Kiddie's Carnival, Brooklyn '92

I was having drinks with my friends the other day when it hit me—WE are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the next entrepreneurs and moguls,  the next superstars, the next generation of fashion designers, stylists, actors, comedians, musicians. My whole life I felt as though I couldn’t really relate to my peers, because while they had dreams of working I had aspirations of owning. I felt like no one understood my overwhelming hunger and desire, no one could relate to my unwavering dedication. While everyone was playing, I was taking classes and auditioning- working on my craft. I’ve been in the entertainment industry for 15 years and I have been moving so fast, that I never even stopped to look and see who might have been moving with me. All this time I thought I was alone in this game, but as I look at my peers now I realize that’s not true! And I’ve never been happier to be wrong!

Thanks to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, I realize exactly how many of my friends and my friends’ friends are actually getting it in! When people refer to  the “hip hop generation” (the Blacks and Latinos who were born in the 80s and raised in the 90s), we often hear a lot of negativity. We hear about the drugs and the violence, the babies out of wedlock and the absentee fathers, the misogynistic rap lyrics and the over sexed video vixens—but we rarely hear about the positive and progressive Black youths who are doing BIG things. Sure, we may hear about one person here or there, but we never hear anything about the young major players ( a group I like to refer to as the new Black Elite.)

When all of our favorite musicians were coming up, they all knew each other. Biggie, Jay, Tupac, Common, Mos Def, Jill Scott and Lauryn, the list goes on and on—they all went to the same events and performed at the same rinky dink $5 shows before they blew up into the stars we know today. The Wayans Brothers, Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy–all frequented the same hole in the wall comedy clubs and hung out in similar circles. The point I’m trying to make is, the people around me now are going to be the same folks around me in a few years when we all make it big. THAT’S SO EXCITING!!

I do a lot of talking about me and what I do, but I really want to acknowledge some of my friends who are doing it MAJOR. Every person I am about to list is not about to do something, they have already done!! And what we’re about to do together, is about to be insane!

Introducing the new Black Elite……

For excellence in the Fashion industry

Ronald Bass (@Iam_Ronbass)- Creative Director of Monkey Face Apparel/Stylist (clients include Mario and T.I.)

Rain King (@MissRainFashion)- Designer of Kissed by Rain; featured in Teen Vogue and seen on Teyana Taylor

Dominique Auxilly (@Dauxilly)- Couture dress designer; seen on Nicki Minaj

Tiffany Rhodes- Designer of  Butch Diva; currently selling out of Patricia Fields!

Krystal Coddett (@Krystalcoddett)- CFO of Save Your Vanity; seen on Jay Z and Fabolous

Suzzy Collazo (@Suzzycmua)- Make up artist to the stars

Kareem Anglin- Publisher of Male Style Review; check him out in this month’s Paper Magazine!

For excellence in the Entertainment industry

Klase Gonzales- Choreographer for Machel Montano/ Ravers Clavers dancer/ Producer; some of his latest hits are “Skip to my Lou” by Ding Dong and “Clarks” by Vybz Kartel

Curtains (@DopeboyC) – Rapper (amongst other things) ; 4 critically acclaimed mixtapes and he also toured with 50 Cent and was the opening act.

Amanda Brown- Singer; used to be back up for Alicia Keys and she is opening for Chris Brown on June 4th.

Nigel Degraff (@Nigel_D) – Owner/Creator of Real Talk New York, the biggest hip hop blog ever! lol

Rayon Richards (@RayonRichards)- Celebrity photographer; clients include Vibe magazine, Ciroc Vodka, and Columbia Records

Tiffany Torrence Davis (@chibadgirl)- Actress and reality TV star;  Bad Girls Club Season 3 and she is currently starring in the Chicago production of a Tyler Perry play

Yaani King (@YaaniKing)- Actress; she has appeared on Sex and the City, CSI, Law and Order, and currently has a starring role on TNT’s “Saving Grace”

Vlad Calixte (@JustVlad)- Comedian/Actor; known as “Haitian V” he has over 1 million views on YouTube!

There are so many more of us that are on the brink of our big breaks, and I know I forgot some people (forgive me!) but I am extremely proud of all of us. What makes me even prouder is that most of us are Brooklyn born West Indians. In the next 5 years or so, the entire world will know that Brooklyn breeds more beasts than a little bit!

Expand your net worth, by expanding your network. This is what it is about, people!! WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. This is our time. I can feel it, can you??!?

We’ve all heard the phrase “See you at the top!”–well this time, it’s literal!!

More power to my progressive youths!

STAND UP!

