December, 2009

Vallery Magazine: Rapper PitBull team-up with the City Miami Parks & Recreation and Community Organizations for Annual Toy Give-A-Way at Charles Hadley Park in Miami, Florida on December 22.| V iphone video by: Johnny Louis/jlnFilms

TOP 10 ARTIST OF YEAR ’2009′

1. Beyonce2. Taylor Swift
3. Lady Gaga
4. Lil Wayne
5. Jay Z
6. Miley Cyrus
7. Drake
8. Adam Lambert
9. Kelly Clarkson
10. U2

TOP 10 MOVIES OF THE YEAR ’09′

1. “The Princess and the Frog”
2. “Precious”
3. “UP”
4. “Star Trek”
5. “District Nine”
6. “Watchmen”
7. “The Hangover”
8. “Brothers”
9. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
10. “Thirst”

TOP 10 iPHONE APPS

1. Bump
2. Shazam
3. Yelp
4. Flight Track Pro
5. photoshop.com Mobile
6. Most Wanted
7. Trapster
8. PMS Buddy
9. Aha
10. Put Thing Off
11. iSeduce

Vallery Magazine: America Top Model contestant Stacy-Ann speak to Vallery Magazine about how her life change after the show and what she been up to since she left the show.| V iphone video by: Johnny Louis/jlnFilms

Vallery Magazine: World-renowned poet, activist, educator and author Nikki Giovanni was at Books & Books signing her new release book “Hip Hop Speaks to Children” A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat. Over the past thirty years, Giovanni remains determined and committed to the fight for civil rights and equality by speaking the truth as she sees it.| V iphone video by: Johnny Louis/jlnFilms

Vallery Magazine: World-renowned poet, activist, educator and author Nikki Giovanni was at Books & Books signing her new release book “Hip Hop Speaks to Children” A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat. Over the past thirty years, Giovanni remains determined and committed to the fight for civil rights and equality by speaking the truth as she sees it.| V iphone video by: Johnny Louis/jlnFilms

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World-renowned poet, activist, educator and author Nikki Giovanni was at Books & Books signing her new release book “Hip Hop Speaks to Children” A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat. Over the past thirty years, Giovanni remains determined and committed to the fight for civil rights and equality by speaking the truth as she sees it.

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee and graduated at Fisk University in 1968. It was during that time Nikki Giovanni Published her first books of poetry “Black Feeling Black Talk.” Most recently Nikki Giovanni was call by Oprah Winfrey’s as one of the twenty-five “Living Legends.”

Many of Giovanni’s books have received top honors and awards: National Book Award, NAACP Image Awards, and Caldecott Honors. Her books also were in The Los Angeles and New York Times Bestseller list. In addition to received top honor for her books, she also received honorary degrees, name Woman of the Year by Mademoiselle Magazine, The Ladies Home Journal, and Ebony Magazine and she was the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award and many more…