TeMika Grooms(yall check her out)

Temika Grooms is a cool sista that does alot. She is active in the arts community and I have known her a couple of years now. She is mad cool cause she always speaks and treats folks warmly. She is a visual artist, wife, full-time angel and mother doing good things. She is working on a book as a illustrator and also helps run a A-AFTA( African Americans For The Arts. If yall wanna find out more about Temika, just scroll down and click on my muse arts in my contributors section. She is also in my top 32 on my myspace page. Other than that, I had to drive back down to tifton,ga today to finish some training for my job. Yall be easy!

Jazmine Sullivan/Soul Singer/Fly Sista

I think this sista can sang. She is pretty and very easy on the eyes. I like the song and wish missy wasn't on it. I heard jazmin is from philly. Seems like there is alot of soul floating around that area. I hope the album and the next single are good and not full of filler ish. I also hope they don't go and do a stupid remix of this song with somebody stupid who doesn't match like lil wayne, t-pain or r.kelly. I am tired of them nuckas especially t-pain. J Records should not do a remix with somebody stupid and mess this young girl up. I should be an A&R or something. On the wigflip, I hope this sista doesn't get drowned out by the commercial bullshit like Estelle did. Jazmin Sullivan and Estelle are both extremely talented and deserve some shine time. Yall check out her album and check out Estelle.

This Chick is Crazy!!

Oh My God....

If you've ever seen Flip This House,

You're going to LOVE this! lol

Ledisi/Soul Singer/Fly Suga Sista

I aint hatin on Ashanti or Keyshia Cole, but if I don't like it, I don't like it, that don't mean that I'm hatin. I don't see anything in relation to true substance in yalls music once I get past the good good images. Anyway, I copped the raphael saadiq album a minute ago. I had heard some of it on the "Urban Flavas" show. On the instant vintage album he had a song with Ledisi and I really dug her sound. I checked her out and finally copped the Lost and Found album. This sista can really sang. The album is mellow and has some good joints on it. I hope she gets some time to shine. I seen a picture of Ledisi at Ear Wax records before it closed in an issue of Rolling Out. This sista is bad. She is beautiful and talented. We need to support good soul artists like Ledisi and let them know that we appreciate their talents and the time they spend to share it with us. Yall pick up Ledisi's joints and check out her show when she comes to ya town. PEACE!

Lauren Makk/Trading Spaces/TLC/Fly Sista

When I aint workin, side hustling my art, snappin into a slim jim or tryin to get rich, I watch T.V. One saturday night a couple of months ago, I was flippin through the channels and came across this heavenly form of art named Lauren. I am from the south and we like our women thick with meat on they bones. This sista upped the WOW factor just with her smile. She is a designer on the TLC show Trading Spaces. Yo, I was like dammmn! This sista is stacked and I mean stacked like a brickhouse. Anyway, no disrespect! I have been watching the show since just to see my future baby mama but now it is college football season and nothing else really matters the next couple of months. I checked out Ms. Lauren Makk's bio and discovered that she is a artist. She is into hip hop and graffiti. I said damn that is sexy. I can dig a sista that will be down to tag a freight, do a throw up or end to end without being scared(that's graf head lingo). This sista has a beautiful smile and the dimples give ya a warm fuzzy feeling of good whole-some-ness! On the real, This sista is a artist and interior designer. I think that is cool. It is good to see sistas doing all types of things to help break down stereotypes. It inspires me to wanna do better and keep my head to the sky. We need that sometimes! Yall can check out the beautiful Lauren Makk on Trading Spaces on saturday nights on TLC. Yall be easy!

Sunny Anderson/Cooking For Real/The Food Channel/Fly Sista

Ay yo, I was channel surfing one Sunday morning trying to decide if I was gonna go to church or stay home and watch garbage. I came across this caramel, french fry brown thick sista cookin some southern fried chicken. I said well guy-lee-bum. She is beautiful and knows how to cook. I am a man and I started thinkin like a man. What if I came home and she was dressed in a nurses outfit cookin? Anyway, no disrespect. I watched the show a couple more times and discovered that Sunny is a multi-talented sista who is a army gal, a popular hip hop deejay, tv show host, author, model and professional cook/chef. It is cool to see young sistas doing big things to help break down stereotypes and further their careers as successful ladies and productive members of society. Yall can catch Sunny Anderson doing her thang on "Cookin for Real" on Sunday mornings on the food channel @ 10:30 am.Big Ups!

Lauren Lake/HGTV/Spice Up My Kitchen/Fly Sista

Yo, I was flippin through the channels one tuesday night and seen this cornbread thick sista holding a can of paint. I said good-googly-mooh. This sista is bad and she is not only a tv show host, interior designer, legal consulter but also a high powered lawyer. I have been watching the show "spice up my kitchen" ever since just to see her. After watching the show, she makes a brotha wanna get up and go to Lowes to buy a new dishwasher, marble counter tops and some floor tile even though I don't need it. Yall check her out! Spice up my kitchen comes on tuesdays at 8:30 on HGTV.

