[Video] Harry Belafonte Wants Sit Down With Jay Z And Beyonce

by Houston Williams (@AllHipHopcom) July 27th, 2013 @ 1:14am

 

(AllHipHop News) Harry Belafonte would like to meet with Jay Z and wife Beyonce.

Presently, Belafonte is now in Florida attempting to sway legislation to repeal the “Stand Your Ground” laws and protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman.

Jay and Belafonte have had exchanges with culminated on Jay Z’s album Magna Carta Holy Grail, where he tested the legendary Belafonte’s criticism that he and wife Beyonce lacked political tact.

In an interview with MSNBC, Belafonte was asked if Jay Z should continue to play a concert with Justin Timberlake in August, but he expounded greatly.

“I would be hard pressed to tell Mr. Jay Z what to do with this time and his fortune. All I can be critical is of what he is not doing,” the entertainment and Civil Rights icon said. “This conflict that is emerging was not from me as a direct attack on Jay Z or Beyonce. I was at a press conference in Switzerland. Questions were raised by the international press. They asked about the artists and the social engagement of the past based on a film we were watching…and how artists responded earlier in my life and how they responded today.”

“And I made the observation that the highly powerful voice that our community has – Black America has – there is so much celebrity power that it was sad to see that the collective of the celebrity power had not been applied to bring consciousness to the inequities that we face,” Belafonte said. “Artist that heard that responded in a very strong way. You’ll find that Jamie Foxx, you’ll find Chuck D [of Public Enemy]…you find that any number of highly profiled people have taken that critique and called for [a meeting]. We’ve sat. We’ve talked. And I will tell you now that these people that I’ve just mentioned are officially behind Dream Defenders. They are prepared to come down. They are prepared to perform. I would hope that Jay Z would not take personally what was said because it was not said about him personally.”

He finished by extending an invitation to the rapper and singer to sit down privately.

“Having said that, I would like to say to Jay Z, to Beyonce: My heart is wide open and filled with nothing but hope and the promise that we can sit and have a one-on-one. And lets understand each other rather than try to answer these questions and these nuances in a public place.

Jay Z expressed his grievances recently in an interview with his own Life + Times website.

“I’m offended by that because first of all, and this is going to sound arrogant, but my presence is charity. Just who I am. I felt Belafonte he just went about it wrong. Like the way he did it in the media, and then he big’d up Bruce Springsteen or somebody. And it was like, ‘whoa,’ you just sent the wrong message all the way around,” Jay Z said.

For now, Belafonte remains camped out in Florida with the Dream Defenders, who have stayed committed to fighting laws like Stand Your Ground.

Jay Z has not had an opportunity to respond to the video at press time.Source all hip hop.com.

Nicki Minaj Talks DJ Khaled Proposal, Twerkin’ And Drake’s Status With YMCMB On Hot 97′s Funk Flex Show

Nicki Minaj called Hot 97′s Funk Flex show to discuss a couple of things. She spoke about the DJ Khaled proposal, twerkin’ in the pool and Drake’s relationship with YMCMB. Click below for the interview.Source www.inflexwetrust.com

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Msemaji wa kundi la WEUSI Nikki wa Pili pichani ambaye pia ni mdogo wa Joh Makini amesema kuwa ule muda wa mashabiki kuamua mkali kati yake na kaka yake Joh Makini umefika.Nikki wa Pilli amesema album ya pamoja na kaka yake iko jikoni,album hiyo inaenda kwa jina la Joh Makini VS Nikki wa Pili.

 Joh Makini.

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Cheki cheche za Usajili wa Ligikuu England 2013 na 2014

Mshambuliaji Paulino aliyesajiliwa na klabu ya Tottenham akitokea Corinthians ya Brazil. Uhamisho wake umeigharimu Tottenham pauni milioni 17 za Uingereza.

ARSENAL
WAPYA
Yaya Sanogo (Auxerre, huru)
WALIOONDOKA
Andrey Arshavin (ameachwa), Denilson (Sao Paulo, huru) and Sebastien Squillaci (huru), Martin Angha (Nuremberg, ada haikutajwa), Craig Eastmond (Colchester, huru), Conor Henderson (ameachwa), Jernade Meade (Swansea, huru), Sanchez Watt (Colchester, huru), Johan Djourou (Hamburg, mkopo), Vito Mannone (Sunderland £2m), Francis Coquelin (Freiburg, mkopo), Junaid Meade (Swansea, huru)

ASTON VILLA
WAPYA
Aleksandar Tonev (Lech Poznan, £2.5m), Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland, ada haikutajwa), Leandro Bacuna (Groningen, ada haikutajwa), Nicklas Helenius (Aalborg, ada haikutajwa), Antonio Luna (Sevilla, ada haikutajwa), Jed Steer (Norwich, huru)
WALIOONDOKA
Richard Dunne (QPR, huru), Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest, huru), Jean Makoun (Rennes, ada haikutajwa), Andy Marshall (ameachwa), Derrick Williams (Bristol City, huru)

CARDIFF
WAPYA
Andreas Cornelius (FC Copenhagen, £8.5m)
WALIOONDOKA
Stephen McPhail (ameachwa), Heidar Helguson (ameachwa), Nat Jarvis (ameachwa)

CHELSEA
WAPYA
Andre Schurrle (Bayer Leverkusen, £18m), Marco van Ginkel (Vitesse Arnhem £9m), Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea, huru)
WALIOONDOKA
Jeffrey Bruma (PSV, £2.5m), Yossi Benayoun (ameachwa), Florent Malouda (ameachwa), Hilario (ameachwa), Ross Turnbull (ameachwa), Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid,mkopo), Patrick van Aanholt (Vitesse Arnhem, mkopo), Oriol Romeu (Valencia, mkopo), Paulo Ferreira (amestaafu).

