ALL CANADIAN: TORONTO RAPPER GENERAL STEALS THE SHOW AT RECENT CANADIAN CONCERT!

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Watch live footage of GENERAL rocking the mic at the Never Say Never Tour. GENERAL opened for D12, Royce da 5'9, Joe Budden and Classified Friday November 14th at The Big Sexy in Oshawa. GENERAL will be filming his next video January 17th and 18th in Toronto with the famed Director HARV of 235 Films.

MONICA AND HER COUSIN LUDACRIS PERFORMING AT "FOR SISTER'S ONLY."

FSO as it's called was started in Baltimore and Atlanta by CBS radio stations and it's a two day convention showcasing everything for the black woman. I used to go to many of those events back then in the 90's. Here is the Atlanta one showcased by V103-FM this past weekend.....And by the way she spoke to Sandra today and NO, she's not pregnant again....

“No, Rocko and I are not expecting. With Rocko, who is 3, and Romelo, who is only 8 months, I already have my hands more than full not to mention all of the endeavors that I am approaching this year.

My apologies if the big Fall flannel vest was misleading (laughs). I want to thank all of you who have called and requested “Still Standing” and have allowed me to share my testimony through music.”

I'M ROCKING THE BELLS TODAY WITH THESE FOLKS!!!

The ones highlighted are my target interviews and photo ops. Have a good Sunday......Kemi

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST 8:55 - 10:10 PM

NAS 7:55 - 8:40 PM

THE PHARCYDE 6:55 - 7:40 PM

MOS DEF 5:55 - 6:40 PM

METH & RED 5:00 - 5:40 PM

DE LA SOUL 4:05 - 4:45 PM

RAKIM 3:20 - 3:50 PM

MURS 2:35 - 3:05 PM

THE COOL KIDS 1:50 - 2:20 PM

JAY ELECTRONICA 1:05 - 1:35 PM

KIDZ IN THE HALL 12:20 - 12:50 PM

DOORS 11:00 AM

JAY-Z KILLED IT IN BELGIUM!!!!!

Thanks to Aleesha N. Smalls, New Media Marketing Manager of Iconix Brand Group, Inc in NYC for sending me this. I am waiting for Jay's Manager to call her back with the date of this gig in Europe.

WOW!: BARRETT LARODA TO PRODUCE 2008 THISDAY MUSIC FEST IN NIGERIA!!

Jay, Snoop and Nduka (CEO ThisDay Newspapers, Nigeria)

Me and Spliff

Me and Busta

Pictured left to right: Indira LaRoda, Rod Stewart and Barrett LaRoda at the 4th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival Tobago. Photo Credit: Arnold Turner

JAY Z, USHER AND MARY J. BLIGE TO HEADLINE. Chris Brown, Rihanna and Sade also Slated to Perform. Fresh from the success of the 4th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival Tobago, with headliners Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart and Shakira, Barrett LaRoda, CEO of the LaRoda Group, has announced that he will once again executive produce and produce alongside Nduka Obaigbena, CEO of THISDAY Media Group, the 3rd Annual THISDAY Music Festival to be held in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria.

One of the biggest and most successful concerts ever held on the continent of Africa, this will be LaRoda's third consecutive concert for the country. Headliners Jay Z and Usher will perform July 11 in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, and Mary J. Blige will make her mark on July 13 in Lagos. Heart throb Chris Brown, songstress Rihanna and the lovely Sade are also slated to perform. Past performers have included Beyonce, P. Diddy, John Legend and NeYo.

The THISDAY Music Festival has enjoyed phenomenal success in Nigeria. This year's event will serve as the launch platform for the New Africa Agenda, a new initiative created to formalize an infrastructure to serve Africa Not Aid. "Music is the world's biggest common denominator," expresses Barrett. "It transcends language barriers and cultures. It is my greatest pleasure to produce phenomonal events on a consistent basis literally around the globe. We were the first to bring P.Diddy and Shakira to West Africa. What we do annually in Tobago at the jazz festival is just mind blowing. And believe it or not, we are only just beginning. There are no limits!" Amazing that it was when I got the press release today that I realized on the above picture that I took a picture with him at the 1st Annual Thisday festival in 2006. See why I carry my camera everywhere?

I remembering snooping around the stage area looking at the amazing wiring and work they used to build that stage.......everything bought in from the States, I bumped into LaRoda and we were talking about everything. Barrett said they were all having a blast and I told him that Mary J Blige was really missing everything. Now she is making the trip. LaRoda leaves for Lagos tommorow and I will interview him when he comes back complete with footage of all the gigs! Stay tuned.

Watch Beyonce sing the Nigerian National anthem at the 2006 ThisDay fest.