MMR on The Real Housewives of ATL

Southern belle shocker!  Apollo Nida claims Phaedra Parks used to creep to the projects for some ghetto luvin' back in the day! With two episodes in the can, this season of RHOA is already shaping up to be one of the franchises' most memorable.  Although there were many watercooler moments from last night, folks can't stop gagging about the cup of tea that Apollo Nida spilled about his estranged wife, the show's resident southern belle, Phaedra Parks.

Full disclosure - Apollo Nida has very little to gain from being nice to Phadra (she already said she WILL NOT bring the kids to see him in jail), but he REALLY threw her under the bus last night.  Here are some fun facts we learned from his brief talk to Peter Thomas (these are all ALLEGATIONS straight from Apollo's mouth):

-Phaedra began dating him right after he was released from jail (the first time).  She visited him daily.

-He lived in the projects and wore an ankle monitoring device (house arrest didn't deter Phaedra, she loved his body).

-Phaedra used to call him at 3am for booty calls, he had to buzz her in.  

-Apollo feels like Phaedra abandoned him at the lowest point in his life.

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MMR on Ent News- Trey Songz

Trey Songz has put a new spin on his latest video treatment, allowing his fans to get interactive.  Watch “Touchin’,Lovin’” featuring Nicki Minaj inside and get the deets on Fabolous’ upcoming digital album The Young OG Projectinside….

Trey Songz has released the newest visuals for his hit single “Touchin’, Lovin’” featuring Nicki Minaj off of his latest album Trigga.

In the Jason Zada-directed clip, Trigga fans can explore Trey’s most intimate fantasies in the hot & steamy visuals. The interactive component allows viewers to select which lady he’s going to feel up on and allows users to select different objects throughout the video, changing the sequence of events based upon the selections.

Trigga dished to BuzzFeed on why he decided to go interactive with his new video saying, “I have a personal connection with my fans and I wanted this interactive video to be a way for them to get a glimpse into my world and my fantasies in a new way.”

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MMR on #blackout- Sales DOWN 11%

Holiday sales took a big dip over the weekend and some attribute it to #BlackOutBlackFriday.  Get the deets inside along with info about President Obama's requests for police body cameras.

The numbers are in and both online and in stores sales dropped 11 percent, to $50.9 billion, from $57.4 billion last year, according to preliminary survey results released Sunday by the National Retail Federation.

While experts may place blame on the weather, gas prices or other external factors, we'd like folks to remember that a national call was issued on social media to "Black Out" Black Friday in light of the shooting death of Michael Brownand the uprising in Ferguson,

Maybe sales dipped because Black people care? And maybe people who aren't Black care? Rahiel Tesfamariam a social activist, founder of Urban Cusp, and the figure behind the Black Friday protest #NotOneDime told TheGrio,

“The fact that there was any decline in sales on Black Friday, but 11 percent at that, is absolutely significant and celebratory. The decline matters despite the fact that the mainstream media is not acknowledging its role. Ironic that so many cable news networks covered the boycott throughout Friday and online news outlets wrote about it last week but are not making the connection in their coverage of a sales decline.”

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MMR on the Soul Train Music Awards

Chris Breezy stole last nights award show! Chris Brown was the biggest winner at the 2014 Soul Train Awards, which aired on BET on Sunday night, November 30. The R&B superstar, who led this year's nominations with seven, took home three awards including Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year, Best Dance Performance and Best Collaboration all for the Lil Wayne and Tyga-assisted "Loyal".

Pharrell Williams and Beyonce Knowles were other names grabbing multiple awards. The former's "Happy" was named Song of the Year after edging out competitors like John Legend's "All of Me", Beyonce's "Drunk in Love" and Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home". The Grammy Award-winning producer's smashing hit also came out as the winner in the Video of the Year category.

Bey, meanwhile, beat the likes of Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosius, Jhene Aiko and Janelle Monae for the Best R&B/Soul Female Artist title. She additionally nabbed the Album of the Year award for her 2013 self-titled effort.

Other winners included Nico & Vinz (Best New Artist), Trey Songz (Best R&B/Soul Male Artist), Legend (Record of the Year for "All of Me") and Kool & the Gang which was honored with Lifetime Achievement award.


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