and Spears used
a Chanel dress to clean up the mess. But that’s normal, right?
“OK! magazine spent a heartbreaking day with Britney Spears and witnessed
firsthand an emotional cry for help that will leave you shocked and
sad,” the publication’s editor in chief, Sarah Ivens, said. We’re guessing
Brit won’t be doing more OK! interviews anytime soon.
She even walked out on the shoot wearing a $7,000 dress on and destroyed that dress. The magazine lost close to $20,000 of borrowed merchandise, because of her behavior. They were Pisted!!..
So don't forget to get the next issue of "OK Magazine next month" "I can't wait!!!"
Ms Ray
