So the Rocsi/Terrence 106 & Park walk-off-the-set-drama is over. Or is it? Rocsi's people say things were blown out of proportion. But viewers think there's more to the story.
Mos Def’s Ex Wife Tells All+Top Model Chicks Dani & Jaslene Get Some Work
And yet another “tell all” is slated to hit a bookstore near you. Actually this ish loks quite bootleg so I’ll be surprised if this ever even makes it to Borders. Alana Wyatt Smith, who married Mos Def last year in a very quick and secretive manner, is now writing a tell all book about her short lived marriage to him and her life. As if we even knew who this chick was before she married him. I reported last year that sources told me they were in the midst of a divorce, so I guess all was true. Here’s a synopsis of her book:
Breaking the Code of Silence: Alana Wyatt Smith Tells All chronicles the intense relationship and whirlwind marriage between a young woman and one of Hip-Hop’s most beloved artists. An honest and open memoir, Wyatt tells her story of how her turbulent childhood, difficult teenage years and sometimes not-so-wise decisions aided in her development to become a devoted mother and a strong, independent woman. Controversial and straightforward, Breaking the Code of Silence holds no punches as Wyatt reveals how her glamorous lifestyle -envied by many wasn’t always so fabulous. Part biography, part cautionary tale, Wyatt tells her story to educate and inspire others to be independent and remain true to themselves.
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The thirstiness is at an all time high and I really wish chicks would just stop it. It’s called a 9-5. Get one and please take a seat.
So Dani and Jaslene have turned their top model statuses into catalogue work. They’re now modeling their “Top Model Picks” for Metro Style catalogue. I don’t know it just seems like they’re moving backwards to me. But whatever pays the bills is always hot I guess. Here’s some of the flicks:
Metrostyle.com
Hmmm…
Tatum H
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:44 am | Reply | QuoteThese chicks are ridiculous…I am so not interested in what went on behind the scenes in Mos Def’s life. He’s talented and I like him but he’s never been a controversial figure in hip hop.
fifee
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:44 am | Reply | QuoteCj
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:44 am | Reply | QuoteLast
BMW
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:44 am | Reply | QuoteI’m i first I got so much to say about this chick
jojodancer
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:45 am | Reply | QuoteDani looks beautiful. That is all.
T.Lynn
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:50 am | Reply | QuoteTo Mos Def’s ex….NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!!!!
Dani and Jas look good in their pics. I wonder what else they have going on. I haven’t seen them in any ads or anything in a while. I wonder if they are even doing runway shows.
Just C
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:50 am | Reply | QuoteCouldn’t have said it better myself. These are some THIRSTY chicks. But if they are waiting on us to buy their “memoirs”, they probably should make their way to the bar and get a drink because otherwise they will dehydrate. For Dani and Jaslene, I guess some work is better than no work. At least they aren’t giving up, so you’ve got to give them props for staying on the grind and working diligently to remain relevant.
Dee
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:51 am | Reply | QuoteYeah I agree I can’t see how Top Model has helped any of the actual winners. The loser seem to be the bigger winners
Gor-Jus
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:51 am | Reply | Quotenone of the so called top models will ever be more than reality show rats and bootleg modeling jobs. accept that fact. no one takes that show seriously.
Chocolate Royale
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:52 am | Reply | QuoteLet Mos Def and Nick Cannon both be a lesson to these dumb men. You think cause she cute and the coochie good that makes her wife material? What is your criteria fellas? Get a clue.
BMW
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:53 am | Reply | Quoteher mother was a stripper and her sister was no better. men are so struck by beauty that they forget to look at the whole package. She has a son from a former basket ball player that basically ignores her. She’s been a Gold digger ever since she lived in Canada, always trying to go hollywood. She was in snoop doggs video drop it likes it hot with corn rows in her hair. The chick was a gold digger from the start, she comes from that type of family. Most Def is not that great at marriage either, he actually sucks at it. You can’t turn a hoe into a house wife, especially if she always had dreams of makeing it big. She’s another Kim Porter for real, but at least Kim’s lazy ass got the kids and the checks. It seems that people who are born beautiful are given a pass through life. We marry a beautiful woman and don’t except much from her but a few cute kids and to stay looking sexy. Mos Def’s wife is like most gold diggers, a model! not suprised. What ever happened to keeping things private and haveing respect for yourself. that’s why Spike Lee married an attroney, a woman that was beautiful and established.