Erykah Badu

I like erykah badu. My favorite song off of her new album is "MASTER TEACHER" ft. Georgia Ann Muldrow. I think erykah badu is fly. Since having kids, she has gotten thick as all out doors. I saw this post on okayplayer. I also like the song she did with SA-RA Creative Partners. She also did a song on the strange fruit project.

"It seems a little odd to pick up a compilation of vintage blues tracks and find Erykah Badu’s name snuggled in among the credits. The album, due out next Tuesday, is called A Brief History of the Blues — a collection of classic performances by such masters as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith and Elmore James. Erykah crops up in a duet with guitarist and fellow Texan Doyle Bramhall II on an old Charley Patton song called 'Oh Death,' and it’s a smoky, soulful take on the tune." I WANNA SHOUT OUT TO THE 5% NATION OF GODS AND EARTHS. I SEND A PERSONAL SHOUT OUT TO THE CATS I HUNG OUT WITH BACK IN 1994-1995 AT THE AUC ZULU NATION MEETINGS. KEEP BUILDING!

Serena Williams

I seen a blog post on kid chaos site and was inspired. Serena Williams is sunshine liquor. She bad! I can't lie. She is a beautiful sista that gets my mojo workin. Besides Nia Long, Estelle, Monique, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Paula J. Parker, Kimberly Locke, India Arie and Oprah, Serena is in the running to be my first baby mama. Yall check out www.thekaoseffect.com and the photo shoot from the ebony gig she did. I have never been a tennis fan. I only watch tennis when somebody black is playing like venus, serena or carl malone's daughter. It is the same with golf. When tiger is playing, I watch it. Other than that, it is boring. Black women come in all shapes, sizes, skin tones, attitudes and styles. I truly appreciate my sistas and it makes a brotha feel warm and proud to see them doing things that tear down stereotypes. My granny said "God was showing off when he created the black woman." Serena and her sister do all types of things from Fashion Design to modeling. I am bigging up all the sistas! Yall stay jazzy and beautiful! We still need each other.

Tiombe Lockhart

Tiombe Lockhart is cool. She is a singer but I also see her as a performance artist. I first heard her on a song from a mixtape. She did a cover of "Another one Bites the dust" and then I heard her on the Platinum Pied Piers album. Tiombe is on some future 80's ish with her style and image. I really like tiombe and Georgia Ann Muldrow. I hope Tiombe comes to atlanta and perform sometime in the future. I also really dug the platinum pied piers album. I would like to see those cats get some shine too. They did a song with SA-RA creative partners on this album too. All those cats are bad. The song "Act Like you know" featuring Jay Dilla is one of my favorite cuts. I also play the song "Lights Out" at high volume when my neighbor gets to trippin. My favorite Tiombe Lockhart song is "Mr. Johnny Walker". I heard this song on a dj jamad afromentals mixtape. I gotta hit moods music to cop some tiombe lockhart joints. I recently copped that Georgia Ann Muldrow "Fragments" album and it was dope. The only thing is that the songs are way too short. Yo, I am cool jody because I step outside the box and listen to all kinds of music. Yall check out Tiombe Lockhart, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Waajeed, Platinum Pied Piers at www.bling47.com

Sonia and the natural crew/Birmingham's Best!

This is a picture of sonia and her staff at changes natural hair care salon. Sonia has a big place in birmingham and she recently opened a spot in atlanta over by greenbriar. It didn't work out how she expected. I met sonia at a event I did in birmingham called R.I.S.E. It was put on by dj rahdu and the soul rebels collective. Sonia purchased a couple pieces of my work. She then called me later to get some customized work and also had some of her staff buy some work. It is cool cause I didn't have to pull teeth or deal with any bull while dealing with sonia. She is a cool sista. I am thankful for her showing interest in my work and it really did alot for my confidence. Also, sonia puts on events at her mega salon in birmingham. I have been down there a couple of times and really enjoyed myself. You can see pictures of me, the soul rebels collective, sonia, julie dexter, anthony david, rueben studdard and more at www.urbanham.com in the events section of the photo gallery. Go there and click on any of the events labeled "R.I.S.E.". Sonia, dj rahdu, tommy, nee nah and everybody down there are really soulful and cool people. If yall are ever in birmingham, check out changes natural hair salon. Please support black businesses!

joan and Murrell's 3000 Sculpture Class

There is nothing like finding inspiration from a beautiful woman. Beautiful women come in all shapes, sizes and colors. During one of my classes at GSU, I had the opportunity to study with Joan. Joan was cool and always had something positive to say. Not to sound offensive or mannish, she is the first Asian sista I have ever seen with some junk in the trunk. We took michael murrell's 3000 level sculpture class. I took this picture on the last day of critiques spring 2007. The piece she is standing by was something she was working on. It is a old tree part found on side the road. I had alot of fun and learning experiences while I was at GSU mainly in the wood shop. Joan was a grad student and is now teaching. I seen her at her old job in union city and she still remembers the robots I did for this class. I am cool because I have all types of friends from different backgrounds, cultures and places that co-exist peacefully. Shout-out to the GSU scultpure department and edgewood sculpture forum.