CRYSTAL PALACE
WAPYA
Dwight Gayle (Peterborough, £8.5m), Stephen Dobbie (Brighton, ada haikutajwa), Jerome Thomas (West Brom, huru), Jose Campana (Sevilla, £1.75m), Kevin Phillips (Blackpool, huru)
WALIOONDOKA
Jermaine Easter (Millwall, huru), Alex Marrow (Blackburn, ada haikutajwa), Jason Banton (MK Dons, mkopo)

EVERTON
WAPYA
Arouna Kone (Wigan, £5m), Antolin Alcaraz (Wigan, huru), Joel Robles (Atletico Madrid, ada haikutajwa), Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona, mkopo)
WALIOONDOKA
Thomas Hitzlsperger (amachwa), Jan Mucha (ameachwa), Jake Bidwell (Brentford, ada haikutajwa), Phil Neville (amestaafu)

FULHAM
WAPYA
Sascha Riether (Cologne, £1.3m), Derek Boateng (Dnipro, ada haikutajwa), Fernando Amorebieta (Athletic Bilbao, huru), Maarten Stekelenburg (Roma, ada haikutajwa)
WALIOONDOKA
Chris Baird (ameachwa), Simon Davies (ameachwa) Mahamadou Diarra (ameachwa), Mladen Petric (ameachwa), Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea, huru), Tom Donegan (ameachwa), Alex Smith (Swindon, huru), Dan Burn (Birmingham, mkopo)

HULL
WAPYA
George Boyd (Peterborough, huru), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan, huru), Curtis Davies (Birmingham, ada haikutajwa), Ahmed Elmohamady (Sunderland, £2m), Allan McGregor (Besiktas, £1.8m), Steve Harper (Newcastle, huru)
WALIOONDOKA
Sonny Bradley (Portsmouth, huru), Danny East (Portsmouth, huru), Mark Cullen (Luton, huru), Andy Dawson (Scunthorpe, huru), Jamie Devitt (ameachwa), Paul McKenna (ameachwa), Seyi Olofinjana (ameachwa), Jay Simpson (ameachwa), Jack Hobbs (Nottingham Forest)

LIVERPOOL
WAPYA
Kolo Toure (Manchester City, huru), Luis Alberto (Seville, £6.8m), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo, £7.5m), Simon Mignolet (Sunderland, £9m)
WALIOONDOKA
Andy Carroll (West Ham £15.5m), Danny Wilson (Hearts, huru), Jamie Carragher (amestaafu), Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea, £6m), Suso (Almeria, mkopo)

MANCHESTER CITY
WAPYA
Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk, £30m), Jesus Navas (Sevilla, £15m), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla, £20.6m), Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina, £25.8m)
WALIOONDOKA
Carlos Tevez (Juventus, £10m), Kolo Toure (Liverpool, huru), Wayne Bridge (Reading, huru), Ryan McGivern (Hibernian, huru), Roque Santa Cruz (Malaga, huru), Karim Rekik (PSV, mkopo), Jeremy Helan (Sheffield Wednesday, ada haikutajwa), Maicon (Roma, huru)

MANCHESTER UNITED
WAPYA
Guillermo Varela (Penarol, £1m)
WALIOONDOKA
Paul Scholes (amestaafu)

NEWCASTLE
WAPYA
Olivier Kemen (Metz, ada haikutajwa)
WALIOONDOKA
James Perch (Wigan, £700,000), Danny Simpson (QPR, huru), Steve Harper (Hull, huru)

NORWICH
WAPYA
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Sporting Lisbon, £8.6m), Javier Garrido (Lazio, ada haikutajwa), Nathan Redmond (Birmingham, ada haikutajwa), Martin Olsson (Blackburn, ada haikutajwa), Carlo Nash (Stoke, huru), Leroy Fer (FC Twente, ada haikutajwa), Gary Hooper (Celtic, £5m)
WALIOONDOKA
Grant Holt (Wigan, £4m), James Vaughan (Huddersfield, ada haikutajwa), Jed Steer (Aston Villa, huru), Chris Martin (Derby, huru), Marc Tierney (Bolton, huru), Simeon Jackson (Eintracht Braunschweig, huru), Korey Smith (Oldham, huru), Elliott Ward (Bournemouth, huru), Tom Adeyemi (Birmingham, huru), George Francomb (AFC Wimbledon, huru), Lee Camp (ameachwa), Declan Rudd (Preston, mkopo).

SOUTHAMPTON 
WAPYA
Dejan Lovren (Lyon, £8.5m), Victor Wanyama (Celtic, £12m)
WALIOONDOKA
Vegard Forren (Molde, ada haikutajwa), Frazer Richardson (ameachwa), Danny Butterfield (ameachwa), Danny Seaborne (ameachwa), Ryan Dickson (ameachwa), Ben Reeves (MK Dons, huru), Sam Hoskins (Yeovil, huru)

STOKE
WAPYA
Erik Pieters (PSV, £3m), Marc Muniesa (Barcelona, huru)
WALIOONDOKA
Dean Whitehead (Middlesbrough, huru), Carlo Nash (Norwich, huru), Matthew Upson (Brighton, huru), Rory Delap (ameachwa), Matthew Lund (Rochdale, huru), Mamady Sidibe (ameachwa), Michael Owen (amestaafu)

SUNDERLAND
WAPYA
Modibo Diakite (Lazio, huru), Duncan Watmore (Altrincham, ada haikutajwa), Valentin Roberge (Maritimo, huru), Cabral (Basle, huru), David Moberg Karlsson (IFK Gothenburg, huru), Vito Mannone (Arsenal, £2m), Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar, £6m), El Hadji Ba (Le Havre, ada haikutajwa), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus, £8.6m)
WALIOONDOKA
Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull, £2m), Titus Bramble (ameachwa), Matthew Kilgallon (Blackburn, huru), Ryan Noble (ameachwa)

