Dola Billz (Dola) has a deeply passionate and almost restless energy about him, an energy that is at once rebellious as it is creative. This energy insists on being free to communicate his ideas and creativity ranging from political to just plain pop culture, to the world. Indeed Dola’s need to freely express himself to …
Blind Side (Film Review), Rich Family Adopts Homeless Orphan in True Overcoming-the-Odds Tale
What is it about the holiday season and heartwarming tales revolving around an orphan who’s miraculously saved by some selfless act of charity? This year’s contribution to the tried-and-true genre is The Blind Side, a real-life story based on Michael Lewis’ best seller of the same name. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a …
Celestina 'Omoge' Aladekoba, LadybrilleNigeria Style Star
You probably saw her yesterday at the 2009 American Music Awards performing with Jennifer Lopez (J-Lo) but in case you missed her, we give you a front row seat to Celestina Aladekoba in our coveted LadybrilleNigeria Style Star feature. Twenty five year old Nigerian-American Celestina Aladekoba is a dancer and choreographer whose real star power …
Help Maimah Karmo Win $25,000 as L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth
Maimah Karmo should be a household name for you our Ladybrille loyal readers. We have featured her too many times to count because she keeps doing things that are newsworthy and highly important for women. We mentioned not too long ago that L’Oreal Paris awarded Maimah Karmo, among a handful of phenomenal women, the prestigious Women …
The Mariah Carey “Precious” Interview
Forget the JFK assassination, I can actually remember where I was the first time I heard that beautiful voice so many moons ago. I was sitting on a hilltop, high above a sprawling dairy farm, having a picnic with a friend who played “Make It Happen” for me on a big boom box which echoed …
Gabby Sidibe, Gabby’s Precious Gabfest Interview
GABOUREY “Gabby” SIDIBE was born in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn in 1983 to R&B/Gospel singer Alice Tan Ridley, and Ibnou Sidibe, a cab driver from Senegal. After her parents separated, Gabby was raised in Harlem by her mother who supported the family by teaching Special Ed and by singing in the subway. Ladybrille …