When you hear Better Than You Left Me, you think who is the singer of this beautiful country song?
Well, there's a young Black woman named Mickey Guyton, and her star is rising.
Mickey Guyton (born Candace Mycale Guyton) started her signing career in the church. In her younger days, she wanted to be a gospel singer. But something got her attention. The sounds of country drew her in.
Mickey grew up listening to a variety of artists, including Dolly Parton, LeAnn Rimes, Whitney Houston and gospel innovators BeBe and CeCe Winans. “Those were huge influences,” she says, recalling a particularly pivotal moment. “I was at a Texas Rangers baseball game and LeAnn Rimes was singing the National Anthem. This was right when she came out with ‘Blue’. I was completely mesmerized.”
She would embrace country music and found her heart.
Mickey got a deal with Capitol Records Nashville. It got her the exposure.
She got an opportunity to perform at the White House in 2011 with James Taylor, Dierks Bentley, Kris Kristofferson, The Band Perry, Darius Rucker and Lyle Lovett.
Mickey has been the opening act for Eric Church, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton and many others.
What was remarkable about her is that lovely voice. Her voice hypnotizes me. I got an opportunity to listen to her hit single. I am very impressed with her song. I am a fan.
She is one of the very few Black country music singers. Matter of fact, she is one of the few women of color to embrace a musical genre that usually targets White people.
Gayle King of CBS This Morning had an opportunity to interview her.
World News Today wishes Mickey well on her journey.
Christian Taylor's death by the law sparks outrage. By the way, he flashing a peace sign. Not a gang sign trolls!
Arlington, Texas rookie officer is in the freezer after he put four into an unarmed man. This is another event where the law uses deadly force and it's attracted the attention of the junk food media.
Christian Taylor was a 19 year old man who crashed his car through a car dealership. He was acting erratically when the law showed up.
According to the law, they answered a burglary call. The arrive to see Christian acting like he was on something. The officer report says that he charged at the officers, and struggled for the firearm. Then of course, the officer used deadly force.
The rookie, Brad Miller claimed that he used deadly force because it was "no choice". He was hired to the force in September and was being on training duty when this occurred. So Miller had no experience.
But a surveillance shows a different story. Matter of fact, there were some surveillance shows that the officer did something that some considered a reckless call. We also have a YouTube user who posted that in the audio you can hear in less than 1.3 seconds, you hear Miller put the slugs in him.
The surveillance on the property shows every thing except the moment Christian was shot.
He was a student at Angelo State University. He was a member of the football team. He had minor run-ins but nothing that considered him a danger to the lives of the officers.
The chief of Arlington Police Will Johnson said that the FBI will interview the officers and determine whether the call made by Miller is considered criminal.
The racist right will automatically defend the law. They will say that based on actions (i.e. being on drugs, criminal past, traffic convictions, etc.) the unarmed suspect deserved to die.
But in his last social media posts, he had posted this. It's been retweeted over 15,000 times.
Christian was well liked on the campus. His friends and family described him as a "jokester",
He had graduated from Mansfield Summit high school. He only had one item on his record, which was six months deferred adjudication for possession of hydrocodone, according to The Dallas Morning News. The charge, a misdemeanor, was dismissed when he finished his probation.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Taylor Christian. Me and S. Baldwin will continue to follow the developments in this controversy.
DeRay McKesson said that he doesn't want to show up to these events. But as long as this stuff continues, he has a purpose. And I strongly believe that he is making an impact on the social media. Matter of fact, he and Bree Newsome are becoming civil rights icons.
Today marks one year since the Michael Brown death.
Reuniting with Terrence Howard and Taraji P Henson, Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges will appear on the Fox hit series Empire.
The Disturbing Tha Peace entertainer is about to part ways with his longtime label Def Jam after they failed in promoting Ludaversal. In the meantime, Luda's got to pay for them bills. He's a married man. A father of two with one on the way. Got to make the money somewhere!
Ludacris will return to acting to at least build his career. He's closing in on the 4-O and he's got to stay relevant once he puts the down the mic.
Right now, he'll be a guest star on the Lee Daniels hip-hop drama.
Luda guest stars on Empire.
Howard plays ruthless business mogul Lucious Lyon. He's dealing with his three sons who struggle for a piece of Empire Records and ex-wife Cookie (played Henson) who wants the stakes in her favor.
