China’s no.1 R&B star Ayi Jihu speaks about the X-Factor TV show

A couple of years ago I would not have had the knowledge, experience or even the guts to really speak about something like X Factor other than to say what most others where saying. Now my experiences with Shlepp Records and having been in this business for a little while I feel confident enough not only to speak about X Factor, but to speak with some wisdom about it.

The most damaging thing about X Factor is it’s not real. It’s the wrestling of the music game and it seems just like wrestling it has millions of fans and followers who don’t seem to care whether it’s real or not. I guess before I was one of them, I now however do not like the idea of a rigged game. When I say rigged I mean in the sense that the house always wins and by the house I mean Simon Cowell. My real gripe with the X Factor though is that although it can be quite watchable (for all the wrong reasons), entertaining and indeed even educational, it is unfortunately in so many ways unreal and unfair.

Firstly I have done over 350 shows in front of almost 2 million people and even with that experience I feel I am still just a baby in this game and have so much to learn to truly find myself and perfect my craft. Secondly I think I would be a complete wreck if my record company asked me to sing like Frank Sinatra, Beyonce or James brown, Why because it just aint me! Thirdly, I have been fortunate enough to be mentored by Stevie Eagle E and I was not thrust upon him like a bad Christmas gift. He was looking for someone like me and chose me, he understands what I am trying to achieve and our goals and ambitions together with our ideas more than often run in sync. God help me if was mentored by any of the X Factor panel!

Before I started to work with Shlepp Records I watched the X Factor like most others, now I watch it from the perspective of an artist, someone who knows the game and I watch it through very different eyes. I can see how Danny and Sheryl mentor many of their artist wrong, thrusting their desires and views on artists who have no choice but to follow bad advice. I see how Louis walsh views and perspective is that of someone who does not understand music very much, but understands media and how to make money. I also see how Simon although frank and many times sincere will never really be the man to find an artist to change anything, only more of the same, because he is also afraid to take risks and no matter how much he says he is taking risk he is just fooling himself and everyone else. It’s like a Casino saying it takes a risk….Yeah right. However the whole premise of gambling in the Casino is to fool the punter into thinking that the Casino can lose, Simon in many ways does the same.

When I first met Stevie Eagle E, the first time we actually had a meeting and he spoke to me about my career I did not quite understand. I did not feel I did any thing special on the video that he was talking about. I was one of many other oriental girls on this video shoot and I thought they were all good. But he said to me that I had the X Factor, that something that you cant quite put your finger on but is there and makes it hard for people to take their eyes off you. To be honest it has taken me a long time to understand what he was talking about. At the time I was so happy just to be able to realize my dreams and ambitions I just shook my head and said yes to everything he said. Now though I get it. Stevie was not looking for just another great dancer, or singer, he was looking for some with the X Factor too, and you can have that without being a singer or dancer or even in entertainment at all. Some people just have this thing about them that draws people to them, or makes them compelling and unique. Because we cannot truly always put our finger on what it is we call it the X Factor. As Stevie puts it, it’s the one thing the big boys cannot control or manufacture, they can find the best dancers, singers etc, but they cannot always find the ones with X Factor because in truth they do not know what it is. For example Susan Boyle. She has the X Factor and lets face it, how many record companies would have discovered her?

What Stevie was trying to tell me back then was that he saw something in me that separated me from the crowd. Until I understood that for myself and stopped looking for it in other things I could not really progress as an artist because I thought all the keys to success were in external things. In many ways we as people believe money will make us happy and so we spend our lives chasing it. We blame everything that goes wrong or that is not right on the fact that we do not have enough money and if we did things would be great, even though all the facts show us differently we persist in this way of thinking. So instead of working on ourselves and looking within for happiness we are always looking outward to things like money, friends, partners and things to make us happy.   The same can be said of me I did not look within to understand the X factor I looked outward and so for a long time I could not understand it.

And so in a very round a bout way it brings me to the main reason why X Factor does not work for me. Now that I understand what X Factor is I realize that the program has never discovered anyone with the X Factor to date. In fact the whole premise of the show is not find someone with the X Factor but to find someone who can fit into what is already there and if you do have the X Factor the show is more likely to get rid off it than to discover it. None of the judges are looking for the X Factor they are looking for an act that will win the show or appeal to the British buying public. Therefore to me the whole show is one great big lie. Entertaining yes, dramatic yes, but a lie.

