Yesterday, Mr. Steal Ya Girl aka Trey Songz hit up Macy’s Herald Square in NYC to do some promo for Rocawear; meeting fans and signing autographs. In case you didn’t know, Trey is the new face of Rocawear along with our girl Melanie Fiona. Peep the flicks below…
“Calling all the girls…”
]]>About 2010 Rocawear Fall Campaign:“Trendsetting brand Rocawear is proud to unveil their new “NEXT” campaign. Always with a finger on the pulse of the essence of urban culture Rocawear has tapped critically acclaimed artists Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona for their Fall 2010 campaign. The ads are currently in the September issues of Vibe and XXL and will run throughout the holiday season. Both Trey Songz and Melanie personify the Rocawear brand: Innovative, groundbreaking and ahead of the curve.”
On Tuesday, BET announced the list of nominees for its 2010 BET Awards. Don’t even get me started about this year’s nominees. Anywhoo, Hip-hop’s royal couple Jay-Z and Beyonce will be battling it out in three categories at this year. I’m guessing BET did that on purpose so that people will actually tune-in– this just might be the closest thing to a fit that you’ll ever get from the Carters anyway. The two are nominated for “Video of the Year”, “Best Collaboration” and “Viewers Choice”. Jay-Z is also up against one of our favorite songstresses Melanie Fiona and rap newcomer B.o.B in video of the year as well. Ya already know Jay “runs this town”, but he’s also running this year’s nominations as he’s in the lead with five, including “Best Male Hip-hop Artist”. While wifey Beyonce and Swizz Beatz’ boo Alicia Keys vying for “Best R&B Female Artist”. Young Money’s Drake and Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz and Diddy will be taking the stage as confirmed performers. Let just hope Nicki doesn’t perform “Massive Attack” ’cause that would definitely be a massive failure…well it already is. Queen Latifah is set to host the awards ceremony which takes place Sunday, June 27th.
Peep pics from the announcement conference
Brace yourself for the full list of nominees…definitely a shocker! Trust and believe it’s not in a good way either.
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Here’s another hit track from one of Str8NYC.com’s favorite songstresses–Melanie Fiona of course! Check out Melanie’s new video for her new single “Ay Yo”. We just love Miss Fiona and with that voice she’s destined to stay in the game for a long time! “Ay Yo” is one of those uplifting songs in that no matter how bad life is– you can still keep your head up high and give it all you got…”Ay Yo”! Did I mention it’s one of my favs on “The Bridge”?
ON DECK or OFF DECK?!
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Hip-hop’s Bible The Source magazine snagged Toronto beauty Melanie Fiona for a six-page fashion spread titled “If I Was Your Girlfriend” for its Jan/Feb 2010 issue set to hit newsstands January 20th. The Source enlisted fashion guru Misa Hylton to style the Grammy-Award nominated songstress. We’ve got one word to describe Melanie’s shoot–HAUTE!
Check out behind the scenes footage of Melanie’s Source magazine photoshoot.
Be on the look out for our exclusive interview with Melanie coming real soon…
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“Precious” was definitely the movie of 2009 and we’re not the only ones who seem to think so! The heart-wrenching story of “Precious” based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire is leading the NAACP Image Awards race with eight nominations. The Lee Daniels film has been nominated for “Outstanding Motion Picture”, “Outstanding Independent Film”; supporting actors Mariah Carey, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton and Lenny Kravitz have been nominated for “Outstanding Supporting Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture”. Precious herself actress Gabourey Sidibe has been nominated for “Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture”.
Meanwhile, Jay-Z is running the music category with five nominations, including “Outstanding Male Artist” which he’s competing with Anthony Hamilton, Charlie Wilson, Maxwell and Ne-Yo as well as “Outstanding Album” for The Blueprint 3. Jay’s collaborations with Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Kanye West were also recognized for “Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration”. While, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, India Arie, Mary J. Blige and Whitney Houston are all vying to come out on top as “Outstanding Female Artist”. Toronto native Melanie Fiona, Jeremih and Keri Hilson are going up against each other in “Outstanding Best New Artist” category.
The 41st NAACP Image Awards honoring diversity in the arts will broadcast live on February 26th on Fox at 8pm.
See the full list of nominees HERE!
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