BTS photos of Brenton's lastest shoot with CW Jacobs

Check out the latest behind the scene photos of my 4 year old son, @BrentonBrooks and photographer CW Jacobs.

Can't wait to see the final edits. Check out more of CW's work here.

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Joi



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Tiny and Toya's Premiere

The basement at Straits, was filled with friends and family all anticipating the Premiere of "The Tiny and Toya Show" which started promptly at 10pm on BET. The show is based on Antonia “Toya” Johnson-Carter and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle. Tiny and Toya is said to chronicle the lives of “two dynamic, young women immersed in the craziness of the Hip Hop world, but striving to find inner strength, peace and purpose.”

There was laughter and sad moments as the show revealed some interesting facts about the pairs families. Toya went to New Orleans to find her drug addicted mother, whom she had not talked to in awhile and that Tiny's father had Alzheimer's. Her mother helps her out with her children and you can see they are very close; it showed how tight her family is and that her mother is still her #1 fan! You could see that the two friends are extremely close to their daughters as well as they shared an intimate conversation about boys at Tiny's house in her daughters room.

In the premiere the girls had "A Girls Night Slumber Party" in which Tiny asked if the women could be a stay at home mom, to make a long story short. She aired that T.I doesn't want her to work; Her body language though read that she is happy and also sad about the idea! Though she says she loves her relationship and you have to take the good with the bad, weighing out what is more important your career or your relationship! Toya stated that she was wanting a man, "not a piece a man" but she would take "a piece of a man" over NO man at all! Others chimed in saying that it's hard to find someone in Atlanta etc. but never stated any valid reasons.

Overall, to me the show is going to be a hit because people always want to be in the know! People will tune in to see how they live and see the issues that they have to endure in their busy lives!I assume that weekly the show will get rave ratings/reviews, plenty of blog write up's and TiVo's will be set for 10pm!

Antonia “Toya” Johnson Carter is a native of the downtown area of New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a product of an environment that has truly shaped who she is. Toya is the child of a drug-addicted mother and an absent father. At an early age, she was separated from her siblings and shuffled from one family member to the next, never really feeling a sense of love or belonging. Despite her difficult upbringing, Toya went on to forge a new and exciting path. Toya graduated from Ambramson Senior High School and went on to college, where she majored in pre-medicine. (click here for more)

Tameka "Tiny" Cottle is a singer, songwriter and producer. She was born and raised in the College Park area of Atlanta, Georgia. In 1992, while attending North Atlanta Performing Arts High School, she joined the R&B quartet, Xscape. Producer Jermaine Dupri discovered Xscape and immediately signed the group to his record label, So So Def Recordings. (click here for more)

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I Work on Sundays

I love to shoot and I must admit that I have been very busy lately! Thank GOD! Here are a few pics, Holla @ me if you need a photographer...
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ATL Beat Battle Producer Spotlight

ATL Beat Battle Spotlight Maestro on Myspace and Maestro is judging the Battle Wens March 25th @ D'Jango registration starts @ 7p.
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Stop the Presses

Gucci Man and Mya @ Velvet in Atlanta....
What the Hell?! Saw it ain't so.... please tell me that this is a joke! Some people just won't go sit down.... and will date anyone to STAY in the public eye!

I saw this article on Sandra Rose click for the whole scoop! Props to celebrity photographer Prince Williams of ATLPICS.net

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J. Davey @ Sugar Hill

Mo Reilley hosted The J. Davey, Brittany Bosco ...


Here is some footage, a few pics and a link to the pics (J. Davey on Smugmug)from the even last night... Good times!
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Lay Off's

Michigan and Rhode Island once again led the nation with the highest jobless rates at 10.6% and 10% respectively. Rhode Island's rate is the highest in more than three decades.

The national unemployment rate rose to 7.2% in December, up from 6.8% the previous month and from 4.9% a year earlier.

On Monday alone, companies announced more than 71,000 job cuts... so over 71,000 people were laid off from there 'good' job.....

President Obama is pushing for quick passage of an $825 billion package it hopes will stimulate the economy and promote job growth.

"Just this week, we saw more people file for unemployment than at any time in the last 26 years, and experts agree that if nothing is done, the unemployment rate could reach double digits," Obama said Saturday. "If we do not act boldly and swiftly, a bad situation could become dramatically worse."

So I am wondering would you take a 20% pay cut for your co-worker to keep their job?

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Jillians Discover Mills

LMAO! This dude is soooo serious!
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That's me in this EON Condos Ad!

I was going through some old emails and came across this AD that I did, wow... throwback to me with short hair :-( EON Condos AD PUSH Advertising Agency did the campaign PUSH Eon at Linbergh and to view condos go to Eon at Lindbergh, thanks Ann Woo Read More!

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Christmas in Atlanta. . .

The gangs all here (my fam that is) . . . well not really I will have a house full on Christmas Day but this is what it looks like now. . . I wanted to do an all white tree but my mother insisted on adding a little color and I must admit it does look better! I love the fireplace fake me out... lol... It's Electric... Boogaloo!

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Brandy Can't Walk Away From This Lawsuit

Recently I heard Brandy tell V103 in Atlanta, GA that she is only giving her daughter 4 presents for Christmas this year and that we are living in a recession. After Frank Ski sounded like he didn't understand why an Atlantic, Epic recording artist with 5 studio albums (Brandy, Never Say Never, Full Moon, Afrodisiac, Human) and the credits go on and on would say such a statement . . maybe this is why she feels like this: Brandy is facing a second lawsuit in relation to her 2006 car crash which left a woman dead. The singer, full name Brandy Norwood, walked away from the California freeway collision, but Awatef Aboudihaj died from her injuries.

The Afrodisiac hitmaker was never charged with any wrongdoing in the crash, but Aboudihaj’s family are pursuing a $50 million (GBP33.5 million) civil action for wrongful death against the star.

The civil trial is set for April 2009. And now Norwood is facing a second suit from a man who was injured in the accident. Donald Lite filed papers at Los Angeles Superior Court last week (Dec 8th) claiming Norwood and Aboudihaj failed to follow road regulations, resulting in the smash which left him with “serious and permanent injuries”. Lite’s personal injury suit is seeking unspecified damages to cover his hospital costs. Read More!

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Ice Cube at The Loft "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It"

Last night at The Loft, Ice Cube rocked it and kept reminding people why nobody wants him to put the mic down! He made note of how the media and everyone else blames rap for the way the world is and this intro'd him into Maestro produced 1st single of off Raw Footage "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It!" You see the song list....



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YES WE DID!!!!!!

I STRUGGLED TO STAY UP TO WATCH THE ELECTORAL VOTES FOR OBAMA/BIDEN TALLY UP BUT I MADE IT AND 'YES WE CAN!'....... 'YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

MORE TO COME TOMORROW.....

GREAT SPEECH!!!!!!

OBAMA '08'
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