'Love and Basketball' 10 years later

It's been a decade since the African-American classic film, "Love and Basketball."
The film, which boosted actress Sanaa Lathan's movie career and catapulted actor Omar Epps to leading man status, is garnering new attention since the new film, "Just Wright" piggybacks off the former's formula.
In "Love and Basketball," Epps took a turn as a romantic lead, a big turn for somebody who was mostly known for his role opposite Tupac Shakur in "Juice."
Back in 2000, a renaissance of black films was starting to take shape, fueled by the strong ratings of directors like Spike Lee and Matty Rich.
The songs of the time? Craig David was big (remember him), Alicia Keys had just come out with "Fallin" and Blu Cantrell had hit 'em up.
There was no national consciousness of Middle East terror, no wars.
My, have things changed.
So, where are they now? Epps has most recently finished a stint on the hospital drama "ER," while Lathan is still doing film. Both are considered big-time actors, thanks, in part, to "Love and Basketball."
Gina Prince-Bythewood, the UCLA alum who directed "Love and Basketball," (Spike Lee served as producer) most recently directed "The Secret Life of Bees."
The movie wasn't perfect, but it was just right. No, Just Wright.


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Masia One: Not your average lady mic killa

With the state of female emceeing at an all-time low these days, Masia One, hailing from T.O., hopes to bring a little light to the situation. The Filipino rapper wants the U.S. to take her seriously, and she's doing it without showing her flesh or rapping about how ill the nana.
Masia, who has a flow similar to sLadybug Mecca from Digable Planet, is youth-oriented though. She and rapper Eternia are on an Ontario tour to reach 10,000 girls. The "Because I Am A Girl" tour will be televised -- think "Sesame Street" meets "MTV Raps" - the women will be able to reach a wider audience.
Maybe Chi-town, New York, ATL could ask for a visit from the duo? Lord knows, the youngens -- from the little girls that stuff tissue in their shirts to make them look more mature, to the boys who use pencil mascara to draw hair on their lips -- need all the help they can get.
Masia One is the illest. And you can put that on your "sideburns".

Check out Masia One's flow

Queen Latifah: 'God bless Farrah Fawcett, she was my fave'

Queen Latifah sat down with the Los Angeles Times in an interview over the weekend and dropped science about Farrah, MJ and even Flavor Unit.
Here are some gems:
"Michael just -- there'll never be anyone like him. He just introduced us to the world, just an international megastar. And a heart of gold. And just, you know, brought attention to things going on around the world and to being an African American man."

On her movie career:
" I would love to eventually have our own studio. A real studio to produce films, television, whatever it is we like to do. To be a self-contained company, like a Tyler Perry, I suppose. You write it, you shoot it, you market it, you license it.?


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