Saturday, August 3, 2024

PrettiBoiRoq

PHOTOS BY NICHOLAS EASTMAN 

Gay Rapper PrettiBoiRoq is revving up engines once again with the release of his steamy new summer jam, “In My Ride.”  The song, with its sweet, catchy hook and its top-down, riding-‘round-the-beach pop vibe, is about a young and innocent California meet-cute.  It was inspired by PrettiBoi’s own short-lived but high-octane romance.  “I had just ended a long-term relationship and was discouraged with the dating scene when I met my ‘In My Ride’ guy,” he recalls. “He showed me I could connect with someone and that I had the ability to love again.”  

After the success of his single, “Bad Bitch Alert”, PrettiBoiRoq says he aimed to show a different side of his music and aesthetic with “In My Ride”. “I wanted to show my versatility as an artist and do more than talk about shaking ass and being bad,” he says from his Los Angeles home.   “In gay hip hop, I don’t feel like we have enough representation of love. We have plenty of tracks about sex and casual hook-ups, but not much about real romance, even though most of us live both pretty equally.” 

 

Sonically, "In My Ride" is very different from anything the artist has released before. It is reminiscent of something out of Katy Perry's Teenage Dream era.   “I wanted a very pop oriented sound,” PrettiBoiRoq explains. “Something that really personified summer love, and the feelings I was experiencing at the time.”

 

Nicholas Eastman directs the music video.  It depicts a young couple on their first date. We watch as they start at the beach, enjoying a typical Southern California day. The guys then walk along the Santa Monica Pier and that’s where things between them start to heat up. “They end the night in a hotel, as all great first dates do,” PrettiBoiRoq laughs. “in all seriousness, it was important that the scene not be sexually gratuitous.  It’s simply about the connection between two people.  There’s no real emphasis on the actual bedroom action, just hints and glimpses.”

 

Diego Escobar stars as the love interest in the video.  “We met while on set filming a music video for a friend of mine,” says PrettiBoi.  “Diego was playing the love interest in that video, too, and I could tell he was more than a pretty face. He was an actor and his ability to create chemistry on camera was amazing.”

 

It helped that Diego Escobar was professional because the day of the shoot was an unusually cold one for Southern California.  “Diego and I had blankets on set and we were constantly under them in between takes. Riding around in that jeep with no roof was particularly bone chilling!”

 

PrettiBoiRoq grew up in a tiny town in North Carolina.  After his mother succumbed to drug addiction, his parents divorced and he was raised by his religious dad and step mother.    He was picked on for the clothes that he wore and for being gay.  “I moved out of the house as soon as I turned 18 because I was desperate to leave my hometown behind.”  

 

He moved to Los Angeles where he started working in films.  “My LA dreams weren’t on modeling or acting, it was always on the music,” PrettiBoiRoq explains.   “I got hooked on hip hop, the lyricism, the lifestyle from 2Pac and Dr. Dre’s “California Love.” I think hip hop resonates with people who face adversity and with everything I had struggled through with my mom and weight and living in poverty, the aggressive nature of the music allowed me to express myself.” 

 

He released his first single, “PrettiBoi Anthym” in December 2015.  His first EP  PrettiBoiRoq, a pop hop record,  was released in June 2016, along with his second single, “New  Sh!t.” “You Don’t Own Me,” with its music video featuring porn star Arad Winwin, was released in April 2017.  

 

In his second album, Haus of Ken, PrettiBoiRoq honed in on his hip hop roots.  The single “‘Wanna Be Me,’ had a slightly darker, Trap sound to it along with a traditional hip-hop beat.  

 

He followed the album with “Bad Bitch Alert”, a duet with rapper Chanel Jole.  It is PrettiBoiRoq’s most successful single to date, with over 85,000 views on Youtube and counting.

 

Over the past couple years, PrettiBoiRoq has matured a lot. “I think working with so many amazing artists and building such a great fan base has really forced me to step out of my comfort zone and continue to get better at what I do,” he says.  

