Cece In The City

Author: Cece in the City

  • Jc Triple Threat

    Interview with JC Triple Threat

    By: Where It Begins

     

    Q. What made you pursue a career in the music industry?

    A. Funny enough, music wasn’t even a thought to me. I wanted to play football which was my love until an injury prevented me from playing anymore. I then turned to music to express my feelings and cope with the loss of football. I realized that I could do so much more with music than I could with football.

    Q. What makes you a Triple Threat?

    A. Triple threat started from when I played football, and it was because I was on the field the entire time playing offense, defense, and specialty. One day my coach said, “What up Triple Threat”. I really liked the sound of the name meaning someone who never leaves the field.

    Q. What advice or insight would you give to artists that are coming up and trying to get started in the entertainment industry?

    A. One of the biggest things to me is branding. You need to understand that when you become an artist that you are now a brand. You should be the artist 100% of the time. Promote yourself as much as possible through social media such as YouTube and Instagram and perform as much as possible at as many places as possible. Numbers are the key and promoters focus on your numbers as far as how many people you can draw in.

    Q. Are you doing anything for the community right now?

    A. I’m partnered up with the American Foundation Suicide Prevention because there is an epidemic of suicides in the youth as well as the adults. Sadly, Arizona is #1 in suicide rates.

    Look at the interview we did on him https://youtu.be/iu-3779efiQ

  • Lili Washington Ceo of YBLimited

    Lili Washington

    Ceo of YBLIMITED

    By: Where It Begins

     

    Q. What made you start YBLimited?

    A. YBLimited Mobile Services (Why-Be-Limited) was formed in 2013 with simply 1 bag of makeup and 1 camera. In the beginning, we were just known as YBLimited. Since then, we have evolved into an all-inclusive, mobile one-stop- shop for beauty and fashion, making us the first and only all inclusive Mobile Glam Squad in the country.

    Q. Where do you see yourself in five years?

    A.  I will retire as a makeup artist and remain focused solely on running YBLimited. I’ll be doing a few T.V. productions highlighting my team. I’ll complete my autobiography and work on my philanthropic efforts.

    Q. Do you do things for the community?

    A. I most definitely do things for the community. That’s my favorite part of being in the position I’m in. I get to help people feel better about themselves using my gifts and the gifts of my team. I am currently an advisor for a non-profit organization called Our Children’s Story. They help families caring for loved ones with special needs receive the services they need to make their lives more comfortable.

    Also watch the interview we did on Lili Washington and David Hand https://youtu.be/vEg9DY_orT8 or on Podcast https://anchor.fm/where-it-begins/episodes/Where-it-Begins-interview-with-LiLi-Washington-and-David-Hand-elugvj

  • 30 Day Writing Challenge (August 2022 Day 17)

    30-Day Writing Challenge

    Day 17

    Q. A Moment that filled you with fear.

    I would say I fear to get breast cancer. So, years ago I started getting mammograms because they found a lump in my breast. It came out to be a cyst which I had got the bio, and everything done to have it resolved but it came back. So, they have it where I must go twice instead of once like everyone else. I always fear that it will become more than it is. So, I pray about it and just hope that it will be good.

    So ladies make sure you get your mammograms and keep up with that.

    Let me know your answers below, Also join CeCe Challenges on Facebook.

  • By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

    Book: By the Book

    Author: Jasmine Guillory

    By: CeCe Hymes

    I enjoyed this book. It was about a lady named Izzy who worked for this company doing publishing. They were trying to get this book done on a Beau Towers, they had a deal and they sent emails all the time to him, but he never responded. Izzy lived in New York and the company ended up going to L.A. for a work conference. Izzy said that she would go to Mr. Beau’s house to check on what was going on.

    Izzy ends up staying in L.A. to convince and help Beau to do the book. It first started out as them not getting along with them being friends. They pushed each other in the making of them being friends and sharing things with each other. They helped each other get out of fearing things in life that needed to be done. They pushed each other by talking and communicating.

    They fell in love but they both were patient; I think it was great timing in each other’s life. I hope that it will be part 2 of this book. I would love to see how their journey goes. I enjoyed the characters.

