Dr Kemi Olunloyo is a U.S Trained International Journalist, Clinical Pharmacist, Public Relations Specialist, Gun Violence Activist and Social Media Personality featured NTA, MTV, VH1, BET, Toronto Sun, Global TV, Macleans, National Post, Toronto Star, Flow 935FM, KISS 921 FM, Z103FM, 680 News, AM640, Newstalk1010, CBC, CNN, FOX News, CTV, CP24, Radio Nigeria, BBC, RT, TVC Nigeria, Galaxy Nigeria, Sahara Reporters and lots of Global Media
Today is June 9th 2009. IT IS LORENZO THOMAS' BIRTHDAY AGAIN. Signified by a Jamaica Jumpoff party yearly! If you lived in the Washington DC and Baltimore area, you probably know him from V103FM Baltimore and WKYS-FM. He is since gone to WEDR-FM in Miami and this butter toned hottie is our BEST friend in radio. His humility and caring amazes me. For the 13 years I have known Lorenzo Thomas, he has not changed. All the ladies love him. He is your girlfriend's favourite DJ fellas! Always surrounded by lovely classy chics, there is one side of him they probably don't know. Thomas always followed me to high schools when I went to talk to kids about staying away from drugs, guns and gangs. At the time, I was a Pharmacist at the peak of my career and we called that high school show "The Pharmacist and the DJ's." It was a successful campaign. Above is DJ Boobie, A school Principal, Lorenzo, myself and Scratch at a Baltimore school in 1996. I have even located some videos from 1996/97. Coming soon to YouTube. Below are the memories. Click picture montage to enlarge.
"Happy Birthday to the man who raised my boys when the "biological" didn't even bother! To every single mom who's sons has ever sat on the radio from 6-10pm on V103FM Baltimore in 1997 listening to "ICE", you know what I mean. Lorenzo Ice Tea Thomas mentored our boys and was even their adopted "baby daddy." Thank You "Ice" and remember when you had the boys in the radio station studio as guest DJ's on your birthday June 9th 1997 and they bought you that chocolate cake and huge can of powdered Lipton ice tea you were pouring into your mouth "raw." Everyone, that is why they call him ice tea Thomas. Congrats to you from Toronto Canada! Come Visit soon and I will make the Jumpoff next year! Love from Kemi, Eni-22 and Oyin-18" and their 8 year old bro KJ the Kid Reporter."
To you Lorenzo, I want to say THANK YOU! My sons and so many young boys turned out great because of you! Great mentors like you will never be forgotten. Let today's 12 year olds know you have been there for our young men in their 20's since they were 7 and 12 too. My boys are also his pals on FB. Oh yeah and ....22 year old Eni is taller than him now as you can see above in this 2008 picture at an award show afterparty. Can you imagine Lorenzo, I am actually partying with the boys at 45. Have a happy birthday and hope to see you soon. I have not seen you since 1999. 10 YEARS!!!
My homie 4 life Devo Brown, drivetime radio personality of Canada's FIRST hip-hop station, Toronto's Flow 93.5FM kinda..................spoke to Kanye West on the paparazzi attack! This is so creative! Go to Devo's personal site DevoBrown.ca and listen, then leave a comment. Those of you who have wordpress must log in.
Devo is on the air now and he's the host of the Flow Factor M-F from 3-7pm Toronto time. You folks around the world on my live visitors feed can also listen online to his afternoon show daily at www.flow935.com
Don't forget to listen in TONIGHT and every Monday to Droppin' Dimez, Canada's ONLY All Female hip hop show, 11PM - 12:30AM on CKLN 88.1FM or online at www.ckln.fm ...
Dynamic Award winning female Canadian DJ Mel Boogie sends me this e-mail His single, Stuntin' Is a Habit is blaaaazing pure fire on the airwaves and in the clubs, and we're so amped to get a chance to speak with the one and only David Banner. This King of Mississippi is more than just an artist, actor, and producer, but he uses his name (time and money) to support his community -- what's not to love?? His album 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' is out right now so make sure you cop that. Need some more convincing? Stay tuned for our exclusive interview on tonight's show and check out the myspace to keep ya busy 'til then -- www.myspace.com/davidbanner ....We also have some special copies of the new CD for our listeners, courtesy to our fam at Universal Urban (Canada) so tune in tonight for a chance to grab your own copy!!
