(New Video Post) “Don’t Forget To Practice” #WeeklyMemo

April 15, 2014 by

Hey guys! How are you?

Today I want to talk with you about a lesson that I have to remind myself of every day, and that is to keep practicing! The most important thing for your craft and your career is practicing, rehearsing, and continually educating yourself to become better. I’ve spoken before about letting your work move you forward but I think the first step is get ready, train, practice, rehearse and educate yourself, whatever you need to do to perfect your craft! In order to be able to have your work move you forward, it needs to be good and you need to be ready and the best thing to do is to “stay ready so you don’t have to get ready!” Check out my video below, and don’t forget to practice!

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(New Video Post) Self Love Gives You Freedom #SelfLove

April 12, 2014 by

Happy Self Love Saturday!  

The greatest gift that I’ve gotten from self love is freedom. Taking the time find love for myself has given me confidence and a sense if comfortability that I didn’t have before. I truly feel free and the best part is that I know, no matter what is happening in my life that everything is going to be ok. Having that sense of knowing and freedom is a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders, and that is why I continue to encourage people to start a self love journey. Check out the video below to hear why Self Love gives you freedom! Happy Self Love Saturday!

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(New Post) Don’t Wait To Be…

April 7, 2014 by

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“Don’t wait to be cast, you cast the cast” 

Today a friend sent me that message with a picture of Chaka Khan, I may have mentioned this before but playing Chaka Khan in a bio-pic is my dream role.

That message is really what I needed to read today because of late I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed and down. I have so many ideas and things that I want to make happen for my career and life but at times it can feel like I’m moving at a snails pace and it’s very frustrating. I try my best to not complain and over think and worry about all of the things that I need but instead I try my best to focus on what I can do to keep moving forward. I’m a big believer in the idea that if you want something done you’re going to have to do it yourself. Even if you need a team you’re the only one to put that team together and you’ll probably have to work harder than everyone on that team because it’s your dream and no one else is as passionate about it as you are.

I wish that a lot of my goals could just magically get accomplished and that the work involved would come very easy and I wouldn’t have to worry because a large pile of money, a great distribution team and even better PR team would come with it waiting for me. But unfortunately that’s just not the case and the word “work” and “easy” don’t go together because a dream isn’t supposed to be easy, the journey wouldn’t be as fun if it was.

My 2014 motto is “Find A Way” and the message from my friend reminded me of why I constantly need to find a way and not be overwhelmed, discouraged or worry about the “speed” of my life because I am making it happen and that’s all that matters. So for my friends who may have been feeling how I’ve been feeling lately, don’t worry, don’t wait and do the work. It’s not about how long it takes as long as you keep going and make it happen in the time that it’s supposed to happen.

 

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(New Video Post) Outside Influences and Living to Your Potential – #SelfLove

April 5, 2014 by

Happy Self Love Saturday!

How are you guys doing? This week I want to talk to you about “Outside Influences and Living to Your Potential”. On my self love journey I’ve had to spend a lot of time learning how to block out all the outside noise and take a look at my outside influences and whether they are helping or hurting me and if they are helping to inspire me to truly live to my ultimate potential!

Living to my potential has become an obsession of mine in making sure that at the end of my days I have given everything I have and in the words of Oprah “fulfill the highest level of myself”. Starting myself self love journey has helped to guide me in this direction because I’m confident in myself and who I am and the kind of life I want. In this video I encourage all of you to take a look at your outside influences, the good and the bad and how it helps or hurts you and are you living to your potential? Happy Self Love Saturday!

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(New Video Post) My Lipstick Story – Top 5 Favorites

April 2, 2014 by

Hey guys!

I’m not a makeup guru but I love Lipstick and I get asked a lot of questions on what kind and brand I’m wearing so I figured I’d do a fun video for you guys and give you my Top Five Favorite Lip Sticks! Let me know what your own top picks are and any colors you think I might like! Happy Hump Day!

The Lipsticks

1. “Posh Tone” – MAC
2. “Chatterbox” – MAC
3. “Vesper” – The Lip Bar
4. “Bahama Mama” – The Lip Bar
https://thelipbar.com/
5. “Red” – Makeup Forever

 

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(New Video Post) Natural Beauty Tips For Thin Eyebrows & Lashes from @HeyFranHey

March 31, 2014 by

Hey guys!

My girl Fran aka Hey Fran Hey has got THE BEST tips for enhancing your beauty the natural way! She put me on to Coconut Oil and my hair and nails have never been better and I wouldn’t have used Kinky Curly Leave In Conditioner if she didn’t take me to Ricky’s and literally put it in my hands! I trust her, the girl knows what she’s talking about! So I was very happy this morning to find her latest video (youtube.com/heyfranhey) on how to grow your eyebrows and eye lashes the natural way! My eye brows have always been very sparse and if I don’t fill them in, I practically have nothing at all. In Fran’s latest video she suggests using Jamaican Black Castor Oil and Rosemary Essential Oil and an empty mascara bottle and just apply them the same way you would a deep conditioner to your hair.  It looks very simple and she says if you don’t have those oils (which are the best choices) then you can use Jojoba Oil, Coconut Oil or Aloe Vera. Keep in mind she points out this is no over night success and but you can expect to see results within a 3-4 month period, which is what I expected. I can’t wait to give this a try, check out her video below to see how it’s done. Thanks for always providing amazing tips Fran!!

 

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(New Video Post) Self Love Q & A #SelfLove

March 29, 2014 by

Happy Self Love Saturday!