Eva_baby
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:57 am | Reply | QuoteThe real deal is that none of those chicks are going to be top models. They started out too old, they aren’t getting huge editorial spreads, exclusive contracts with designers, or even walking runways for big names. Even long established black models couldn’t get runway work this past season. The modelling industry is exclusive, elitist and racist and it is controlled by a very few people, many of them look down their noses at reality contestants as not paying their dues.
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I give both Dani and Jaslene props for actually getting jobs and staying out there. At least they are working in the industry. Also, YaYa for diversifying into acting and commercials, Toccarra for keeping herself relevant in hosting and with BET (but celebrity fit club is a minus for her in my book), Eugenia for getting some editorial shoots, and, even though I hated her, Elyse for going to Japan and knowing that her as a white woman would do much better there than she would ever get here.
me
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:57 am | Reply | QuoteWhy all the book writing. Go to damn work.
Shamrock
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:58 am | Reply | QuoteSuperhead killed the memoir game a long time ago. Why would anyone want to open themselves up for judgement like that I don’t get. I think the top models would do a whole lot better if Tyra actually told them what to do after the show. Some of them have said they really don’t get much direction after the show. If Tyra was reallly on her hustle she would have created a modeling agency to direct and shape their careers.
neka b
On Apr 22, 2008 at 10:59 am | Reply | Quote????????
P_Luvs_B
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:00 am | Reply | QuoteThey were only married one year and she has enough to put out a book?!! Dayum…when will folks realize that personal life is just that, PERSONAL??? Can anyone marry these days without fear of being plastered all over a book or magazine cover? :-s
Ms. Eye
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:03 am | Reply | Quote“It is called a 9 - 5, get one” LOVES it Natasha. Hoes take note. She is telling you some good isht.
I wish Tyra would work with the models after they win instead of selling herself as the next Oprah. I can’t stand her talk show. Dani is such a prety girl and fierce. She is my favorite ANTM thus far. Tyra and her stacks could do so much for these girls that they exploit for ratings but she refuses to deal with them after the show. Shame on you Tyra. All that talk is so damn cheap.
Vick
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:05 am | Reply | QuoteThe ANTM girls, whether winners or losers, actually get a lot of work…Just because we don’t see them in our faces all the time, doesn’t mean they aren’t making money! Modeling is very profitable, and you don’t have to be on the cover of Vogue or Elle to be doing well.
Afiya
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:08 am | Reply | QuoteDon’t wanna read the book…most likely it’s predictable…and if she’s talkin’ mean about Mos…I definitely don’t want my good thoughts of him to be distorted.
Nothing really different about the clothing line…just takin’ it back to the 90s.
Leah B.
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:09 am | Reply | QuoteI bet you June Bug would be next on the list for some dumb ish like this… writing memoirs that no one cares about.
BMW
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:10 am | Reply | QuoteIt’s kinda funny because my girl at my job told me that her my space page is open the public and she really loves her son. I would set my page to private quick once that nook becomes known.
stillIrise
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:12 am | Reply | QuoteI love AMTM, but these girls are not in it to be high fashion models. Most of them don’t know who the important people are in the industry, the lingo, etc. They just know that somebody told them they were cute and want to be on t.v. living in that fab house. Also, none of the winners so far have that high fashion “it” thing going on, so I suggest they take advantage of the fame and get in where they fit in, whether that be catalogs, straight to dvd movies, reality shows, so be it. As for Tyra telling them what to do after the show, that’s ridiculous. She’s telling them to do DURING the show. If they don’t have enough initative and hustle to get there career started at that point, that’s on them. WIth winning the show, the CoverGirl contract and the actual modelling contract, if they can’t make it at that point, they don’t deserve to.
les923
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:12 am | Reply | QuoteDoes she have a child for Mos Def? All these people writing “memoirs” and tell-alls, do they really think about the children? I mean even the “dogging” of one parent in front of the child is damaging, so can you imagine this IN PRINT!!! and on the INTERNET!!! This is ANOTHER ONE of the reasons why there are so many screwed up kids out there. “For every action there is an equal or more (in a few cases) disastrous reaction.” Do these parents think about how this will affect my children with him? What about his other children that he has, how will they feel about hearing these type of stories, unnecessary stories, about their father? If these books were written for a therapeutic reason, i could probably understand, because sometimes peole have to come to grips with certain situations and express in order to let it go and move on but OBVIOUSLY this isn’t the case! This is obviously for a down payment for a ride or a new Louis bag! I mean really? Other than that fleeting money (that you better not trick - u betta make use of it) what are you getting? Which dude would EVER take you seriously after this? they will fear a tell-all of them being written if ever there is a break-up! To me, all of this comes from LAZINESS! Laziness to go to school and get an education. Laziness to get up every morning and go to a job. THAT is what is really hard! Not your so called turbulent childhood and whatever else! Come to Brooklyn……that is 75% of EVERYBODY’s story, it’s not an excuse to take the sucker & easy way out.
