We like Maluca, thanks Pop Culture Professor. Peep it after the jump. “I went around your way…”

Sunglasses diva, Kerin Rose. Rihanna thanks her. Ow! [Hearty]

Jay-Z does NOT deserve this bag! It’s so not fair… [BagSnob]

Egypt is planning to murck Ghana in Sunday’s soccer match. Get out the beer. [AfriPop!]

Racialicious’ Latoya Peterson x The Root = Confab on Race. Listen in the link. [Rac'licious]

Thought Balmain was going to Target route? Nope. [TheBlayReport]

The Keys to Healthy Hair! Shout to the Mizani hair oil. [Clutch]

Puff got a VOGUE spread for the album that’s never coming out? Hm… [ATribeCalledNext]

Alexander McQueen’s Ballerina Titanic Pumps are creaky. [Nitrolicious] (more…)

Sade’s “Skin”

+ Doo Wop & Puff Daddy – Bad Boy Mixtape Vol. 2 (1996) (Download Link)

+ Goldfrapp x “Believer”

+ Yo Gotti x DJ Drama “Cocaine Muzik 4″, we like Yo Gotti, have for awhile, glad he’s getting shine.

+ word on Grammy street is Lady Gaga’s got some massive duet for her Grammy performance, Wayne, Drake, Eminem will recreate “Swagger Like Us” with “Forever” and Rihanna’s attending alone. No shots.

Enjoy!

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Yeah, we have no idea how she landed here from Pandora either…

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It’s true. ABC has canceled one of our favorite televisions shows, and one of the few spots for Latinos on a major network television show. This is the wackness. After they threatened to cancel the show before…

Betty Ditched…

At 87, she experienced a life that many of us dream of.  From Brasil to Brooklyn, she loved, cried, laughed, fought, worked, nurtured, sacrificed, danced, and walked a mile in her shoes, just to provide those around her with a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. Many people called her “mommy”—even those that she did not raise. I called her grandma, or in Portuguese,  “vóvó”   —Mahogs

This is the third and final installment of “Lessons from Vóvó.”  On Wednesday, January 27, Mrs. Ivone Dos Santos Seetram passed away. May her words live with us forever and we never forget her amazing spirit.

SB: You have been a good friend to many people over the years. But I know that with friendship, there will be disagreements or conflict. What is your advice on how to deal with that?

Vóvó : I’m very careful when I open my mouth. If I’m wrong, help me to accept it. But I never can say I wish something bad on someone because they say something bad about me. When you wish somebody bad, it seems like the one defense that you have. My defense is, if I deserve [what was said about me], I ask God to help me to deal but eventually things come back in my favor. And I feel free. I never put myself on top. I just leave it in God’s hands. (more…)

If we’re talking about success as profits and numbers, sure, American Apparel has been widely successful. But at what point does social responsibility come into play? In a new campaign, the company is asking you to send in a picture of your backside. They’ll put it online, gather some votes, and you just may win. Oh, the winner is only promised a grab-bag, not a spot in the new ads. And FYI, your picture – no matter how soft-core it may be – becomes their property. [AA]

In another video released on Al-Jazeera Television, Osama Bin Laden sits perched and condemns the U.S. for failing to act in reducing climate change… the least of his worries? [WashPo]

Another tearful moment on the horizon? Michael Jackson’s kids will be accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award for the late King at the Grammys this weekend. Get the Kleenex! [CNN]

Diana Ross… to make sneakers? Wait, for Steve Madden? And… selling at Foot Locker?? Ha! These celeb-fashion collabos are getting out of hand. Everyone wants a piece of the pie. [StyleList]