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Best Hip-Hop, RstB, Gospel Named
Performers
honored at
BET awards
inentscame w hen Mary Mary dedi­
cated the song "Y esterday" to sur­
vivors o f Hurricane Katrina and
when Harry Belafonte, 79, accepted
a humanitarian award.
"T h is award doesn't just touch
vanity," Belafonte said. " It is a va li­
dation o f what I stand for. w hat Paul
Robeson stood for. Il's a validation
ot what W .E.B. Dubois stood for,
what M alcolm X and Dr. King stoixl
for."
(A P ) — M ary J. B lige, Kanye
West. Jamie Foxx and Chris Brow n
were all double winners at the an­
nual BET Awards in Los Angeles.
B lige won female R & B artist
during the June 27 ceremony . And
in a tie, she. West and Foxx shared
the prize fo r v id e o o f the year. B lige
won fo r “ Be W ithout Y o u ," w hich
features Terrence Howard, who was
named best actor.
West and Foxx won the video
honor fo r “ G old Digger," w hich was
also chosen as best collaboration.
The megahit also won a G ram m y
this year.
"L o ve to all black people," a ju ­
bilant Foxx told the Shrine A u d ito ­
rium crowd.
“ Y ’ a ll are stepping up black
m usic," West said. “ This is the best
music right here, and w e've got to
keep on givin g it to them like that.”
B ro w n to o k home v ie w e r’ s
choice, fo r his “ Excuse Me Miss,”
and best new artist.
Chaka Khan, who was recog­
Damon Wayans hosted Black
Entertainment T elevision's perfor­
mance-packed awards program,
w hich recognizes the best in hip-
hop. R & B . gospel and music v id ­
eos. as w ell as athletes and actors.
Star Jones Reynolds
‘The View’
Boots Star
Jones
N B A star LeBron James and ten­
nis star Venus W illiam s were named
best athletes. "H ustle & F lo w " star
Taraji P. Henson won best actress,
and the best group was Black Eyed
Peas.
Jamie Foxx (right) and Fantasia perform during the 6th annual BET Awards in Los Angeles. (AP photo)
nized fo r lifetim e achievement, ac­
cepted the honor in star-studded
style.
“ I am so honored to be honored
by my people. This means every­
thing to m e." she said as Stevie
W onder, Prince. In d ia .A rie and
Yolanda Adams jo in e d heron stage
fo r a live-song celebration.
The 5 3 -y e a r-o ld singer was
among a dozen performers, in clu d ­
ing B lige, Foxx, Brown. Beyonce,
Busta Rhymes, Gospel duo M ary
M ary and rapper T.I.
T .l. won the male hip-hop artist
trophy and dedicated it to every-
one "w h o been told they can't do
it."
Prince, whoclosed the show w ith
his song "3121." won form ale R &B
artist.
"T h is was unexpected; I appre­
ciate it nonetheless." he said.
The night's most touching tno-
M issy E llio tt, w ho recently
signed on to star in the big-screen
version o f her life story, won for
female hip-hop artist, and K irk
Franklin fo r gospel artist.
"S o many people owe B E T a
lo t," F ra n k lin said before the
show. “ E very A fric a n -A m e ric a n
w ho's in music, television o r film ,
B E T has got us in to this. A nd
there's a lo t o f us."
Bringing His Funkiness to Town
West Coast
rapper lays
foundation
It's called a moment o f clarity.
For raunchy rapper Too Short, it
came during a solo road trip from
I as Vegas to Los Angeles and back.
Too Short will perform at the Roseland Theater.
That epiphany helped Short turn
over a new leaf lo r his upcoming
album, due in the fall. "W h a t's M y
Favorite W ord?"
( )kav, so maybe Shorty the Pimp
hasn’ t gone all "D onahue" on us.
but the Oakland rapper, who has
made a m ultiplatinum career out o f
talking d irty, does feel like he's
gone back to his signature formula
for the new album.
A s yo u lo o k th ro u g h T o o
S h o rt's extensive body o f w o rk.
Ft is hard to miss the raw sexuality
o f m any o f his songs. A nd yes.
his sex-raps are what his name is
synom ym ous w ith , but there is
more to his m usic that sig n ifie s
( AP) — Star Jones Reynolds
was txxited from "The V ie w ” last
week, one day after surprising
A B C and Barbara W alters by
sa yin g on the a ir th a t she
w o u ld n 't be returning to the day­
time talk show in the fall.