Banner is the BEST. Is he still running for U.S Homeland Security Chief? David will do anything for the fans!! I hear the beard is gone....
Here's what they say you should do. It’s time to show us how you FLOW to win a $5000 CASH!!!! It’s so easy! Just take a photo of your homemade FLOW logo (creativity counts) and send it in to contest@flow935.com! Or take your homemade FLOW logo to the streets by wearing it and Team FLOW could spot you!
If we pick your picture and post it, or catch you wearing it on the streets, you could qualify for the big draw to win a $5000 CASH! Click here to see some of our craziest entries! The big winner will be announced Tuesday September 2nd with JJ and Melanie in the morning! Below are some of this weeks picks!
What a beautiful Monday morning the 18th of August 2008. The famed morning show duo celebrated a big one. JJ King and Melanie Martin celebrated their first anniversary at Fran's restaurant downtown on Victoria and Shuter. There were friends and fans of the show, lots of cake and even a JJ and Melanie special breakfast made up of pancakes one stacked on top of the other. LOL! I have blogged the two's show for a year now and all the fun stuff that happens on that show.
Remember when I interviewed Melanie last year, we reflected on her getting into the radio career and the determination to be where you wanna be. Many memories has gone by from even when their new Producer arrived to join the show in Toronto. Johnny Michaels aka "Newbie" came to town, signed his apartment lease and before the ink was dry, roaches invaded his apartment! We at HipHossip told him to demand the "gel" treatment. Some kinda poison to roaches and safe for us humans and Newbie even thanked me for the advice at the MMVA awards when I saw him there at the press room interviews with JJ. One thing that makes this my morning show fave is that they are who they are and do it just natural. You feel like you have known them forever.
Melanie is the mother of a teenager and spends a lot of time with her longtime boyfriend as we know him on the show as the "BF."JJ is a married dude enjoying life constantly with his wife and Newbie has fascinated us with some silly things on the air that we felt like putting him on a most wanted list. Remember the baddest crime he committed? Going to his sister's wedding cake before the reception started and cutting a piece for himself and his girlfriend???Whoa Newbie! The morning show is as real as it gets on Flow 93.5FM. Newbie was not present at Fran's as he had to be in the station controlling things for this unique remote show.
Team Flow's Lexi and Kid Famous were on hand as KJ became their instant pal! Lexi introduced KJ to JJ and Melanie and he even met Wayne Williams the Program Director who gave him ashirt. KJ promptly went to change in the washroom claiming he had to pee. Some city construction workers even came in to fulfill their fantasies by personally wishing Melanie Happy Anniversary. See that in the video below.
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Enjoy breakfast with your favourite morning show crew as they celebrate their 1-year anniversary! Join JJ and Melanie in the morning broadcasting live from 5:30am to 10amTOMMOROW MORNINGMonday August 18that Fran’s Restaurant located on 200 Victoria Street at Shuter! Meet the entire crew, chat with them and, watch them do their show - LIVE! Part of the 93 Days of Summer with The New FLOW 93.5 – Hits That Move You! Below is my blogging frenzy about them in the past year.......
OK, Kemi what's this? The most wanted man in T.Dot as of right now is Brad Pitt! That's because if you can find Brad Pitt and convince him to come hang out with Melanie and JJ at the Flow 93.5 studios while he's still in town for the TIFF, you get a two thousand dollar reward and he gets five thousand dollars to go to his favorite charity. Now.......all you celebrity hunters get to work. I think that Keyvon guy can do it. He self promotes himself and scores celebrities to come on his online TV show. Same with Perez Hilton whose show debuts tonight on VH1 which we don't get in Canada I heard. Hey, self promo is the BEST promo. No word yet if there is a throw in bonus for Angelina Jolie. Stay tuned for my exclusive interview with JJ and Melanie. I want the vitamin they take every morning....and I'm also supposed to be a pharmacist of 19 years heh?
