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Brandy & Monica- Style That Endures

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2 months ago

20 September 2025

Brandy and Monica have always been more than music. In the ’90s, they set trends with their looks just as much as with their songs. Decades later, they continue to inspire proving that style and presence don’t fade with time.

Brandy’s box braids became one of her signature looks and influenced many fans in the ’90s. She frequently paired chokers with denim, blending casual pieces with glam accents. The look complemented her soft vocal delivery and approachable image. She looked relatable, but you could tell she was a star.

Monica walked a different path. While Brandy leaned softer, Monica’s looks tended toward the bold. She favored leather jackets, sharp tailoring, and striking silhouettes always presented with confidence. Her looks were strong, unapologetic, and a little rebellious, a fitting reflection to her powerhouse vocals.

Brandy offered the sweetness, while Monica delivered the strength. Together, they showed two sides of ’90s Black girlhood. Today, both women retain that signature energy, now presented with greater maturity. Brandy often favors elegant gowns and tailored suiting. She’s often seen in long gowns or clean-cut suits that show her as a classic R&B star. Monica, on the other hand, keeps things more street and modern, pairing sneakers with designer outfits.

Now, their signature styles are about to take the spotlight again. When “The Boy Is Mine Tour” begins on October 16, 2025, Fans will get to see the energy of two women who shaped the ’90s and see how their presence still feels fresh today. It’s more than a concert; it’s an opportunity to watch Brandy and Monica share a stage, each bringing her own style, sound and story.

Yesterday morning, Dubai started off differently. Sheikh Zayed Road turned into a bright blue wave of participants replacing the usual rush-hour traffic. A record-breaking 307,000 runners filled the 14-lane highway for Dubai Run 2025, presented by Mai Dubai. Now in its seventh year, the event lived up to its title as the world’s largest free community run and was one of the best parts of this year’s Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC).

Families, first-time runners, seasoned athletes, and casual joggers were out and prepared for the event early in the morning. The procession began with police supercars and passed some of Dubai’s most well-known sites, including the Dubai Water Canal, the Museum of the Future, and the Burj Khalifa. The celebration began at 6:30 a.m. with the raising of the UAE flag. Also, paragliders and aerial paramotors lit up the sky with fireworks in the national colours to mark the build-up to National Day.

Parachutes soared overhead, trailing pyrotechnics that painted the morning sky in the colours of the UAE flag. — gulf news.com

The atmosphere throughout the morning was energetic. The start line was adorned with UAE flags for Eid Al Etihad, while giant LED puppets, warrior drum crews, marching bands, stilt walkers, DJs from UNTOLD, and celebrity MCs Kris Fade and Katie Overy kept the energy high. Cooling mist, bubble arches, and festive mascots, were given to those who ran until the end.

Participants chose between two routes: a family-friendly 5km heading through Downtown Dubai to Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, and a more challenging 10km stretching along Sheikh Zayed Road to DIFC Gate. Shafeek Hassan and his friends participated in the event for the sixth time, and families such as Ijaz Jamile’s, who also completed the Dubai Ride earlier this month, returned for the DFC. Runners brought playful touches too, including Zam and his colleagues dressed as fruits promoting healthy eating.

Ijaz Jamile and his family of four make Dubai Run an annual tradition. — gulf news.com

Saeed Hareb, the general secretary of Dubai Sports Council praised the turnout as a powerful display of unity in the UAE’s Year of Community, while DFRE CEO Ahmed Al Khaja noted that the event presents Dubai as a global wellness destination.

With the Dubai Run now complete, DFC 2025 moves toward its grand finale: Dubai Yoga on 30 November at Zabeel Park.

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Cardi B Transforms Her Newborn’s Umbilical Cord Into Gold Jewelry

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3 days ago

22 November 2025

Adesina Tosin

Cardi B has turned a personal detail from her son’s birth into a custom keepsake. After the birth of her baby boy with New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs earlier this month, the rapper had the baby’s umbilical cord transformed into a heart-shaped gold pendant, a personal tribute to his earliest moments.

Photo Credit: Instagram – Iamcardib

The idea was created through Mommy Made Encapsulations, the same company Cardi used when she delivered her daughter Blossom in 2024. In a video shared on the Encapsulation Specialist’s Instagram on Nov. 20, Juliane Marie Corona walked viewers through the process: the cord was carefully shaped into a heart, dehydrated, and then dipped in gold chrome to create a lasting piece of jewelry.

Photo Credit: The US Sun

“Where her journey began, turned into a keepsake she’ll treasure forever,” Juliane wrote alongside the video. She described the pendant as a way to honor the start of the baby’s life. She continued, “Creating this keepsake is always such an honor, but doing it for Cardi and her sweet baby again means the world to us. Turning something so meaningful into a piece that can be held, remembered, and cherished forever is one of the most special parts of what we do.”

Phot credit: The US Sun

Additionally, She also had part of her placenta processed into capsules, a practice many new mothers choose for potential health benefits. While placenta encapsulation has become increasingly common, transforming an umbilical cord into gold jewelry remains rare, making this personal pendant uncommon.

The birth of their son marks Cardi’s fourth child and her first with Diggs. She recently shared the baby’s first photos, showing him wrapped in a Patriots blanket with Diggs by her side in the hospital. Though the infant’s face wasn’t revealed. This isn’t Cardi’s first experience with Mommy Made Encapsulations, and judging from the emotional value placed on these keepsakes, it likely won’t be her last. For her, these creations aren’t just artistic pieces. They are physical reminders of where her children’s stories began, preserved in a form she can hold onto forever.

Khloé Kardashian Revisits the Day Lamar Odom Burned Her Journal

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5 days ago

20 November 2025

Chisom Anyanwu

Khloé Kardashian during an episode of heKhloè recounts the emotional moment Lamar Odom destroyed her journals.

Khloé Kardashian has opened up about a painful incident that brought her journaling habit to an end.

In the November 19th episode of her Khloé in Wonder Land podcast, she shares the heartbreaking moment when her ex-husband, Lamar Odom destroyed all her journals that contained years of memories.

Khloe Kardashian – Pinterest

Former American basketball player Lamar Odom and ex-wife Khloé, got married in 2009 and finalized their divorce in 2016. Eight years later, the American media personality finally shares one of her experiences.

When asked, she said she loved journaling but stopped after her husband destroyed all her journals:

“So I used to journal all the time. I haven’t journalled in years. I used to love to journal. So I had a few journals that I journalled literally all my life away and I loved it and everything was in these journals.

And I remember my ex-husband was going through it… And he threw them all in the fire in front of me.”

Khloè explained that her ex-husband was going through a difficult time then and was always paranoid and burned her journals because he feared she was taking notes and sending them to the government.

Khloè Kardashian and ex-husband, Lamar Odom – Pinterest

She reminisced kneeling while screaming and sobbing as the journal burned before her destroying years of her life that had been documented. She shares that they meant a lot to her and she had never journalled since then.

In the podcast episode, she pointed out that it felt like everything was taken away in a blink and she no longer saw the point and didn’t want to risk something like that happening ever again.