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Friday, May 9, 2008
Usher’s Latest Atlanta Connection
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Usher is such a multi-hyphenate at this moment, it’s almost easy to forget we first got to know him as a singer.
At last count the Atlanta superstar (above) was a husband, a father, an actor, a restaurateur, a fragrance endorser, and a part owner of an NBA team. Now his nonprofit organization New Look has gone into business with Atlanta’s WNBA team the Dream, so that the kids in the foundation can get hands-on experience in sports management, player development and game day operations and marketing.
“The Atlanta Dream shares Usher’s commitment to inspiring young men and women to reach their dreams,” Atlanta Dream President and COO Bill Bolen said in a press release. “We are excited to partner with Usher’s New Look Foundation and look forward to the New Look youth participating with us this season.”
“I’m extremely excited about Camp New Look’s partnership with the Atlanta Dream, and look forward to witnessing how this new partnership motivates our young people to even greater heights,” Usher said in the same press release. “We wanted to do something extra special for our students, and I’m happy that the Atlanta Dream has provided an avenue for our young entrepreneurs to attain real life experience.”
Usher’s foundation also partnered with the NHL during its All-Star weekend in Atlanta. Did you attend any of the events he hosted? Anticipating his new CD, “Here I Stand”?
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Baby D Calls From Jail
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last we reported on Atlanta rapper Baby D here, it was about him being in an Ohio jail — without bond — following his arrest for allegedly trafficking cocaine.
Well, he’s still there.
But at least now he sees a bit of daylight.
Baby D (above) rang his mother, who in turn rang us, to let his Atlanta fans know “I’m cool, cool. Just holding it down until my court date, May 20. Hopefully I can get a bond…I will be exonerated on all charges.”
(D also has three pending assault charges in Tennessee, according to his Koch Records label).
“It’s just a little misconception,” he said. “We’ll be able to answer to that, and the other one. People just try to make you guilty by association. And it’s all about the facts.”
The member of Atlanta’s Big Oomp camp noted that he’s been reading a lot since he was locked up on March 26. “I was reading a book called ‘The 48 Laws of Power,’ and one of the things they say in it is don’t wear yourself out. Sometimes if you disappear for a minute it makes people anticipate you’re coming back. So maybe this is a blessing in disguise.”
D also added that his latest CD, “A-Town Secret Weapon” - released last week - “is doing really well…My fans stick by me and have stayed loyal…We’re preparing for the second single, ‘Girls Gone Wild’… And we’re planning a big ‘Welcome Home’ when I’m found innocent.”
Do you think Baby D’s incarceration may in some way revive interest in the artist, whose first/last hit was the 2000 single “Eastside Vs. Westside”? Are you a Baby D fan? Bought “A-Town Secret Weapon”?
