Sunday, October 16, 2016

Michel'le's TV biopic SURVIVING COMPTON a rousing success on LIFETIME

Saturday, October 15, 2016


So many talented female vocalists have come along and placed their mark in the music landscape over the past three decades to date, but to me, one woman in particular who is so vastly underrated and who I believe should hold the title of 'Queen of Hip-Hop and R&B' is Michel'le Toussaint. Her LIFETIME TV biopic SURVIVIVING COMPTON: Dre, Suge and Michel'le' is compelling, revealing and shocking. The 120-minute mostly dramatic visual detailed her rise to fame through her affiliation with legendary producer and her then-boyfriend Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young back in the late 1980-era. But what was depicted brutally throughout much of the film was the awful domestic violence she endured at the hands of Dre that was eerily reminiscent of what the iconic Tina Turner unfortunately experienced in her marriage with volatile musician Ike Turner. I tell ya - when alcohol/drugs is in the mix of things, most times it's NEVER a good thing, and as sweet a person as Queen Ley-Ley (my nickname for Michel'le) seems to be, the physical and verbal abuse hurled at her was ugly and unwarranted, and further exposed the now billionaire mogul as being the unhinged, crude and disrespectful monster that he was behind the scenes. Ley-Ley also connected with notorious former Death Row Records CEO Marion 'Suge' Knight, which to me completely took me by total surprise after going through what she went through with Dre. Michel'le was very much a part of the rise of the groundbreaking Rap group NWA while with Dre, and with her one-of-a-kind, kid-like speaking voice and soulfully anointing singing voice, Ley-Ley overcame the odds and went on to record successful, timeless classic hit songs like 'No More Lies,' 'Nicety,' and the painfully beautiful 'Something In My Heart,' as well as her feature on the World Class Wrecking Crew hit 'Turn Off The Lights' to jumpstart her promising career. Talented, versatile actress/singer/dancer Rhyon Nicole Brown did an outstanding job in the lead role, along with upcoming acting talent Curtis Hamilton as Dr. Dre. I also loved the narration of the story and on-camera appearance of Ley-Ley, who at 45-years-young is as gorgeous as ever and is ready to reinvent herself and conquer the world again with her all-around greatness as Chapter 2K16 comes to a close and going into 2K17. Big blessings go to her amazing 'babies' - 25-year-old Marcel Young (Ley-Ley's son with Dre) and her lovely 14-year-old daughter Bailei Knight - her child with Suge. Truth strengthens the heart, mind and soul, and we are so blessed that Queen Michel'le is still standing on Earth today to boldly share her truth with the masses globewide by way of the creation of SURVIVING COMPTON!

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