New Bees, Queen Bees, And Bees Fallen From Grace

2010 was in all its might quite an interesting year... A lot happened in our little entertainment industry... New bees buzzed, old bees moved up the ladder and some fell from grace... So I guess these are my highlights of the year... Legggooo

1. Minenhle Minnie Dlamini

Say what you may, but this girl took the SA entertainment industry by storm. After winning the Live Presenter Search, she took over Phila's job as field presenter before moving on to being in studio as what she refers to herself as... the tweetceptionist. A while after that she graced our screens as Miranda, a happy go lucky girl on Generations. We yet to still see that character develop into something big. As she said on Real Goboza, Miranda will be back on in January. But it's notonly her career that put her in headlines. Her alleged relationship with Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper, itumeleng Khune. They were even dubbed ItuMi. But she said in Drum Magazine that she and Itu are just really good friends. 

Mhmmm isn't that the same thing Bonang said about Euphonik before confessing that he indeed was her "superman"?. Oh well then i hope Minnie's career goes only stronger from here

P.S. Can she ease up on the Intombi yomZulu chesse girl English twang.

2. Bonang "B" Matheba

No doubtly one of the biggest names in the industry at the moment. And anyone who knows me will know that I absolutely die for this lady... I love her... Started off with Manhattans Fantasy Challenge at age 15. She did several other presenting jobs on SABC 2 catering for tweenies. Them her big break came along in the form of Live. She co-hosted this with T-Bo Touch. This was the start of the Bonang craze. Since then she has achieved much... Her highlights for 2010 have to be her relationship and alleged engagement to 5fm dj Themba Euphonik Nkosi. She 's also working with international reality tv star Kim Kardashian on a new Brutal fruit flavour Brutal Cheecky. She then got drive sponsored by Peugot and was named the face of Gert Johan Cotzee creations. At just 23 she has achieved  a whole lot. She can't just be headlined for the good things, there is also dirt there. Very popular and frequent on social networking site, Twitter, she was hailed as The Queen Blocker, your girl 'B'locker and Blockang for blocking followers as she lacks the capability of taking in criticism... 

One thing B needs to always keep in mind is the fact that you are nothing without your fans.

3. Dineo Ranaka

Mam' Daddy... With a drive-time show on one of the most popular radio stations in the country and a music show on Etv under her belt she's definitely going places. Having gave birth to her first child, a son, there was much speculation over who the father of the baby is. Later it was revealed that Tuks Senganga is Dineo's baby daddy. What else got her into the headlines this year? Her brawl with Kelly Khumalo of course. At the Yfm Divas Party, Dineo was to interview Kelly on her career, but seeing as she hadn't had an album out as yet, Dineo saw it more relevant to ask her about her pregnancy and motherhood. However, Kelly took this as a personal atttack. Blah, blah, blah how boring. At this year's Feather Awards, Dineo was awarded Fag Hag of the year. Well then I hope she continues making our afternoons on her drive-time show, cracking us up on Twitter and happy family cannoting with Tuks and the baby... (thats if they still together).

4. AKA, Khuli Chana and L-Tido

Well these three have come a long way in their careers with all three starting out in groups. AKA for those of you who don't know was a member of Entity, Khuli Chana a member of Morafe and L-Tido a member of The Glitz Gang.

 AKA is building quite a name for himself working with what is the hottest production team at the moment I.V. League and being under ShowMusic Management. With hits like I Want It All and Victory Lap under his belt and a Hype award for Best Newcomer, I think we yet to see huge things from this young man. With his album Career Student dropping in 2011, I can confidently say we can look forward to good music in the new year.

Khuli Chana needs no introduction. He is fastly becoming one of the hottest and relevant hip hop artists in SA. With hits such as Tswak' Stikem, Freshe and Sthandwa 'Sam under his belt plus a Hype Award for Best Hip-Hop artist and a Channel O Award for Best Newcomer we can no doubtly say the Motswako' originator is the big thang.

Then we have L-Tido who has worked with the likes of Maggz, Da L.E.S, and under production with Bongani Fassie as well as Sean Pages, he is carrying on with building his career. Under his belt he dots a hit single We Rollin with Teargas member K.O. which is quite big on the airwaves at the moment and recently won a Channel O Award for Best Newcomer. He is well representing the swag generation of hip hop artists. He's successfully made a name of himself as L-Tido and not as L-Tido of the Glitz Gang (maybe Morale can get a few tips from him).

The three grace the cover of the December issue of HYPE Magazine.

5. Phila Mazibuko

Young Durbanite boy. First came onto our screens as T-bo Touch's replacement on Live, he then moved on to play Sphamandla on SABC 2 drama, Muvhango. Shortly after that, he released his debut pop album which got nominated for a Metro Award. He then won Best Styled Artist at the Metros. He now presents Mzansi Insider alongside The Twinz. Well all I can say ngo mfana wakwaMazibuko is that he sure will go far in his career. Hell he's the male version of Minenhle.

