Enough is ENOUGH: Love & Hip Hop Atlanta

First of all, let me say that I'm well-versed in pop culture, including reality TV, and I'm willing to give ANY show a chance.

However, after just ONE episode, I will NO longer be watching the newest train wreck from VH1: Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.

Can we say HOT MESS????? I mean really...Are they serious with this?

After Basketball Wives, Basketball Wives: LA, and Love & Hip Hip, I thought that VH1 had exhausted all of their means of making our cultural figures (athletes & rappers) look bad.

Well...I was terribly mistaken.

Not only does this show make the spouses of hip hop artists look needy and foolish, it also makes the rappers look like they don't respect women & will neglect their baby mamas & kids for the next piece of ass (but what else is NEW? SMH).


You get to see a messed up love triangle between producer Stevie J, his baby mama & "ride or die" type girlfriend (code for STUPID...but we will get into that later) Mimi & this broke-down Rihanna wannabe that he's "producing" (& he might be "producing" something else w/ her too) named Joseline. 


Out the gate, Stevie tries to buy her a house outside of ATL for her & the baby but he doesn't have any plans of living there with them. He claims that he has to be in the studio all the time w/ his artist Joseline (who makes it CLEAR that she is either sleeping with Stevie J or CRAZY out of her mind). 


Long story short...Joseline is attached to Stevie's hip & suggests that he is in LOVE with him...Girl BYYYYYYE :-(

The episode culminates with a meeting at the birthday party of K. Michelle (fellow cast member) where it is mistaken that Joesline is with Stevie J, much to Mimi's surprise. When the two of them show up TOGETHER, the whole thing goes left & Mimi ends up leaving. When Stevie J chases her, Joseline gets mad & throws a drink at him. However, they end up leaving together to got to "the studio".

If I were Mimi, I would tell Stevie J to say "Goodbye Mimi" & "Hello CHILD SUPPORT" SMH

There were more messed up storylines too: like Lil' Scrappy leaving his baby mama Erica for rapper Diamond & then running back to her. While I give them credit for trying to make it work for their daughter, I find it comical that Scrappy is complaining about getting affection from Erica...when he CHEATED & LEFT her. I don't get how she is supposed to just welcome him back with open arms...just because. 

Also, there is the Olivia-type story with K. Michelle, who is trying to get her music back out there & dealing with her past abusive relationship.

And let me close this post by mentioning this HOT MESS of a mama that rapper Lil' Scrappy has in Mama D, an outrageous ex-pimp who puts Mama Jones & Frankie to SHAME. It's clear that she has some mental issues because she is asked by Erica (Scrappy's baby mama & sometimes girlfriend) if she took her medicine, to which she replies "Not in five days." 

Michelle Rodriquez Makes "Trashy" Comment About Black Actors

Michelle Rodriguez says that you have to be "trashy and black"  to get an Oscar nod.

There is nothing that gets me MORE upset than people making ignorant comments to get attention or just to get their name in the news. That's what I thought when I heard about actress Michelle Rodriguez saying that you have to be trashy and black to win an Oscar or even be nominated.

When asked about Nicole Kidman's performance in the new movie The Paperboy, Rodriguez said: 

“I f-----g loved it,” the actress said. “One of my friends said, ‘She’s going to get nominated for an Oscar for that.’ I was like, ‘Nah, man. She’s not Black!’”
“I laugh, but it’s also very sad,” she reportedly continued. “It makes me want to cry. But I really believe. You have to be trashy and black to get nominated. You can’t just be trashy.”

I cannot believe that someone can make such a blatantly ignorant comment, like there have been as many black Oscar nominees as white or any other race. In the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, and the supporting roles, there have only been 14 African-American winners and 60 nominees. Yes there have been more actors & actresses nominated, that include Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Taraji P. Henson among others, but you have to take into account that many of those nominees have more than one nomination, such as:

• Sidney Poitier (2 for Best Actor)
• Morgan Freeman (3 for Best Actor & 2 for supporting) 
• Denzel Washington (3 for Best Actor & 2 for supporting)

Also, if you want to get into the type of roles that are selected for nominations, that should not be looked at as a diss to African-American actors but to the industry and Academy that chooses them. If she is referring to Halle Berry in Monster's Ball or Monique in Precious, then you have to consider that those are the roles and stories that have to be played and told. Some one has to do it and they do it WELL, so why put the "trashy" label on the black roles? It's just not fair.

What are these "trashy and black" roles that Rodriguez speaks of?????? Is she speaking just with black female actresses or roles? Dorothy Dandrige in Carmen Jones was NOT trashy! Viola Davis in The Help was NOT trashy! Diahann Carroll in Claudine was NOT trashy! Queen Latifah in Chicago was NOT trashy! 

So Ms. Rodriguez, the FACT of the matter is that Nicole Kidman already HAS an Oscar (The Hours, 2002) so not being nominated for this role will not hurt her. However, NOT having a black actress win Best Actress until Halle Berry in 2001 and NOT another winner in the 11 years since is hurting US.

Maybe Michelle Rodriquez should take a look at this moment when Halle Berry thanked all the women who came before her like Dorothy Dandrige & Diahann Carroll and even those who were alongside her and will come after her. This moment was FAR from "trashy":