SWANSEA
WAPYA
Wilfried Bony (Vitesse Arnhem, £12m), Jose Canas (Real Betis, huru), Jordi Amat (Espanyol, £2.5m), Jonathan De Guzman (Villarreal, mkopo), Alejandro Pozuelo (Real Betis, £425,000), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool, £6m), Gregor Zabret (NK Domzale, ada haikutajwa), Alex Gogic (Olympiacos, huru), Jernade Meade (Arsenal, huru) 
WALIOONDOKA
Mark Gower (Charlton, huru), David Cornell (St Mirren, mkopo), Kyle Bartley (Birmingham, mkopo)

TOTTENHAM
WAPYA
Paulinho (Corinthians, £17m), Nacer Chadli (FC Twente, £6m)
WALIOONDOKA
William Gallas (ameachwa), John Bostock (Royal Antwerp, huru), David Bentley (ameachwa), Jake Nicholson (ameachwa), Massimo Luongo (Swindon, mkopo)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
WAPYA
Goran Popov (Dynamo Kiev, mkopo)
WALIOONDOKA
Jerome Thomas (Crystal Palace, huru), Gonzalo Jara (Nottingham Forest, huru), Marc-Antoine Fortune (Wigan, huru), Zoltan Gera (ameachwa)

WEST HAM
WAPYA
Andy Carroll (Liverpool, £15.5m), Razvan Rat (Shakhtar Donetsk, huru), Adrian (Real Betis, ada haikutajwa), Danny Whitehead (Stockport County, ada haikutajwa)
WALIOONDOKA
Rob Hall (Bolton, huru), Carlton Cole (ameachwa), Gary O'Neil (ameachwa).Inatoka kwa mdau.

DJ Choka adai ngoma yake kubaniwa kwenye kituo kimoja cha Radio hapa TZ

DJ maarufu wa wasanii wa Bongoflava, DJ Choka amekasirishwa na kuamua kufunguka kupitia akaunti yake ya Twitter kuhusu kutopigwa kwa nyimbo zake (kumbuka anafanya muziki kama DJ Khaleed) kwenye moja ya Radio za hapa TZ.

Inavyoonekana DJ huyu ambaye anamsupport mwanadada Lady Jaydee amejikuta ameingia kwenye matatizo hayo baada ya kuwa upande huo wa #teamAnaconda. Kupitia akaunti hiyo DJ Choka aliandika:


Bado haijafahamika ni Radio gani na nani waliokataa kupiga nyimbo za DJ huyo kutokana na sababu walizozitoa, lakini unaweza ukajua tuu ni wale wale waligombana na Lady Jaydee.

Kwa sasa DJ Choka anatikisa na ngoma yake  Latino Nation  huku akiwa amewashirikisha wasanii wanaotoka label moja ya BHitz.

Filamu ya kusisimua 'Eda' yatinga sokoni Leo

MOJA ya fialmu ya Eda inayotazamiwa kufanya
poa sokoni  , ujio wa filamu hii umewahusisha wasanii nyota Ussi Haji , Hdaya
Njaidi, Sabrina Rupia , Jerry wa Rhimes pamoja
Merry Mwita.

Ussi Haji ameonekana kucheza kama mume wa Merry, mambaye ameonekana kuwa (busy) kwa shughuli za utafutaji  na kujikuta hatimizi haki ya ndoa  kwa mkewe.

Hali hiyo inapelekea kuchelewa kupata ujauzito,
wazazi na ndugu wa Ussi wanaanza chokochoko
na kumchukua Merry,bila kujua chanzo.

Malalamiko  na visa vinapozidi, Merry anaomba pesa  kwa mumewe shilingi milioni tano iliaanze biashara .
Anapewa na kumtafuta Jerry na kutaka kumpa pesazote ilimradi  alale naye na ampe ujauzito.

Lakini wakati huo huo Jerry ni mchamungu
anakataa , kujua nini kilifuata msomaji ujio wa
filamu hii imeingia sokoni leo.
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MIAKA 40, MAMBO USIYOYAJUA KUHUSU BRUCE LEE

Behind every great man is a great woman, and for martial arts legend Bruce Lee, that woman was Linda Emery, who married her dashing gongfu teacher in the mid-'60s. Linda and Bruce were husband and wife until July 20, 1973, when Bruce died of cerebral edema at the age of 32 ... just six days before the Hong Kong release of what many consider to be his greatest cinematic achievement, "Enter the Dragon."
Upon the 40-year anniversary of both the premiere of "Enter the Dragon" (which is now available in a 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray) and the untimely death of its star, we spoke with Linda Lee Cadwell (who has since remarried) about her late husband's legacy and how his abilities and philosophies have inspired countless others to reach their full potential — and beyond.
BRYAN ENK: Does it feel like 40 years have passed since "Enter the Dragon" was first released?
LINDA LEE CADWELL: [Laughs] No, I was actually quite shocked when I realized, "40 years?!" It's a lifetime, to be sure. And like you, a lot of the people who admire "Enter the Dragon" and Bruce were not even born at the time when he was alive. That does put it in perspective and makes it seem like 40 years have passed.
BE: "Enter the Dragon" is considered to be one of the best martial arts films of all time, if not the best. What do you feel have been the most influential aspects of the film over the past four decades and what has made it stand the test of time so well?
LLC: Well it certainly is the gold standard of martial arts films and certainly inspired the genre altogether. I think it's quite obvious really that the outstanding thing about "Enter the Dragon" was Bruce. The storyline is really nothing spectacular and the technical qualities are fine, but the thing that makes it really stand out is of course Bruce. And the parts of it that people admire so much are on different levels — a person can look at "Enter the Dragon" and admire the physicality of it, the combat, the choreography inspired and performed by Bruce, or they can take it a step further and see that there are bits of philosophical wisdom in it, also inspired by Bruce.
BE: Do you have a particularly good behind-the-scenes memory from when the film was in production, something that happened on or off the set?
LLC: Oh my, yes! Bruce had been wanting to do a Hong Kong/American co-production for a long time, that had been his goal when he first went to Hong Kong to make films, that one day the filmmakers in the West would realize his value and talent and would be ready to do something with him. So it was an important landmark for him and it was important for him that the film be a success. So he put his heart and soul in it, and he was very insistent on some changes to the script. Some people have made the comment that he was very nervous to start the film, that he was on the edge of a nervous breakdown because he was so uptight about the film and making sure it was a success but that was not really the case — he just had some very important things to say about the script and how he wanted the film to be and very insistent on some changes. And I must say that in light of 40 years and we're still looking at this movie that he was right, and it's because of Bruce and his insisting on doing certain things and adding certain parts to the film that it's been such a success for four decades.
BE: My favorite part of the film is the "Hall of Mirrors" scene. It's a terrific sequence — the choreography, the building tension and there's something truly iconic about the imagery of the bloody scratches on Bruce's chest. Do you have a favorite scene from the film?
LLC: Well, of course all the combat scenes are spectacular and unmatched over all these years, but my favorite parts of the film are the more philosophical points that Bruce brings to the picture. For instance, when he's talking to the young boy and teaching him — that kind of thing makes the film more than an adventure and a "violent film," it gives it more substance.
BE: How did you and Bruce first meet?

