On The Come Up
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Tatyana Ali is featured in the current issue of the “prestigious” King Magazine where she talks about being Black in Hollyweird and her new album:
What are your thoughts on black Hollywood?
It’s kind of like the Wild West out there, and not just for black Hollywood. In a traditional sense, things look bad—there are people out of work, shows aren’t going up and a lot of films aren’t being made, because of the fear of actors going on strike. But I think it’s a real fertile time to stake your claim. With things up in the air, it creates new space for people who are trying to break through, business-wise.
The same can be said about the music business, yet you’re still dropping a new album.
I found my voice with this album, The Light. I can never stop singing. Remember, I recorded my first album [1998’s Kiss the Sky, MJJ Music] when I was 16, and other people wrote most of the songs. I really wanted the next album that I did to express who I am. And the only way I can do that is to write it myself. So in that sense, I found my voice.
Did you also recruit a gaggle of producers like last time?
No, I finally paired up with a producer named Johnny J, who has sold 100 million albums worldwide and is responsible for a lot of 2Pac’s music.
You’re not going to start rocking bandannas and have THUG LIFE tatted on your body, are you?
Absolutely not, not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s not my personal style. But I’m not gangster—no THUG LIFE tatted on my chest [laughs].
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ASHLEY!!! (IN MY UNCLE PHIL VOICE)
oh my she has grown up
Third??
Aw, she so pretty
She’s fine. and the black and white makes it cl*****ier. at least, to me. she’s got that 50s black hollywood vibe going.
lets see where this goes…
It’s nice to see a respectable picture of her…especially since KING mag is known for there booty shots.
she looks cute..and I like the fact that she didn’t reveal too much
some people just CANNOT make a comeback…and Ashley Banks, you are one of them…AUNT VIV, U BETTER GET YOUR DAUGHTER
BUT I LUV HER THOUGH, JUST WOULDN’T BUY AN CD
in this picture she look a lil bit like jennifer lopez
I LOVE this! She still looks like a young girl though, can’t get “Ashley” out of my mind…
A~~~~ TYPO
Favorite Episode
“Just mind your business” Just mind your business”
@ Re…
Yeah she is forever doomed to be Ashley. I like her too, I just hope she just doesn’t become one of those people that try so hard! Speaking of people I like, Amerie, where you at?!?
I like her, she’s very pretty, and like Tia and Tamera Mowry has not fallen off the rails like so many a child star.
Go head Ashley.
Re, you look like Mya…lol
SHE’S ALWAYS LOOKED CUTE, THEN CUTE-ER…
GLAD SHE AIN’T LOOKIN’ ALL HOE-ISH FOR KING MAG!
WONDER IF SHE GIVIN’ THA BROTHA’S ANY LOVE NOW???
BTW: THERE “IS” SOMETHING WRONG WITH GETTING (THUG LIFE) TATOOED ANYWHERE ON YOUR BODY!!!
Don’t ever use my name
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some people just CANNOT make a comeback…and Ashley Banks, you are one of them…AUNT VIV, U BETTER GET YOUR DAUGHTER
i loved her single ‘Daydream’..i’m looking forward to hearing if her ‘music’ has changed..this is also a very nice picture..she has the hollywood pin-up look on lock
bree & Envy…
I am tickled pink…Auntie Vy…hilar…
@Emerald, lol I agree, it’s going to be hard to pull herself away from that character….(oh yes, I have heard of the Mya resemblance a couple of times…I don’t agree, lol, but its better than most).
“Impostors should die”
LOL!!!!!!!!
She’s so pretty.
That is a mu*****in banga right there shawty. I would do my bestest to tear that off the frame my *****s
@Bree,
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I’m so slow-Why was I about to point out how I needed to talk to my daughter Ashley when you beat me to it!!!
@ Re
It may just be the picture.
How to I add mine? Whenever I try, my computer just gets stuck on stupid!
Ashley, this is your Aunt Viv typing. You meant well with your singing career, but I really think you should stick to your “acting”. And quit posing in King Magazine!
I’m 22, I’m 22.. who is this again?
I like the picture! Tasty, yet kinda sexy. NOT BAD AT ALL!!!
GO TATYANA!
@ Mary J. Blige Has Super Powers y r u hatin on them for
I remember meeting her on that MTV black version of TRL(can’t remember the name of the show) but Funkmaster Flex was the DJ and that dude from the “Real World” Teck I think. Anyway, she was real beautiful and sweet. Kudos 2 her.
TOOK HER AZZ LONG ENUFF TO FINALLY LOOK LIKE SOMETHING!
@ Impostors should die(Check me out!)
Don’t ever use my name
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Don’t you just hate dat…
They know you da man and be keepin us rollin.
People be tryin ta steal ya love.
Somebody tried that with my screen name yesterday.
You might have heard the gun shots…
@ Mock Rock Star(Check me out!)