JJ and Melanie, the hottest morning show personalities in Toronto at Flow 93.5FM wanted the listeners to know that there is no hokey pokey going on in the studios. They said that the love they have for each other was that of a brother and sister.......not even the coworker love. "BROTHER and SISTER!" Awww! Isn't that so sweet, I met Melanie last week and let me tell you she's a HOTTIE! I always thought she was black at least from this picture. She looks like a mix of Fergie and Halle Berry but with a better body. Fit, trim and has it going on in the looks department. Their exclusive interview on Keminications is coming in October so stand by. It's titled "5 questions for JJ and Melanie." Meanwhile their Facebook page is up at "Flow 93.5 JJ and Melanie show." The Toronto Reader's Choice awards are going on. You can vote for them online here.
You know her from the JJ and Melanie show on Flow 93.5FM. Melanie is celebrating her birthday today. I'm sure she just turned 21 if you were wondering, so she can have a drink safely tonight. Just kidding! I'm sure Melanie is celebrating a year older. It's the thoughts that count. Ma gurl was munching on some cake in the studios at 8.45am this morning. Have a nice day Melanie!
Melanie and JJ will hand over $3000 (three-thousand) dollars to your favourite charity if you can bring former President Bill Clinton to the Flow 93.5Fm studios while he's in town for a speaking engagement. Your charity gets money, you do a whole lotta good and Flow keeps flowing in the money they keep giving out. Seems like they give the most $$$$$$$$ out on a radio station in this city. Hurry, get Bill Clinton in even if he has to show up like this rushing for the early AM show. Hey, Michael Jackson was running late to his child molestation trial, he showed up in his jammies! LOL
Okay, it's my new pal Melanie Martin of the top rated JJ and Melanie morning show on Flow 93.5FM, the only hip-hop radio station in T-dot. She's a mother of a 15 year old,(dont ever call her a single mom!) lives with her great longtime boyfriend of 10 years, confident and absolutely professional. Contrary to popular belief and your barage of protests yesterday on why I didn't blog the site yesterday? So you didn't get your daily FIX heh? An e-mailer said I went on a morning shopping spree with Melanie doing the "girl thing." One e-mailer even said they spotted me at Holt Renfrew on Bloor-Yonge browsing thru $1,500 handbags and saw me trying on a $3,980 sweater at the Dolce and Gabanna corner. You were right there.....but you must have seen yours truly with a man, my Videojournalist and 21 year old son Eni.
To the snitch, Melanie and I spent the morning together okay, but you're gonna have to wait till December 1st as she is the next featured personality in my Broadcaster Profile Series. Melanie and I have wanted to do this for a long time since September but due to some schedule hitches, we cancelled. Well yesterday I dropped by the fully MODERN Flow 93.5FM studios and we chatted away! The interview was w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l is all I can say. Mark your calenders. JJ was not present as he had a prior commitment at a school. We'll do his later....
Flow 93.5FM hottie Melanie Martin is on vacation this week so it's gonna be JJ going solo next week. Wish I could have co-hosted. I used to do fill-ins for fun with V103's Jean Ross morning show back in the States. Jean's at the sister station WAOK now. Well, you know JJ King is already so GOOD in what he does. Listen in same time 5:30am-10am Monday thru Friday next week. Have a good vacation Melanie and stay tuned for Monday the 3rd of December when I shall launch "All about Melanie Martin, the hottest woman on Toronto radio." She is our December Broadcaster Profile.
Meanwhile there is a BIG announcement on the Flow this week. Better listen daily cos it may just be tommorow!
Who's she? She's a dynamic broadcaster, the mother of a teenager, she wakes up daily at about 3:30am on her way to work. Wanna know more? Log on Monday December 3rd to read all about Melanie Martin of the JJ and Melanie show on Flow 93.5FM.
She's been on vacation and I am getting ready to launch her in-depth interview with me tommorow TUESDAY December 4th 2007. Melanie Martin's morning show along with co-host with JJ King won the Bronze Medal Award for the Best Morning Show in the GTA at the Toronto Sun's Readers Choice Awards. It's all good!
