Chris Brown's mom Joyce Hawkins has tweeted about someone not telling the truth...and folks think it's Rihanna! Also, Gabrielle Union speaks on the "legitimate rape" controversy and Wiz Khalifa responds to O.N.I.F.C.'s cover art backlash.
Though she didn't call her by name, Chris Brown's mom, Joyce Hawkins, posted a few tweets soon after Rihanna's Oprah interview aired...and they weren't too nice.
Breezy's mom insinuates that someone is holding back and not sharing their full truth.
She then added,
BE POSITIVE IT CAN AND WILL HELP SOMEONE.
ANGELS YOU HAVE BEEN THERE NO MATTER WHAT. YOU ARE THE TRUE MEANING OF ”LOVE IN SPITE OF"
But before we totally assume Joyce was speaking on Rihanna, she conveniently added,
“MY STATEMENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GENERAL AND WILL REMAIN THAT WAY."
Hmmm....we have heard there are some things NOT being said. So we wouldn't be surprised if the whole truth hasn't benn told. It likely never will be. So should we all just move on?
And in the headlines......
Rape survivor and advocate for women's health, Gabrielle Union, appeared on MSNBC recently where she shared her feelings about Rep. Todd Akin's ignorant "legitimate rape" comments. She said, "Todd Akin…I was shocked. I would say saddened except that it pissed me off."
The Planned Parenthood advocate then went on to discuss her work with women's health care initiatives and to defend women's rights. On Twitter, she posed a message to Todd saying, "Dear Todd Akin...ALL rape is "legitimate"... Word.
Watch Gabby talk about where women's healthcare is heading in the clip above.
And in other music news,
Wiz Khalifa talked to Karen Civil recently about the backlash over his O.N.I.F.C. cover art (September 18) saying it shocked him, but he's happy folks are talking about it.
"I think that's the beauty of it -- so many people try to plan all those types of situations and be like, 'This is what it is, that's what it is'," he continued. "I don't know what [the response] is gonna be. I do what I feel, and then people react to it. When [the cover] got its reaction, it was crazy to me 'cause I thought people was gonna love it. I thought they would be like, 'Yo, this is the craziest cover, this is the best sh** I've ever seen in my life'. When I sat down and thought about it, I was like, 'Well, whether they're talking about how bad it is or how good it is, they're talking about it,' and that becomes the thing for the day, week, month, however long it lasts. It's a good thing, and I believe in it, so that's what's most important."
He also added that the artwork is about '60s counter-culture and getting into that mind frame.
"[Jimi Hendrix] is definitely an influence, but it's not just [that]," he explained. "Jimi Hendrix is a great person, I love Jimi, but like that whole era of music, they all look like that. When you look back at that time and the Vietnam days... that's what people looked like at that time. Me having an afro and me wearing a bandanna around my head and people think now I look like Jimi Hendrix, it doesn't mean I'm trying to be Jimi. Yeah, I love Jimi, but that's not really exactly who I'm trying to be. I embody that mind frame [and] spirit of what was going on at that time, how people really felt about how important it was to stand up for what you believe in and to fight for what was yours, whether it be your culture or your family."
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