In last week’s video I told you guys to leave any questions you may have about “Self Love” in the comments or on twitter and I would answer as many as I could in the video for this week! Well I got A LOT of questions, way more than I expected which was amazing! I did my best to answer every single one either on youtube or twitter and chose to answer the most popular questions in this video without it being super long! Majority of you wanted to know “how to start and complete a goal”, “how to deal with negative people” and “how to remain positive!” Check out the video below for my advice and I hope it helps anyone who wanted to know! Happy Self Love Saturday! 

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(New Video Post) @RealityCrowdTV Ep 11. Crowd Funding in the Black Community

March 26, 2014 by

Tonight I was apart of a great discussion on Crowd Funding in the Black Community hosted by Reality Crowd TV and Marlin Adams of CulturalGrassRoots.com  . Myself along with Roger Madison, publisher and founder of iZania.com , Alex McConduit,  creator of  FundDat.com and DeShuna Spencer,  publisher and founder of emPowerMagazine.com  got the chance to discuss the  dos and don’t’s of crowd funding and what we need as a community to expand and truly benefit from the crowd funding model. All of these people are brilliant and doing something progressive and awesome for people of color so I was very honored to be in a discussion with them, thank you again to Marlin and Manolis and Jessica for including me, I had a great time! Check out the full discussion below.

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(New Video Post) I am Inspired By @BeautyByJemz Single Mom-Entrepreneur

March 25, 2014 by

Hey guys!

Here is the second installment for my “Inspired By” vlog series and today I am inspired by my girl Jem Lopez.

She is an entrepreneur, makeup artist and single mom who  didn’t give up on her dreams because she had a child instead she hustled and made her dreams happen and I think that’s beautiful! Far too often I meet people who think having a kid means it’s time to give up on your dreams and just focus on making money and I don’t think that’s true. I think you can have any life you want but you’re going to have to hustle even harder than before so you can make it happen. I’ve seen it with my own eyes through my friends who are artists and entrepreneurs who have children. It’s hard work but the pay off is worth it and even more importantly, your kid gets to see their parent going after their dreams and accomplishing their goals and living a happy life! Check out this video below featuring my girl Jem Lopez and her beautiful story of taking a leap of faith for what she wanted.

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(New Music Post) @WrathsChild —- A Big Shout Out to My Friend @SimonCurtis

March 24, 2014 by

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I’m crying, like actually CRYING!

I’ve been very blessed to have really talented, ambitious and tenacious friends who constantly inspire me and remind me to keep going through their own hard work and constant chase of their dreams. My friend Simon Curtis is a beautiful person that I am overwhelmingly proud of today and this post is dedicated to him!

I met Simon in 2008 filming the movie “Spectacular” for Nickelodeon and I immediately connected with him, because we were the same age and both pursuing acting with the hopes of becoming famous singers! I know that might sound backwards but it’s very common to meet actors who want to sing or singers who want to act, entertainers are multifaceted and most of us just want the world to see us use ALL of our talents and Simon was no different. Oh and to top it off he’s hilarious, like way funnier than he probably even realizes so all of these things on top of a good person made him my immediate bestie!

After “Spectacular” came out in 2009 both of us went really hard focusing on our music and we both released albums in 2010 (I featured him on my song “Talk to Me” from my album 54321) and then he released another in 2011 and then life happened. Our releases went well but we weren’t rich and the fight didn’t become any easier, so for both of us it was back to square one. I ended up moving to New York and he stayed in LA and we both did our best to figure out what was going to come next. The hardest part of being an independent artist is keeping the momentum, keeping the fight going and ignoring the fact that it keeps getting more and more difficult! Despite being in different cities we were always in similar places in our lives, whether that meant spiritually or career wise and we’d often call each other our “Spirit Twin” and still to this day I tell people that he’s the “white male” version of me LOL. But because I wasn’t able to see him in person, a part of me used to worry if he’d lost his momentum because I know how hard it is. You need friends in your corner to help you to keep going and this is a lot easier to do when you’re side by side. I knew that he was going to form a group with our friend Ro (who I met through Simon and performed with her in the London a few years ago) but I also knew that they had to deal with a lot of outside bull shit to get their vision and new music out so naturally I was worried and hoped and prayed that it would somehow work itself out. They both are extremely talented and I knew from my own experience there is nothing more frustrating than wanting to release music and having a lot of outside factors stopping you!

Fast forward to a few days ago and here comes the big debut of “WrathsChild” the dynamic duo “Wolfy and Simon” and I couldn’t have been more thrilled! It was time – it was finally their time! Today they released the single “Fall Into Love”  with Billboard.com, it beautiful pop song with a crazy amazing tribal inspired bridge (I’m obsessed with Tribal by the way!) and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve literally balled my eyes out listening to it because I’m so proud. I know what this pursuit is like and it’s not easy so seeing my friends being able to release something that I know didn’t come easily because it was two years in the making, makes me proud, excited, happy, and inspired! My motto for 2014 is “Find A Way” And seeing this debut is proof that you have to, no matter what always find a way to do what your heart wants to do! You want to sing? Then sing! You want to act? Go act! You want to be the biggest pop star in the world? Then do everything you can until you get to that grand stage! Find A Way!

Ro — You sound beautiful and look like the coolest, most badass chick EVER on the cover! I want to be you! 

Simon — I’ll love you forever, and I couldn’t be more proud of you in this moment. This song, this group, this cover, everything feels right! It’s go time, so GO BIG OR GO HOME and try it all over again! LOL. Don’t stop, you’re far too talented and your heart is too good for the world to not see what you have to offer .  

Go Check out this beautiful song, and please spread the word!  —> FALL INTO LOVE 

 

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