Did you hear JJ King of Flow 93.5FM this morning ranting about "someone has the whole ringorama thing posted on YouTube? Could that be me at Keminications JJ sweetie? You know I'm always listening to everything you're doing on that show to frustrate our pal Melanie. Imagine JJ not putting the ring in a SAFE PLACE, Cosmos his cat choked on the ring! Ewwwwwwwww JJ! JJ got home one day and discovered this! Wonder who that is behind the barrel of the GUN trying to get Cosmos to cough up the ring! Poor Cosmos..........I'm calling the Cat Protection Services on JJ! By now you know that the ring is going to be auctioned on E-Bay with proceeds going to the Humane Society. I'm expecting JJ's hate mail right about now. LOL! Missed the YouTube coverage of the ringorama? Click below........
Torontonians, it's that time of the year. As you already know, it is now 6 months I have lived in Canada and you know better than me. This is a popular feature that I used to do in Atlanta. You send your list of Best and Worst to me and we will print it. From TV to Radio, Print, Internet Media etc. Send it to mediakemi@rogers.com I will begin printing them after the New Year. Here are mine. You can choose any category you want.
Best TV Weather Personality: Nalini Sharma City TV Best AM Radio Show: JJ and Melanie flow 93.5FM Best Internet news website: 680News.com Best 6pm Newscast: CBC News with Diana Davis Best 11pm Newscast: News Final with Carolyn Mackenzie Best Radio News Anchor: Tie between Lisa Brandt (680 News) and Ruby Jones (Flow 93.5FM)
I don't have any worst yet, give me a year in Toronto!
Yes, Florida is Canada's 11th province if you Americans don't know that yet. We are working on taking over that state. With the cold and snow up here, going to Florida is like going to the islands for you Americans. The only hip-hop station in Canada Flow 93.5FM has a big announcement this morning and that was from the JJ and Melanie Morning Show. That guy with the two letter name and our gorgeus pal Melanie are taking listeners to ORLANDO on TRIPS! It's gonna be one or the other. Then later other Flow personalities will follow. Let's face it, since MTV Base Africa called me "The First Lady of Canada's hip-hop news" yesterday and Scott Boogie of Flow 93.5FM is the "Next Prime Minister", doesn't that make us a COUPLE??? Scott better plan on taking me on one of those Orlando trips! LOL!
Let's start something now. I feel evil today. It's Friday and my devil horns are attached and I'm holding my red hot fork!Which of the the morning show personality would you like to go with? And leave a comment on Polldaddy.
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I aired this interview with Melanie on Dec 5th 2007 on my media blog and most of you are requesting it since you didn't see it and it belongs here too......The videos are coming!
What's it like working at Flow I asked her? This gorgeous radio personality grew up in Sudbury and graduated from Humber College. She says it's a wonderful family oriented atmosphere to work in and chuckles about her love-hate relationship with JJ and compares it with working with a brother. She describes her transition to a morning personality as a quick journey for her personally and did not believe in the people that said that she was not going to work in a big market such as Toronto. When you have the passion, do it! When you want to be on the air, get on the air she said as she was advised. It's never too soon. She showed persistence and it paid off!
Within 6 months she was at Flow after she graduated. As I said earlier, she attended and graduated from Humber College. I asked her about the personal lives of artists they play on the air and how important that was to her and the listener. I detailed some examples from some artists I personally knew in my Atlanta Entertainment Reporter days. She says that this is important as long as it does not get too much like the Britney Spears thing. We talked about Kanye West's mom, Whitney and Bobby and also T.I.
She did not like much of gangsta rap which she called "hard core" rap. The "ho" word and "killing people" phenomena is not for her. She also wants to set an example for her 15-year-old daughter. She told me she really admired singer Beyonce and her talents and I asked her what her dreams were. Melanie said she wanted to be on Broadway but she couldn't sing. We joked about dirty dancing which is something she would love to give a try.