Mrs. Canada
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:14 am | Reply | QuoteLOL…. Alana is a HIP HOP HOE…Actually I only know cause she is from Toronto.. Were she was dipping in all the “local” talent.. Her child is for an artist up there… and she was actually still with her “baby daddy” when she married mos def… straight triffling..
♥Spunky Brewsta♥
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:18 am | Reply | Quote—-> Shouldnt we want to know who in the hell this chick is before we read her “Memoirs”? I’ve never even heard her name.
—-> Hell, that doesnt even get the classiness of the title memoir….its an AUTOBIOGRAPHY….
—-> I’m not going to comment in detail on that H.A.M.-ness that are those clothes Dani and Jaslene are modeling….I’ve seen better crap at Target….lol
SHAR
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:20 am | Reply | QuoteI WOULD THINK TYRA WOULD FROWN AT THOSE CATALOG POSES BUT TO EACHES OWN …. MEMOIRS WELL ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GOT TO READ IS THE COLDEST WINTER EVER BY SISTER SOLDIER THAT WILL KEEP THEIR BUTTS ON THE RIGHT PATH CHASING THAT ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR ESP. WHEN IT BELONGS TO WEALTHY MEN WILL GET YOU USED UP QUICK !!!! I DON’T NEED A BOOK TO TELL ME THAT ITS CALLED COMMON SENSE
Bird
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:23 am | Reply | QuoteDanielle has been doing pretty steady catalog work and if that allows her to earn a living doing what she wants to do that is a good thing. She’s lucky because some of those ANTM chicks disappear completely. In 9 cycles they have yet to turn out a gainfully employed high fashion model, let alone a top model. Ironically, Tocarra had the most successful modeling career. It’s almost like the industry is shunning them.
SHAR
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:24 am | Reply | QuoteI WOULD THINK TYRA WOULD LOOK DOWN AT THOSE CATALOG POSES….
A MEMOIR ALL THESE YOUNG CHICKS NEED TO READ IS THE COLDEST WINTER BY SISTER SOLDIER. THAT WILL PUT EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ A SO CALLED MEMOIR OF A FAILED GOLD DIGGER TO KNOW CHASING THE ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BELONGS TO WEALTHY MEN WILL LEAD YOU TO NOWHERE QUICK FAST AND A HURRY …. AT THE END OF THE DAY PRETTY DON’T MEAN YOU ENTITLED TO SHIT A PRETTY GIRL IS BORN EVERY DAY !! COME WITH SOMETHING EXTRA
SHAR
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:29 am | Reply | QuoteI WOULD THINK TYRA WOULD LOOK DOWN AT THOSE CATALOG POSES….
A MEMOIR ALL THESE YOUNG CHICKS NEED TO READ IS THE COLDEST WINTER BY SISTER SOLDIER. THAT WILL PUT EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ A SO CALLED MEMOIR OF A FAILED GOLD DIGGER TO KNOW CHASING THE ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BELONGS TO WEALTHY MEN WILL LEAD YOU TO NOWHERE QUICK FAST AND A HURRY …. AT THE END OF THE DAY PRETTY DON’T MEAN YOU ENTITLED TO THE LAVISH LIFE A PRETTY GIRL IS BORN EVERY DAY !! COME WITH SOMETHING EXTRA
Sha
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:33 am | Reply | QuoteMoney is Money! I’m pretty sure they made more money during that one catalog than I do in a month!
Christin
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:34 am | Reply | QuoteDee wrote:
This is so true. I was looking at some reruns this weekend and last weekend thinking the same thing. I haven’t seen Dani since ANTM except in this catalog she’s posing in. However,I see my girl Tocora everwhere. Maybe she needs a new agent or something. Please tell me again what the purpose of ANTM is again?
ladear
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:35 am | Reply | QuoteWHO GIVES A RAT FUCKING ASS ABOUT THIS CHICK BOOK?OR EVEN ABOUT MOS DEF?
