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Charity, Music, and Prom; My interview with Brittany Smooch

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Brittany Smooch
Brittany Smooch

Brittany Smooch is a young, up and coming teen pop star and Hip Hop artist.  Brittany’s music is fun and catchy and her personality is similar.  I had the pleasure of speaking to Brittany yesterday about her music and charity work she has participated in.  On the phone, Brittany seems sweet and determined.  She knows what her goals are and she is pursuing them with great success.  Brittany recently did work with the WGirls for their charity Project G.L.A.M, which gives prom dresses and accessories to girls who can not afford them. You can check it out at http://www.wgirls.org/get-involved/project-glam/

 

Brittany Smooch at Project G.L.A.M
Brittany Smooch at Project G.L.A.M

As soon as Brittany answered I knew she was going to be fun to interview.

When did you get into hip-hop?

I have always been into hip-hop music.  But when I started writing my own songs it just came out that way.  It just sounded like a rap.

When did you know you wanted to pursue a career in music?

I have been involved in music my whole life!  At 5 years old I was taking singing lessons and by 7 I was writing my own music.  I have always known that this is what I wanted to do.

Who is your favorite rapper?

Oh my God!  I have so many favorites.  But I guess if I had to pick it would be T.I.  He is amazing!

You have a unique Urban style, where do you love to shop?

I love Patricia Field.  They have a store in the City and the clothes are so crazy and cool.  I really like anything that has a unique feel.  I also really like Betsey Johnson.

Brittany Smooch
Brittany Smooch

How did you become involved with the WGirls and Project G.L.A.M?

I have always been involved with charity work.  I really enjoy it.  I was working with the NY city charity NY Cares and when the chance to do Project G.L.A.M came along I took it.  Its really an awesome charity and I love being able to help young girls.

This charity is so amazing, and it must have been cool to see the girls faces as they got their dresses, how was that?

Seeing their faces was priceless.  Watching the girls try on dresses and find ones they loved was really exciting.

Brittany Smooch at Project G.L.A.M
Brittany Smooch at Project G.L.A.M
Brittany Smooch Project G.L.A.M
Brittany Smooch Project G.L.A.M

What did you wear to your prom?

Well, I’ve actually been to a few proms.  But my favorite dress was one I wore to a Long Island prom.  It was really girly and looked like a Princess dress.  It was pink and lacey.  Usually I don’t like really girly clothes but this dress was beautiful and really made me feel like a princess.

Do you have any advice for prom goers this year?

“Don’t fall into peer pressure.”  Have fun and enjoy this time in your life but don’t think you have to do something you don’t want to.  That is really important to me.

What do you have coming up?

Well, I just released my EP and now I am working on my new album.  I just finished up my High School concert tour and am getting ready for my next performance.  I am performing at Six Flags Boston on June 29th.

Who would you love to collaborate with?

Well of course, T.I. since he’s my favorite rapper, but I also think it would be really cool to work with powerful women in music.  I’d love to do something with Nicki Minaj, Fergie, or Britney Spears.

What is one lyric to describe your life right now?

It would definitely have to be the chorus of my song, “Super Turned Up.”  Because that’s how everything in my life is right now, “Super Turned Up.”

You can check out Brittany Smooch on her website http://www.brittanysmooch.com/

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You can also check out her interview in Vibe magazine.

http://www.vibe.com/article/new-music-brittany-smooch-booty-bounce-gal-behind-booty

Diana Medley is a hypocritcal, homophobic moron.

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Here we go hypocrites, here we go.

Credit to: Rawstory.com
Credit to: Rawstory.com

An Indiana-based high school called Sullivan High has a group of people, including a special needs teacher, banding together to create a “straight-only” prom, which would prohibit anyone from the GLBT community from attending. The following is according to Time

as if I write it it would be filled with a lot of nasty comments (those to come later)-

The group met on Sunday at the town’s First Christian Church to discuss the possibility of holding a separate, segregated dance after the principal of Sullivan High, David Springer, told a local NBC affiliate that “Anybody can go to the prom” when asked to clarify whether same-sex couples would be allowed to walk in the event’s grand march, set to be held April 27.

“We believe what the Bible says, that it says it’s wrong,” Sullivan High School student Bonnie McCammon said to WTWO-TV. ”We love the homosexuals, but we do not condone what they’re doing.”

According to WTWO, one member of the group is a local special-education teacher, Diana Medley, who told the NBC affiliate, “I believe [homosexuality] is a choice. I don’t believe they were born that way. I think that life circumstances made them that way.” She says she works with students who come out to her and cares about them, even though she doesn’t “agree with them.”

I can’t even begin to figure out how much hypocrisy is really in this as it is truly mind-blowing.  So what happens if a gay person shows up? Are the police going to come outside and hose them down like what happened in the civil rights movements back in the 50’s and 60’s? Will dogs viciously attack them and will people chant “HOMO” and “FAG” if they try to go inside? Isn’t this 20 fucking 13 and this shit shouldn’t be happening anymore?

As far as Diana Medley is concerned, her last name suits her very well.  She is a medley of idiocy.  Her continued talks of how gays aren’t born this way and that it’s a choice is beyond disgusting yet hilarious at the same time.  Ma’am (i use that loosely), how would you feel about a prom that would bar special-needs students from showing up? What if one of your students is gay? How would that make you feel you fucking moron? I don’t get how people like this exist.  These are also the people that think gay marriage should be illegal as it goes against the sanctity of marriage.  Divorce rate is at 50 percent y’all.  Thanks straights.

There is a great petition you can find online that is calling for Diana’s termination.  Only 4,700 was needed but they already have 10,000.  Yay! Keep it going and watch this vile human being sit in her room stewing with her cats and wondering what her life will be like now that she’s figured out what an awful human being she is.  No remorse here for her or these students.  Grow up, open your eyes and get a grip.