If I forgot you and you want your shoutout, feel free to post a comment!

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico '09

Well…that’s the common sentiment amongst women, isn’t it?  In 11 years, I’ve had 3 boyfriends with very little dating in between. But I have a slew of friends that stay with a man. I have friends that I’ve known for over a decade who have never been single. Well, damn…can I know the secret??

The secret is some people are cracked out on “love”; I call them “relationship junkies.” They hop from person to person, sometimes  having relationships that occur simultaneously. From the outside looking in, it seems like these relationships are filled with drama. Infidelity, insecurity, jealous confrontations, and what I like to call “checking” (of cell phones, emails, and FB/Twitter accounts.) Sure, you’re in love and the sex is great, but if lately your relationship has been characterized by arguing, invasion of privacy, verbal and sometimes physical abuse, you need to reassess your goals pronto! This should not be the norm. This is not what a relationship should be about.

If ever I should feel so inclined to check my man’s phone, then we have a problem. 1) If I find something inappropriate, then it’s a wrap, because there’s no relationship with no trust. 2) Even if I don’t find something, it’s still a wrap because if I’m “checking” then that means I didn’t trust him in the first place. Again, there’s no relationship with no trust. It can be worked out if both parties work really hard; but if there are continual transgressions, its time to cut the cord and let that baby go!

I’m single because it takes a lot to move me. If I’m calling you my man then that means I’m going to try to give it my all. Every dude can’t deserve my all. I can’t invite any old schmoe into my life, my heart, my body. I can’t introduce just any random I met on the club or in the street to my family and friends, and what if there were kids involved? Why be in a relationship if you’re not going to work to make it work? If you’re not ready to be faithful, then why make a half-hearted attempt at commitment? Why sabotage the relationship from the beginning by lying, cheating, and “checking” ?

Love yourself first. If you’re not comfortable in your own skin then you have no business trying to join somebody else’s program!  Enjoy being alone for once. Take the time to heal and grow after the failure of yet another relationship. Don’t bring your fresh scars from an old relationship into the fresh start of a new one!  Don’t allow yourself to be a toilet then get mad when you constantly get shitted on! If you’re spending most of the relationship “working things out,” then you need to work it out and scram that man!

Relationships should be fun. Your lover should be your best friend. Someone who knows you and respects you. There should be compromise and understanding, excitement and adventure! Relationships are about trust, love, and growth. And let’s not forget about the wild hot (public) sex. Your significant other should  complement you, but not complete you. You should be complete as your own entity. Have your own identity.

I enjoy my own company, so though I’m single I’m not alone. There’s no real void to fill (aside from maybe a sexual one, let’s be honest here…we’re all adults), so being alone almost feels natural. If I meet a man and I don’t feel like I’m a better me when I’m with him, then I’m a better me without him!! THAT IS ALL!

BUT NOW I’M BACK WITH THE JUMP-OFF!!! (Admit it. You said it too! )

I’ve been AWOL for a while and haven’t updated in a year. I’ve been locked up, working on my craft, making videos, acting, doing some comedy, and just grinding. I turned the place upside down with my Jay Z spoof, and since then some pretty great things have been happening.  I have so much to share and so much to say. If you’re looking for the latest news in celebrity gossip, music videos, and controversy, you’re ABSOLUTELY at the wrong place!!!  I’m not offering any of that. But what I am offering is me. (Which in my opinion is so much better! lol)

I really would like to formally introduce myself to you guys, but I feel like it’s corny to just run down my resume within the first few minutes of conversation. That’s sooo…what’s the word? L.A. LOL.  So instead of telling you what I’ve done and what I do (you’ll learn soon enough), I’ll  briefly tell you who I am and what I’m about.

OVERFAB. Extra, extra, read all about it. Yes. I admit it. I’M OWNING IT, BITCH! lol. If you order a meal and the waitress gives you too much, do you take it back and say, “Excuse me, miss. You gave me extra.” Probably not. If you got your paycheck and saw an extra $200 there, would you take it back? Highly unlikely. Point is—let’s erase this whole “extra is bad” stigma!  I live by the credo “Go hard or go home.” I’m a beast, in every way, shape, and form. I’m never going to commit to something and not slaughter it. So everything I do, I put a little extra in to it.

I’m wild, crazy, and very adventurous. The kind to go sky diving and bunjee jumping, and who sits on the front of all the rollercoasters screaming “BROOKLYN!!” as it dips down; the one who dances in public places and will battle the street performers in Times Square; the nerd who wrote papers for money and got her Bachelor’s at 19; the Trinidadian/Guyanese bombshell who can speak Patois fluently and finish off the lines to Jay and Big songs; the writer, the poet, who can also spit and is known to freestyle at the drop of a dime; the fashionista with a destructive appetite for designer clothes; the comedian who will always keep you in tears; the drama queen who always has some wildly entertaining story; and most importantly, the realist.

