We have lost another legend today, We at Grae bid a fair well to the lovely Eartha Kitt . She passed away today in New York City, She was a victim of cancer . We should be proud and excited for the mark that shes left in the fields of Music, Film, stage and screen. Ms Kitt lived to the very young age of 81 . she is survived by her daughter and 4 grand children. We thank you for teaching us what sex appeal and beautiful pair of legs can do .

Orson Wells referred to Ms. Kitt as “the most exciting woman in the world”. I know we all remember her infectiousness in the movie Boomerang. I’ll never forget when she called for Eddie Murphy ” MArrrrcusssss Darllllingggg” lol, May god bless your sexy soul Madame Kitt.

THIS IS A DEDICATION TO ALL  BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG BLACK WOMEN. IM HAPPY THIS  VIDEO TOUCHED MY HEART,  MADE ME WANT TO KISS EVERY WOMAN THAT HAS BLESSED ME WITH A WORD OF KINDNESS, OR A SENSE OF REASSURANCE THAT I’M MEANT TO BE SOME ONE OF SUBSTANCE IN LIFE. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION AND REALIZE WHAT STOCK YOU COME FROM, MY BEAUTIFUL QUEENS THANK YOU!!!! ( SHUKRAN UMI – THANK YOU MOMMA)

I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…..* If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your grandparents, you’re ‘exotic, different.’

* Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.

* If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

* Name your kids Willow , Trig and Track, and you’re a maverick.

* Graduate from Harvard law School and be President of the Law Review, and you are unstable.

* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded.

* If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor,  spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate e representing a state of  13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.

* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive.

* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian.

* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian.

* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.

* If, while governor , you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you’re very responsible.

* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s.

* If your husband is nicknamed ‘First Dude,’ with at least one DUI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA , your family is extremely admirable.

OK, much clearer now.

You better realize these real lies.. K.R.S. ONE…..
I once read a book called “Who Moved my Cheese”, (BY Spencer Johnson) the premise of the book was to pay attention to your surroundings, and if you don’t the world will surely pass you by. With that in mind take this mental walk with me.

Grae Enterprises has been a recent victim of the establishments choice to rid its self of quality events for UNFAVORABLE reasons. Those of you have not been under a rock within the last year have easily heard of our event at the now known Level V. We were removed after making the venue over $250K in under a year. This in turn made me look at the state of “party life” in NY. Well maybe I should say what used to be the party scene.

Now isn’t it odd that within 2 little years the black and Latino community has lost some of its coolest party’s due to misguided owners, GM’s and a host of bureaucratic nonsense. Think about this, before Level V you had Freedom Friday’s at Star Foods (star 64), Wish 26 on Thursdays, and Serena’s. Now recently you have Strata on Friday’s and Deity in BK, which within a month of their opening was  lost. You have clubs like Mars 2112 stating to Black Promoters they don’t carry (wait for it) “HIP HOP Insurance”!! (WOW! – by the way people, it doesn’t exist). I am not a big follower of some of the more popular party’s, but as I’ve learned over the years there’s a place for everyone in our Gotham. The biggest issue is they (the establishment ) have the mind set that we are all “hoodlums” and worthless non- gratuity giving people and there is a general lack of understanding of our community. For example, they offer us crappy nights like Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s with very high bar guarantees and we still blow the party up under their premise of “Hey if they pop off we win if they don’t awe well there gone”.

Essentially the point I’m making is there is an extreme shift going on with the NY Night life for our culture. Think about it- where will you be able to go when the promoters have no spots to use and the DJ’s have no gigs to play? Then we will all be forced to be in the most unappealing, undesirable venue that’s left. We can control this! Imagine if all Event planners, promoters, etc. all decided to take 1 month off during the summer and had the DJ’s play only pop and non “Hip Hop” songs – they would loose there minds! Then who would the Yuppies and Socialites have to mimic? These are just my thoughts what are yours?

Keep it GRAE and Collective