PICS: CELEBRITY DADS WITH THEIR CHILDREN; HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Damon Dash parlays in the background while his son DJ Dash a.k.a Boogie spins the one and twos at the BPMW Agency table tennis party in New York City.

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Tito, yes Tito Jackson, is seen here with two of his three sons as they film footage for an upcoming reality show. Tito and his sons can be seen strolling through what looks like a desert while having what appears to be a father/son heart-to-heart talk...all while being followed by an annoying film crew.

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Will and wife Jada Pinkett Smith made it a family affair as they attended the premiere of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl last night in Los Angeles with their children: son, Trey (from Will's first marriage); son, Jaden; and daughter, Willow.

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Actor Blair Underwood is shown below with his wife Desiree (at Time for Heroes celebrity carnival to benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatic Aids Foundation--first pic--and in the June 2008 issue of Essence magazine--second pic) Blair says he loves being a father to their three kids: sons Paris, 11, Blake, 7, and daughter Brielle, 9. Underwood revealed to Essence: “I was there with my wife Desiree when each of our children was born, and although I know it’s humanly impossible to be there every second of every day, it’s a joy to watch as their personalities blossom. The greatest reward is when the lessons, thoughts and ideas you’ve tried to teach them begin to connect. They’re constantly evolving, and I love every minute of being their father. Their grandmother, my mother, used to always say, ’Don’t let anybody shake your tree.’ When you know who you are, nobody can take you off your game, and I want to empower my kids with a sense of self so that they know who they are-in their heritage, their culture, as human beings and as children of God. It’s important to me that they carry themselves with boldness and humility. They are my legacy.”

Wesley Snipes is pictured in the third pic with three of his five children as he teaches them how to cross the street? The hell if I know. My head is hurting at the thought of breaking down the numbher of kids he has with the number of women...or something like that. I'll get to him later.

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R&B singer Keith Sweat is pictured below with his children - Keia, Justin, Keisha, and Jordan for the June 9th edition of Jet magazine. Keith, who has just released his newest CD Just Me, has primary custody of all of his children.

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Comedian/actor-radio host Steve Harvey is pictured with his blended family (from left to right) Jason, 16, Lori, 11, twins Brandi and Karli, 25, Steve 17, Wynton, 10, and Morgan, 21. Now, that's what you call a blended family!

“When my wife Marjorie and I got married, she had three children and I had four [the couple will celebrate their first anniversary this month]. The union of our family has been the greatest thing ever to happen to me. The kids all call me Dad. I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: "You’re never going to win an argument with a girl, so just let her have what she wants!” Being a parent has shown me that I’m a little bit softer than I thought I was. While my younger kids get away with far less than their older siblings because I’ve seen it all before, they all come talk to me because they know I won’t judge them.”

--Steve Harvey to Essence magazine (June 2008 issue) on how his newly blended family has been the greatest thing to ever happen to him.

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Old man Flavor Flav is pictured here with Liz, his baby mama/fiancee, and their son Karma, (which has to be Flav's seventh, eighth or ninth child) at an outdoor concert featuring rapper Flo Rida in Las Vegas last Sunday.

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Al B. Sure, former member of the mid to late 80s All-Beige Boys Club is pictured below with three of his four children, if I'm not mistaken, at two different events. Although Al and Quincy's brother Lil B. Sure were ghost at Quincy's 16th Stunting Like My Daddy (Diddy)-themed birthday party, Quincy made sure to be in attendance to watch his Pops celebrate his 40th birthday at R&B Live Hollywood earlier this month. The cutie you see pictured with Al is his daughter (who turns 16-years old next month) daughter Paige Hurd. If she looks familiar to you that's because she's also an actress best known for her role as Queen Latifah's daughter in Beauty Shop. She also plays the on-again/off-again love interest of Chris Rock's character in the CW's Everybody Hates Chris. The picture you see below is from MTV's Rock the Cradle where both Paige and Quincy attended to support their brother as he and his BFF, Landon Brown, were booted from the show.

And here's a little unknown fact some of you all didn't know: Al, who co-wrote Jodeci's early 90s hit-song Forever My Lady, says the inspiration for the song came from his girlfriend at the time: KIM PORTER, who was pregnant with their son Quincy, who was named after Al's mentor, Quincy Jones. Now, ain't that something? I read that in a January '08 issue of Jet magazine. Al also has a younger son named Devin (click here). Now, that I think about it, I'll have to do more research on Paige because he never mentioned the fact that he has a daughter.