There’s so much more to share, but that’s why I’ll be posting more frequently.

So hold on to your hats, boys….this is gonna be a wildddd ride!!!!

Hey booskies!! HAHAHAA! I tricked you….Me? Upset? Never! I like to keep things easy breezy like Covergirl, so I never get my feathers ruffled. Yesterday, my friend @MaxBrennar told me that he told his co-worker to look at my D.O.A. video weeks ago. The co-worker was hating on it at first, but then this whole week he’s been going around the store singing my song! Now, today I’m walking to the corner store (I know it’s hot as balls out!), and a guy recognizes me from the video. At first, I’m thinking, “He’s the guy who said he was gonna snipe me.” So I immediately square up my shoulders ( cuz that’s what people do in the movies right before they get boxed! lol), and he stares me up and down. Then he says I look a million times better in person and tries to holla!!! LMFAO!!! So after I give him my number, right,…..LOL just kidding! Of course, I decline but as he walks away he says “You ain’t the only one so Brooklyn so let’s be clear!!!”

You see? The reason I don’t get mad about what people say is because deep down I know they’re feeling me!! They can’t fool their subconscious minds, and eventually their true feelings will manifest. I read some of the negative comments and its like this to me— What he’s saying: “Bitch look like Hell Rell, is corny and can’t rhyme.” But what he’s thinking is: “Damn, a chick like Overfab would never get with me.” LMAO!! Seriously, I majored in Psychology…it’s true! Anywho, people can say what they want but you’re a liar if you say I can’t rhyme. I’m not a rapper, butI’m a writer….so writing is what I do. Might not have the best delivery or flow, but the content is solid. STOP FRONTING….

Just because I’m feeling a little testy today, I’m going to post the lyrics to my D.O.A. song cuz it looks like YOUR EARS CAN’T HEAR, but YOUR EYES WON’T LIE!! (see, I just made that up? I’m dope…fuck whatcha heard!..lol)

DEATH OF AARP LYRICS

Only old ass rapper mad he gotta wear Depens

So I’ma shit on this track/ let the story begin

This is anti- grandpa/death of the baby boomers

Sit your old ass down/ leave it to autotuners

We new school, old school /this is how we do it

So you don’t confuse this for just rap music

Did you forgot that u tried to use it

And when it came out all wrong/ then you chopped and screwed it

Dude it’s totally cool if/this game aint for you no more/ just keep it moving

Please don’t bring Versace shades back/ that was so early 90s let it go it’s a wrap

And as a matter of fact/ you said you retired, Hov/ so y u keep comin back?

Your shelf life expired/ hang your jersey on the rack

Got alzheimers and forgot to stay the fuck up off a track?

Sounding like the mad rapper/ stop bitching and complaining

We love that T-Pain shit/ that got money, pop pagne make it rain shit

Old geezer, must be slow /let me explain shit

We the new kids on the block/ Jay u been on top

Your hating ass coulda let us live/and let us rock

We don’t bother when you’re chilling your rocking chair

And we aint point and laugh when you started to lose your hair

So yeah, Jay/ Fair is Fair

I’ll be the one to call you out since nobody would dare

You aint the only one so brooklyn/ so lets be clear

Flatbush bred and Flatbush fed/ so you know I don’t care

So whats it gonna be, Gramps? Truth or dare?

The truth is you’ll soon be toothless and death is near

I can smell ur old ass is crippled with fear

You aint hot/ rocking orthopedic shoes with Rocawear

I declare death to aarp/ I got no more to say

I’m hungry and you tried to starve me

You can kill autotune but you aint never gonna stop me

You prolly wanna rock me/ powder blue Rocawear suit/ White Nike me

Baby, not today

This game is for the swift/ geriatrics cant play

I gotta body bag for Jay cuz it’s D.O.A.

