Trini/American actress Nia Long and her two sons, Kez and Massai, Jr., cover the August Issue of Essence Magazine. The 41 year old beauty tells the magazine that she is well on her way to feeling “free.”
“I’m in my forties, post baby and I’m thinner than I’ve been in years. The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That’s when you’ll know I’m free…”
Fellow Caribbean celebs Chanel Iman (Jamaica), Joan Smalls (Puerto Rico) as well as Awkward Black Girl’s Issa Rae, Solange Knowles and Azealia Banks are also featured in the upcoming issue which hits newsstands in July.
Taylor Gang’s 1st Lady Lola Monroe (formerly known as video vixen Angel Lola Luv) covers BE Magazine’s 2nd Annual Sexy Summer Print Issue. Inside the mag, the rapper (who has a Trinidadian and Ethiopian background) dishes on working with Wiz Khalifa and her thoughts on today’s female rappers. Here are the highlights:
ON WORKING WITH TAYLOR GANG:
“After talking to Wiz about the plan, he told me what he had going on and saw everything I had going on in my movement and he wanted me to represent Taylor Gang…After talking to Wiz about the plan, he told me what he had going on and saw everything I had going on in my movement and he wanted me to represent Taylor Gang. The energy was positive and everything worked out.”
ON RELEASING MIXTAPES:
“It’s important to solidify yourself musically especially as a female. I’ve BEen on my own since the age of fifteen so it’s already a natural way of thinking for me not to wait on anyone and to just go forward, not relying on people.”
ON THE STATE OF FEMALE RAP:
“I think female rap is in a really good state BEcause there are a lot more females that are coming out, and I think it’s important for Hip Hop to have that diversity on a female stand point.”
Via [The YBF]
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