Cece In The City

Author: Cece in the City

  • Interview with Toon

    Interview with Toon

    By: Where It Begins

    Q. Tell everyone who Toon is and how you got the name Toon?

    A. Well Toon is a humble person who grew up on the southside of Atlanta who always loves sports and music. I love to rhyme….I got my name from my grandma. She passed a year after I was born so we just stuck with Toon because she gave me that name but she got it from my girl cousin whose name was Toon Toon…

    Q. What made you want to be a Rapper?

    A. I always like to rhyme words together and make a story like a poet. It was just in me from the jump.

    Q. What is one of your best experiences or accomplishments?

    A. Seeing my family happy about my success and having the best team ever with me period and that’s MMR x CLB 4Life in my best experience coming out of the helicopter for my mixtape release was like a movie straight up.

    Q. What or who inspired you to be a Rapper?

    A. My lifestyle, the struggle, the pain and my family.

    Follow me @toon_clb

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  • Interview with Shooter

    Interview with Shooter

    By: Where It Begins

    Quote “My hobbies are just raising my kids and do everything possible to make them smile. I don’t live for me I live for them.”

    Q. Tell everyone who shooter is?

    A. Shooter is just a brother from the hood, who has been blessed with an opportunity and trying to make the best out of it.

    Q. Out of all the reality shows out here today what made you want to be on Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta?

    A. Unfortunately I was chosen to be on the show I never ever thought I would be on tv.

    Q. How have your experience been being on Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta?

    A. It is a blessing to be on Love and Hip-Hop the show has opened my eyes up to so much more in life. Despite of the negativity you see me go through on the show.

    Q. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

    A. In the next 5 years I will be in big motion pictures that u have to watch in theaters. My trucking company will be off the ground and so would my barbershop.

    Follow me at @goodshooter

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  • Interview with Big Nick

    Interview with Big Nick

    By: Where It Begins

    Quote: “I feel like before any artist or label releases a project all the production for that project should be paid for. That should be mandatory”.

    Q. Tell us more about who Big Nick is?

    A. I am a producer, a developer, a life coach. I mold stars. I have been doing music for roughly 17 years now, I was a club promoter for 5 years, so I’ve been a part of the entertainment scene 360.

    Q. What made you want to be a music producer?

    A. I didn’t. I wanted to be an artist but my passion for music expanded talents and morphed me into what I am today. I learned how to make beats and record, and since I started off rapping, I am good at songwriting.

    Q. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

    A. A wife and kid, 8,000 sq ft house and at the top of the game with a plethora of plaques and number 1’s.

    Q. What is something that really challenges you being a producer?

    A. My little brother Jbo. He taught me how to use pro tools and that opened up the floodgates for me to produce a lot of good music.

    Follow me at @bignick912 

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  • Seen It All Done the Rest book by Pearl Cleage

    Book: Seen It All And Done The Rest

    Author: Pearl Cleage

    By: Cece Hymes

    This was the first book I have read by this author, and it was good. This was a book about Josephine Evans, who was an actress who had been on the stages for 30 years establishing her career. Josephine had been acting in her career and then they counted her out. She went back home to see about the property her mother left for her and to also check up on her granddaughter. Her granddaughter Zora had been through a lot and just kept being in the blogs. Her life has just been different since her dad passed away.

    Josephine goes to check on the property and she finds out that the area has turned bad, a lot of robberies, drugs and homeless people have taken over. She checked on the house that has been vandalized and unkept. She goes to the company who has been keeping up with her home. Come to find out the company wants to take over all of their homes in that area. They are trying to buy the elder people out and give them less money to sell. They do things you wouldn’t even imagine.

    Josephine talks with Zora, her granddaughter and friends to fix the place up. As they do that Zora decided to video and share to the world what they are doing. It seems like every time they get far in cleaning up the place something else happens to the home. So, they have to start all over. They cannot get a break. They all will not give up and so many people saw on the internet what they were doing and wanted to help them and also wanted them to travel to do more in the different states.

    While the team cleans up I think they all bond and share different stories with each other and they all came together at the right time in their lives. What they needed the most was encouragement, inspiration and a team. I love Josephine’s character. She is a strong, independent, smart woman and glad she doesn’t let people run over her. She is human though, but her granddaughter gives her the same push that she gives her.

    This book makes me think, lately I have been volunteering to do more in the community, and I would love to do what she does and inspire more women and help more elderly people and that’s what I plan to do. We have to empower each other and inspire one another we go through so much in this world. We are scared to talk about it as a whole. We need that outlet; we need those stories. That will help people be more open to speak. We try to put those moments back in a dark place and hide those feelings.  I just watched the luckiest girl alive that I think us women need to watch.