Linda Lee, Brandon Lee, and Bruce Lee, circa 1970 (Photo: Everett)LLC: [Laughs] It's a fun story, actually! I was a senior in high school in Seattle, Washington at Garfield High School. And Bruce used to come to my school, he was five years older and a student of Philosophy at the University of Washington, he was friends with the philosophy teacher at my high school. So he would come to my high school to give lectures on Chinese philosophy; I was not in that class but I can tell you that every girl at my school knew when Bruce Lee was in the house because he was so dashing and so handsome. And one of my girlfriends who happened to be Chinese was taking gongfu lessons from him. And so the summer after I graduated from high school she talked me into taking gongfu lessons with Bruce, so that's how we first met — I was his student and it wasn't long before I was more interested in the teacher than the martial art, though I continued to do it for quite a while. [Laughs]
BE: Bruce is known for founding a martial arts practice and philosophy known as Jeet Kune Do. How would you describe the basic fundamentals of that?
LLC: Well, Bruce would never have described it as a "system," because a "system" is an organization of certain rules and his way of martial arts did not have any set rules — it is what is best for the individual person who is learning it. There was an aura of just responding to what "is" in martial arts, so you would not have a particular set of movements in response to, say, an attack — like in some forms of karate it's like "Well, I will punch in a certain way, I will do this or that in certain sequence." Bruce's art was not like that — it flowed, like he often said, like water flows and can fit into any container, it flowed to fit into any situation that was presented. So that's why he called it his "way" of martial arts, not a "system" of martial arts.
There's a great deal more to it as well, and there are fundamentals to it so that it can be carried on for generations, as it is now. But it's also a way of personal growth, to learn more about yourself — as Bruce used to say, all knowledge is really self-knowledge, you learn more about yourself and how to fit into a variety of situations. So, in a nutshell, that's a way of describing it.
BE: Do you have a particularly good memory involving a fan of Bruce's, either an encounter with a fan or a story that a fan told about Bruce?
LLC: Actually, there are so many that I can lump them all into one person, in a way. [Laughs] I've received letters over the years and had personal acquaintance with so many people who have told me how they're truly so inspired by Bruce. And most of the time, especially after the passing of 40 years, it's because of a wanting to model Bruce as a way of life, in a way of improving their own lives. So not so much "Well, I want to be a martial artist" or "I want to learn how to beat up people" — I think many years ago that was the first thing that impressed people, his fighting ability, but I think after all these years people have discovered there were many more layers to Bruce and he was a person of great depth.
And he did an immense amount of writing, which we are blessed today to still have and has been reproduced a number of times in different forms and I think people use that as an inspiration to improve their own lives.
BE: The 1993 film "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" is mostly based on your 1975 book, "Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew." How do you feel about the film — was it a good adaptation or was it missing something?

LLC: I have mixed feelings about the film. On the good side I think it hit on the high points of Bruce's life, the turning points, you might say. For instance, when he hurt his back and then he was laid up for six months, in bed a lot of the time, unable to be his usual physical self -- the doctors told him he would be unable to ever do gongfu again and all this stuff. That was certainly a turning point in his life, though the injury did not happen in the way they showed it in the film — they felt they had to make it more dramatic. But the point is he hurt his back and he used that time, the six months or more that he was laid up, to produce most of his writings — the philosophical writings about his method of combat, all kinds of things.
So the film took some liberties, it changed some facts, it had a mythical figure in it that I would not have agreed with but that a person can view on different levels. So there were good things and there were some not so good things and I hope that some day a really wonderful film is made about Bruce.
BE: What are you dedicating your time to these days?
LLC: I have a wonderful life going on. I have a great husband named Bruce Cadwell, I live in Idaho, and between us we have nine grandchildren; I have one grandchild, my daughter's daughter who is ten years old and I like to spend a lot of time with her.
Actually, you know, my daughter Shannon has taken over the role of perpetuating and preserving her father's legacy, so I just show up at certain times and of course I'm interested in that goal as well and we have larger goals of some day wanting to build the Bruce Lee Action Museum and people in Seattle are very interested in sponsoring that. It's a long-term project and that's what we're aiming at in the long run.

Hafla ya kumkaribisha balozi Mula mula Washington DC

Balozi mpya wa Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kwa nchi za Marekani na Mexico Mhe. Liberata Mula mula  akiwa na rais Barack Obama mara baada ya kuwasilisha hati za utanmbulisho Siku ya Alhamis Julai 18, hapo White house.

