My Latest Plaque
Lil Wayne sampled Con Funk Shun's "Honey Wild" (written by me, Louis, and Danny Thomas) for a song on his best selling CD "Tha Carter 3", released in 2008. The new song "Kush", is also on a digital download only EP called "The Leak". There's a long involved back story behind this album, along with how my publishing company, Exxtra Foxx Music, managed to end up owning the copyright in the new work, which I will go into at a later date. I got another multi-platinum plaque for my contribution to the Grammy Award winning CD. Pretty good for an old woman, huh?
Wow! It's been a long time since I've been here to do anything! It's been a rough 12 months....... Louis' murder case ended in a mistrial just hours after it went to the jury. More on that later..... I finally made it to Phoenix, in the middle of the summer, in the hottest year on record for Arizona!......... I've had to fly back and forth to DC because my Moms has Alzheimer's disease. She's getting worse every day. She's still being cared for in our home on Rittenhouse Street, with my 90 year-old father. My siblings are doing a magnificent job but it's becoming too much for them. It would be hard on trained medical professionals......... I was forced to removed many of the photographs I posted here (the real purpose of this website) after a person who will remain nameless (but who co-founded Con Funk Shun with my husband and who plays lead guitar!) "misappropriated" many of the pics of the band for some brochure he passed on a boat ride. We got it straight but his actions spooked me when it comes to what is MY property - photographs which have been part of my private collection for decades......One of the songs I wrote for Con Funk Shun was sampled for Lil Wayne's mega-hit "Tha Carter 3" (see box on the right).
The only good thing about this past year is the fact that me and my children are back together again, in the same state. Lindsay has been here since March 2008 and Chicco moved here in September, after renting out our house in metro Atlanta. I'm still getting used to Phoenix. The hot weather is not nearly as bad as the coldness of the people who live here. I mean, they will got out of their way NOT to speak to a person!! I could say that I'm used to the warm hospitality that the south is known for, except people have been cordial in every place I've lived in before - Washington DC, Memphis TN, Vallejo CA, New Carollton MD, Gaithersburg MD, Fremont CA, Studio City CA, North Hollywood CA, and, of course, the ATL. I've heard that people who live in Phoenix are people who are running from something at home. Maybe...I don't know, but they sure aren't courteous in this place. I haven't decided if I'm going to stay here......
Thanks to all of the folks who sent me (and Con Funk Shun) emails. I've been able to reconnect with old friends whom I haven't heard from in years. Please keep the communications coming!