Ayi Jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

Can’t believe it’s Christmas again! New Year is just round the corner! Last year I spent my Christmas and New Year in Macau, I didn’t even need a jacket, there was no snow, no Christmas tree, but with a new adventure to begin!
This year although I do need a jacket because it’s absolutely freezing but I get to spend my Christmas and New Year with family with lots of food and drinks watching the snow and opening presents! Nothing beats spending quality time with your family at home!

I call it home, as I have been living here for over 10 years, my family is here, my life is here, at the beginning I’ve always felt like the inbetweener, as time goes by, after being around many local people, understanding they way they are and they way they think I felt more at home as my mind has opened up and became the person I am today. Even though I am still somewhat of an inbetweener, I don’t question who I am, and why I’m the way I am, I’ve learnt to accept that’s just the way my life is, and now see it as an advantage of understanding both the Chinese and the British culture!

Just driving mum to supermarket today, coming to the end of my road, about to turn left, driving very slowly as it’s very icy, this car suddenly appeared in front of me, she was turning right onto my road, but she didn’t stop or look, and she turned onto my side of the road! Ok I am Chinese, but I did pass my driving test in England and I know you supposed to drive on the left side of the road, not like China on the right hand side! She braked so hard, I could hear the tyre rolling on the icy road, luckily she didn’t hit the front of my car! I looked at her, thought she might just give me a heads up and drive on, instead she told me to watch out!! What a cheek I thought, my temper just boiled up to the surface, I told her she was the one supposed to open her eyes, if she hit me, the police could easily see who was in the wrong, even the people in her car told her to drive on, she then gave the cheekiest comment telling me to go back to my country! Then I said to her, well you are in your country yet you don’t know which side of the road you are supposed to be driving on! This reminded me not long ago, someone walked pass me and I heard him saying you are hot but you are Chinese!

So what if I’m Chinese? Would you rather get with a hot Chinese or an ugly non-Chinese? I wondered if I were ‘one of them’ driving, would she still do the things she did or would she just leave it and drive on? Is it because I’m Chinese so she thinks I can’t stand up for myself in front of her? So she chose to attack me and think I’d swallow her nonsense?

I’ve been very lucky not to have had many racist comments thrown at me or being treated very differently, well, on the surface of it all everything seems to be ok that we get treated pretty equally, but it’s the little things, the little comments from people in this society that shows what people really think and proves at any given time, when things go wrong they will switch on you and use the fact that you are not originally from here to slam you down because they think you are not even on the same level as them, even with the ones who are born and brought up here but just not English! that doesn’t sound fair to me or so called treating each other equally, but it happens all the time.

Wherever I am, whoever I’m with I’ll always be proud of the fact that I am Chinese and extremely grateful that my life turned out the way it has, so I keep learning from different people and move on for the better, it’s those ignorant ones who will stay at the same place.

Ayi jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

Chinese star Ayi Jihu speaks to Stars only about learning to deal with people in the entertainment industry.

As Chinese star Ayi Jihu stands on the brink of breaking into the USA and potential fame and fortune she speaks frankly with stars only about how her journey in the entertainment industry has opened her eyes to the true nature of people, good and bad. Speaking from a rehearsal studio in Cambridge UK Ayi Jihu told us how she has learned to look at people with what she calls ‘better eyes’ these days.

It’s so crazy how people can be. I used to take everyone at face value, but I no longer have the luxury of doing that any more. I have learned so much about people since I started this and most of it has not been good. Even people you think you know very well can switch on you! What I also do not understand about people in this business is that they are so ready to avoid or circumvent the proper business way of doing things. I find I get many people approaching me to do certain things which is great. But certain things people in this business know they should contact either the record company or management and they don’t. I’m not quite sure why people do this. I can understand that some people do not know or understand the correct order of things but people in the business do and when they contact me asking this or that I sometimes wonder if its some kind of test.

There are codes of practice in every business as there is in life and I have found out myself sometimes the hard way that if you break them things do not tend to go well, if not in the short term, in the long term for sure.

I’m lucky that I have some great friends. Friends who I have known and had long before I was doing this. Some of the things that have happened with people since I started this I can’t even mention, but lets just say, I’m a lot smarter and not as naive as I was several years ago.

A couple of years ago I would not have had the knowledge, experience or even the guts to really speak about something like X Factor other than to say what most others where saying. Now my experiences with Shlepp Records and having been in this business for a little while I feel confident enough not only to speak about X Factor, but to speak with some wisdom about it.