    I like to read romance stories and how people find their mate. Izzy pushed Beau and it helped her with her own insecurities. She was really encouraging and came out of her shell. Glad that she was there to help Beau. I can’t imagine someone going in depressed mode and shutting the world out of his life for a whole year. Glad she was bringing life back into him.

    Make sure to check the book out and let me know what you think. Also Join CeCe Book Club on Instagram and Facebook.

  • 30 Day Challenge (August 2022 Day 16)

    30 Day Challenge

    Day 16

    By: CeCe Hymes

     

    Q. The story behind the last text you sent?

    The last text I sent out was me sharing that I met my goal on Good Reads. I am a bookworm. I love reading and this year’s goal was for me to read 50 books this year. It is only August and I have met my goal already. I can only Imagine what it will be at the end of the year. None of these books are audio books that I listen to. I have read all these books. This has been a passion for me for years.

     

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  • Let Love Rule Book by Lenny Kravitz with David Ritz

    Book: Let Love Rule

    Author: Lenny Kravitz with David Ritz

    By: CeCe Hymes

     

    I love reading people’s life stories on how they got to where they are today. The struggles, the experiences, and the journey. It motivates me that I can do anything I put my mind to. This Book was about Lenny Kravitz’s life. Starting from a child to a musician.

    I knew who Lenny Kravitz was, but I did not know much about who he was. Everyone has a story to tell. This book tells how he was raised in a mixed family and how he never gave up. He went through a lot with his family and growing up. He never let his dream and passion go. He went through times where he slept in his car, on floors and more. He had a good support system also and that’s always a good thing. When you have people pushing and believing in your work. This comes from “We Got to Let Love Rule”.

    Love is gentle as a rose

    And love can conquer any war

    It’s time to take a stand

    Brothers and Sisters join hands

    We got to let love rule

    Love transcends all space and time

    And love can make a little child smile

    Can’t you see this won’t go wrong

    But we got to be strong

    We can’t do it alone

    We got to let love rule

     

    This book was good. If you are a fan, make sure to check it out and let me know what you think. Also Join CeCe Book Club on Facebook and Instagram.

  • Reading Challenge

    2022 Reading Challenge
    I have read 50 of 50 books for the 2022 Reading Challenge! What should I read next? http://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/31737873

  • 30 day challenge (August 2022 Day 15)

    Q. One thing you never learned?

    A.I never learned the make up thing. Never was my thing. I always said love me and like me as I am.

  • 30 Day Challenge (August 2022 Day 14)

    30 Day Challenge

    Day 14

    By: Cece Hymes

     

    Q. The weirdest thing about your family?

    I would say the weirdest part is that they don’t act like family. We don’t speak to each other like that, hang out, and it is more like we are friends than family. The friends seem more like family than friends. I just don’t understand it. Back in the days we had reunions, times where we all got together to play cards, family trips and things like that. Now it’s like we do all that with our friends.

     

    I would say that’s the weirdest thing about my family to me. We only reach out if we have questions or favors. Which it should be to tell secrets or to chat and things. You tell a secret to our family, and everyone will know. Nothing is kept just between the 2 of us.

     

    What about you? Tell us the weirdest thing about your family in comments below or Join Cece Challenges on FaceBook.

  • The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

    Book: The Worst Best Man

    Author: Mia Sosa

    By: Cece Hymes

     

    I love a good Romance book. This book was good. It was about a Lady that goes by Lina and a guy named Max. Lina was engaged to be married to Max’s brother Andrew and things didn’t work out. She was a wedding planner and was going after this job. Come to find out she would have to work with Max. She was being rude at first thinking of the past but working together she learned a lot about Max. He pushed her in so many ways and also got her to open up and get things off her chest.

    It was like so many wrongs to be with your ex-fiancé brother but so many rights when it came to a good man, a man that’s worth keeping, a man that makes you feel things you don’t want to feel. They both want one thing but are scared in so many ways. They are always looking to please everyone else before they please themselves.

    The book was flirty, steamy, funny and shows you to be yourself.  I love great reads and can’t wait to read another book by this author. I also like romances that always start off rough but end well. It’s always the ones you don’t want to be attractive too but the ones that are there for you.

    Tell me your thoughts and if you could date a family member ex if that person was all you need to make you happy.

     

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