Let Them Have Croissants And Blue Chesse

A culture of splurging has taken root in South Africa. Obscene amounts of money are spent on expensive cars, flashy jewellery and designer clothes, which are all then shown off at the trendiest spots. Being seen to be rich is everything.

This was an episode most looked forward to. With the countdown of the top five SA blingers, we were let into the world of the elite and rich as the self-proclaimed Queen of Bling, Khanyi Mbau gave Deborah Patta an exclusive…

“I do have a conscious… It’s that conscious that tells me to go get that car”

KHANYI MBAU, EXCESSIVE SPENDING… WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?

Bear in mind that this is all just my opinion on the matter. Personally I like Khanyi. I admire her however I don’t aspire to be like her. I admire her for making her bed and lying in it with the most comfort ever. She made her choices and she doesn’t seem a teeny bit regretful for that. This is who she is and no matter how much we can go cussing her out, it won’t change a thing. 

“I won’t date a poor man but I don’t make it my business to look for a rich man either”.

My question is simple… Where does Khanyi get all this money? First she got married to millionare Mandla Mthembu, who turned out to be broke.She then went on to some unkown rich man who sported her her second Lamborghini… in black… Then came along Thenius Crous…A very publicised affair… Everyone knew Thenius was married, married to a girl Khanyi was once friends with, Primrose Crous. This still points to me that Khanyi could be less bothered what people say about her. She’s living her life and she’s living it large.Apart from the R35000 an appearance, how else does Khanyi get the money to splurge like this? I mean she threw a sushi party at Zar as her send-off for Thailand. That most certainly did not come cheap, we learnt that much from Zar co-owner Kenny Kunene.

“I will not feel sorry for someone who can’t afford bread, I will have my croissant and blue cheese. I’ll have 10 of them”

I won’t try to justify Khanyi and her actions, but all I really can say is this; How does she measure her success? What is it that has made her successful? What’s made her famous for being well famous? I think she made a very valid point when saying she doesn’t want to be a role model. At least she has realized that much, that she shouldn’t be luring younger girls into this kind of lifestyle because let’s face it, at the end of the day we don’t know what she gets up to behind closed doors.

All I wonder is this… How will Khano grow up to know her mother? At some point Khanyi’s good motherhood will be questioned by her reputation.

In her famous words… Divas Never Die

XOXO

It's A Cropped Affair

A cropped top is a t-shirt or blouse with the lower portion cut off, resulting in exposure of some of the wearer’s abdomen. Celebrities such as Rihanna and Ciara have been spotted wearing cropped t-shirts. Locally we’ve seen the Queen B, Bonang Matheba rocking out in the trend. Just remember, if you wanna trend up in cropped tees, just make sure you got the abdomen and the confidence to work it off… XoXo.

Love Me Oxfords Love Me Brogues

Love Me Oxfords Love Me Brogues...
Modern brogues trace their roots to a rudimentary shoe originating in Scotland and Ireland that was constructed using untanned leather with perforations that allows water to drain from the shoes when the wearer crossed wet terrain such as a bog. The word "brogues" originates in the late sixteenth century and is a derivation of the Irish and Scots Gaelic "brog", taken from the Old Nurse "brok" meaning "leg covering". 

The word "brogue" was first used to describe a form of outdoor, country walking shoe in the early twentieth century. At that time the brogue was not considered to be appropriate for other occasions, social or business. Over time perceptions have changed and brogues are now considered appropriate in most contexts, including business. Brogues continue to be most common as leather dress and casual shoes and boots, but can also be found in many other forms including canvas and leather sneakers and high-heeled women's shoes.

The Brogue is a style of low-heeled shoe or boot traditionally characterized by multiple-piece, sturdy leather uppers with decorative perforations (or "brogueing") and serration along the pieces' visible edges.[1] Modern brogues trace their roots to a rudimentary shoe originating in Scotland and Ireland that was constructed using untanned leather with perforations that allowed water to drain from the shoes when the wearer crossed wet terrain such as a bog. Brogues were traditionally considered to be outdoor or country footwear not otherwise appropriate for casual or business occasions, but brogues are now considered appropriate in most contexts. Brogues are most commonly found in one of four toe cap styles (full or "wingtip", semi-, quarter and longwing) and four closure styles (oxford, derby, ghillie and monk). Today, in addition to their typical form of sturdy leather shoes or boots, brogues may also take the form of business dress shoes, sneakers, high-heeled women's shoes or any other shoe form that utilizes or evokes the multi-piece construction and perforated, serrated piece edges characteristic of brogue

They've skipped from being a formal male shoe to being the chic trend amongst fashionistas. Alexa Chung, Nicole Richie and a lot more have been wearing them... Personally I own four pairs already and people always look at me like I'm crazy when I'm wearing them... People can call them golf shoes, funeral shoes but they the newest trend everyone should be on...

