The premiere of LaLa’s Full Court Wedding aired last night on VH1, and it seems like a cute show. We see Alani “LaLa” Vasquez prepare for the wedding to Denver Nugget Carmelo Anthony and in the meantime she gets advice from her celebrity friends (Tyrese? O_o).

They’ve been together for a very long time, and their engagement lasted a whopping six years. Six years? It made me think, could I be engaged that long?

I’m very quick to say no. I doubt they got engaged in 2004, and Carmelo said, “How bout a 2010 wedding?” I’m sure there were circumstances which prevented them from getting married sooner (such as the birth of their child Kiyan). But honestly, six years?

I had a Twitter discussion last nite, and some folks believe that there is no reason to rush into marriage. Why get married so soon? The divorce rate is too high to be engaged all willy nilly. Ok, I get it, but does that mean that we should date for God knows how long only to be engage until eternity? I don’t think so.

It seems like nowadays, people are quicker to have childen way before they get married, if they get married. I’m sorry, but I don’t want Junior to be my ring bearer at my wedding. We seem more willing to be a baby mother over being a wife, and, for me, that’s not the move.

I honestly believe that when a man (or woman) wants to propose, they should be ready. Don’t propose just so the other person could be happy and then string them around for years and years with an engagement ring to sport around while it loses its shine. That’s just not fair.

I know there’s no such thing as the perfect engagement and every situation is different, but how long should one wait in between the engagement and wedding?

Everyone know Rev Run’s son Daniel “Diggy” Simmons, right? You know, the cute inspiring teen rapper that follows the beat to his own drum. Well, Diggy put out a freestyle to the beat “Made you look” by Nas. I must say that I am pretty impressed by his rhymes. Maybe he’ll be the next Lil’ Bow Wow of his generation.

Diggy is definitely growing up in front our eyes. We watched him on MTV’s Run House, stuck between a little boy and a preteen. Now the braces are off, the voice is a little lower, and a little man with swag is formed. I wonder what’s next for Diggy Simmons.

Listen to his freestyle.

It was just a couple of months ago that people were up in arms over Miss Willow Smith dressing too grown for her age. Now that he latest single, “Whip My Hair,” was just released, the same adults are sure bumpin’ her song. (And for good reason too: It’s hot!)

Now the nine-year-old has been scooped up by Roc Nation already. She’s already gotten comparisons to Rihanna, Jay-Z’s first muse. I think she has a long career ahead of her, especially with her parents Will and Jada Pinkett Smith by her side, she will be amazing.

If you haven’t heard her song already, listen:

Here’s a couple of female black child singers who made it BIG. There hasn’t been too many in the past decade, but they’re out there! And hopefully it will change since that market is definitely void…

Raven-Symone

We all know she was cute little Olivia from The Cosby Show, but remember her song “That’s What Little Girls are Made Of” back in ’93? Her singing career really started with this. She went on to star in movies (the Doolittle films) as well as her own show on Disney That’s So Raven where she played a psychic teenager living in San Francisco. She also branched out with her own clothing line for Wal-Mart.

Keke Palmer

In order to make it, honestly you have to sing and act. The formula hasn’t changed at all. She got her first leading rold in Akeelah and the Bee, and now Miss Palmer also has her own show on Nickelodeon called True Jackson, VP. She released her first album in 2007, So Uncool

From Coco & Creme — When fashion industry leaders gathered at the New York Public Library in the fall of 2007 questioning the absence of Black models on the runways and in fashion editorials, a global dialogue was sparked, implicating the fashion industry for its less than diverse practices.

This conversation largely influenced Vogue Italia’s “All Black Issue.” The legendary Bethann Hardison who consulted on the issue was the most paramount voice in getting the discussion off the ground. Not long after, high-end designers began embracing Black models for their promotional campaigns and Fashion Week shows. But these days it seems that the once jolting blaze is calming. And much like the appearance of heels with socks on runways, Black models are seemingly just another fleeting fad.

But Black models are necessary. Just like the critical need for Latina and Asian models, consumers need to see diversity in the representation of clothing and styles marketed to them season after season. And for those of you who don’t think race matters when it comes to fashion, here are five reasons why is does.

1. Black Models Change the Game.
From Adrienne Fidelin and Naomi Simms to Tyson, Black models change the game. Black models’ discernible, like-no-other features, curvaeous bodies and coco skin are influential and revolutionary. There will never be another Naomi Campbell walk or a “smize” like Tyra’s.

2. Women Who Look Like Us.
The beauty and glam of Black models encourages positive self-esteem and versatile images of Black women in the public space. This has an amazing affect on Black youth and their self-concept. How many of you weren’t influenced by Tyra’s role in “Higher Learning?”

Read the rest at Coco & Creme !

The ride-or-die chick: she holds it down for her man when he needs her to; she might even (stupidly) take a charge for him.

So when T.I. and Tiny got busted for drug possession last week, everyone’s (or more specifically, the Twitterverse’s) natural reaction was for Tiny to continue being ride-or-die and say the drugs were hers.

Clifford “T.I.” Harris was sentenced to jail in June 2009 and released in May for attempting to buy firearms from a federal agent.

Black Voices wrote a post, “T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-Or-Die Chick Overrated?,” and they made a good point.

Tiny has been the ride-or-die chick already. “When he [T.I.] became a megastar and she had to deal with ‘groupie’ rumor’s, she rode it out. Bearing child after child and still being known as the ‘longtime girlfriend,’ indeed she rode that out too. It was Tiny who was in the car when T.I. got caught with possessing guns and it was Tiny who did the bid when her man was locked up.”

Let’s say T.I. didn’t beat this drug charge as most celebs usually do (unless you’re DMX who has his own cell reserved in 15 states prisons), and Tiny was allowed or able to take the charge for him, would T.I. be ride-or-die?

Who will take care of their, as Tasha Mack from The Game would say, Mardi Gras puppet headed babies? Tiny is with them all the time, as she is a stay at home mom. She gave up her singing career to raise her children around the clock. Would T.I. be a househusband and give those children the attention they’re used to? I’m not saying that he couldn’t get childcare or nannies or whatever, but really what would he do?

Tiny is family oriented and we saw that on her BET reality show Tiny & Toya. Her father has Alzheimer’s and we see her go to her parent’s home and sit with her father and even set up an Alzheimer’s benefit. Now that T.I. and Tiny are married, her problems and concerns are officially his. Is he going to take care or sit with his father-in-law too?

And what will become of her nail salon and OMG Girlz???

Well, I won’t go that far, but, seriously, how can people completely disregard one’s life for another? Is Tiny’s well being not equally important as T.I.’s?

T.I. should have been on his P’s and Q’s when he got out of jail. He’s an adult and we need to expect that he will take full responsibility for his actions.

When it comes down to it, ride or die? I say, bye.