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bot: Filmmaker, commedian
and Black pack member
Robert Townsend recently
repeated bis I Do's to
lirlfrieDd erie, ia front of
a jucl e in a sman and private
Las Vel cere ony on Sep­
tember IS.
With t uc time off for
alarie, fo al ceremony� the
co pie bope to t a more
official celebration sometime
after t e relcuc of hil film,
-Five Heartbeats· (Itarring
Townie ,Dia n Carroll,
and Leo obi a) let for
etease i February.
To lend's just recently
lilned a deal itb Virgin
Record for diltribution of an
orilinal soundtrack.
Raunch, Ra, Reaches
N. Lo: After all of the
controversy surrounding 'the
relea e of the Octo Boys, and
the pres ure that prompted
Geffen Record to abandon
the project (due to the offen-
ivenes of their lyrics,
which includes reference to
violent and exually graphic
negative llitude to atd
women, an y
g lor lfl es �), e
project has Ro�h r
home.
Pre e tI ¥.l :'.ij.�tIi&C�
up the rights to d' U
raunchy r p. In the mean­
time, allegin that they are
fed up wi th the verb I as­
sault on women, two equally
offen ive female rap groups
- BWP (which stands for
Bitches With Problems) and
H. W.A (for Hoe With At­
titude) have now surfaced.
The I Her group was signed
as the opening ct for the 2
Live Cre .
Meanwhile, BWP say.
their music will feature both
clean and dirty ver ions
(much like the 2 Live Crew).
And while their lead single,
"Two Minute Brother"
(origin lIy sporting a more
vulgar title) deal with men
who talk big ith regards to
sex, but don't deliver,­
they're playing up tune like
No Means No, about d te
rape.
It �I 'ack 10 wOl'k /01'
H ••• , D. " 'Ia. B011 tbey
prepare for a return to the
studio to record their next
album. The rap heavy i also
lOin to be puuing emp a is
o his actina career, but is
till overcoming the 10 of
friend and group member,
Troy -Trouble T- Dixon.
Fact is, the unit is yet to
return to performing after the
'ralic accident, which ec­
cured while they ere tour­
ing. They attempted to
perform on ome dates just
after the funeral, but found it
w j t too emotional, and
sub equently cancelled the
rest of their date .
Ho ever, they are lated
to take part in the upcoming
Motown 30 pecial. .... And
while Eddie Murphy and
Janet Jack on ranked among
the top ten entertainer U.S.
troops stationed in the Per­
sian Gulf want to see, credit
the members of Levert with
calling on the recording in­
dustry to support and en­
corage our American
servicemen.
A they unveiled their
"TO Y!TONI!TONE!
DA Y" - WlnglPolygr
recording °t rs Tony! Toni!
1 e! ere recently
honored by M yor Lionel
WII on's proc:lam tlo of
"Tony! 'foni! Tone! D 1" in
Oakland, California, tbelr
hometo n. In hi proc:lam -
lion, the mayor noted that
the Tonys' 'I achievement
and accompli 'hment
demon trate their charac­
teri. tic of integrity, per-
everance, nd . higb
principle th t 'hould be n
in ipiratlon to all, e peel lIy
Afric n-Americ n, who
would ish to improve them�
e lve and the world in,
hich we live. " Left to right:
Dwayne Wiggin of TTT,
o kl nd M yor Lionel WII-
on, Timothy Chri ti n of \
TTT, and R ph el WI i
ofT"rr.
I test album, "Rope-A-Dope"
at a recent Beverly Hills
reception, the group voiced
their suppert 0{ those over­
seal ith the announcement
of pia to spearhead an in­
dustry-wide campaiaD of
holiday e eer for that III
culminate in a one-hour Ne
Year's Eve Ipecial.
M ...... U., o. ,IN"o •
/1'0"', Deneiec Williams, who
il ouUinla DC tbruat behi
er recording eareer, il prel­
nant ith her fourth
child ... .slill ,oi., "1'011,
alUl .""1 are "A Different
World" cutmates Kadeem
Hardison and Cree Summer,
as well as talk s,how ho t
Byron Allen and Connie Sel-
leca ... And Vanes William
recently threw a party in New
York City in celebration of
hubby (Ramone Hervey's)
40th birthday.
The official release date
for the debut solo album from
New Edition lead Ralph Tre -
vant has finally been set for
November 20th.
.J