But let's remember... Only a true fashionista or stylista as I like to call them can pull of Oxfords

Yours in Oxfords

xoxo

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

So my girls Kagee and Twomi had their Matric Dance last month on the 7th... And as a little treat I took them to my favourite club Latinova... It was a rather rawcus night... Thanks to my girls for a fun night, to Twomi for a rawcus time and to Dj Naves for giving me reason to dance...

Some Light Skinned Girls and Some Kelly Rowlands

If you not familiar with the term Yellow Bone major side eye... Where have you been hiding? If you not familiar with the unspoken battle between Yellow Bones and Chocolate Brownies double that major side eye... You probably been dead for the past year and a half...

Yellow Bone vs. Choc Brownies

No one can possibly tell me that there is no competition between light skinned girls and Kelly Rowlands. The competition may not have been instigated by them, but it was sure instigated by the males. When the term yellow bone came out in a popular hip hop song ( don't ask me which one as most of them have yellow bone in it) it made such headlines. Some people were really unaware of what a yellow bone is but Joburg guys coined the term faster than they coin a stable relationship. That was the start of the yellow bone craze. 

Guys seemingly started going for light skinned girls rather than dark skinned girls as yellow bones were hailed as beautiful. It really got a whole lot of dark skinned girls feeling quite insecure about their complexions. If you ain't a yellow bone, you ain't shit. I bet all of us have reached a predicament where we experienced the yellow bone vs. choc brownie competition up close. But the only catch is this:

The competition between light skinned and dark skinned didn't begin with the yellow bone craze... it's been there for a long time. In America, we saw dark skinned girls going through the extreme brutality of using chemical products that would help them become light skinned... Skin bleaching. this is quite a dangerous thing to go through as it takes all sorts of strain on your skin, but in the quest of becoming light skinned and being perceived as beautiful, they would put themselves through it.

of course in South Africa we don't have cases as such, but really that doesn't mean that dark skinned girls don't feel the pressure put on them by light skinned girls. The popular Joburg party which was held at Zouk the past weekend just adds fuel to the fire. So what are Joburg guys doing? Filling a club full of light skinned girls and dark skinned girls and make them compete to see which is the better flavour?

Yellow Bone or Choc Brownie?

I really find it ridiculous how people would want to determine a persons worth by their complexion. I love the chorus to Wale's song Shades:

From a light skinned girl to a dark skinned brother shades don't matter heart shapes the lover...

This too me clarifies it... This is how we should be thinking... Shades don't matter.

I have nothing against yellow bones, I got yellow bone friends whom I love to death all I'm simply doing is highlighting how much effect complexion has on people's lives...

XoXo

Girl Loves Celebrity Dick

I really don't want to be mean... I really love this little gallie... She's my friend after all but Girl Loves Celebrity Dick...

As friends we are meant to correct you when you do wrong, tell you when that doesn't look good on you because at the end of the day people judge us by the people with hang out with. Girl Loves Celebrity Dick. 

I emphasise on her loving celebrity dick purely because that some celebrity dick she loves so much will be the end of her. The whole notion of absent fathers has been stretched a tad bit too long. Just because you have an absent father or rather in this case a mofo of a strict father, you think seeking love from men outside will fill that gap that you have in your heart? Well guess what? the only gap they filling is the one between your legs... Girl Loves Celebrity Dick.

Started with soccer players, moved on to actors/presenters, hip hop artists and when she wanted to make the subsequent move to Djs... the Dj she was targeting didn't give her the light of day... so then what does she go do? Talk smack about Djs... Girl Loves Celebrity Dick.

When you jump into bed with a celebrity there is no mistake to it. Girls are so prone to blaming their sexual excursions to mistakes... You knew exactly who or what he is and you wanted him... there was no mistake about that... Girl Loves Celebrity Dick.

This really isn't about my gallie, it's about a whole lot of other gallies out there who do men like they going out of fashion using the absent father excuse as a justification of their lack of control. I have an absent father, I have friends with absent fathers but that don't mean that our void should be filled by men who enjoy dipping in you and not enjoy being with you. That's the bottom line, he dips and walks away. If he dips and comes back for more trust me it's not because he loves you, it's clearly coz your dip is tasty *side eye*, so really you don't need to call him your "pudding" coz when he's with his boys he tells them how much he loves your pudding. Girl Loves Celebrity Dick.

I guess what I'm saying is, stop using your father as an excuse for every other man to get in between your legs... I think maybe it's time you closed your legs and opened your mind.
P.S. Celebrity Dick is the baddest dick to fux around with *pun intended*

XoXo