Janelle Monae Delivers Powerful Speech at the Black Girls Rock 2012

Last Sunday night, BET aired the 7th Annual Black Girls Rocks Awards which celebrated black women in entertainment and various other fields who have made an impact as positive role models and inspirational leaders. The night was filled with unity and love as honorees like Dionne Warwick, Alicia Keys, Kerry Washington and Susan L. Taylor took to the stage and offered words of wisdom during their acceptance speeches, but it was Janelle Monae’s speech that really knocked the show’s overall message out of the ball park.

Known for her signature style, a black tuxedo suit and white shirt combo, she said:

When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman.  They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them.

This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

Wow!!! What powerful words there. May her star keep rising...

50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Twitter Beef

Thumb thugging is the new fist fight, the new Hip-Hop beef and the new way to air each other out!

Last night, old bros and bffs Fiddy and Floyd Mayweather decided to drag each other across twitter to the amusement of their fans and frenemies. The so-called beef allegedly started earlier this year after 50 Cent formed a boxing promotions company with Floyd called The Money Team Promotions (TMT) and later jumped ship.  In September, it was announced that 50 was in talks with Floyd’s biggest boxing rival Manny Pacquiao to do big business together. Although they didn’t formally go through with the deal, 50 announced this week that he did indeed form his own boxing promotion organization called SMS Promotions through twitter saying:

TMT IS OVER the money team is no longer a team. So it SMS promotions that’s it thats all

I move the fighters to SMSpromotion cause the other half of the money team .Didnt put up there $MONEY$

Things took a turn for the worse last night, after 50 took to Twitter to announce that one of his boxers, Yuriorkis Gamboa wanted to fight Floyd.  He then claimed that Floyd was ducking and dodging Manny Pacquiao which eventually set Floyd off and the claws definitely came out.
Check out the exchange below:








Now, although 50′s tweets sometimes read as though they were typed up by an 8th grader, you can not deny the genius level at which this man thinks.  He’s a master of manipulation so it would not be surprising if this was all a publicity stunt.  Think about it, one day, 50 Cent may have sat down with Floyd and said, “You already run the game. I’ll set up a boxing promotions company with another set of boxers, including your rival and we can monopolize this whole game.”  Or that could be a stretch. Maybe these two are all talk, no action and none of the fights people want to see (i.e. Mayweather and Pacquiao) will ever happen.

But we really miss these good bffs days.

Dj Define Incarcerated Over Domestic Violence Issues

Define and Ogopa Dj's Avril

What a shame!!! Controversial Mombasa based disc jockey, Define, spent the last weekend behind bars after his wife called the 5.0 on him after he beat her to a pulp!

Reports indicate he was released earlier this week.

"We have had family wrangles and we were working on sorting out our differences. It just got out of hand and I want nothing to do with her anymore", he told Pulse Magazine earlier this week.
"She is expecting our baby and that is all I care about now. I have called it quits'' he added.

The Katenga News Team does not co-sign wife/husband batterers or abusers of any kind. We wish the lady a quick recovery and healthy pregnancy term. As for Define, you are a public figure and we expect MORE from you.

Actress Brenda Wairimu Bereaved (UPDATED)

Brenda Wairimu, actress in TV drama, Mali and Shuga, lost her dad over the weekend. The stunning beauty posted the following message on her facebook page:

RIP dad, as my heart breaks into a million more pieces this morning, I pray that you finally find peace and rest. I will love none the way I love you.

The Katenga News Team extends their condolences to Brenda and her family and friends. RIP baba Brenda.

UPDATED:

Brenda's dad has been laid to rest today. The cortege left the Montezuma and Monalisa Funeral home this morning for burial at the Lang'ata cemetery.

Brenda tweeted:  "We lay dad to rest today, really hasn't sunk in yet".

Tusker Project Fame's Msechu Eyeing American Singing Competitions

Tanzania's representative and runner-up project Fame Peter Msechu tried out for two top American talent search reality shows namely the X-Factor and the Voice. He narrated his experience as follows:

On The Voice, "Ingawa [Msechu] ni star na ana umaarufu lakini bado amejaribu kutafuta base na kujipanua uigo na muziki wake apate fans wa kutosha. Kwa hivyo nilivyopata nafasi ya kuja Marekani nikasema ni lazima nikifanye kwa namna yote ninayoweza," Msechu says.

