Networking, music, film, traveling, building websites, photography.
Next to the people I already know, I'm interested in meeting decent people. People who have something to say. Both in the business as outside. But most of all who I'd like to meet are Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Maya Angelou, Quincy Jones, Jody Watley, Madonna and Halle Berry! In no particular order :)
FAVORITE MALE SINGERS:
Lionel Richie (one of my showbizz fathers), Jeffrey Osborne, Luther Vandross, James Ingram, Gregory Hines, Peabo Bryson, Al B. Sure!, Billy Porter, Christopher Williams, Brian Mc. Knight, Howard Hewitt, Glenn Jones, Eric Gable, Michael Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, George Michael, Peter Cetera, Ruben Studdard, Dre Allen, Usher, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, David Bisbal, Babyface, Billy Joel, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West, John Legend (to name a few).
FAVORITE FEMALE SINGERS:
Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle (my showbizz mother), Madonna (my showbizz sister), Jody Watley (my showbizz sister), Whitney Houston, Stacy Lattisaw, Aretha Franklin, Regina Belle, D'Atra Hicks, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Tamala Mann, Yolanda Adams, Celine Dion, Billie Holiday, Gloria Estefan, La India, Celia Cruz, Janet Jackson, Carola Haggkvist (Swedish Superstar), Edsilia Rombley (Dutch Superstar), Trijntje Oosterhuis (Dutch Superstar), Jordan Hill, Mariah Carey, Jane Child, Christina Aguilera, Imaani (UK Singer), Dana International (Israeli Superstar), Vanessa Williams, Tanya Blount (from Sister Act II), Kelly Rowland, Denise Pearson, Chaka Khan, Raven Symone, Queen Latifah, Dawn Robinson, Brandy, Shola Ama, Anastacia, Mary J. Blige, India Arie, Pebbles, Toni Braxton (AND her sisters!), Deborah Cox, Faith Evans (to name a few).
FAVORITE GROUPS:
Gladys Knight & The Pips, Commodores, Earth Wind & Fire, The Jets, The Jacksons, Five Star, DeBarge, The Pointer Sisters, Destiny's Child, Backstreet Boys, Blackstreet, SWV, En Vogue, Allure, Shalamar (WITH Jody Watley!), Many 80's pop acts (like Debbie Gibson, Stacy Q, Company B, Expose, Full Force, Sam Fox, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (to name a few).
FAVORITE RAPPERS:
Ice Cube (my twin, lol), P. Diddy, Ice T, Xzibit, Busta Rhymes, Eminem, Ja Rule, Run DMC, Fat Joe, Cuban Link, Queen Latifah, Lil Kim, Ludacris, Will Smith, Missy Elliott.
FAVORITE PRODUCERS:
Quincy Jones, Babyface, Shep Pettibone, Pat Leonard, Steve Bray, Tony Shimkin, David Morales, Steve Hurley, Masters At Work, Billy Joel, Rodney Jerkins, Thunderpuss, Nile Rodgers, Jermaine Dupri, Al B. Sure!, R. Kelly, Emilio Estefan, Pablo Flores, Jellybean Benitez (to name a few).
Philadelphia (with Denzel Washington & Tom Hanks), The Color Purple (with Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover & Oprah Winfrey), Malice (with Alec Baldwin & Nicole Kidman), A Cry For Help (with Nancy Mc. Keon), A Low Down Dirty Shame (with Keenan Ivory Wayans & Jada Pinkett-Smith), The Sixth Sense (with Bruce Willis), Set It Off (with Vivica A. Fox & Queen Latifah), Tango & Cash (with Kurt Russel & Sly Stallone), Bird On A Wire (with Goldie Hawn & Mel Gibson), Lady Sings The Blues (with Diana Ross), The Color Purple (with Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey & Danny Glover), Ben Hur (with Charlton Heston), Erin Brockovic (with Julia Roberts)... (to name a few).
FAVORITE ACTORS:
Denzel Washington (one of my showbizz fathers and my absolute number 1!), Sydney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Tyler Perry, Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Depp, Danny Glover, Pam Grier, Billy Dee Williams, Lynn Whithfield, Halle Berry, Alec Baldwin, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lewis, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Mark Harmon, Nicolas Cage, Whoopi Goldberg, The Queens Of Comedy, Sheri Shepherd, Julia Roberts, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Tichina Arnold, Veronica Hamel, Kathy Griffin, Matthew McConaughey, Jimmy Smits, Sonia Bragga, Edward James Olmos, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Lovitz, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Pullman, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, Chris Tucker, Raven Symone, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sandra Bullock, Angela Bassett (among others...)
Good Times, The Jeffersons, 227, Sanford & Son, The Cosby Show, Soultrain, That's So Raven, A Different World, Different Strokes, All In The Family, Three's Company, Family Matters, The Nanny, Living With Fran, Mad TV, SNL, Sister Sister, Will & Grace, Still Standing, Reba, Ellen, Oprah, Whoopi, Friends.
I don't like to read books per say... But here are some I like: Uncle Tom's Cabin (by Harriet Beecher Stowe), In The Meantime (by Iyanla Van Zandt), Sans Famile (by Hector Mallot), A Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens).
My mother (whom has been my mother, father, friend and confidante), my late grandmother (who partially raised me and instilled in me the gift of song), Oprah Winfrey & Patti Labelle (my showbizz mothers), Madonna (my showbizz sister), Nelson Mandela (he puts the H in hero!), Rosa Parks (she put the C in class!, may she rest in peace), Arthur Ashe (RIP), Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neill, Dennis Rodman, Carl Lewis, Florence Griffith Joyner (RIP), Tiger Woods.