They expect me to believe that was whack? Yeah…no….I’m still a big deal! LOL *POW*

Until next time…

~Overfab~

Hey Booskies!!! For the last 6 months, I have been managing a clothing store for a global retail brand. On Thursday, I was fired!! LOL….For what, you ask? For doing what I do best…me! I have simply been doing me and loving it, and I knew that my termination or absenteeism was inevitable. The jokes on them,anyway, because I quit 3 months ago and they’re just now finding out?!?!?! LOL.. I have never in my life been able to work for anyone else for a substantial period of time. I was born a boss; I am much like my father in that sense. I like to make my money on my own terms, and if I’m not happy I simply won’t do it. Hence, I’ve always found creative ways to hustle. People think hustling is restricted to illegal activities, but I’ve been grinding since I was a pre-teen…

• 3rd grade- I made  black history calendars  & sold them to my classmates for 25 cents.
• 4th grade- I wrote short stories and ended each one at the climactic point with “to be continued” , so my classmates were forced to keep buying issues.
• 6th grade- I started a fashion club, and charged all the girls weekly dues which I pocketed ( Smh..lol).
• 7th grade, I started doing extra work in movies, music videos, and tv shows. (I was also the girl in all the math textbooks, coloring in the multiplication tables!!! LMAO!)
• 9th grade, I sold fake absence notes and fake doctor notes.
• In 12th grade, I started my own T-shirt company and made thousands of dollars setting up my stand in the village, right on the corner of Broadway and Houston. My T-shirts had slogans that said “Jesus is Black, Get Over It,” “Fuck Bush,” and “Fuck the Police.” (What an angry little teen I was, lol!!) I loved that I gave people a way to say what they’d always wanted to say, but just didn’t know how!
• In college, I wrote term papers, sold and flipped text books and calculators. I started teaching my own hip hop and reggae dance workshops. I’ve taught over 50o students and managed to stay fly throughout college! LOL..
• My senior year in college, I started my clothing company, Save Your Vanity. 1 month after I started it, my sister and I had a credit card machine and were selling hoodies for $250 on the street in Soho, and people were buying it! We decided it was too cold to sit outside, so 1 month later we were in 3 major boutiques. A couple of months after that, we were customizing jackets for Jay Z!! I’m still hype over that!
• This past June, I decided that I really liked rapping and wanted to be a performer. 1 month later, I had a music video that had 15,000 views!

My point?? SO WHAT IF I GOT FIRED?!?! I’m not saying all this to brag, but to serve as an inspiration!! I didn’t do anything that you can’t do it, I simply did. I’d love to say that I’m exceptional, and I’m one of a kind and all this crap, but truthfully…I’m not doing anything that you can’t do!  All you need is a strong desire.

Let’s try something together:

WRITE down your short term and long term goals. You MUST WRITE IT DOWN. Seeing is believing.

Give yourself a realistic time to get it done. Set a time when you will evaluate your progress.

COMMIT. DO NOT ACCEPT THE FUCKERY. Simply do not accept anything less and you will win EACH and EVERY TIME! Things will go according to your plan…You’ll see what can happen when you put your mind to it!

I’m trying it with you. I’m giving myself 3 months to get it popping. Starting………..

NOW!!!!

(P.S. If you want to know how I did any of this, just ask me!!! There’s so much money out here to be made, we can all eat! Share the wealth of knowledge. Figure out how to make $$ doing what you do!)

Hi Booskies!

So it’s been about 3 days since my video was released and I gotta tell you, I was pretty pleased with the results. The video has been all over the place and has reached almost 10,000 views!

Now…I have to be honest. When I thought of doing the video, I knew I was gonna be hated on heavy. I thought “I’ve been hated on all my life. This is gonna be no biggie.” But 10,000 views and 9,000 disparaging, hateful comments later, I honestly have to say….it’s no sweat!!!! And I’m sooooo happy that I can honestly say that. It’s a really good feeling to have unwavering self-confidence; little else matters.  I know that a little bit of love can go so much further than a lot of hate, and with the way that I love myself???? It’s gon’ take ’bout 9 mil mo’ for me to even stop and take a glance!

To all of my supporters and friends, thank you for your kind words of encouragement! I’m doing me like I’m masturbatin! LOL….Seriously, though. At the risk of sounding like an after school special, you should always do you no matter what. As selfish as it may sound, the only person’s happiness I’m concerned with is me.  I realize that everyone is entitled to their own opinions so how can I be mad? They’re keeping it real, and I’m keeping it real. And to be honest, alot of it was really funny! This has been the best 3 days of my life!!! I’m constantly checking the comments to see what people are saying and a lot of it had me dying!! I couldn’t even be offended because I’m cracking up, thinking how creative everyone is. It’s like each person tried to outdo the last person that posted before them, and it was so comical.

