R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT // ALICIA KEYS TO SING BOND THEME?

Over the weekend, Rihanna performed at the Casablanca Concert on Saturday, July 12th, 2008 in Casablanca, Morocco:



Cute outfit. I'm hearing that her boyfriend Chris Brown was there as well. Reportedly, he also performed a set. I haven't seen any pictures though. But I'm reading he was definitely there, which is expected anyway. When are those two NEVER together?

She also performed 'Umbrella' with her former mentor Jay-Z at the 3rd Annual Thisday 'Africa Rising' Festival in Abuja, Nigeria::




I wonder if those two will ever collaborate again.

Usher also performed at the event and put on his best Micheal Jackson crotch-grabbing impression to great effect:



Um, is that his dick or did he stuff some socks up there? I find it convenient that his lunchbox is soooo protuding all of a sudden. Superhead DID say he had an impressive sized manhood so you never know.

Kelly Rowland was making the most of her secondary home, which is London, the UK! Over the weekend she was spotted leaving the BBC Radio 1 studio's:



Kelly gets MAJOR love here. She spends more time here than her own home, the United States. I wouldn't even be surprised if she's already purchased her house here. She's been talking about buying one for the longest time now but it makes perfect sense. All this week, she joined 1Xtra to present the Breakfast Show with Trevor Nelson.

Here are more pictures of Kelly in London. Where she was rocking the yellow dress is when she attended the Keep A Child Alive Black Ball (alongside fellow R&B singers Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson):




In the zebra dress, she attended the Nokia Skate Almighty Launch Party in London on Thursday. And in the colourful dress, she was seen leaving Nobu Restaurant. I guess Kelly decided to listen to the "haters" by ditching the wig for a regular weave. It looks good but now I understand why she had the bangs, lol.

Another R&B singer in London is Mary J Blige. She too was spotted leaving Nobu Restaurant in London:



She was accompanied by her hubby Kendu. Mary was looking bright and colourful. The future's Orange.....

Spice Girl Mel B was spotted enjoying a family day while lunching at The Grove in Los Angeles with her husband Stephen Belafonte and her two daughters Phoenix Chi and Angel Iris Murphy Brown:



Angel is such an adorable little girl, further emphasising Eddie Murphy to be a BIGGER ass than ever before. I don't get any man who'll punish his own child just because of the mother. If he truly wanted to know his child, he would have done. And now she's going to grow up calling another man "daddy".

Alicia Keys performed at the Keep A Child Alive Black Ball in London this week rocking a Barack Obama T-Shirt. :



November will definitely be a historic moment no matter who wins! Can't wait. Oh, and Alicia's younger brother (on her dad's side) has also accompanied Alicia on her UK trip (see middle picture). He is such a cutie but he looks like he's only 17. Anyway, the singer took her 'As I Am' tour to Paris last night. And she may very well be chosen to sing the Bond theme for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. Singers Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Duffy and, most recently, Annie Lennox were rumoured to be given the song. Amy Winehouse was the first singer linked to the movie, but she apparently never finished recording her song with producer Mark Ronson. A rep for Alicia declined to comment. But I'm reading that Alicia is a strong contendar and that the new Bond theme will be a soul/rock number by Alicia and the White Stripes. Hmmmmm.....

TLC's Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins attended the 2008 Sickle Cell Disease Jazz Event at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue last month, with her boyfriend of 4 years, NFL ball player, Takeo Spikes:




The Jazz Event is the primary and largest fund-raising event hosted by the Community Advocacy Committee, a volunteer group focused on raising awareness and monetary support for the Sickle Cell Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. T-Boz not only suffers from the disease, she's also the national spokeswoman for the Sickle Cell Disease Association. In 1996, the 38-year-old singer went public with her disease. She's made her biggest impact as a spokeswoman for the association. She has beaten the odds that are set against about 75,000 African Americans with deadly sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that causes red blood cells to become sickle-shaped, making it difficult for them to pass through blood vessels. She wasn't supposed to live past her 20s, let alone sing and dance her way to stardom with TLC before giving birth to her baby girl Chase at 30. She says her optimism and faith in God have, fortunately, kept her free of strokes and blood transfusions. Good for her. She's the inspiration that we soooo need.