In the wake of hearing about shoppers going buck wild yesterday, thought a reminder was needed as to the reasons for the Christmas season courtesy of Alexander O'Neal from his classic 1988 Christmas CD My Gift To You.
The song is entitled 'Remember Why '(It's Christmas). And some of you gangsta pepper-spraying holiday shopping fools need a reminder ASAP.
TransGriot Note: in case you're wondering, the name of the sculpture that's pictured in this post is called 'Holy Family' and it's by artist Thomas Blackshear.
In case you haven't heard the news, 44 year old pioneer rapper Dwight Arrington Myers, better known by Heavy D was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital at noon Pacific time from his Beverly Hills home. He was conscious and complaining about shortness of breath.
He was pronounced dead at 1:00 PM PST.
He was born in Mount Vernon, New York who produced a stream of hits and five Top 40 albums from the late 80s through the early 90's and a persona and flow that earned him guest appearances on Michale and Janet Jackson's albums and A Different World.
He also performed the theme song for the In Living Color comedy show on Fox.and just recently made his first television appearance in years by closing out the 2011 BET Awards with a medley of his many hits.
Peaceful Journey Heavy D. You are loved and will be missed.
I wasn't going to let today pass without a TransGriot birthday shoutout to my Houston homegirl Beyonce Giselle Knowles Carter, who was born on this day in H-town back in 1981.
Yep, Beyonce's hit the Big 3-0 birthday.
Form Destiny's Child to having a child next year, it's been fun to watch her rise from that cute kid on Star Search to international style icon and Grammy Award winning solo artist and actress.