DramaQ
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:36 am | Reply | QuoteBasket Ball ?
I think Karrine’s first book was the beginning and the end of these tell-all books.
K a r dashians fake behind implant is equal to a peenile implant
Ashai
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:39 am | Reply | Quotesounds like someone has been drinking haterade! Not tall enough or pretty enough for top model, hunh? They seem to get more recognition than you do! You at the very least know that they are winners from a show named America’s Next Top Model now don’t you! Don’t hate, it’s not very becoming, no matter how ugly you are Ms. Gor-Jus…Congratulate them!
NYC
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:39 am | Reply | QuoteMrs. Canada wrote:
I think she was still with Saukrates when she was married to Mos. I remember seeing all these pics of her, Saukrates, and the kid on her myspace and this little, ittle, wittle pic of her and Mos…and thinking that’s mighty odd. She was also so into Islam when she was with him, her myspace page was filled with Quran quotes, she even had pics of herself wearing a hijab…LMAO. Fake as hell.
Quiche-A
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:42 am | Reply | QuoteDani has actually been in Metrostyle for a while. I’ve started to see Jaslene in there in the last two issues that have arrived in my mailbox.
And who cares if it’s high fashion or not? They are working, period. They know when the go on the show that it’s not going to be all about high fashion modeling…that’s why they also get a Cover Girl contract which is very commercial. Tyra has even told them that they can make a whole bunch of money being commercial models.
Again, at least they are working and not in the club on the pole….or writing a dumb tell-all book from their 5 minute marriage to a hip hop star.
Mika
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:44 am | Reply | QuoteDo we tell K.K. “It’s called 9-5 it one and sit down”?
This is the site to go to if you want to see Black Woman it put down.
FashionIcon2010
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:46 am | Reply | QuoteHow many of these books do we have to stomach???? These chicks have sex with rappers and now they’re Nikki Giovanni!!! Bitch Please!!!!!! Sit yo ass down… Don’t nobody care about your life… A big Whatever!!!!!!!
BMW
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:51 am | Reply | Quoteles923 wrote:
I so agree with you! Thank you! folks are sooooooooo lazy now a days. it seems chicks who look good want a hand out. she’s still young, she could take her ass to school and learn something.
K. Dawn
On Apr 22, 2008 at 11:55 am | Reply | QuoteBMW wrote:
Co-sign!!! Very well put!
Nina
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:04 pm | Reply | QuoteActually, most of the winners end up doing shoots for that catalog. I used to have a card with them and I always get the catalog. Eva Pigford was in there as well after she won. YaYa did a brief stint with them as well. Dani has been in there for quite a while, actually, a month or so after she won I started noticing her in there.
MJC
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:06 pm | Reply | QuoteBMW wrote:
I second that. You can’t defend these brothers when they pick the wrong girl. Look deeper, get to know her qualities and make sure you both are on the same page. Also look at her past relationships…you can learn a lot.
Shamrock
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:13 pm | Reply | QuoteMJC wrote:
You are on point, that is why no one in hollywood stays married. Also alot of these brothers just want to use up a pretty young thing. When they get old and grey, they want to play the let’s get married song. Please. Stop looking for the money, and make your own! You see Jay-Z didn’t get caught up in that mess, he found a women who can handle her own business.
lola
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:18 pm | Reply | QuoteIt might look like a step-back from endorsements such as Cover Girl and Lot 61 (?) for Dani and Jaslene, but catalog pays a lot. Much better than editorial-if we saw them in Glamour, Vogue and Harper’s. For catalog they may be paid 10,000 and in editorial 1,000. (Smart girls, they gotta do, what they gotta do)
Brightchick
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:19 pm | Reply | QuoteCatalog sales are BIG business. The right model in the right outfit sales–and the bottom line is the only thing that matters. Big ups to Dani & Jaslene for working as MODELS for catalog companies. They are still relevant because they work in the field they obviously had an interest in.
As far as that memoir business–whatev. She’s a nobody (celebrity wise) and a tell all won’t change that.
VTChick
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:21 pm | Reply | QuoteEva_baby wrote:
Good quote. Actually, they have been doing Metro Style for over a year now. I saw Jaslene featured even before she was announced the winner of ANTM. I wouldn’t think it’s a step backwards as any honest work is good work. I wish all the ANTM the best in their modeling endeavors.
