Thursday, January 19, 2012
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UPTOWN Magazine » Brand New Day: Tameka Raymond [Exclusive Interview] » UPTOWN Magazine
Tameka Raymond is standing in the middle of her airy kitchen cracking jokes and sharing recipes. She’s meticulously picking out pieces of Cajun shrimp from a piping hot casserole– as if playing Operation– and eats them carefully, so as not to smudge her freshly painted red lips. I am surprised to learn she cooks for her children daily. She rattles off a recipe they are gaga over: a dressed-up, chicken-flavored ramen noodles dish. In disbelief, I open the doors of her spacious cupboard, were the infamous orange packages stare back at me in blatant rebuke.
You would think the former spouse of superstar singer Usher (they divorced in 2009 and have two children) lived like the women on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. However, the reality is that she’s a single mom with a career like many other women. During the day, while a nanny cares of Usher V (aka Cinco), 4, and Naviyd, 3, and while Ryan 12, and Kile, 10, (children with her first husband, music exec Ryan Glover) are in school, Raymond runs two businesses. She launched Estella, a clothing and home-decor boutique in Roswell, Ga., in 2010; and KangaZoom, an indoor children’s play facility in Alpharetta, Ga., which opened at the top of 2011. After a hard day of work, it’s all about family. In the Raymond household, paparazzi could snap pictures that might run with a caption like “She cleans after her kids. Just like us!” Which isn’t to deny Raymond’s glamorous side.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Love and Hip Hop Season 2, Episode 8 Sneak Peak
Jim Jones surprises Chrissy in Miami with a touching proposal. Kimbella faces the demons of her past by meeting with her mother and the demons of her present by meeting with Erica to squash the beef.
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