Video: Mary J. Blige Opens Center for Women in Yonkers
I love Mary for this. This is something that will directly impact the community that we both grew up in. The Mary J. Blige Center For Women is located @ 489 South Broadway in Yonkers, between Valentine Lane and St. Andrews Place, which is about 2 blocks from that sign you see at the top of this site, and about 3 blocks from the building I grew up in.
The center came about through a partnerhip between Mary and Steve Stoute’s new foundation (FFAWN),the Westchester Jewish Community Services and Gucci (the design house, not Mane). According to the FFAWN website:
…the new center will serve as a “one-stop shop” for women, making resources more accessible and more customized than they are now and allowing women it serves to gain access to services from which they would not otherwise benefit. The serves offered directly at the Center will initially fall primarily into three categories: education, parenting skills, and career training.
Mary and Stoute plan on opening several more centers in communities across the globe.
Props to Boss Lady for the coverage of this. I know she had to pass on the Better Recognize Showcase because she had to be at this early the next day, and I completly understand. Sometimes there’s more to the news than entertainment.
Related: FFAWN Homepage | Mary J. Blige: ‘My spirit is what saved me’ from suicide (CNN)
October 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
# The Shot Clock aka I’m a Nahmerican Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
I need a shooting guard/ small forward for Lamar Odom in the NRFBB league. Anyone trying to trade?
^
nope. his season is fucked. wifeys weaken the knees
^^^^
FML
October 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
oh shit bleek released a response already
oh its fuck Bleek 3?, well fuck Dame 4
you knocking at the wrong door!
^oh shit oh shit.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Now get back to the kitchen.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
*applauds*
October 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Major!!! Every entertainer n actor needs 2 open a center 4 sumthin!!! Imagine what the world would b if that happened! There’s enuff money goin around in the music n movie industry, not 2 mention the world of sports! A-Rod could open a rec center in every city in this country! Congrats Mary J. cuz we gotta start doin more 4 each other!!!!!!!!!!
October 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
*goes to lunch*
October 30th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
mary j. licks the slit
October 30th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
what is Jay doing right this moment?
prolly laughing in his Maybach, like that nigga Beans goes!!!
October 30th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
ok really goes to lunch
October 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
“ON THE RISE TO THE TOP, MANY DROP, GOTTA LEARN TO LIVE WITH REGRETS”
October 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
cOLD Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
what is Jay doing right this moment?
prolly laughing in his Maybach, like that nigga Beans goes!!!
^^^
not sure if u are joking, but his is prob. what jayz is doin, dude gotta sick mind
October 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
prolly laughing in his Maybach, like that nigga Beans goes!!!
^
lmao….word.
bobbing his head (n) to the diss track with the ugly genius face on and everything….not givin a godamn.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
watch this place get shut down on some illegal business.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
cameras bust in on Mary J licking slits
October 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
She shouldve done this a long time ago
October 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
clap for em tho
October 30th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
not sure if u are joking, but his is prob. what jayz is doin, dude gotta sick mind
^
Iceberg you a cool dude [n]but your stannism is off the scale. talking like you know what Jay thinks like and all that.
its alot still
October 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
The Shot Clock aka I’m a Nahmerican Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
prolly laughing in his Maybach, like that nigga Beans goes!!!
^
lmao….word.
bobbing his head (n) to the diss track with the ugly genius face on and everything….not givin a godamn.
^^^^
telling bleek to rewind that part about B and rewind the end where beans is doing his best pac hit em up talking at the end of the song…
October 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Black Brokaw Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
watch this place get shut down on some illegal business.
Black Brokaw Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
cameras bust in on Mary J licking slits
Black Brokaw Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
She shouldve done this a long time ago
Black Brokaw Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
clap for em tho
^
*has multiple strokes*
October 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Beans style was def a slam dunk…..there had to be a disconnect between Beans and Jay. Either Jay tried to get him right and Beans just wanted to be a hooligan or Beans got somebody in his ear sayin “look how everyone else operate and look at how Jay did you”. Jay seems like the type of dude though where he extends the olive branch a few times and then he distances his self. ionno…..I know Beans gave Jay food for thought. That diplomatic “no comment” shit aint gonna work though.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Just a question who is talking about the 50 leak?? Or quoting those hot lyrics or songs??