The most damaging thing about X Factor is it’s not real. It’s the wrestling of the music game and it seems just like wrestling it has millions of fans and followers who don’t seem to care whether it’s real or not. I guess before I was one of them, I now however do not like the idea of a rigged game. When I say rigged I mean in the sense that the house always wins and by the house I mean Simon Cowell. My real gripe with the X Factor though is that although it can be quite watchable (for all the wrong reasons), entertaining and indeed even educational, it is unfortunately in so many ways unreal and unfair.

Firstly I have done over 350 shows in front of almost 2 million people and even with that experience I feel I am still just a baby in this game and have so much to learn to truly find myself and perfect my craft. Secondly I think I would be a complete wreck if my record company asked me to sing like Frank Sinatra, Beyonce or James brown, Why because it just aint me! Thirdly, I have been fortunate enough to be mentored by Stevie Eagle E and I was not thrust upon him like a bad Christmas gift. He was looking for someone like me and chose me, he understands what I am trying to achieve and our goals and ambitions together with our ideas more than often run in sync. God help me if was mentored by any of the X Factor panel!

Before I started to work with Shlepp Records I watched the X Factor like most others, now I watch it from the perspective of an artist, someone who knows the game and I watch it through very different eyes. I can see how Danny and Sheryl mentor many of their artist wrong, thrusting their desires and views on artists who have no choice but to follow bad advice. I see how Louis walsh views and perspective is that of someone who does not understand music very much, but understands media and how to make money. I also see how Simon although frank and many times sincere will never really be the man to find an artist to change anything, only more of the same, because he is also afraid to take risks and no matter how much he says he is taking risk he is just fooling himself and everyone else. It’s like a Casino saying it takes a risk….Yeah right. However the whole premise of gambling in the Casino is to fool the punter into thinking that the Casino can lose, Simon in many ways does the same.

When I first met Stevie Eagle E, the first time we actually had a meeting and he spoke to me about my career I did not quite understand. I did not feel I did any thing special on the video that he was talking about. I was one of many other oriental girls on this video shoot and I thought they were all good. But he said to me that I had the X Factor, that something that you cant quite put your finger on but is there and makes it hard for people to take their eyes off you. To be honest it has taken me a long time to understand what he was talking about. At the time I was so happy just to be able to realize my dreams and ambitions I just shook my head and said yes to everything he said. Now though I get it. Stevie was not looking for just another great dancer, or singer, he was looking for some with the X Factor too, and you can have that without being a singer or dancer or even in entertainment at all. Some people just have this thing about them that draws people to them, or makes them compelling and unique. Because we cannot truly always put our finger on what it is we call it the X Factor. As Stevie puts it, it’s the one thing the big boys cannot control or manufacture, they can find the best dancers, singers etc, but they cannot always find the ones with X Factor because in truth they do not know what it is. For example Susan Boyle. She has the X Factor and lets face it, how many record companies would have discovered her?

What Stevie was trying to tell me back then was that he saw something in me that separated me from the crowd. Until I understood that for myself and stopped looking for it in other things I could not really progress as an artist because I thought all the keys to success were in external things. In many ways we as people believe money will make us happy and so we spend our lives chasing it. We blame everything that goes wrong or that is not right on the fact that we do not have enough money and if we did things would be great, even though all the facts show us differently we persist in this way of thinking. So instead of working on ourselves and looking within for happiness we are always looking outward to things like money, friends, partners and things to make us happy. The same can be said of me I did not look within to understand the X factor I looked outward and so for a long time I could not understand it.

And so in a very round a bout way it brings me to the main reason why X Factor does not work for me. Now that I understand what X Factor is I realize that the program has never discovered anyone with the X Factor to date. In fact the whole premise of the show is not find someone with the X Factor but to find someone who can fit into what is already there and if you do have the X Factor the show is more likely to get rid off it than to discover it. None of the judges are looking for the X Factor they are looking for an act that will win the show or appeal to the British buying public. Therefore to me the whole show is one great big lie. Entertaining yes, dramatic yes, but a lie.

Ayi Jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

Ayi Jihu – not afraid of being sexy
China’s top international R&B and Hip Hop star Ayi Jihu has come out strongly to defend herself against those that have said she is more of a sex symbol than a singer.

Speaking from her Cambridge home the Chinese star laughed at suggestions that her singing takes second place to her looks as a celebrity. She said. ‘When I hear comments like that I just laugh really because it shows a lack of knowledge and wisdom from the people saying such things. Most of all it shows a lack of understanding for how this business works. I am in the business of show business, I am not in the business of solely sound.