BMW
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:23 pm | Reply | QuoteShamrock wrote:
Yes! it’s just straight up lazy and dumb to depend on another human being to take care of you.
epee
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:37 pm | Reply | QuoteCo sign that twice!!!!!!
They say they want one type for a wifey and end up wit some veteran slut-bucket bird wit a pretty face.
Hes too smart for that lil boy ‘ish.. always preachin one thing and end up withte polar opposite.. . HEY MOS.. leave those NUTRONOIDS alone and get you a REAL BROWN SKIN LADY wit some knowledge.
Mrs S.
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:38 pm | Reply | QuoteI can not agree with you enough- and I usually just read your blog never post a comment but this ish is ridiculous- Please as a favor to Ms. ex Most Def don’t post anything else about her - Let her find another way to get attention!
epee
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:39 pm | Reply | QuoteShamrock wrote:
^^^^ what i’m CO signing to! lol
FashionIcon2010
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:47 pm | Reply | QuoteBMW wrote:
CO-SIGN!!!!!!!!! Church…. So true!!! They marry these bimbo’s, and then wonder why they’re telling all of your business in the media. Give me a break.
Erica
On Apr 22, 2008 at 12:51 pm | Reply | QuoteLMAO! Mos Def is not even that big of a star so how did she even get a book deal? Lawd…
epee
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:03 pm | Reply | Quotejust cuz… i had to read around the net on this bs…man am i dissapointed in this brother..the chick is majorly paid jumpoff.. boo mos def.
LMAO.. her sister confirms their mom was a professional Shake Dancer:
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i would like to make a comment about Alana wyatt. I am her younger sister and my name is Tana Wyatt and i live in kelowna BC. This comment is for all the Haters that talked shit about my sister. She is happy and she is a beautiful inteligent person and a wonderful mother . our mother was an exotic dancer that has no bearing on our lives. We were raised by our Granparents Viviann and dennis Roberts. The time frame in which they knew eachother befroes they got married is no one’s business. So for all you Haters out there, your comments are insignificant to her and Dante. So do the world a beautiful favor and Hate on someone who hurt you! don’t Hate on someone you know nothing about. JUST THOUGHT NIGGA’S SHOULD KNOW.
Posted by: def fan [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 18, 2005 03:18 AM”
Hadley Street
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:06 pm | Reply | QuoteMy Question is:
Since when does someone need to read a whole book to understand that it’s wrong to marry someone for money and fame? Everyone pretty much knows that but some people choose to do it anyway. I have no idea what she could tell anyone at this stage in the game that they don’t already know.
u aint right
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:12 pm | Reply | QuoteT.Lynn wrote:
if they are doing catalogs I doubt it.
MakesNoDamnSense
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:25 pm | Reply | QuoteI just received a catalogue in the mail last week and guess who I saw in there. I saw Mercedes from America’s Next Top Model Season 1. She was the second runner up, I believe. And I also saw NICOLE ARI PARKER!! Yall know who she is…Boris Kodjoe’s wife. Nicole is an established actress so maybe the catalogue work isnt that bad if she accepted a job. We need to stop being so hard on the top models in this industry…hell look at the actresses that are doing catalogue work…What does that say about them?
MakesNoDamnSense
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:30 pm | Reply | Quoteu aint right wrote:
Maybe catalogue work is good money. I saw NICOLE ARI PARKER (an actress and she wanst on the cover…she was just a “catalogue model” like the rest of them) in a very recent catalogue. At least the top models are doing SOMETHING related to modeling. They are not shaking their ass to a degrading song in a video and calling that “modeling.” They are not taking their clothes off for a magazine or a XXX movie and calling that modeling. I am proud of all the top model girls. I am especially proud of the ones that do work like Dani, Jaslene, Tocarra, Eva, Yaya, and so on…
DCBRAT
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:35 pm | Reply | QuoteBefore you make comment, make sure you know what you are talking about. Doing print ads, commercials and buildboards is where the money is and it gets them getting a check on consistent basics. Everyone was not destine to be a mega star, but to be able to make a living doing what you love, is the greatest reward. No one knows how much these girls are getting paid, my cousin did print ads for several department store since she was 14, she is now 40 years old and retired. So, if you can make great money doing that, and how you invest your money as well will help. Hopefully those of you are saying they are taking a step back, don’t know what they are talking about — these chicks have more guts and drive then those who are writing these lame comments — get a life and stop hatin.
pamelicious
On Apr 22, 2008 at 1:35 pm | Reply |