"Nilisafiri nikapata The Voice ilikuwa ifanyikia Los Angeles na San Francisco, kwa hivyo nilkwenda kote huko. Lakini sikufanikiwa kufanya kwa sababu lazima uwe Mmarekani, lazima uwe raia wa hapa. Ikawa ni vigumu. Nikajaribu kuuliza, kwa sisi ambao ni wageni mtashughulika? Wakasema hiyo program bado hawajaanzisha, labda mwakani wataweza kufanya hii kitu. Kwa hivyo niliweza ku-register pale na nikasema mwakani labda nitakuwepo," he further explains.

And about X-Factor, he says, "X-Factor, audition ilifanyika Nashville. Nimefika leo, audition kumbe ilifanyika jana yake kwa hivyo sikupita nafasi ya kushiriki lakini nilipata nafasi ya kuonana na washiriki na majaji. Nikajaribu kuongea nao na nikiwapata wakifanya rehearsal nikafanya nao, nikafanya African touch kidogo. Mwakani lazima nifanye utaratibu wa kuingia."

The Katenga News Team applauds Msechu's spirit. All the best in your endeavours!!!

To listen to the full interview, tune in to Willy M. Tuva's Mambo Mseto on Citizen Radio this afternoon.

Kim Kardashian Horrified After Second Sex Tape Goes on Sale for £19 Million

Word is there is a new Kim Kardashian and Ray J sex video that is making it's rounds in media outlets in the US. The X-rated footage allegedly features the 32-year-old reality TV star and her ex-boyfriend Ray J engaged in erotic acts which are even raunchier than their first home video which leaked in 2007 and eventually released as a DVD entitled 'Kim Kardashian: Superstar'.

A source confirmed the claims saying: "It's definitely Kim in the video. And it's even raunchier than her last one. There are all kinds of eye-popping moments." 

Kim is said to be terrified the latest sex tape will appear online and cause problems in her relationship with 35-year-old rapper Kanye West. The source added: "Kim fears this will damage her relationship with Kanye West."

The TV beauty narrowly avoided an embarrassing encounter with R&B singer Ray J, 31, last month when she sneaked out of Prime 112 restaurant in Miami to ensure she missed him. A source explained: "Kim and Kris Jenner posed for pictures in front of the restaurant to allow Kourtney and son Mason to sneak out the side entrance unnoticed. "And just by a few moments, Kim missed Ray J, who was seen entering the restaurant to meet a large group of friends including boxer Floyd Mayweather." 

Kanye was involved in his own sex tape scandal in September when a 20-minute recording surfaced featuring him and a girl who looks just like Kim.

 

MARYA THE ONLY FEMALE AT THE KORA 2012

Katenga congratulate Marya for her song 'Sishiki Simu' for landing a Nomination at the Kora awards 2012 for the Best Female East African
Below is a list of the nominees

Best Male West Africa

FUSE ODG Feat Itz Tiffany, Donae – Azonto, Ghana
Molare – Coupé Decalé, Côte D'ivoire
Dj Arafat - Kpankaka, Côte d'Ivoire
D Banj – Oliver Twist, Nigeria
Sekouba Bambino - Sinontena, Guinée
Flavour - Adamma, Nigeria



Best Female West Africa

Omawumi- If You Ask Me, Nigeria
Viviane Ndour - Kumu Nexxul, Senegal
Chindima – Kedike, Nigeria
Fafa Ruffino Feat Rockin Squat – Ilé, Benin
Claire Bahi Feat. Dj Arafat – Comme Ceci Comme Cela, Côte D'ivoire
Suzanna Lubrano - Pensa Na Mi, Cap Vert



Best Male East Africa

Jimmie Gait Feat Dk – Furi Furi Dance, Kenya
Kidum Feat Sana – Mulika Mwizi, Burundi
Ali Kiba Feat Lady Jay Dee – Single Boy, Tanzanie
Redsan – Ila Wewe, Kenya
Chris D – Aisha, Burundi
Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopie, Ethiopie