Mama Balozi Liberata Mula mula akipokelewa na mama Munanka baada ya kukutana na rais Obama na kujitambulisha huko White house alhamisi .

Mchungaji Ferdinand Shideko wa Kanisa la The Way Of The Cross Gospel Ministries Maryland nchini Marekani. akifungua kwa sala kwaajili ya ufunguzi rasmi.

Balozi mpya wa Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kwa Nchi za Marekani na Mexico Liberata Mula mula akitoa shukurani za dhati kwa mabalozi wenzake waliofika kumpongeza pamoja na Bw.EL na waTanzania wote waliokuwapo kwa kuhudhuria hafla hiyo iliofanyika Siku ya Alhamis Junali, 18 ndani ya ubalozi wa Tanzania Washington DC nchini Marekani.

Alieleza pia kushangazwa kwake na mapokezi yasiyo na makuu yalio ya kifamilia zaidi aliyopewa huko White house na Rais Barack Obama na familia yake alipowasilisha hati zake za utambulisho siku ya alhamisi Julai 18.

Mama Balozi Mula mula akisalimiana na mwenyekiti wa kamati ya mambo ya nje na ushirikiano wa kimataifa wa bunge la Tanzania na mbunge wa Monduli Edward Lowassa.


Baadhi ya mabalozi wakipata picha ya pamoja na Mhe Balozi Mula mula, kwenye hafla hiyo iliofanyika Siku ya Alhamis Junali, 18 ndani ya ubalozi wa Tanzania Washington DC nchini Marekani.

Kate Middleton hatimaye kajifungua mwanawe

Subira yavuta kheri na kheri imevutika nchini Uingereza.

 Mkewe Prince William, Kate Middleton hatimaye kajifungua mwanawe wa kwanza wa kiume ambaye pia atakuwa mtoto wao wa kwanza . Kate alikimbizwa hospitali mjini London kwa gari akiwa ameambatana na mumewe.(Photo dailymail.com)

  

Shangwe vifijo na hoi hoi zimetanda katika jiji la Uingereza na vitongoji vyake baada ya mke wa mwana mfalme Kate kujifungua mtoto wa kiume leo Jumatatu 22-07-2013 saa 10.24 jioni .Mtoto wa kifalme huyo anaingia katika kizazi cha nne cha kifalme.

Kate, aliyejulikana awali kama Catherine Duchess wa Cambridge, amejifungua mtoto huyo wa kiume katika hospitali ya St.Mary huko jijini London. Mtoto huyo atakuwa wa tatu katika mstari wa kupata ufalme kutoka kwa babu yake, mwana mfalme Charles, na Baba yake William.

“Mimi na mke wangu tunafuraha kubwa sana kwa ujio wa kuzaliwa mjukuu wetu wa kwanza” alisema Charles kwenye tamko lilotolewa na msemaji wa familia ya kifalme.

“ Maisha ya kuwa babu na bibi wa mjukuu ni ya kipekee sana katika maisha ya mtu. Na leo nina furaha sana kuwa babu kwa mara ya kwanza na tunasubiria kwa hamu kubwa sana kumwona mtoto aliyezaliwa” Alisistiza Charles kwenye tamko hilo.

Shangwe na hoi hoi zimesikika nje ya eneo la Lindo Wing ambapo ipo hospitali ya St. Mary baada ya tamko hilo kutolewa. Watu wazidi kumiminika kuelekea katika kasri ya kifalme kupate habari zaidi juu ya ujio wa mtoto wa kiume aliyezaliwa.

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Kajala Afunguka

KAJALA ATOA YA MOYONI

MSANII nyota wa filamu nchini, Kajala Masanja amewatahadharisha wasanii wenzake wa kike wawe makini wanapoanzisha uhusiano wa kimapenzi na wanaume.

Kajala amesema kutokuwa kwake makini kumchunguza mumewe, Faraja Chambo kabla ya kufunga naye ndoa, ndiko kulikomponza na kujikuta akijumuishwa katika kesi ya kutakatisha pesa.

Msanii huyo aliyenusurika kufungwa jela miaka saba, alisema hayo mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita alipokuwa akihojiwa katika kipindi cha Mboni Show, kilichorushwa hewani na kituo cha televisheni cha East Africa.

"Tusikurupuke, tuwachunguze wanaume zetu kabla ya kuanzisha nao uhusiano wa kimapenzi. Hapa nilipo sitaki tena mwanaume,"alisema.

Kajala alikiri kuwa, baada ya kuachana na mpenzi wake wa zamani, P Funky Majani, ambaye alidumu naye kwa zaidi ya miaka sita, alichanganyikiwa na kujitosa kimapenzi kwa mumewe bila kumchunguza.

"Nilichojua ni kwamba alikuwa anafanyakazi benki, mambo mengine muhimu sikuyachunguza,"alisema.

Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu Dar es Salaam ilimtia hatiani Kajala katika makosa mawili na kumuhukumu kwenda jela miaka saba ama kulipa faini ya sh. milioni 13. Kajala alilipiwa faini hiyo na msanii mwenzake wa filamu Wema Sepetu.

Mumewe, Faraja alipatikana na hatia katika makosa matatu na kuhukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 12 jela ama kulipa faini ya sh. milioni 200. Tayari Faraja ameshaanza kutumikia kifungo hicho.

Kajala alisema hakutarajia katika maisha yake iwapo ingetokea siku Wema angejitolea kumlipia faini ya sh. milioni 13 ili kumnusuru kwenda jela.

"Mimi na Wema tulikuwa marafiki, lakini wakati napelekwa Segerea, hatukuwa tukizungumza, tulikuwa tumegombana. Lakini wakati nikiwa mahabusu, alikuja kunitembelea, tukazungumza na kumaliza tofauti zetu,"alisema Kajala.

