Monday, December 13, 2010
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Author Candace Christina Speaks In Harlem
Wow, my big sister doing it big! She moved to The Big Apple to sell her books, she sold about 90 before she left. Only been up there for less than a week and sold 60 copies... Already! MY FAMILY IS TALENTED!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
3 New singles for New Upcoming Album from j.R.
& my dirty sneakers for those of you who love the song!!!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wyclef Jean Cant be President of Hati?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy.
The Haitian-American hip hop star expressed disappointment at the late Friday ruling, but called on his followers to act "peacefully and responsibly."
"Though I disagree with the ruling, I respectfully accept the committee's final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same," the former Fugees frontman said in a statement.
Haiti's electoral commission did not say why it had disqualified Jean, but the singer had faced a challenge to his candidacy in the Nov. 28 elections because he has not lived in Haiti for the past five years as required.
The commission approved 19 candidates and rejected 15, spokesman Richardson Dumel told journalists. While rejecting Jean, the board approved two leading presidential candidates, former Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis and Yvon Neptune, who was the last prime minister under ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and has been active in helping to coordinate reconstruction efforts.
Also allowed to run are: Jude Celestin, head of the government's primary construction firm and the candidate supported by President Rene Preval, and Michel Martelly, a well-known Haitian singer known as "Sweet Mickey."
The electoral commission rejected the candidacy of U.S. Ambassador Raymond Joseph, who is Jean's uncle. Preval is barred running for re-election under the Constitution.
Jean had apparently been aware which way the decision would go. The 40-year-old entertainer had been in a hotel near the electoral commission office but left abruptly without speaking to journalists about an hour before the announcement. He issued his statement later.
Dozens of police and UN peacekeepers in riot gear were stationed outside the electoral council office, but there were no signs of protests or unrest.
One thing is already certain: The singer brought sizzle to the election, attracting fresh attention to a country still devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake.
"His candidacy certainly did shake things up," said Laurent Dubois, a Haiti historian and professor at Duke University. "But it's still a very important election whether Wyclef is in it or not."
The decision had already been delayed once because of uncertainty over candidate qualifications.
Jean, who gained famed as a member of the hip-hop musical group Fugees before building a solo career, had no political organization, not much of a following beyond his fans of his music and only a vague platform, casting himself as an advocate of Haiti's struggling youth and saying he will ask reconstruction donors to help the country's dysfunctional education system.
He also has faced persistent criticism over alleged financial mismanagement at the charity he founded, Yele Haiti.
On the other hand, he has generated global attention to a race in which almost no one outside Haiti could even name any of the candidates.
"If he hadn't been involved, today, no one would be talking about candidates in the Haitian presidential election," said Mark Jones, a professor of political science at Rice University in Houston.
The singer's fame and wealth instantly made him a formidable candidate in the desperately poor Caribbean nation he left as a boy — though some Haitians questioned the seriousness of his run.
"I don't think he's a politician at all," said Etienne St. Cyr, a pastor who helps at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors at the Petionville Country Club. "Maybe he's not what we need right now."
St. Cyr said Jean has not won over the people camped in squalid tents on the slope of a golf course, noting they already have allegiances to established political parties and the singer has not visited the camp.
Analysts said it was difficult to assess what kind of support Jean has beyond his mainly young and urban fans, but as a well-funded wild card, he has made more-established politicians nervous. Earlier this week, Jean said he had received death threats from somebody who called and told him to get out of Haiti.
The winner of the November vote will take charge of Haiti's earthquake recovery, coordinating billions of aid dollars in a country with a history of political turmoil and corruption. January's earthquake killed an estimated 300,000 people and left the capital, Port-au-Prince, in ruins.
The devastation from the earthquake, coupled with frustration over a weak government response, have created an opening for a messianic outsider like Jean, said Robert Fatton Jr., a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia.
"The very fact that he is taken seriously when, in fact, he has no preparation to be president is an indication that the whole country, in particular the youth, looks at the typical Haitian population as a bankrupt kind of species," Fatton said.
Fatton said he suspects the delay in announcing the candidate list, which was initially supposed to come out last Tuesday, owed to a struggle among the political elite, with some trying to keep Jean from running.
At the start of his campaign Jean stepped down from the Yele Haiti charity, which was accused of pre-quake financial improprieties that benefited the singer. Yele Haiti, which raised more than $9 million after the earthquake, hired a new accounting firm and Jean has said it was working to improve its organization.
Jones, the professor at Rice, said that even if officials do not accept Jean as a candidate, he can still influence the election by helping to mobilize the youth vote.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Women Out of Control.
Ladies... Let me ask you a personal question... What lady does not want a man that will work out problems with them, meaning... If we are going through hard times... He'll say: "Baby i'm sorry lets make everything better, let's make things better". I'm just saying that it makes a lot of sense to end B/S vs. Keep it going...
Let go of your pride & love more! -j.R.
Drake - Messages From You
This song is SOOO deep! How many people are in a relationship that you try to make work but the other person just wont chill... And stop being angry... Stop dragging things over into the next day! Life is too short...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Music Idol
Freestyling is everything! To me it is an expression on the spur of the moments! Thinking fast and saying all the right things make you superior to any challenge! Thats why I rocks with Cass!
Monday, August 9, 2010
I LOVE TIGHTS!
Yes I do.... Mostly Anybody with no body' has a body in tights. A sad statement but true. My eyes are like a magnet, I should make a song...
Friday, August 6, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Say Goodbye for now. Keep hope for later.
Life is a drag, keep your head up, grit your teeth, don't argue about it, everything goes accordingly. Keep your mind clear. Don't look back. Keep moving forward. If your love does the same, all you have to do is turn to the side of you. Because if it's right there... Then you move on to the next & move on together. So say goodbye for now. And keep hope for later... - A DAY FOREVER... -j.R.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
What Makes the perfect woman?
Most people think beauty makes the lady a lady, but is it possible to love before lust? If you really love somebody would you cheat?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Mix Tape 3 "Baggage Claim" NOW AVAILABLE!!
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Yeah! This Pic. is from a photo shoot I took last month with Photographer "Skyylyfe". Can you tell this is a parking lot? (Location Atlanta GA).
Sunday, March 28, 2010
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