Everyone is given a talent by God. They are given obvious talents and talents they must discover and nurture to bring to the fore. These talents are just the keys to the doors of opportunity life will put in front of you. My obvious talents to some are my looks and sex appeal, and just because I have them, no fault of my own mind you, I do not see why I should not use these keys to open the doors of opportunity life presents me with. Many people forget I was not discovered singing in a club or on a street corner. I was discovered dancing in a video.

I have always wanted to be a singer a performer. You only have to go back to my childhood days at school and everyone who knows me including my teachers will tell you that. They will tell you, that is what Ayi Jihu was meant to be, was born to be. It was my talent not my so much my looks that people focused on when I was younger. I realized in my teens that I had this sex appeal and it mostly came out when I was dancing. Whatever ever dance I was doing and wherever I danced I attracted so much attention. I did not really understand it back then but now I am coming to grips with the fact that it is just a God given talent. I know that for a Chinese girl to move like me is quite rare and instead of thinking about it too much I just do it.

I used to be afraid of my sex appeal, of my beauty, I would only really express myself when I was out having a good time, but joining Shlepp Records and having this great opportunity to realize my dreams has made me understand how stupid I was. It’s like being ashamed of yourself because you are strong, or fast, or because you are smart. Having the right muscle structure may make you fast, but without the right training and dedication and practice you will not win the olympic games. Me being sexy and beautiful (and these are others words not mine) is one thing but it is not enough for me to achieve my goals in this industry and therefore I work extremely hard on my other talents including my singing.

From Marilyn Monroe to Madonna great entertainers and icons have all been criticized because of one thing or another, but they have worked hard and proved their critics wrong. I intend to do the same.

I would not be telling the truth if I said people comments do not effect me at all. Sometimes they do. It’s like trying to talk to a guy about something really important only to realize he is just staring at your breasts! That really used to get to me, but it does not so much anymore, because the more you speak sense and are capable of speaking sense the less his eyes are fixated on your breasts. I would never say certain thoughts in his mind will ever leave, after all, men are men, but I would say that he is left with more than just the impression of my breasts on his mind.

Being a woman is hard enough these days with all the pressures society puts on us and we put on ourselves. Being a woman in the spotlight is even harder. It takes a lot of self discipline not to kill ourselves with self doubt. We all want what we don’t have and it is easy to appreciate what we do have. I am learning to be happy with what God gave me. To appreciate them and use them to achieve my goals without feeling guilty or wishing I had this or that. So in a nutshell I do not care what people say, as long as my fans continue to support me, buy my music and stick with me for whatever reason I am grateful and happy.

As far as being sexy is concerned, I love it. There is nothing wrong with being sexy, like any gift it’s what you do with it that counts. I love the attention from men and women alike and I feel good and confident within myself about myself. So who cares what people say, we all do, but the key is not to care too much!

If people took the time to really listen to my album and lyrics they would understand a bit more about me. I am developing my own style. I am not trying to copy this or that singer, or be like anyone else. I am just trying to be me and as I progress I can see I am getting closer to that goal and getting better at expressing myself vocally all the time.

Ayi Jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

China’s no1 international R&B and Hip hop star Ayi Jihu has spoken exclusively to Stars Confidential about the recent developments in China concerning global warming. In an interview with Stars Confidential Ayi Jihu said: ‘I know to many people I’m just a pretty girl who dances and sings on stage and therefore maybe I should not speak out too much about things such as global warming. However this is one of those issues that is really close to my heart. I grew up in a beautiful place with wonderful mountains and lakes and country side. Some of the lakes around my village you could look in and see right to the bottom years ago. Now things are not so much the same. As I have seen China become more and more industrialized I have also seen the environment changing for the worse.

When I return home and talk to my friends about this, they do not seem too bothered. Most Chinese people are just happy that China is now getting all the things they have seen on TV and heard about for so many years, but that has not been available to them. They are excited about the development and want it to even go faster. They are not concerned about carbon emissions, global warming and that kind of thing. I can understand how they think, because I was just like them until I started to travel around the world and see more things.   I have seen many of the great things the West has to offer, but also many of the bad.

Hearing the news that China is going to cut its emissions for me is fantastic.   I know a lot of people are skeptical, but I really believe that the Chinese leaders want to make China one of the world’s greenest countries, even with the phenomenal rate of growth we are experiencing.  The great thing is that we can also learn from the mistakes of others.