"Wema ni mmoja wa wasanii waliokuwa wakija mara kwa mara kunitembelea Segerea. Wakati mwingine alipokuwa akija, askari wa magereza walikuwa wakimzuia kuniona, sielewi kwa nini,"aliongeza.

Kajala alisema siku alipohukumiwa kwenda jela ama kulipa faini, alilia kwa uchungu kwa sababu aliamini mwisho wake umefika. Alisema alianza kupata faraja baada ya wasanii, Mahsen Awadh 'Dk. Cheni' na Elizabeth Michael 'Lulu' walipomfuata na kumueleza kwamba, Wema amekwenda benki kuchukua fedha za kumlipia faini.

Msanii huyo alisema si kweli kwamba fedha alizozitoa Wema zilitoka kwa watu wengine. Alisema anachoamini ni kwamba, fedha zile zilikuwa za Wema na alikwenda kuzitoa katika akaunti yake benki.

Kajala alisema pia kuwa, si kweli kwamba amepewa masharti na Wema ya kulipa fedha hizo kupitia filamu mbalimbali atakazozicheza. Alisema hakuna masharti hayo kati yake na Wema.

Kutokana na kuthamini msaada huo wa Wema, Kajala alisema ameamua kuchora tattoo yenye jina la msanii huyo kwenye bega lake la mkono wa kiume. Alisema hatarajii kuifuta tattoo hiyo hata kama atagombana na Wema katika siku zijazo.

"Nimechora tattoo ya Wema kwa sababu namuonyesha jinsi gani namshukuru na kukithamini kitu alichonifanyia,"alisema Kajala na kusisitiza kuwa, tattoo hiyo itabaki daima kwenye bega lake vyovyote itakavyokuwa.

Kajala alisema amejifunza mengi kutokana na kuishi jela kwa muda mrefu, ikiwa ni pamoja na kurekebisha mwenendo wa maisha yake. Alisema Kajala wa sasa si yule wa zamani.

"Kabla ya kupatwa na matatizo haya, nilikuwa nikichukulia kila kitu rahisi rahisi. Nilikuwa natoka matembezini hovyo na kufanya lolote ninalotaka. Kwa sasa sifanyi tena mambo hayo. Nimeamua kutulia na familia yangu kwa sababu ndiyo iliyonithamini wakati wa matatizo,"alisema Kajala.

Kwa mujibu wa Kajala, alikuwa karibu na Lulu walipokuwa pamoja gereza la Segerea, ikiwa ni pamoja na kushiriki kufanya ibada kwa lengo la kumuomba Mungu awanusuru katika kesi zilizokuwa zikiwakabili.

Alisema kamwe hakuwahi kupata nafasi ya kutoka gerezani nyakati za usiku na kwenda kutanua kwenye klabu za burudani kama ilivyowahi kuripotiwa na baadhi ya vyombo vya habari. Alisema habari hizo zilikuwa za uzushi.

Kajala alimtaja mfungwa mwenzake aliyekuwa akimsisimua kwa stori zake kuwa ni Mama Rama, ambaye pamoja na mwanawe, Rama walikuwa wakikabiliwa na kesi ya mauaji ya mtoto wa kike.

Tayari Mama Rama na mwanawe wameshaachiwa huru na mahakama baada ya 
kuonekana hawana hatia, lakini Rama amepelekwa hospitali ya Mirembe ya mkoani Dodoma kwa ajili ya kufanyiwa uchunguzi. Mirembe ni hospitali maalumu ya wagonjwa wa akili.

Alipoulizwa ni kesi zipi zinazowakabili wanawake wengi waliofungwa jela, Kajala alisema nyingi zinatokana na makosa ya kutupa watoto na zingine chanzo chake ni wanaume. Alisema wapo wanawake waliohukumiwa vifungo vya miaka 30 jela baada ya wanaume zao kukamatwa kwa ujambazi.

"Wanawake wengi walikamatwa wakiwa na wanaume zao kwa makosa ya ujambazi, lakini si kweli kwamba walishiriki katika matukio hayo,"alisema Kajala.

Akizungumzia mazingira ya jela, Kajala alisema walikuwa wakifunguliwa saa 10 alfajiri kwa ajili ya kuhesabiwa na kunywa uji kabla ya kupangiwa kazi za kufanya. Alisema kila ilipofika saa 10 jioni, walitakiwa kwenda kulala na ilipofika saa tatu usiku kengele ya kuwazuia kuzungumza ilikuwa ikipigwa.

Alikanusha madai ya kuwepo kwa vitendo vya usagaji jela kwa kusema kuwa, wafungwa na mahabusu wanalala taa zikiwa zinawaka na wakiwa chini ya ulinzi mkali wa askari wa kike.

Kajala anakumbuka siku moja akiwa kwenye karandinga la polisi, akitoka mahakama ya Kisutu kurudishwa Segerea, alimuona msanii Barnaba Elias maeneo ya Mnazi Mmoja na kila mmoja alitamani kuzungumza na mwenzake, lakini ilishindikana.

Msanii huyo mwenye sura na umbo lenye mvuto alisema baada ya kunusurika kwenda jela, alifanyiwa tambiko na baba yake kwa kummwagia maji mwilini kabla ya kuingia nyumbani. Alisema siku hiyo alikesha akimzungumzisha mdogo wake usiku kucha. 

Pamoja na kukumbwa na matatizo hayo na mumewe, Kajala alisema ataendelea kumuheshimu kwa vile walifunga ndoa kanisani na kwa mujibu wa sheria za dini ya kikristo, hawapaswi kuachana.

"Siwezi kumshiti mume wangu, akitoka jela salama, atanikuta. Ndoa za kikristo hakuna kuachana,"alisisitiza.