Best Female East Africa
Juliana Kanyomozi – I Am Ugandan, Ouganda
Marya - Shiki Simu, Kenya
Helen Berhe – Lebe, Ethiopie
Asther Aweke – Lu Mili, Ethiopie
Saida Karoli – Sakina, Tanzanie
Ikraan Caraale – Gaarsiiya, Somalie



Best Male Central Africa

Lokoua Kanza – Nakonzonga, Rdc
JB M'piana – La Danse Du Cheval, Rdc
Lord Ekomy Ndong – Bi Se Fe Nale, Gabon
Freddy Massamba – Lobelanga, Congo Brazza
Totoi Bolabote – Botaka, Guinée Equatoriale
Ferre Gola – Tchekele Pete, Rdc



Best Female Central Africa

Princess Leoni Kangala Feat Pili Pili Magale – Nzara, Centrafrique
Barbara Kanam – Djarabi, Rdc
Charlotte Dipanda – Coucou, Cameroun
Lady Ponce - Secouer Secouer, Cameroun
Meje 30 – Fimbu Ya Bakanda, Rdc
Mounira Mitchala – Independence, Tchad



Best Male Southern Africa

Madruga Yoyo - Vamos La, Angola
Maya Cool – Faz Um Milagre Em Mim, Angola
The Dogg – The Deception, Namibie
Alain Ramanisum – Sega Sexy, Ile Maurice
Richard – Vou Cuidar De Ti, Mozambique
Mbongeni Ngema - My Baby, Afrique Du Sud



Best Female Southern Africa

Zahara - Loliwe, Afrique Du Sud
Lizha James Feat. Perola – Leva Boy, Mozambique
Yola Araujo Feat. Jacob Desvarieux – E Hoje Ou Nunca, Angola
Toya Delazy – Pump It On, Afrique Du Sud
Titica Feat Ary – Olha O Boneco, Angola
Shelby – Damata, Angola



Best Male North Africa

Cheb Khaled – C'est La Vie, Algerie
Kader Japonais – Gachitili Ma Vie, Algerie
Yassine Rammi Feat. Hammid B – Ya, Maroc
Madou Mc - La Tête Haute, Tunisie
Hossam Habibi – Bafkar Feek, Egypte
Dizzy Dros – Casafonia, Maroc



Best Female North Africa

Kadidja Yama – Samhay, Maroc
Zina Daoudia – Saken Aisha, Maroc
Hasna El Becharia – Djazair Johara, Algerie
Nadia Laarousi – Lil Ya Lil, Algerie



Best African Group

Magic System – La Danse Des Magician, Cã´Te D'ivoire
Toofan – C Magik, Togo
X Maleya - Tchokolo, Cameroun
Malaika – Never Change My Mind, Afrique Du Sud
Camp Mulla - Party Don't Stop, Kenya
Gal Level – Ohole, Namibie



Best Male Diaspora (USA)

Chris Brown Feat. Lil'wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now, Usa
Jay-Z Feat Kanye West – Niggaz In Paris, Usa
Chris Brown – Yeah, Usa
P Diddy – I'm Coming Home, Usa
Florida - I Got A Feeling, Usa
Wiz Khalifa – Roll Up, Usa



Best Female Diaspora (USA)

Rihanna – We Found Love, Usa
Rammy - G For Gentlemen, Côte D'ivoire
Beyonce – Run The World, Usa
Nikki Minaj – Superbass, Usa
Keri Hilson Feat. Nelly – Lose Control, Usa
Tolumide - For Me, Usa



Best Male Diaspora (Europe and Carribean)

Sexion D'assaut – Avant Qu'elle Ne Parte, France
Stromae – Alors On Danse, Belgique
Logobi Gt Feat Sisi K Et Bb Model- Elle Danse Sexy, France
Victor O – Vini Dou, France
Jim Rama Feat Alan Cavé – Mon Seul Regret, France
Slaï – Ça Ne Te Convient Pas, France