I asked her about her daughter who she said that she had very young so nobody believes she has a teen daughter. She and her boyfriend have been living together for 11 years probably since the little girl was 4 years old and she does not consider herself being a single mom. Melanie told me she and her loyal boyfriend just bought a house together and one day they may get married. She does give more power to all single moms out there including me. That was nice of her to say. She's done a lot of TV at much Music, E-Talk, MTV and lots of Canadian Idol commercials and will advance her career as things come along. What a simple life! Wish we could all live like that. Thank you Melanie for that beautiful sit-down interview. Appreciate you!
Enjoy breakfast with your favourite morning show crew as they celebrate their 1-year anniversary! Join JJ and Melanie in the morning broadcasting live from 5:30am to 10amTOMMOROW MORNINGMonday August 18that Fran’s Restaurant located on 200 Victoria Street at Shuter! Meet the entire crew, chat with them and, watch them do their show - LIVE! Part of the 93 Days of Summer with The New FLOW 93.5 – Hits That Move You!
There will be some surprise guests so show up and HipHossip will be there to cover the whole show! If you can't make it due to work, stay tuned to all the coverage here on HipHossip. Tommorow, I will show you all the past postings of their love-hate relationship....LOL!
OK, so you all have been calling for 2 days now wishing me a Happy 45th birthday! Thanks to everyone who cared but most importantly that huge shout out between 5.30pm and 7pm from Devo Brown, my homie #2 on MySpace and fave radio personality in Canada. Devo can be heard daily on his drivetime show Flow Factor at 3-7pm daily. Also check his blog out and join his super mailing list at www.Devo Brown.ca
You know everyone's in town from Vivica Fox to Ludacris to Scrappy to Rick Ross, Estelle, ESTELLE???? Oh my........Let's get Estelle this weekend. Stay tuned!
12:56PM: I JUST HEARD JENI SHOUT HIPHOSSIP OUT ON FLOW 93.5FM!!! HOLLA!!!!! DURING THE MIDDAY MIX FOR THAT MATTER! SHE SAID......
"SHOUT OUT TO KEMI AT HIPHOSSIP FOR LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT"
GETTING SHOUTED OUT ON JENI'S MIDDAY MIX IS LIKE CELEBRATING YOUR NEXT HOUSE PARTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!! O MY!!! THAT HAS MADE MY DAY!! NOW LET'S GO PARTY IN WASHINGTON.........LOL! DREAMS DO COME TRUE YOU KNOW!
FLOW 93.5FM IS TORONTO'S HIP-HOP STATION AND ACTUALLY THE FIRST IN CANADA. YOU TOO CAN LISTEN LIVE AT FLOW935.COM
If you were listening at 11.52am this morning, Midday darling Jeni spoke live to Rapper/Actor/TV star Xzibit. They talked about ongoing and upcoming projects and also the X-Files movie in theaters which he stars in. He also spoke about the "Fence" movie and another one I didn't catch. I would have gotten the audio but I was still at home in the shower heading to the office so sorry about that. Most importantly, the sad part of the phone chat was that X says he's done with "PIMP MY RIDE" on MTV. That was the show that unleashed his true style. Awww! MTV are you listening?
Great chat Jeni gurl! That's one of ma gurls out there at FLOW! X has been thru a lot in the last year especially the loss of his newborn baby....R.I.P
This is funny. I do not know his voice well but you be the Judge......Melanie does have a great time on that morning show. Who wouldn't call a gorgeous lady like that? I interviewed her last fall. Wanna know all about Melanie including the BF? Click here for my fall 2007 interview.
With all the hype over the sexual harrasement case Wendy Williams' Producer filed against her claiming her husband Big Kev made advances on her, has now resulted in a sex tape. This will obviously pump up the investigation as Kevin is now seen servicing a groupie---on tape! Williams is New York's #1 female radio personality at WBLS-FM. Caution: not safe at work (hardcore sex) Is Wendy gonna believe all the accusers now? This case is getting even more complicted!
Now who is this guy that has the BEST taste in the world? We already know that here at Keminications Media.
