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Miss J. Alexander formerly of America's Next Top Model
I woke up the other morning and the headlines read, "FIRED!!! Tyra Banks fires J. Manuel, Nigel Barker, and J. Alexander!" I, of course, immediately rushed to call my best friend of over 20 years and asked, "Jay, oh my God -- is it true?" This question was followed by a dramatic and pregnant pause -- and then we both began laughing hysterically...
Don't ask me why, but for as long as I can remember, we have always been able to laugh, joke, cry and eventually walk off the absolute worst problems or situations. And over the years, there have been many -- situations. One of the reasons I believe our friendship has lasted so long is the fact that our birthdays are a day apart and somehow this allows us to understand each other completely.
Alexander Jenkins, known to the world as Miss J., was born on April 12, 1958 and I on April 13, 19-not-on-your-life-will-I-ever-tell, under the astrological sign of Aries. I know some people don't put much stock into the hole astrology thing, but I am a firm believer it has been our Aries spirit, drive, passion and fire that has carried us both through the worst and best of times. So while the blogs and Internet were buzzing with the news of my dearest friends "firing",
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Best New Artists of the Month (May)
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Best New Artists is back, and this month we've got a mixed bag of rising artists who have little in common other than great music. We love months like this—months when we could put all of our new favorites on a playlist and it would make no sense. And you know what? We will put them on a playlist anyway, and if you end up being a fan of Xanman, Grace Ives, Kota The Friend, Baby Rose, and Christian Alexander, then here's that playlist.
$NOT already has tens of millions of streams, co-signs from Chief Keef and Billie Eilish, and a song placement in Drake and Future the Prince's upcoming show Euphoria. He's well on his way to being one of the next independent rappers to make a mainstream splash, but you wouldn't know it by talking to him. "I can be quiet—if you talk to me then yeah, I’ll talk—but sometimes I don’t have anything to say," he told us earlier this month. "I didn’t know it all was going to happen to this extent, and it hasn’t really set in yet."
Unlike many of his Florida peers, $NOT keeps a low profile on and off record. On songs like "GOSHA" and "Excuse Me," he keeps that same energy, barely stretching his delivery beyond an inside