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TONE-DEAF B.F.F.'s LIL AL B. SURE & LANDON BROWN BOTH GET 'ROCKED' FROM MTV'S 'ROCK THE CRADLE' IN DOUBLE ELIMINATION EPISODE.

*Shout out to elle for making me aware of that serious typo in the blog post title!*

What did I tell yall? I'll tell yall what I told yall. Three weeks ago, I told yall Bobby's oldest boy Landon wouldn't last too long on MTV's semi-celeb talent show Rock the Cradle. Isn't that what I said? Yeah, I said it. Now, I also said I could see Al B. Sure's son, Lil Al, lasting in the competition longer than his B.F.F., Landon. But what did he go do? He went and made a liar out of me. Both of their tone deaf selves were 'rocked' from 'cradle' in a double-elimination episode of the show last night due to their horrendous, murder-on-the-ears, slaughtering editions of their fathers biggest hits from back in the day. Up first: Lil Al attempts to master his daddy's falsetto-laced late-80s single Nite and Day by making it sound more hip-hop to show off his vocal range. Final result? Duuuuuuuuuude? In week two, he struggled through his performance of Maxwell's A Woman's Worth. So, how in the hell did he think he'd pull off singing Nite and Day?

And little Landon mucked up the biggest hit of his father's entire life My Prerogative so much, you would've thought Bobby was beating his ass plantation-style with the looks he gave to him from the VIP area. I laughed my ass off (click here to see my expression when he tried to make up for his off-key singing and off-rhythm dancing by showing the crowd his chest! Again, duuuuuuuuuuuuude? And in true Bobby Brown form, after telling a camera man to get out of his face, he singer later revealed he didn't want Landon to perform his 'signature song' (guess he didn't want his own son attempting to take his shine...but hell, he even threw a bitch-fit when Britney released her remake of the song...which I can kind of understand). Anyhoo, what really put the lid on the jar last week was when Landon made Rock the Cradle history when he garnered the lowest scores of the season, ranging from 2.5 to 4.5.

YES, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT. JUST CLICK 'READ MORE AFTER THE JUMP!' ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.

In the end, they came in together. They left out together. Then they had the nerve to act as if they were surprised at being eliminated together. And it's because of their eliminations, along with Akeiba's from last week, that I have no other reason whatsoever to watch another episode of that show again. Therefore and thus and such, this is my last Rock the Cradle review. What the future holds for their musical career remains to be seen...let's just hopes it stays that way.

Watch Landon's and Lil Al's performances encore performances here.

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AL B. SURE, BOBBY BROWN & MC HAMMER'S SEEDS MAKE THEIR SHODY DEBUT ON MTV'S 'ROCK THE CRADLE.'

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A couple of weeks ago, I made a post telling you all about MTV's new reality live musical competition show, Rock the Cradle. The show features the offspring from yesteryear's top music artists in rock & roll, R&B and hip-hop (read more about the show by clicking HERE) as they strive to reach an imaginary status that their parents once held at the height of their careers. Well, needless to say, I was only interested in watching the performances of MC Hammer's daughter, Akeiba, Al B. Sure's son, Lil B. Sure! and Lil B. Sure's B.F.F. and son of Bobby Brown, Landon (from a previous relationship). Now if any of you watched last night's debut then you know that not only is this season going to be laugh out loud-able. Compared to their parents, damn near every kid who hit that stage was whack. And I know I wasn't the only person who thought so after watching the camera pan over to their parents sitting in the VIP section. Their expressionless faces said it all: 'Someone please remind me to sue Mother Nature for malpractice of my child's vocal chords.' I didn't see a proud face in the bunch. Although it was hard trying to gauge the look on Bobby's face because of...well, yall know. Imagine the difficult task of having to sit and listen to your off-key offspring attempt to sing as they could really could sing?! Those poor parents gave the phrase 'just grin and bear it' a new meaning.