I kinda felt proud, because all I really want to do is share my talent with the world. (What talent, bitch?? <~~~Ha! I beat you to it! lmao) I’m doing it because it makes me happy and it’s what I know. Most people don’t get to pursue their passion or delve a little deeper into something that they were naturally good at. Maybe you’ve always been deemed “the funny one” by your peers, but you never think to yourself “Hey, lemme try to be a comedian.” So you crack jokes on your friends, and you’re probably the one nobody ever wants to get into a public argument with because you are known to GO ALL THE WAY IN (pause. ) That person’s usually me..LOL. When I’m reading this, I’m not thinking “Why they saying I’m ugly for?”, I’m thinking, ” LMFAO! They said a cross between Uncle Murda and Hell Rell!!” I love it!! Y’all are talented. I want to sincerely, in the most non-sarcastic and genuine way, say: THANK YOU. Thank you for watching my video in the first place. Thank you for making me laugh harder than I have laughed in a long time. I made this video to make people laugh, and y’all have made me laugh harder than I made y’all laugh apparently! To show my appreciation, I would like to do a little countdown of the top 5 funniest replies:

5.From THISIS50 is KANE2FACE0081

THATS POOKIE FROM NEW JACK CITY!!!.

4. From RealTalkNy  paper_touchin Says:

WHO ARE YOU TO DISS HOV? YOUR A NOBODY BITCH UR MOM SHOULDA SWALLOWED YOU, GET THE FUCK OFF JAY’Z DICK AND STOP MAKIN THAT BUBBLE GUM SHIT< UR COLOURS TOO BRIGHT BITCH, BOPPIN IN THE VIDEO LIKE YOU GOT SAND IN UR PUSSY< THE FUCK OUTTA HERE YOU, HOV IS KING.

3. From RealTalkNY Super Ugly Says:
First half was worth the time…….. Then it went way left. Super duper cornyyy. Not trying to diss how o girl looks or anything but. U look like u stink. Song was not funny at all. O boy at the beginning should have kept the mic. And told fufu to take her ass back to the bushes

2. From THISIS50  Jml Says:

She Gotta fat ass though. Id fuck her if it snowed at my house and there was no other pussy to import. Id hit it from the back and prtend she was real fine. In to the nuts I go

and #1  PMURDA Says:

Bitch look like Uncle Murda and Hell Rell ran trizzy on a Wild Yack and she was the product!…Oh and the song/parody is trash.

LMFAO! Just giving you guys a little comedic relief…

And now back to regularly scheduled programming….LOL.  Seriously, the reason I can laugh about all of this is because I can take a joke. If something’s funny, it’s funny. I’m not a hater and I’m not going to take it personally, because none of you know me personally. And none of you, including Hov, should take it personally either! I can’t get mad at you for doing the same thing that I’m doing, which is saying what’s on your mind and keeping it 100. Perspectives are different, intent is the same.

You don’t know me yet, but trust me you will…….

It’s Ovey, Baby!!

(I’m kidding, I’m kidding!! LMAO)

D.O.A. Spoof- Death of AARP

Hey booskies!! Can I just tell you how crazy the last  couple of weeks have been for me? I wrote D.O.A., recorded it, and shot a music video for it all in 2 weeks. Everything is happening super fast, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s only the beginning! I’m so excited about making music, and I don’t know that I’ve ever been happier.

So I’m sure most of you are wondering “Why Jay-Z?” Firstly, let me just say that I looooove Hov. He is my favorite rapper next to Biggie, and true say I would probably never be rapping if it weren’t for them. I have worked with HOV personally, when I handmade several custom garments for him (http://www.myspace.com/saveyourvanity). So, no, I don’t have beef with Hov.

The reason I made my song DOA is because I’m sick and tired of people hopping on bandwagons. No one had a problem with listening to Autotune before. We were all singing “Pop Champagne” and “Blame It,” and now all of a sudden it’s death to autotune??? Fans should be more loyal. Everyone was rocking out hard to autotune for the last 2 years especially, and as soon as Father Hov says it’s not cool, then all of the artists we loved all of a sudden became less credible. That’s absurd!!

No one tells me what to do, no one tells me what I should like, no one tells me what to say, and that’s the way I like it. If I have a problem with something that someone says, I’m going to speak out against it. POINT BLANK. PERIOD. I don’t give a flying fig leaf who they are!  You could be Jesus Christ himself. I would say to Jesus, “Look, dude…I don’t know how I feel about this whole ‘not-sinning’ thing, so I’m gonna pass on that one.” Seriously! I’m not insane, it’s not a gimmick, it’s just Overfab being Overfab. And loving every rass minute of it!!!

Tell me what you think!!

~Over and Out~

I’m excited to hear just how crazy you all think I really am!!!

Get back to me!!

Ciao!

~OVERFAB~
Over and Out