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 What we love...
What we love about Keyshia Cole is that in the show "Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is" on BET she is turning around to other young women and saying "I am not superhuman or very different from you. We perceive an overriding message to be Keyshia saying just as I had the strength & favor of God to make something of myself - you can access that for yourself." Other artists push our young people to hustle their way to the top. The difference maker is that unlike...<!--more--> The difference maker is that unlike many of her male & female counterparts in Hip Hop Soul Keyshia Cole is not afraid to say that some of the life choices she made were wrong, she is not afraid to say - "hey don't get caught up on some of the dumb stuff that I got caught up on" she is honest enough to say "hey we made mistakes, learn from them so you don't have to repeat them". On a recent episode Keyshia told a group of young woemen "Things that I go through are just like the things you guys go through and feeling like oh well if he don't like me, what can I do to make you like me but what can I do to like myself more before I got to like you". It would be so nice to see the fellas on the hip hop soul side of life say - "no I wouldn't recommend getting shot (big ups to Katt Williams for saying getting shot is not cool), prison was a horrible place that I am working hard to avoid going back to, don't slang if you don't have to (and honestly I'm glad I don't have to any more), having a wife is better than having ho's, being a business man (legally) is way more ballerific than being a snowman - here are some tips on how you can do it lil' bro".
When the show first rolled out there was a lot of less than ladylike behavior exhibited by some of her family...since then we have watched Keyshia's sister Neffe write a book (My Happiness is My Sanity), prepare for her own children's education, and challenge others to get their goals in gear. We are not saying that Keyshia or the women in her family are perfect, in fact they are quite candid in showing that they are far from it. But we love that they continue to show that a different path is available...even if you are hood, even if your mom isn't quite around, even if you have a very unorthodox rough homelife...
We love the true to life "life lessons" that she is learning and willing to share with other young women. We love that she is not just "posting". What do we mean by not just "posting"...? She is not just walking around showing off bling & fly clothes, basically saying don't you wish you were me...don't you wish you were a baller...? In fact in Keyshia Cole's show there is a lot of the exact opposite going on...in fact the theme song is her saying "I'm just like you". We love that Keyshia and her family are using the show to say, yes some of what we are was or always will be "hood" but guess what? Hood can come up, hood can respect herself, hood can get an education in life and hood can love herself enough to change her situation. Most of the women in the show have had moments to say hey - I'm so happy that I found a way to let go of baggage & love me more...learning that lesson will make our young women so much more beautiful than all the bootyshake that the rest of "rap" wants to throw at them...the message runs freely from this show over & over, we applaud Keyshia Cole for using her starpower to share it and that is what we love about "Keyshia Cole:The Way It Is". |
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not all bad but extra
I have seen the show from time to time. My only complaint about the whole show is this. Ok, you are keeping it real but are you keeping it real at a cost? What I guess I am trying to say is I still see her family foul mouthing each other back and forth in front of the kids. Disrespecting each other. Her mother to me is shameful. Although they might say one thing about what they learned they do another. I would love to see Keyshia say, this is BS. This is not the way anyone should be at all. No family should be like this. I would rather her tell her audience to not be like me and my family. That keepin it real, I'm just like you is a bogus message. We don't want to see you acting just like us we want to see you being better than us. We need depictions of better situations, better environments for our families so maybe we can say to ourselves, I want to strive and be like that. I don't blame Keyshia, I blame BET. There needs to be standards set. Why don't they have educational shows in BET? Why are we seen in our worst element. Isn't the station supposed to be trying to break down stereotypes? I am not trying to say the entire show is bad because it's not. I like that Keyshia is more down to earth than most I just don't like the extracurricular stuff that is shown.
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