October 30th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Sigel is a lil crafty though, I planted that seed of deception with Beyonce, with that line: I know some shit that would make B look at you funny”. Thats kinda ill. If he can’t get at Jay’s exterior cause his armors too thick, he’ll poison his relationship and crush him from within.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
B someone saying… I wonder what Beans is talking about.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
cOLD Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Sigel is a lil crafty though, I planted that seed of deception with Beyonce, with that line: I know some shit that would make B look at you funny”. Thats kinda ill. If he can’t get at Jay’s exterior cause his armors too thick, he’ll poison his relationship and crush him from within.
^^^
I like u cOLD, but u know damn well aint nuthin that ninja can say to mess up relationship, u know when u got ur girl mind, her own momma cant tell her sh!t
October 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
But i will say this, Jay will nvr sign another street m.c, trust me on this………him and diddy are done with any street mcs
October 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
B: Jay what does he mean by that line?
Jay: oh them just jokes B, you know this rap shit is not real
(beyonce begins to say something else, but insteads nods her head agreeing)
B: oh… ok.
(five months later)
B: so Jay, remember that line?, I’ve been doing some thinking…
October 30th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
But i will say this, Jay will nvr sign another street m.c, trust me on this………him and diddy are done with any street mcs
^
yep. cos street niggas keep you honest, and they dont want that cos both of them livin foul.
but moreso, they will never have successful artists again because they cant stand to have anyone shine too much.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Dwight is insinuating that Shawn is a down low brother
October 30th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
ima jay-z circa 03 stan which means ima stan but im also agressive content junky word to 50…… with all that being stated this song by beans hurt me soul like niggaz been coming at jay for 5years now and besides the first cam diss i think this is the second hardest diss towards my g ever and now that i think about jay been catching darts from niggas for about 13 years now i know it doesnt mean much cause he stay winning but we all know state property and beans made jay look way more gangster back in 99 when that mtv diary came out niggaz was putting the pressure on jay in some club and beans hop’d vip rope to go whip sum ass …………….. as a real nigga viewing the game and watching other large hip hop cats stay true to they rhyming partners besides baby from cash money jay on sum other shit and deep down inside he uneasy bout this beans record im on team beanie anyway its not like those guys putting out trash tapes young chris and freeway been releasing quality mixtapes and songs on this blog for the last two years beans put out sum bangers to more than j cole will do cuzz he think he just goin release an album without a weezy/gucci grind i mean 2 say we off that street shit thaan do a song with jeezy like c’mon son jay got 2 feel that shit if he dont mend`or address he goin lose alot of points on what remaining streets fans he got
October 30th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
But if Dwight was tough he wouldn’t be saying all that disclaimer shit at the end
October 30th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I like u cOLD, but u know damn well aint nuthin that ninja can say to mess up relationship, u know when u got ur girl mind, her own momma cant tell her sh!t
^did you see Beyonce frolicking on the beach with some model dude during her video shoot – the cams weren’t even rolling…
Not to mention the scenes she did with Stringer Bell, all giddy n shit.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
^no mediatakeout on the comment.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
This isnt a diss
October 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
him and diddy are done with any street mcs
^ I thought Diddy just offered the lox a one album deal?
October 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
But who gives a fuck. This guy is talking about he’s supposed to be getting $270,000 check. and he wants a conversation with Shawn. Hmmmmm…..slow niggas
October 30th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
him and diddy are done with any street mcs
^ I thought Diddy just offered the lox a one album deal?
^ ^ truth.com
diddy and jay will still get a check where they see 0′s to be made. they ain’t off that, yet.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
this is a powerful move from mary to help her hood
hope more artists continue this tradition