Trina and Trick Daddy To Replace Rickey Smiley With New Morning Radio Show

Reunited and it feels so good! It’s been reported on The Jasmine Brand that Miami rappers Katrina Laverne Taylor, a.k.a. Trina, and Maurice Samuel “Trick Daddy” Young will have their radio show in the new year.

The Love & Hip Hop: Miami pair will be joining Miami’s 99 JAMZ/WEDR, replacing the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, which currently airs in that market. Social media and digital media marketing strategist Karen Civil posted the announcement on her Twitter page, “Trina & Trick Daddy To Announce New Radio Morning Show, Replacing Rickey Smiley In Miami Market http://bit.ly/2MFdIql“

The pair of rappers have recently been beefing, particularly after the last time they both appeared on Love & Hip Hop: Miami. They were supposed to be working on a joint album titled TNT, which is appropriate due to their explosive relationship. No one knows if the project will ever get off the ground but with this upcoming radio show, there’s bound to be much attention paid to the two.

Trina is going through some tough times since the death of her mother, Vernessa Taylor, last month. She took to Instagram to give thanks to the many supporters who have been there for her. “All I can give and take is day by day, moments by moments right now and I am just asking for everyone to please understand that. We all grieve differently and this is the hardest loss I’ve endured, to say the least! In this phase, I may even stumble a bit but I can’t let up on what I’ve built as a woman and as an entertainer,” she wrote. “Thank you to my team who has held me down during this time, I know things have not been easy on your end but I’m grateful to have you in my darkest moments!”

This took place after Trick Daddy and Trina hosted a foodie bus tour on Sept. 1, as part of the Miami Gardens Food & Wine Festival. Trina just released her latest album, The One on June 21, 2019, by Fast Life Entertainment and her label, Rockstarr Music Group.

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Trina and Trick Daddy To Replace Rickey Smiley With New Morning Radio Show

Reunited and it feels so good! It’s been reported on The Jasmine Brand that Miami rappers Katrina Laverne Taylor, a.k.a. Trina, and Maurice Samuel “Trick Daddy” Young will have their radio show in the new year.

The Love & Hip Hop: Miami pair will be joining Miami’s 99 JAMZ/WEDR, replacing the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, which currently airs in that market. Social media and digital media marketing strategist Karen Civil posted the announcement on her Twitter page, “Trina & Trick Daddy To Announce New Radio Morning Show, Replacing Rickey Smiley In Miami Market http://bit.ly/2MFdIql“

The pair of rappers have recently been beefing, particularly after the last time they both appeared on Love & Hip Hop: Miami. They were supposed to be working on a joint album titled TNT, which is appropriate due to their explosive relationship. No one knows if the project will ever get off the ground but with this upcoming radio show, there’s bound to be much attention paid to the two.

Trina is going through some tough times since the death of her mother, Vernessa Taylor, last month. She took to Instagram to give thanks to the many supporters who have been there for her. “All I can give and take is day by day, moments by moments right now and I am just asking for everyone to please understand that. We all grieve differently and this is the hardest loss I’ve endured, to say the least! In this phase, I may even stumble a bit but I can’t let up on what I’ve built as a woman and as an entertainer,” she wrote. “Thank you to my team who has held me down during this time, I know things have not been easy on your end but I’m grateful to have you in my darkest moments!”

This took place after Trick Daddy and Trina hosted a foodie bus tour on Sept. 1, as part of the Miami Gardens Food & Wine Festival. Trina just released her latest album, The One on June 21, 2019, by Fast Life Entertainment and her label, Rockstarr Music Group.

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For Flyboys, Lil Mamas and Us: Hebru Brantley's Nevermore Park Imagines a Chicago Made for Dreamers

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‘Slave Cry’: ‘Slave Cry’: Filmmaker tackles Black actor roles in movies set in Virginia

The main role that Black actors are given in the state of Virginia is that of a slave, according to a filmmaker who hopes to both shine light on and update the narrative.

Indeed, the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown nearly 400 years ago, setting the stage for slavery in the U.S., but Jai Jamison, a Richmond filmmaker, is hoping to change the narrative for films set in the state of Virginia.

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He points to film and TV projects shot in Virginia, including Harriet, Turn and Mercy Street as examples that the roles need to broaden for Black actors in the state. He said he wrote the short film, Slave Cry, to address the issue. The 13-minute film debuted Saturday at the Virginia Film Festival, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“The only roles for black actors are as slaves,” Jamison told the newspaper. “I worked on Turn for five months. I’d see these amazing actors come into town to play these rote roles that were full of trauma. Virginia is my home, but we’re so much more than this.”

Jamison’s film derives its name from a term his sister, Courtney, uses. She stars in Slave Cry and has struggled to find roles in Richmond, outside of what she terms “slave cry” roles.

“That real ugly cry, with sobs and snot…that 12 Years a Slave cry, Courtney’s character explains in the film, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Jamison said while he was writing the film, Courtney was applying to theater programs and ultimately earned an acceptance from the Yale School of Drama.

“I wanted to create a role for my sister that was meaty and nuanced,” Jamison told the newspaper. “While also wanting to write about Richmond, my home town, as it is now. There is so much culture here and young people and stories that don’t have anything to do with history. There are so many stories and different sides about Richmond to tell,” Jamison said.

In the movie, Courtney dons a slave costume as an historical interpreter side gig and stands in front of the town’s Robert E. Lee statue. Courtney also stops by the Maggie Walker statue, which allows the viewer to see her dreaming of a better life as an actress.

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Tim Reid, perhaps best known for his role as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati plays Courtney’s father in Slave Cry. Some scenes from the movie were shot at Reid’s film studio in Petersburg.

Slave Cry will be shown before the feature film screening of Clemency, a movie starring Alfre Woodard that tells the story of a death row prison warden.

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