Howard finished the now canceled Fox series Wayward Pines.
Ludaris, Terrence Howard and Taraji Henson were featured in Hustle & Flow, a critically acclaim movie that featured the Oscar award winning song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp".
There's a huge feud between conservatives. They are fighting with one another over how to handle the Trump effect. Matter of fact some are aiming at a conservative agitator who the network bosses claim is a straight shooter. This has sparked a backlash at not only the controversial media and business mogul but the network that runs stories about how old Hillary Clinton is.
Donald Trump is the front runner in the Republican clown car. He is by far leading strongly. I don't know what the latest polls post Megyn The Outrage Princess debate, but I am assuring that his supporters aren't going to bow out.
The conservatives really fear that Trump will likely go independent and become a spoiler.
Republicans are debating over how far is too far.
I know that network that said extremely sexist things about Hillary Clinton is none too happy over the way Trump roasted Megyn The Outrage Princess. When she questioned temperament by pointing out his responses towards women, Trump fired back saying that he's not concerned about political correctness and with all due respect that was pretty nasty of her to waste time on these things instead of focusing on issues.
He would fire back on Twitter and appear on CNN with this little gem. He said that Megyn would have blood coming out her eyes and her whatever. She and that network set him up. He wasn't take that lightly.
Well over at RedState, its founder Erick Erickson had enough. He had Trump as a major guest for his forum in Atlanta. But after the Megyn remarks, he banned Trump from the event.
Cue the conservative outrage.
Megyn The Outrage Princess and RedState founder Erick Erickson. He is a paid contributor to the network that claims that Barack Obama's Six Party Iranian deal is like Neville Chamberlain's Munich Accord
Many conservatives believe that the disinvite is a huge mistake. They believe that it's petty given that conservatives have long complained about how it's the junk food media's fault for making candidates suffer. Erickson is no stranger to saying controversial things about women, Blacks, and Muslims, stood firm in his decision.
Many have said that Erickson is no different than Trump. Some are calling him a "sell out" for banning him. Also what got conservative outrage is the fact he would invite Megyn to his event.
The whole debate was a train wreck. Clearly that didn't dent the Trump effect.
It probably made him more stronger than I've expected. I fear that the Republicans got a mess on them. They want to stop him and isolate him when he decides to run as an independent.
Conservatives are pissed that they allow political consultants, agitators and bloggers who are too close to the establishment picking their candidates.
Republicans who will appear at the event includes the notables: Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio.
As far as it goes, until the delegates are dispatched, Trump is in it.
Conservatives hate political correctness. Why would Erick Erickson make a move knowing that it would spark backlash?
Matter of fact, when he took a shot at Rosie O'Donnell, the audience applauded. Now all of sudden, the conservative Erickson wants to to ban Trump for clapping at an agitator who is known for saying sexist things herself.
The Trump campaign said that RedState's bold move shows how the Republican Party is weak and political correctness is causing a tear in the party.
The end of the road for Jon Stewart. The Daily Show finished second to the Republican debate.
Thanks to Jon Stewart for 16 great years hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
He ends his bid as the host of the political satire show. I mean the left is so disappointed he didn't want to stay through the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections. Especially with Donald Trump running.
Trevor Noah will take the helm in late September. He will bring his A game to an already skeptical audience.
But as with the Stephen Colbert departure, it's going to be hard to accept but we'll move forward.
John Oliver went to host Last Week Tonight on HBO. He made an appearance.
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, Jessica Williams, Jason Jones, Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Che, Mo Rocca and Craig Kilborn made appearances on the show.
The best of the show was the appearance of Stephen Colbert. Colbert ended the Colbert Report this year to join CBS as the host of The Late Show. He got a big spot to fill now that David Letterman retired. Same standard. Colbert will bring his A game to an audience used to see Dave run the show.
His departure came around the Republican debate. Stewart would have found a whole lot of zen in this debate. Especially with the hosts of that network he called Bullshit Mountain.
Chief Roger said in a parting shot that Jon's efforts didn't stop his network. Matter of fact, Roger said that his impact helped bring more to the network.
Don't worry too much, I am guessing that Jon will turn up somewhere. Don't think retirement is the end of a career.