This is one of those issues I intend to be very vocal about. I hope that as time goes by I can make the Chinese people more aware of this issue.

Ayi Jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

Check out Ayi Jihu’s Chinese website here

China’s first R&B international star talks about Chinese fashion

Chinese singer and Dancer and Sc100 most beautiful nominee Ayi Jihu says Chinese women are no longer out in the fashion wilderness. After years of not really having a fashion identity Ayi Jihu has seen Chinese women gain a stronger sense of fashion in the last few years.

Ayi Jihu explains, ‘Before Chinese women and men just bought designer labels for the name, for them that was enough. They never really considered if the items they were wearing suited them or even looked good. The important thing was just the label and being able to say you had Armani, or Christian Dior ect.’

We asked Ayi Jihu if she thought that celebrities like herself were part of the reason Chinese Women and men where gaining a stronger fashion sense.

I’m not sure  if  I have many people following me for fashion right now. I do my best to look good and set my own style, but my main focus right now is my music. I do feel that there are several Chinese female stars who are leading the way for others in my country. There are several differences between how Chinese women and western women dress and approach fashion.

‘Chinese women tend to prefer to look cute, or princess like or they follow the Japanese style which can also be a bit pop punky. They do not really go for sexy, urban or street, They do are just getting used to cutting edge fashion design like Ed Hardy or Apple Bottom. My style is more sexy and urban, but I love to dress elegant and princess like too. For that reason I believe my style is a little bit too much for them at this point, but I do believe I am beginning to turn a few heads one person at a time in China.’

Ayi Jihu has done fashion shoots with Hugo Boss, DKNY, Chloe, Galliano, Ditta, Bally, Bvlgari, PePe, Ferre, and many more and as she becomes more familiar to Western fans she is being seen more and more as a fashion leader.

'I'm still trying to find my own feet image and fashionwise, so I am not sure if I see myself as a fashion leader yet, but I do have a stronger sense of how I want to look and who I want to be and I know whatever that is I would like it to have elements of design, colour and style from my Chinese roots.

Ayi Jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

Chinese singer and personality and Stars Confidential most beautiful nominee Ayi Jihu has performed for almost 2 million people worldwide and has travelled the globe. So which hotels and resorts does she recommend as the best in her experience?

Ayi Jihu’s choices for top hotels and resorts are: Las Dunas (Spain), Wynn (Las Vegas), Hard Rock (Macau), Jin Jiang Hotel (Sichuan China)

Ayi jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

You can find out more about Ayi Jihu at www.Ayijihu.com

Having travelled the world and experienced some of the best things it has to offer Chinese star Ayi Jihu shares her thoughts on the top cars she has driven, owned or driven in. These are all cars she would love to own and may even own.

Ayi Jihu’s top cars are: lamborghini, Mecedes-Benz, Aston Martin, Mini cooper, Audi R8

Ayi Jihu says:

I’m a small girl so I bought a Mini which I love. It’s just the right size for me and it drives fantastic. It’s so cool and sexy and made for a girl like me. My ultimate car has to be the Lambo, A good friend took me for a drive in his once and I don’t think I have ever had a better time in any car. He let me drive it too which was amazing. The sound it makes and the way it makes you feel is unbelievable I’m hoping to get one of those in a year or so if I can afford the insurance.

The Aston Martin comes next. I have always loved these cars. Any girl who watches James Bond movies has to fall in love with these cars, they are so sexy, so refined so powerful and well designed, classic all the way. The truth is however that Stevie Eagle E my producer from Shlepp Records loves these cars and he goes on about them all the time. He made me fall in love with them a bit more and they made my top 5.

I have been fortunate enough to work with BMW, Audi and Volvo and although no BMW makes my top 5 as great as they are the Audio R8 definitely does. I was a guest and reporting at the grand opening of Audi in Macao and I got to sample all the cars including the magnificent R8. If I did not have my Mini cooper I would have one of these for sure. It’s the perfect size, drives like a dream and when you sit in it you feel as though nothing can hurt you. It feels so well made so solid. It’s a boys car, but it’s also a hot girls car like me and I love this car.