First up. Lil B. Sure!. The other son of Al blew me away as he sung his own soulful rendition of Leon Russell's A Song for You. Although his voice sounds better than his father's (at least to me) and his B.F.F. and he scored really high with the judges, I still had a hard time looking at him. I'm sorry. But I did. Dude just looks difficult in the face. Bless his heart. I've always wondered what his mother looked like (click and peep the picture on the right). When you think of someone named Lil B. Sure, you're thinking this person is going to at least favor his father a little bit, right? At least enough to take you back to the days of watching Video Soul where you could see Al's tall, beige and handsome self in one of his videos as he sang in his tight-ass stonewashed denim jeans and matching jacket while doing the Alf. But as I watched Lil B. last night, I sat and waited and waited for that nostalgia to hit me, but it never did. Maybe his nickname and his slot on the show should've been offered to Al and Kim's son, Quincy. And (sarcastically speaking) I still have a hard time believing Quincy is Kim's biological son because he looks so much like his daddy. But I'll digress. All that aside, I can definitely see Lil B. going far in this competition, maybe even winning it. Maybe.

AFTER THE JUMP, CONTINUE READING MY REVIEW ON LANDON'S PISS POOR PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS AKEIBA'S HIGH-SCORING PERFORMANCE ON 'ROCK THE CRADLE.'

Mark my words: sooner or later if Bobby's boy Landon don't get his singing chops up to par, chances are he's going to either get his feelings hurt (and believe me after watching that hour and a half episode, he will not be the only one) or he won't last in this competition. This dude had the nerve to come out singing and wasn't 2 bars into his song before he tried to coerce the audience into helping him sing the song along with him! Waving his hands in the air talking 'bout, 'Yall, come on!' I'm looking at him like, 'Niggah, we ain't the ones competing to become a star-ruh. That's you! The first episode and you already trying to cheat!' I'm convinced Landon snagged his place on the show because of his looks and of course, his father. A father who he shares no physical resemblance to whatsoever. We viewers should all be thankful.

Last but definitely not least, along came MC Hammer's baby girl Akeiba. In the pre-recorded footage of her performance we saw a quick snippet of her father's rise and fall to fame (that too took me back, yall) which happened around the time when she was barely knee high. But as the cameras showed her rehearsing her song of the night, Love You I Do (from the Dreamgirls movie soundtrack), an homage to Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson, it was blatantly apparent that she's grown into a full-size, beautiful grown woman. And even though we saw her struggle to hit that high note in the song, once she hit the stage everything flowed nicely including her high note. Now, I won't say perfectly because then I'd be lying. But out of all the nine performances of the night, I enjoyed hers the most. And my sentiments were mirrored by the judge's scores. Akeiba scored one of the highest shows of the night including a perfect 10.

But this is just the first airing. There's going to be plenty more. The question is, what star's offspring will have what it takes to make it to the end. I'm putting my money on Akeiba. To all of you teenage girls, grown women, groupies (male and female) and cougars, feast your eyes on Landon while you can because if his Thursday night performance is any indication of what's to come....

And for all of you who missed the show, you can watch the full episodes and/or clips from the show by clicking HERE.

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AL B. SURE!, BOBBY BROWN & MC HAMMER'S SEEDS TO 'ROCK THE CRADLE' ON MTV'S NEW TALENT REALITY SHOW.

Offspring of celebrity musicians including Bobby Brown, M.C. Hammer and Al B. Sure! are set to compete in a new reality talent show to discover the next American singing sensation. MTV has gathered 20-year-old A'keiba Burrell-Hammer, Landon Brown and his B.F.F., Lil Al B. Sure to battle it on a new TV show entitled Rock The Cradle, which is an eight-episode series slated to premiere on the network on April 3, 2008 at 10 p.m. The show, which will feature the pop wannabes competing in a live broadcast every week in front of their parents, a panel of celebrity judges and a live studio audience as they seek to become stars in their own right. A’Keiba, whose dad plans to be with her every step of the way during this process, said she joined the show after he presented the idea to her. “It sounded like a lot of fun,” she told People magazine. “I love performing.” M.C. Hammer, who attended a cast photo shoot with his daughter says, “She’s a hard working girl. I’m a proud papa. My advice is to have fun.”

Despite not wanting to be a part of his father’s reality show, Being Bobby Brown, Landon Brown says "Rock the Cradle will be great exposure for him. “I love to compete,” he told People. “I’ve learned from [my father’s] mistakes. I do me, but I tone myself down a little more, except on stage. I’ll try not to take my shirt off up there. They told me not to.”