 

“The biggest thing people are going to realize with this upcoming project is how much thought and passion went into it. During my Haus of Ken era, I was making music I thought everyone else wanted to hear. I don't think I was truly comfortable with who I was as a person or an artist. With this project, I’m making music for me, that tells my story and who I am today and I’m hoping everyone else will like it. As you get older, you get wiser, or so they say.”

 

Visit:  https://www.prettiboiroq.com

 

Follow PrettiBoiRoq on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @ prettiboiroq

 

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Friday, August 2, 2024

Freaky Friday!

Brooke Candy


OK, it was a week and now it's coming to an end. I thought we should head into the weekend with something of an offbeat nature.

"Yes" it's Brooke Candy with a giant fish. I have no explanation for this, and will not offer my response so you will have yours alone as a reaction to it.

I saw Brooke perform once at a to do Donwtown LA, she was awesome! Loud, ballsy, in your face, putting on a raunchy music show just like one of the guys. Kudos!

Do something "freaky" on this Friday August 2nd 2024 and Google her, do it and do it now!

Head into the weekend with a loud bang and end it in a blaze of glory!!!

Brooke on IG -

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Michael's Musings

It's A Brat Summer!
Michael Shinafetl

That's correct Minions I'm having a Brat Summer, because while reading up on the trend I saw the the six things one needs to do to have a truly Brat Summer.

One of the key things? "Have fun in spite of it all." Based on this one I am a MAJOR Brat! The more you know...

FYI Fear is stupid and so are regrets. Not to mention house cleaning.

Why did the chicken cross the road? So he wouldn't have to debate Kamala!

Me seeing someone's baby for the first time: "They have their Father's eyes." If you know, you know

Don't bother me I'm joy riding on an astral plane

When shopping for wines look in the Exciting Whites section. That's all you need to know

BTW I don't have a bucket list, But my f#ck it list is a mile long, you?

Nothing is hotter than the view of a young in shape Marlon Brando shirtless. Fight me!!!

I don't know about you, but this weekend I wanna rock a little!


Woman Crush of the Week - Madonna who is celebrating the release of Cherish 35 years ago today! All hail the Queen!

It's always out of code, time to break out the MAMU 

There's a very unhinged amount of GIFs and stickers

When somone leaves me a voice mail I feel stalked

If you thought the debate was bad you really won't like the swimsuit competition

Time for me to marry the day

Attend the cermony here -


Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Hump Day & Chill

Another Wednesday, another Hump Day & Chill. We made it to the middle and honestly I'm in a take no prisoners mood.

Thus I'm not in the mood to tolerate ridiculous drama. That's correct you heard me ridiculous drama.

That seems to be the plague of the masses these days and I want no part of it.

Basically this hat sums it all up for me in the most delightful way.

Yep, I'm not here on this planet for that shit...

Take No Prisoners in the Dictionary -

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/take-no-prisoners  

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Paint It Black

Blackened
Jennifer Anniston

One of my favorite songs ever is Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones. Small wonder since my favorite color is, well, black. Coincidence I think not!

So here we have Jannifer Aniston getting painted black literally on the set of The Morning Show. From the info I've obtained she got the make over shooting a protest scene. Protesting what? I do not know...there's a lot to protest these days.

Love that her inital shirt color was white, makes it more dramatic. 

And that's just what we need presently, more drama...

NOT!!!

Jennifer on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/jenniferaniston/?hl=en   

Monday, July 29, 2024

Life Is A Mystery

David Lynch & Laura Dern

 "In a darkness, And the mysteries, Of love, Come clear" - Mysteries Of Love, Julee Cruise

Laura Dern dropped out of college because UCLA would not allow her to take a leave of absence to film "Blue Velvet." She gave David Lynch's script to the head of the film department in order to convince him, but he fired back at her: “First of all, if you make this choice, you are no longer welcome at UCLA. You’ll be out. But secondly, having read this script, that you would give up your college education for this is insane.” Dern says that "today, if you want to get a masters in film at that school, when you write a thesis there are three movies you are required to study. And you know what one of them is? Pisses me off."

Blue Velvet on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(film)

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Things That Make You Go Hmmmmm


 This would make them more reusable as glasses to imbibe booze from, among other liquids...

Skulls Of My Enemies on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skull_symbolism