Alisema pia kuwa, hawezi kuwachukia watu wake wa karibu waliomtelekeza wakati wa matatizo kwa vile kila kitu kinatokea kutokana na mipango ya Mungu.

Akizungumzia matarajio yake katika fani ya filamu, Kajala alisema anatarajia kutengeneza filamu itakayozungumzia maisha yake, ikiwa ni pamoja na matatizo aliyoyapata.

"Nimeandaa stori ya maisha yangu kupitia movi. Itazungumzia mambo yote yanayonihusu, tangu nilipokuwa na P Funky hadi nilipokamatwa na polisi na kufunguliwa mashtaka na maisha yangu ya jela,"alisema.

Kajala alisema katika filamu hiyo, atawatumia baadhi ya wasanii maarufu na chipukizi
kwa lengo la kuwapa uzoefu na kukuza vipaji vyao.

Lulu aipongeza Birthday ya Dr. Cheni

Lulu amuandikia Cheni ujumbe huu siku ya jumapili , maalum kwa ajili ya Birthday yake Naweza kusema kwamba toka msanii wa Bongo Movies, Lulu ametoka Jela amekuwa na mawazo chanya sana na amekuwa msichana mmoja anayejali sana watu wake wa karibu, inshort she's a grown up girl. Jana ilikua siku ya kuzaliwa ya msanii mkongwe wa maigizo na filamu, Dr. Cheni. Lulu ambaye kutoka kwake na kuingiwa uraiani kulifanikishwa kwa kiasi kikubwa na msanii huyo alitumia muda wake kumuandikia ujumbe huu Dr. Cheni, maalumu kwa ajili ya Birthday yake: “Daah.. dnt even know whr to start!!!! okay.... umekuwa ni mtu muhimu sana katika maisha yangu... mtu mwenye kunipenda kwa dhati na kunithamani...  

 Kila ninapokuwa najaribu kukuelezea huwa nakosa cha kuongea na najisikia kulia tu....!!! nina uhakika sina cha kukulipa zaidi ya kukuombea uishi maisha marefu yenye amani, afya na faraja!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY CHENI......♥”

Ni kweli watu wengi wanasubiri tukio hili limtokee Diamond?

Inaaminika kwamba muimbaji wa muziki wa Bongo flava, Diamond ndiye msanii anayeongoza kwa kulipwa mkwanja mrefu zaidi hapa East Africa. Umaarufu wake unazidi kukua pengine ndio sababu alipost picha hii (chini)

 

Kama unavyoona picha hiyo, inaonesha anaanguka (obvious kimuziki) ambapo aliipost kupitia akaunti zake za Instagram, facebook na Twitter ikiwa imesindikizwa na maneno haya: - See more at: http://www.keezywear.com/2013/07/picha-je-ni-kweli-watu-wengi-wanasubiri.html#more

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5:14 PM - 17 Jul 2013

kUMBUKA MDAU TUPIA MACHO HAPA

Watu na mambo yao

Wema Sepetu akiwa na Charz Baba.

Wema Sepetu akiwa na Charz Baba.

……..

Wema Sepetu akiwa katika pozi.

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Eeeeeee hii ilishatokea kitambotuuuu.

Msanii wa ‘Bongo Movies’, Cheni amempongeza

Lulu kwa hili
Baada ya Lulu kutangaza kuwa amebadilika

sana toka alipotoka jela, msanii wa filamu

TZ, Mahsein Awadhi aka Dk. Cheni amesema

anamtakia mafanikio mema kinda la hilo la

filamu, baada ya kujitangaza kuwa

amebadilika.
Dk. Cheni amefurahi kusikia mikakati ya

Lulu na kumsihi ajitahidi kuishi hivyo ili

aweze kufikia malengo yake kama

alivyojipangia. Dk. Cheni aliongeza:

“Kwanza nampongeza na namuombea kwa Mungu

atimize malengo yake. Ni jambo zuri kama

ameamua kujikita katika kazi zaidi ya kitu

chochote,” alisema Dk. Cheni.Inatoka kwa mdau.

Msanii wa ‘Bongo Movies’, Cheni amempongeza Lulu kwa hili

Baada ya Lulu kutangaza kuwa amebadilika sana toka alipotoka jela, msanii wa filamu TZ, Mahsein Awadhi aka Dk. Cheni amesema anamtakia mafanikio mema kinda la hilo la filamu, baada ya kujitangaza kuwa amebadilika.

Dk. Cheni amefurahi kusikia mikakati ya Lulu na kumsihi ajitahidi kuishi hivyo ili aweze kufikia malengo yake kama alivyojipangia. Dk. Cheni aliongeza:

“Kwanza nampongeza na namuombea kwa Mungu atimize malengo yake. Ni jambo zuri kama ameamua kujikita katika kazi zaidi ya kitu chochote,” alisema Dk. Cheni

- See more at: http://www.keezywear.com/2013/07/msanii-wa-bongo-movies-cheni.html#more

Msanii wa ‘Bongo Movies’, Cheni amempongeza Lulu kwa hili

Baada ya Lulu kutangaza kuwa amebadilika sana toka alipotoka jela, msanii wa filamu TZ, Mahsein Awadhi aka Dk. Cheni amesema anamtakia mafanikio mema kinda la hilo la filamu, baada ya kujitangaza kuwa amebadilika.

Dk. Cheni amefurahi kusikia mikakati ya Lulu na kumsihi ajitahidi kuishi hivyo ili aweze kufikia malengo yake kama alivyojipangia. Dk. Cheni aliongeza:

“Kwanza nampongeza na namuombea kwa Mungu atimize malengo yake. Ni jambo zuri kama ameamua kujikita katika kazi zaidi ya kitu chochote,” alisema Dk. Cheni

- See more at: http://www.keezywear.com/2013/07/msanii-wa-bongo-movies-cheni.html#more

Familia ya Obama nikawaida kutokezea flesh

 

 

                                Sasha Obama & Malia Obama

Menace II Society: 20 Years Later

by Biba Adams

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It was my senior year of high school. A hot Memorial Day weekend, May 26, 1993. My cousin and I went to a see it at a theater that has long since closed down, The Americana. Patrons were being waved down with security wands, scanned for guns. It was an inconveinece that we didn’t even think twice about. Hey, it was better than getting shot. This was Detroit. In the early 90′s, and violence was just a fact of life.

