Showing posts with label Miami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami. Show all posts

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Secret Kisses Lipsticks vs Keyshia Dior's Ka' Oir Lipstick

Keyshia Dior:by Aaviana
  While surfing the net I recently came across an article on MissJia.com where she talked about how model and recently turned business woman Keyshia Dior stole the idea for her new cosmetics line Ka'oir. This is what was listed on the site:


I normally don’t bother blogging about anything video model related. For one, it’s a celebrity entertainment blog. Two, I’m not on staff at MTO. And three, there’s usually never any real interesting stories about them until now.
A few months back, I heard through the beauty blogger grapevine that model, Keyshia Dior (who has been associated with Gucci Mane), was starting her own line of colorful lipsticks called Secret Kisses. I always have love for people who choose to branch out from the norm and make other career moves that don’t involve being the baby mama of somebody famous. But not too long after those whispers started, a few beauty bloggers reported back and said that anytime any efforts were made to reach out to Keyshia to inquire about the line, she’d either ignore them or give attitude.

Fast forward to present day….
On the outside looking it in, it seems that one day, Keyshia was steady promoting the brand and then poof, nothing.
Secret Kisses Lipstick went into a partnership with Keyshia Dior in August 2010 but by June 2011, Keyshia disassociated herself from the line, only for the company (who is majority owned by Ronell ‘Big Gates’ Levatte), to later find out that she not only started her own brand (“Ka’oir) using the same manufacturer as them but she also made claims that they stole her idea and company.
And now she’s being sued for breach of contract (there’s usually a non-compete agreement included in endorsement and/or partnership contracts). Additionally, the complaint (which can be seen HERE) alleges that Keyshia slandered the Secret Kisses brand via Twitter & email. She also (allegedly) stole money from the company.
Defendant (Keyshia Dior) established a website known as Kaoir.com and began wronfully diverting Plaintiffs’ existing and potential customers away from Plaintiffs’ website by falsely representing on numerous internet websites that, inter alia, ‘authentic Secret Kisses Lipstick products were no longer available through Plaintiffs’ website and were only available through defendents’ website.
According to the case file, Keyshia also advised fans that if they made any purchases through Secret Kisses, they should automatically dispute them through paypal, as the website/product was fraudulent. She also (allegedly) stated that the Secret Kisses website was illegally selling bootleg copies of the Keyshia Dior brand.
Again, if you have a moment, click HERE to read the case in full; the sh*t really reads like a book. I can’t do anything but shake my head.
This is the primary reason why it’s very hard for me to trust anyone, business wise. The problem is that when money begins to come into the picture (with several hands in the pot), people get greedy as hell and begin losing their mind. They oftentimes forget that there’s a partnership and start thinking about the me factor.
What do you guys think of this?

INTRO Interviews Keyshia Dior


Check out the video where video talks about her career.

Monday, August 22, 2011

INTERVIEW WITH LMFAO

“We got into Dj-ing real heavily because we wanted to really wanted play our shit”

LMFAO also known as Redfoo and Sky Blu have been getting the party started with their smash hit “I’m In Miami Bitch!”. So how did they get the name LMFAO? “While searching for a name for his Electro/Hip-Hop group, Sky Blu decided to shoot an iChat message to his grandmother with the latest idea, seeking her opinion. "Our new name is gonna be Sexy Dudes...what do you think of that?" Grandma Goodfoot replied, "LMFAO". The two knew grandma was on to something”. If that is not enough check out the origins for their names. Sky Blu (his given name is Sky and the sky is Blu, after all) and Redfoo (the Red symbolizes his passion, and the fact that he acts a Foo.... in bed). While the tour schedule has stayed packed the duo were able to take the time to get with INTRO.

INTRO: How did you guys end up on Will.I.Am's label?

LMFAO: Well, we grew up with Will and we have been friends for a long time. He was familiar with our project and the internet buzz was pretty crazy so Will called us and said “We should be on his Goddamn label. Black Eyed Peas”. Through a long process we ended up on the label.

INTRO: Did you expect the song "I'm in Miami Bitch" to take off the way that it has?

LMFAO: Hell Yeah! No! We were surprised at the longevity of the song. We now realize what it is. We have made a classic kind of song for a traveler to Miami and has that feeling of being in paradise. I’m in Miami Bitch! Actually it’s really done way over what we init-ially thought but as we analyze we realize what the song could be. It’s really becoming that great song

INTRO: I know that this song has an electro pop feel. Is this the particular style that we can expect coming from your album?

LMFAO: It has a POP feel but it also has a jazz feel. There are a lot of feels on the album. Its all party but its different types of party. We have B-more on the album. We have songs on the album like “Lil Hipster Girl” that are a little more aggressive. It represents one side of the party. If we are talking club terms Miami is like the dance floor. You got the bathroom that you take the Freakies you know after the drinks. We are building a club. Its part of the layout baby.

INTRO: How long have the two of you been working together?

LMFAO: On this project we have been working together on this project for 3yrs. Well 2yrs. No wait a little over two years but we have always been working together on things. You know hanging out and vibing. We was selling t-shrts before. It was always a hustle.

INTRO: What other artists have you worked with?
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LMFAO: Lil John, Pitbull, Paradiso classic kind of song for a traveler to Miami and has that feeling of being in Girls. Done a lot of remixes. You really don’t get to work with the artists on that. We have also worked wit Eric Deluxe.

INTRO: How did you make the transition from Djs to artist?

LMFAO: We have always been artists. We made the transition from actually we have been artists and producers first. Dj-ing is a way to solicit new music. We got into Dj-ing real heavily because we wanted to really wanted play our shit in the clubs. We didn’t really know that many Djs ourselves we said that we have to do it ourselves. We have to D. I. Y. So we started playing our own music and songs in the same type of lane like electro and we tried to break that sound in the mainstream clubs in Hollywood and thats how we did it you know. It started catching on and we started writing more and more songs about our experiences in the club. We started getting ideas from the blogs. Stuff like that .

FOR MORE INFO ON LMFAO:
www.myspace.com/lmfao
MAY/JUNE 2009



Monday, August 31, 2009

Former NBA Player Joins The United States Army!!!

Former Miami Heat first draft Tim James is now part of the United States Army. Tim James was the Miami Heat's first round draft pick in 1999. James is now know as Specialist James and is part of the Task Force ODIN – (Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize).