Family… This term is as deep in meaning as it is varied in definition. During my life, the term ‘family’ has become as mutable as a mound of clay on a pottery wheel. Like many people, I am a member of a blended family. My father had children before he and my mother met. My […]
In the wake of the Montana Fishburne scandal, only one question seems to resonate with me. Who’s next? We’ve seen this happen time and time again over the past few years with our young Hollywood starlets going from complete obscurity and living their lives as **enter celebrity’s name here** kid to the Kim Kardashian’s and […]
Hey Global Grind it’s @alexishouston! What a difference a week makes! My debut single, “CHANGE”, was released last Tuesday and I’ve been out promoting it…like CRAZY!!! Now for those of you who know me, you know how incredibly nervous I am about meeting people let alone actually speaking to complete strangers. Well…. I’m doing it! […]
Trawling through my iTunes the other day, I came across the vast collection of mixtapes and albums that I have amassed over the years by Houston’s own Chamillionaire. I’ve always been a fan of Cham, his style of rap and flow was easy to get along with and his beat selection for the most part […]
We spend our entire lives hoping to be seen…seen for who we really are… I can’t quite remember where or when I heard this quote for the first time but it has stuck with me for some time now. I do remember watching an episode of Oprah where she discussed the power that is held […]
These days it seems like Rihanna can do no wrong. The Barbados-born pop singer already claimed her spot in the music world by putting out hit after hit, has become a veritable force in the fashion world, and is a paparazzi favorite. Now she’s got her eye on reaching triple threat status. Rihanna is about […]
I find myself questioning the idea of true ‘musicianship‘ within the Hip Hop Community & the music industry as a whole. This question hit me when I was watching the 2010 BET Awards on my DVR & seemingly witnessed a professional music artist lip-sync a ‘LIVE’ performance. To her credit, Nicki Minaj categorically denied delivering the controversial lip-sync performance […]
We haven’t heard a hit from Marques Houston in a long time. For most artists this would mean that your career is at an all time low your you need to work your way back up but it’s not quite over yet for Mr. Houston. He has this new banger featuring the hottest street rapper […]
What’s good this is Hip Hop Jesse, from the Upper East Side, and I want to put you on to some new music. The cool dudes over at Mashup-Germany have brought us another mashup and this one is no ordinary mashup! It’s fire! This one contains eight different artists instead of normal mashups which mostly have […]
Michael Jackson, to me, means “History” and “Music.” He was my inspiration growing up! I wouldn’t be doing this if not for Michael Jackson. [pagebreak] As an artist and musician he has inspired me all the way. I think anyone that says Michael didn’t inspire them in some kind of way is a liar. Michael […]
Check out Marques Houston new joint titled ‘Pulling In Her Hair’ featuring the boss Rick Ross. We haven’t heard from Mr Houston in minute so hearing something new from him is refreshing. Even though it sounds like theres some heavy auto tune on this record it doesn’t sound as bad when some of […]
It looks like Bobby Brown has a reason to be smiling. Last week on Friday, Bobby Brown had a show at Metro Park in Jacksonville, Florida for the Funk Fest show, along with 90’s supergroup SWV. He had a great show, but the incident that made the concert memorable was his proposing to his girlfriend […]