And so were guns. And the death or incarceration of young, black men. Doughboy had only declared it 2 years earlier, but it seemed like they still didn’t know, didn’t show, or just didn’t care about what was going on in the hood.

But, then came Menace II Society.

The “hood movie” genre was already in full swing. New Jack City, Boyz N the Hood, and Juice provided the visuals for the hardcore music of the time. Set to gangster rap soundtracks, the new image of African American culture now had faces to match it. While Nino Brown was a villain worth hating, Doughboy tugged at your heart strings, and Bishop, you just felt sorry for.

But, then came O-Dog.

Nothing could prepare you for the opening scene of the movie. The random violence was astonishing. O-Dog was an antihero. He blurred the lines between hero and villain. Because for all of his bad-ness, he felt like someone you knew, someone you loved. He was young, black, and didn’t give a f**k.

But the heart of the story was Caine.

Caine Lawson was a boy I went to high school with. And if you grew up in an urban jungle, you probably did too, and if you didn’t, you might have been him. The son of a junkie mother and a drug dealing, murderous father, raised by grandparents who didn’t understand him, Caine seemed doomed from the very start. But, he was smart. Unlike most of his friends, he was graduating from high school, a fact that endeared him even more with the audience. And, hey, I’ll say it… he was cute. He was handsome in a way that wasn’t off-putting. He was handsome in a way that was just above average, just enough for it to matter. He could pull the girls, with his texturized hair and his silk shirts. He had a nice (stolen) ride, and nice (stolen) rims.

[ALSO READ: ’93 til Infinity: Our favorite “Menace II Society” Characters]

He was such an epitome of young, Black manhood in the early 90′s, that he could have been from anywhere. But, he grew up in South Central Los Angeles. In the late 80′s and 90′s, after the rise of NWA and West Coast hip-hop, South Central was synonymous with violence and anger. Having been filmed and released just a few short years after the Rodney King beating and the uprisings that followed, the beginning images of the 1965 Watts Rebellion and the 1992 LA Riots (or Rebellion) explained without words the city’s long-history of police brutality, gang violence, and systematic oppression.

And that was the point.

Menace II Society was, above all, the story of forgotten men. While Boyz N the Hood was a story of lost promise, of an invisible war waging in America’s ghettos, there was still a silver lining; after all Tre and Brandi went away to college, one at Morehouse and the other at Spelman. Caine never made it to Atlanta with his girl. Instead he died, right when he had found a reason to live.

And that was what made the tragic film so painful and powerful. After seeing it that opening weekend, I saw it again a few days later with my film buff mother, and afterwards in little Ford Escort, she threw her head into her hands and sobbed. Shocked, I stared at her as she wailed about the “vicious cycle.” I understood, but in my heart, I chose to make up a little story that Caine made it to the hospital and lived. I held that in my heart for years. To this day, when the movie comes on television, I usually turn it off before he gets shot. He was that powerful a protagonist.

The tragedy in Caine’s death was that it seemed so unavoidable. That it was a fate that he knew was hopeless to outrun. Caine’s fate was like so many in the Black community. A waste, a young man who could have been a good father, a good contributor to society. Instead, he was just another one of the lost ones, another brother you tipped the bottle for.

The late, great Roger Ebert, who absolutely loved this film, stated in his 4 star review: He (Caine) has the values of his immediate circle, and the lack of imagination: He cannot envision a world for himself outside of the limited existence of guns, cars, drugs and swagger. This movie, like many others, reminds us that murder is the leading cause of death among young black men. But it doesn’t blame the easy target of white racism for that: It looks unblinkingly at a street culture that offers its members few choices that are not self-destructive.

The Hughes Brothers didn’t blame society for the problems in the hood. But, it didn’t let it off the hook either. It showed, plainly, that there was a cycle of violence going on in the ghetto, and young men, smart men, handsome men, black men, were dying everyday and we were doing nothing about it. The film asked hard questions and demanded answers that still have yet to come. Questions about single motherhood, the growing numbers of grandparents raising kids–co-parenting with the streets, America’s obscenely high incarceration rate, the proliferation of guns in the Black community, and how systematic oppression (lack of access to liveable wage jobs, quality schools, and basic services) just creates more problems for all of us.

20 years later, street culture is celebrated. Films like Menace II Society put faces and images on stories that rappers had started to tell. And those stories only got louder, with driving bass beats to back them. Within months, The Chronic would drop and so would Doggystyle and Los Angeles and “gangster rap” would capture the imagination of America for years.

There is still crime in the Black community, still oppression, still bad schools, still single moms. But, I choose to believe that there has been progress in the last 20 years, and I don’t mean because we have a black President. There have been some decrease in violent crimes in major cities, the war on drugs locked up more than a few good men, but there has been a decrease in drug-related crime. There are more grassroots community programs and agencies in our cities, saving kids one at a time.

So, this year, as I prepare to head to my 20th high school reunion, I can see a movie in my hometown without there being metal detectors.Source http://allhiphop.com

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Cheki washindi wa BET Awards 2013

 

Ugawaji Tuzo kubwa kabisa nchini Marekani, BET Awards zilifanyika jana. BET Awards inajumuisha categories nyingi, kuanzia Muziki wa aina zote (Hip Hop, RnB na Gospel) na Filamu. Kama inavyojieleza yenyewe, BET (Black Entertainment Tv) inaangalia zaidi watu weusi.

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