    Check out the book and let me know your thoughts? Also Join Cece Book Club on Instagram and Facebook 

  • We All Have Our Own Challenges

    We All Have Our Own Challenges

    Your hardships may look different than someone’s else, but they are not better or worse. If you could experience everyone else’s problems for just a few minutes, you’d quickly take yours back. Each of us will experience the grief of loss, the thrill of love, the devastating of not belonging,  and the healing of friendship. Others may not experience them in the exact same ways as you do, but their experiences are no less real or powerful than yours. Don’t compare your problems to those of others, because we all have our own heavy burdens to carry.

  • 30 day writing challenge October 2022 (Day 9)

    Day 9

    When are you most creative?

    Day 9

    At night when its peaceful and after I read a business book that gives me inspiration.

    What about you?

  • 30 Day challenge October 2022 (Day 8)

    Day 8

    What book had the most significant impact on you?

    The bible and the 48 laws of power

    What about you??

  • Interview with Edward Manning

    Interview with Edward Manning

    By: Where It Begins

     

    Quote: “I never miss an opportunity to work on my health. Most of my fitness level is worked on in the gym. I also like to take hikes and use my environment to be active.”

    Q. Tell us more about who Ed is?

    A. That is an excellent question. Who I am continues to evolve as I experience life and learn new things. In short, I am a 41-year-old Black male who is an owner of a personal training company called Mpressionz Fitness LLC. I spent 15 years in the Air force as an Air Traffic Controller. When I decided to get out of the military, I decided my working life to improve the health of others through functional training and knowledge.

    Q. Tell us about your journey of being in fitness?

    A. I have always been active. My dad was a basketball coach and had a basketball in my hands since I was born. I played basketball, football, baseball, and ran track in my youth. The working on fitness for more than health started with my deployment to Iraq in 2008, that I had mentioned before.

    Q. What are some of the advantages and challenges of being fit?

    A. I believe the biggest challenge of being fit is consistency. Working out and eating right on the days that you don’t want to be necessary to reach optimum health.

    Q. What advice can you give to other people who want to be fit?

    A. The best advice I can give is to stop waiting and get active. If you’re not sure what to do, hire a knowledgeable trainer to show you how. The key though is to start moving toward a worthwhile health goal.

    Follow me @Edwardmanning and Website: www.getbodiedbyed.com

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  • Interview with Blaque Rose

    Interview with Blaque Rose

    By: Where It Begins

     

    Quote: “I remember singing a song that I heard on the radio and would change the lyrics to the song that I think that would have been better”.

     

    Q. Tell us more who Blaque Rose the pop artist from New York is?

    A. Blaque Rose is a music artist that loves art and music. He has been around the music industry for many years.

    Q. Tell us about your EP “Super Natural”?

    A. Super Natural EP is truly a masterpiece. It took 2 years to finish it because I wanted to make a classic album with cool 80s artistic vibes and that’s what I did. It is an amazing album. Make sure to listen to all social media platforms.

    Q. What advice can you give to other upcoming pop artists?

    A. Keep on creating, don’t ever stop learning this business. It is always moving so you have to be ahead of the game!

    Q. What is one of your best experiences or accomplishments you’ve had being a pop artist?

    A. Meeting so many cool artists and musicians and producers. If I had the chance to do it again I would do it again. My best experience was getting my first 100,000 streams on Spotify. That was one of the best experiences that I can think of.

    Follow me at @blaquerose

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  • Interview with Nefertiti Austin

    Interview with Nefertiti Austin

    By: Where It Begins

     

    Q. Tell us about Nefertiti?

    A. I am the proud mother of two children, whom I adopted from the foster care system. I’m also a writer, author and my memoir. Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and parenting, debuted on the 3rd hour of the Today show in September 2019. I have a master’s degree in African American Studies from UCLA and speak at training sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services prospective foster and adoptive families.

    Q. What is one of your greatest experiences in life?

    A. One of the greatest life experiences was becoming a mother through adoption. Motherhood was always something I wanted though I wasn’t ready until my mid-30’s.

    Q. What advice can you give to other people who want to be an author?

    A. The best advice I can give is to simply read, write, edit, and repeat. Become intimately familiar with the genre you want to write. If you love sci-fi, then read sci-fi books to get a feel for the pacing, language and topics. Find a skilled editor, not your friend or your work. Be prepared to write multiple drafts of your books. It’s a very long process but worth it, if you stick with it.

    Q. What other projects are you working on?

    A. I am currently developing two tv shows and working on a children’s book. I also need to dust off a couple of novels that I started many moons ago.

    Follow me at @Iamneferitiaustin and website is www.nefertitiaustin.com

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