I remember meeting her on that MTV black version of TRL(can’t remember the name of the show) but Funkmaster Flex was the DJ and that dude from the “Real World” Teck I think. Anyway, she was real beautiful and sweet. Kudos 2 her.
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What kinda guitar you rockin over there?
Thats a nice pic!!!
@bree….lmao i crack myself up
Nikki……….u kno i had to throw aunt Viv in it, its only right
She looks really cute here!!
I am looking forward to hearing her works.
I hope her voice has come around and matured.
You have people that can sing and people that try to sing.
She used to try.
The last thing we need is another celebrity caterwauling on the tube and the airwaves.
*Don’t try to hard.
got dam
good gawd she is beautiful….
I do not like her music but I always thought she was pretty not a very good actress tho..
Very Tasteful I might say.
looks goods…not grossly overexposed…and she still looks sexy. i remember she tried to have a singing career some years back and it didn’t work out too well…lets see if second time’s the charm
looks good…not grossly overexposed…and she still looks sexy. i remember she tried to have a singing career some years back and it didn’t work out too well…lets see if second time’s the charm
why isn’t my gravatar working? I went to gravatar.com uploaded pics and used the same email as i did there to post my bossip comment…anybody know what the deal is?
thanx
damn i remember daydrimin was my skip back in the day, and do ya’ll remember the joint she did on one episode of fresh where errybody got tired of her? that was a funny ***** show man i miss that ***** fa real….
@Just Sayin
It’s an acoustic “Peavey.” It’s not mine, it belonged to the guy who took the pictures…
***** Ashley, this ***** thinks she’s white, I think she’s even married to a white dude. ***** you gets no Love!!!
wat
@for me to know only, who was i hatin on??
I said that Tatyana Ali was LIKE Tia and Tamera, because all three of them were child stars, BUT DID NOT GO OFF THE RAILS. I was paying ALL OF THEM a compliment.
Otherwise I would have used the word “unlike”.
wats?
Got to give her props. She really dont need to make a comeback especially with a degree from harvard
She was 16 in 98′??? Wasn’t she like in Sesame Street in 81′ being 5 years old?!?!?!
look like she lost weight good for her!
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what is she doing on the cover. she dosen’t date bm.
tatiana is beautiful, wouldn’t expect anything less, cl*****…………..
GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Love the picture, its beautiful! Good luck with that album…
Yeah, but it would have been nicer to see her in mag that’s a little more cl*****y and a little less hoetastic.
To all of you complaining that she doesn’t date black guys, let me ask you this- how many black guys, especially famous ones, want to date a dark skinned girl like her. Certainly not most of the rappers/ actors/ athletes that I’ve seen on this website recently. So don’t diss her for her taste in men. Maybe white guys are the only ones chasing after her, while all the black guys are too busy chasing after the mixed/ light/ white girls
that picture is FABULOUS!!!!!
Tatyana Ali **********a nasty! my chocolate patty!
***** white *****es!!
She was the little girl singing Why Do Fools Fall in Love at the beginning of Eddie Murphy’s first comic concert DVD Delirious!
she looks very cl*****y! http://www.girlfriendchurch.com where we encourage more cl***** and less *****!
Ah HA! finally the mystery of why Tatyana has been everywhere lately is solved. I never did do the research…
an album? well I hope she makes waves
and Anon is prolly right about black dudes out in Hollywood not checkin for her. thats not her fault, cuz she is lookin right! something is wrong wih my people
good 4 her stop hating.
@Anon-
So true! I notice in a lot of these pictures, the Black men will have a woman that’s mixed/lighter/of another race, and the black women are usually alone.
Plus, Tatyana is repping that Harvard cl***** of 2002, and a lot of ball players probably can’t handle that….
Beautiful young lady…King finally has a stylish, sophisticated covergirl…
i wish her the best. all these untalented hype people are overshadowing true elegance and natural gifts. i’m so tired of it!
Meh will p***** on her, even back on the show I didn’t think she was tight. Next, rather see any relevant black woman over her.
Hope the album does well? She should continue acting.
@STEBO BIGS WHY WOULD YOU HATE HER CAUSE SHE IS WITH WHITE GUYS I DATE THEM TO
@ANON YOU ARE A HERO FOR YOUR POST. I AGREE I AM A DARK SKIN AND IT SEEMS LIKE CERTAIN BLACK GUYS NEVER LOOK MY WAY UNTIL I GET WITH A WHITE MAN
She looks beautiful! Do your thang Tatyana!
finally stake yo claim girl! I just hope she pulled the sugar plum fairies outta her music…
I agree with Jack Tripper! She was not 16 in 1998! I was 16 in 1998 and Ashley has always been older than me! At least by 4 or 5 years! I peeped how she tried to slide that in. All she had to do is say, her album in 1998. Ashley is in her 30’s.
aha, i don’t fully buy this