"Many people hear these women on the radio and have no idea what they look like. They are absolutely beautiful and really gorgeous and they should be on that MAXIM list!".......a male caller to Canada's hip-hop station Flow 93.5FM at 7.47am this morning speaking about morning on-air personality Melanie and midday personality Jeni.
New York radio's WBLS' Wendy Williams is coming to daytime talk. The female Shock Jock in New York City has teamed up with Fox to launch a daytime talk that will premiere on July 14th. The Wendy Williams Show will debut in New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles before hitting the airwaves nationwide. Oh Yeah! Wendy was just in some kind of sexual harrasment lawsuit with her producer involving her husband. That hopefully will be settled! She is an African-American radio talk-show hostess, television personality, and New York Times best-selling author.
Wendy Williams is best known for being a DJ in New York, where she gossips about celebrities and conducts interviews with famous people; she has also gained notoriety for her on-air spats with celebrities, most notably Whitney Houston. Since the early 2000's, Wendy Williams has hosted the highest rated weekday syndicated radio broadcast named "The Wendy Williams Experience", on WBLS 107.5 FM radio station in New York City.
UPDATE 2.13pm: I just spoke to Scott Boogie and he was the most wonderful professional that just loves what he does. We chatted about music, artists and Estelle. That interview was something that was quickly done by Warner. It wasn't really planned that far ahead and I know how those go in the industry. Boogie also chatted with me about his upcoming urban TV reality show and even told me he was a "honorary Nigerian" mentioning some of the favorite meals I cook back home. Stay tuned for the reality show! BTW, Warner music just told me that Estelle is coming back to Toronto.
12.45pm: The First Lady of hip-hop news in Canada was dissing Flow 93.5FM's Scott Boogie for not letting me know that he sat down and probably dined with R&B singer Estelle in Toronto this past Saturday night. She said "American Boy" not Canadian Boy? However I was over at Canadian Idol and he probably thought I was very busy. When are we going to hear that audio which is still not yet on the Flow site.
Hailing from the city of Scarborough, Ontario, and currently commuting between Toronto and Montreal. DJing in Canada for the past 15 years, Scott Boogie is a veteran in the music industry. Starting his career with a crew called VIP and gaining a national audience when a television special was shown across the country about them. Subsequent to that he joined a crew called the Dogg Squad, which included members Dr. Jay and Mikey Wizdom (whom are now both Soca DJ’s) and then proceeded to move to Ottawa where he starting a crew called the Groove Train in 1992.
Nominated 5 years straight as Soul Choice DJ record pools DJ of the year. Rated the number one Campus radio show in the country in 1998 till 2000, for the Comfort Zone program on CKCU. Coining the phase “Ain’t no party like a Groove Train party!!” Scott Boogie has also run the promotions for Ottawa’s #1 club called Cachet. In 2003, Scott was asked to help launch a rhythmic CHR station in Ottawa where he was named the music director and night jock. Scoring a 24 share in the spring book and a 20 share in the Fall book in the night slot. Scott showed his radio skills were definitely something people wanted to hear. Scott Boogie has been dubbed as Canada’s #1 party MC as he has opened and hosted shows for KRS – ONE, Beatnuts, 50 Cent, Boot Camp Click, Redman, KC and Jojo, Brian McKnight, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Noreaga, Ludacris., and many more. When asked, “What are you on…that makes you so hype?” Scott answered, “…making the crowd go nuts, makes me hype. No drug or alcohol can replace that!!”, “So what’s next for Scott Boogie?” The answer according to Scott was simple, ”…that elusive next level…reaching it and taking everyone with me…”
Currently programming and mixing on a Galaxie satellite station for CBC, with over 5 million subscribers. Scott also mixes on K103 in Montreal and is the swing jock on Toronto’s Flow 93.5. Scott is still working on the pilot for an urban television show and nationally syndicated radio shows. Scott also keeps busy by answering fan email mail and producing remixes. One more thing I know that's not on this bio, SCOTT'S FAVE TV SHOW IS THE CARTOON BOONDOCKS!He called me one day dying to know where the banned episodes were. You can join him at www.myspace.com/djscottboo