A B C had decided against re­
n e w in g R e y n o ld s ’ c o n tra c t
months ago and the show was
planning to le, Reynolds an­
nounce it, according to Walters.
Reynolds could say whatever
she wanted to about w hy she
was leaving, "and we w ould back
her u p ," the lo n g tim e A B C
newswoman said.
his im portance to hip hop. His
tradem ark fu n k sound is too o f­
ten overlooked as laying the fo u n ­
dation fo r the so ca lle d West
Coast Sound o f hip hop.
Too Short brings his funkiness
to dow ntown Portland along w ith
Suga Free and M eezilini on Satur­
day. July 8 at 8 p.m. at the Roseland
Theater. T ic k e ts are a va ila b le
through any TicketsW est location
by calling 503-224-8499.
Walters d id n 't discuss on the
air why Reynolds, an o riginal
cast member w ho's been on the
show for nine years, w asn't be­
ing asked back. She said earlier
that research showed audience
members were turned o f f by-
Reynolds' dramatic weight loss
and glitzy wedding to banker A l
Reynolds in 2004.
Reynolds later retorted that
T V ratings and her book sales
indicated this w asn't true.
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Singer, producer and s o n g w rite r
1 )onel I Jones returned to the music scene
after a three year hiatus w ith the single
"B etter Start T a lkin g ," featuring p la ti­
num producer Jermaine Dupri.
Now Jones brings us his fourth stu­
dio album "Journey o f a G e m in i" which
includes the smash singles " I'm Gonna
Be." produced by hit makers, T im and
Bob and "P ortrait o f a W om an." w hich
he co-produced.
"J o u rn e y " has not been an easy
voyage. He has overcome several per­
sonal challenges in life w hich have a l­
lowed him to say he is more than a
conqueror. One o f those challenges was
his battle w ith alcoholism , w hich he
dealt w ith fo r quite some time.
A fte r months o f fighting his battle.
Donell checked h im self into a rehab
Juneteenth, the oldest
national celebration o f
the ending o f slavery in the U.S.
In this first biography o f Coretta
Scott K ing, w ith a forew ord by
M artin Luther K ing HI. the reader
meets a determined young g irl w ho
grew up in Alabama and worked her
way through A ntioch College only
to discover that she was not a l­
lowed to leach in the w hite schools
in Ohio. She pursued a musical ca­
reer in Boston, where she met M ar­
tin Luther K ing. Jr.
First published in 1970 by For­
tress Press, this comm emorative
edition has been thoroughly up­
dated. includes a black and white
photo gallery, and is fu ll o f warmth
I
Ernest J. Hill, Jr.
c lin ic w ith the help o f friends and fam ily
and obtained the necessary care that he
needed fo r h im se lf and his four daugh­
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He said w ould like to serve as an
inspiration to others and let them know
it's ok to admit that there is a problem
and "just listen to your heart and your
fam ily."
Jones grew up in Chicago. A t the age
o f I I . he taught h im self how to play the
keyboard, started perform ing in his high
school lu n c h ro o m and e v e n tu a lly ,
jo in e d a singing group, a decision that
helped him stay away from the dangers
o f C'hi-town tough street life.
Years later, Jones got his first real
break in the music industry, after meet­
ing Untouchable Entertainment CEO
and Founder Eddie F.
Through the Eyes of a Friend
telling the story
Story of Coretta and human interest,
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The book wins en­
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fro m
some o f the most re­
spected leaders o f our
time.
“ C o re tta
S c o tt
K ing'scom m itm entto
justice and just peace
was universal. We shall remember
her as a great American c iv il rights
activist and leader, but equally as
one w ho openly and bravely o p ­
posed apartheid at a tim e when it
w as neither fashionable nor easy to
do so. She occupies a hallowed
place in the memory o f freedom
loving South Africans and A fr i­
cans at large." said Nelson Mandela.
"Coretta Scott King was a lov ing
mother, w ife, a reliable sister, friend
and a great American. This w ork
w ill h elpustoknow more about her
resi lienee and her courage, and each
o f us can grow stronger from the
know ledge," said Maya Angelou.
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