Other celebrity kids set to rock the stage include Jesse Blaze Snider, son of Twister Sister star Dee Snider, Kenny Loggin's son, Crosby, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, daughter of Olivia Newton John, and Lucy Walsh, daughter of the Eagles' Joe Walsh.
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CANDID PICS: AL B. SURE WITH HIS TWO SONS, LIL AL B. SURE! & QUINCY.

No lie. I've been looking for pictures of Quincy with his biological father for several months and when I couldn't find any, I assume Q just never had a close relationship with Al. However, these pics paint a different story. Now, we don't have to see father and son side-by-side in the same photo to know that lil dude physically mirrors his father to a T. Al B. Sure bet' not ever, ever, ever even attempt to fix his lips to say he isn't the father of his 16-year-old mini-me version of himself. If anything, we should be asking if Kim Porter is the real mother of Quincy because I don't see a damn thing that validates that she is! (just jokes, yall) LOL! In the photos below are a couple of candid shots of the former stonewashed-jeans-wearing, falsetto voice having, 'I was the shit back in the late 80s/early 90s when beige dudes were running thangs before Wesley Snipes came along and stole our light-skinned thunder and whatnot' stating Al B. Sure with his sons Quincy and his other son who goes by the name Lil Al B. Sure! Since Quincy's only 16, I'm gonna assume that his brother, Lil Al B. is the eldest of the two. And that's all he is because he definitely don't favor his Papa or his little bro. Bless his heart.

For those of you who are still fans of the R&B singer-turned-radio host, he will be performing live at the 9th Annual Sunday Nite Slow Jams at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona this Saturday (February 23) and Sunday night (February 24th) along with Tyrese, Babyface, Trey Songz, H-Town, The Dream and J. Holiday. Tickets available at ticketmaster locations and the Tucson Convention Center box office.
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NEW PICS: DIDDY'S OLDEST SON & AL B. SURE'S MINI-ME, QUINCY, CELEBRATES HIS 16th BIRTHDAY.

For teenyboppers and even grown-ass adults and celebrities, The Velvet Room in Atlanta was the place to be seen last night as Kim Porter and Al B. Sure's biological mini-me of a son, Quincy Brown, celebrated his 16th birthday which was aptly themed 'Stuntin' Like My Daddy.' Of course, as most of us know, the theme had nothing to do with Quincy's biological father (who was noticeably and unsurprisingly absent) but everything to do with the man who Quincy considers his real father--Sean 'Diddy' Combs--who has taken care of him as if he was his own since he was a toddler. And when you think about it, Quincy and Diddy had more time to bond with one another considering the fact that Justin didn't come along until about four years later. Ask Diddy and he will tell you he has 3 sons; not two biological sons and a play-play son from his girlfriend's previous relationship with an early 90s chart-topping R&B singer-turned-radio personality. Now, Puff the Bucktooth Dragon may be a lot of sheisty things, but there is at least one good thing he is known for: stepping up to take care of another man's responsibility.

After looking at these pictures of Quincy, I was thisclose to believing that God must have once given Al the power to conceive AND give birth to a child. I see absolutely, positively NO physical indications whatsoever that Kim had anything to do with the existence of Quincy! NONE. It's damn scary. Wouldn't it be funny if we heard Al say, 'Kim ain't even my son's real mama!' As for how Al feels about his son calling Diddy his daddy. One source says, “It hurts him to see his son look up to another man who is wealthier than he is and can provide a better life for Quincy.” I guess what eventually matters in the end is that Quincy (as well as his brothers) know in his heart that he is one of the lucky few who is privileged to have a positive male role model/father figure to look up to.

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Anyhoo, it's a known fact that when Diddy throws a party, he goes all out and gets all extra and whatnot and then some. This time was no different. With the MTV cameras rolling (look for Quincy's party to appear on an upcoming episode of Super Sweet Sixteen...maybe), Diddy and his ex-girlfriend, Kim presented their son with 2 cars: a throwback 1964 Lincoln Continental and a brand new Range Rover. And a Super Sweet Sixteen bash wouldn't be complete without the attendance of some of today's hottest celebrities, right?

Celebs in attendance included: Chris Brown, Lauren London (who was probably hired by Diddy to attend as Quincy's date...I'm just playing! Well, sort of), Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin, Crime Mob, D4L member Fabo, Gorilla Zoe, Rev. Run and his son Daniel a.k.a. Diggy, Omarion, Bow Wow, Hurricane Chris, Quincy's little brothers, Justin and Christian and more.

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