Call me a girl but I love cars where the doors open like wings, that is such a sexy thing to see. Yes it’s not very practical if you are just nipping down to the supermarket to pick up some noodles, but if you pull up outside a club in the mercedes AMG oh my god! When those doors open and you step out it seems everything else opens after that. I have turned up to a few of my shows in this car and trust me it works. The other thing about this super car is the raw power of it, you feel like you are sitting in a rocket ship when you mix the sound it makes with the acceleration. I was almost sick and had to ask my friend to slow it down a bit. What a thrill this car is.

I love my Bikes and custom cars too, but thats another story.

Ayi jihu’s debut Album Try Me is available on Itunes and Amazon now.

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Contact him immediately and always get back to me with all references, he will be able to give you all other of his contact details, he is presently in United Kingdom at the moment.

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Tracy McGrady‘s comeback is only part of a larger plan to increase  his minutes and prove his worth to a team willing to take a chance on his once-breathtaking ability to score and benefit from his $23 million expiring contract at the same time. The Rockets were 14-10 this season without Yao Ming and McGrady, and now the only question is how long they’ll have to keep up the charade until McGrady is in good enough condition to help another team.

“The plan is to increase his minutes because they’re gonna trade him,” said a person familiar with the Rockets’ plans. “I know they are. It doesn’t do them any good to have him playing eight minutes a game on that contract. They’ll find somebody, and there are plenty of teams that are interested, in spite of the contract.”

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Is a 12:30 tip too early for Hedo Turkoglu

The Houston Rockets — now that’s a team that Raps could take a page from. Beset by injuries seemingly every season, they always seem to find a way to string it together and field a pretty, pretty, pretty good team. This year, with T-Mac and Yao Ming sidelined, they’ve gotten off to a 13-9 start behind newcomer Trevor Ariza, point guard Aaron Brooks and a handful of unheralded big men. They’re in Toronto to face our boys this afternoon at the ACC – check in at Raptors Republic for all the coverage you could ever ask for.

Ariza, signed to replace Ron Artest over the summer, leads Houston in scoring (17.7) and has become one of the league’s top steal threats with big minutes. Brooks, who stepped in after the Rafer Alston dump at the deadline last season, is also looking like a competent starter in this league, while Luis Scola, Carl Landry and free-throw shooter extraordinaire Chuck Hayes have all helped carry Ming’s load. If McGrady ever gets healthy, the Rockets could sneak up on someone in the Western Conference, much like they did two years ago when they ran off 22 straight without their Chinese big man.

As for the Raps, Jose Calderon isn’t likely to dress after aggravating a hip injury in Friday’s loss to Atlanta, meaning Jarrett Jack will again be asked to carry a big load. Of course, there’s more to winning than that — Andrea Bargnani will have to rebound and defend, Hedo Turkoglu will have had to have gotten out of bed in time for the early tip and Chris Bosh will need to play big, which should be a given since he seems to against every team other than the Hawks.

This one gets underway at 12:30 — in fact, I’m heading down to watch it riiiiight…NOW!

Even” The Answer” can’t solve the equation.

Injuries + weak bench = losses to pitiful NBA teams.

For the second straight game, the Philadelphia 76ers lost to an opponent more injury-riddled than themselves. On Friday, the Sixers lost to a Houston Rockets team without Tracy McGrady or Yao Ming, 96-91.

And, for the second time in the second Allen Iverson era, the Sixers couldn’t maintain an early lead with poor second half play.

Philly came out guns blazing to take a 27-10 lead, ending the first quarter with 29-19 advantage.

Then, the team went south and entered the fourth quarter trailing 76-64.

The Sixers bench was pathetic, and was outscored by the Rockets, 46-6.

Andre Iguodala led all scorers with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Allen Iverson added 20 points for he Sixers, followed by Elton Brand’s 19 and Thaddeus Young’s 15.

The Sixers (5-18) get a chance to end their longest losing streak since 2006 when they host the Golden State Warriors (7-15) on Monday.

“Little Giant” is no longer the trademark nickname for NBA star Yao Ming. Now it belongs to Sun Zhe, a 19-year-old boy from Tianjin.

The 2.26-meter-tall Yao, the icon of Chinese basketball, has earned international fame since joining the NBA in 2002.

For Chinese fans, Sun could be Yao’s successor in future. “They call me ‘little Yao Ming’, but I think to become someone like Yao is still something away in the future,” said Sun, who stands 2.20m tall.

Sun played his first Chinese professional league game on January 2, 2008, scoring two points and grabbing five rebounds for the Guangdong club in 17 minutes.

“That was a mediocre opening,” he said. Sun became aware that fans started to compare him to Yao at that time. Then he was sent to train in the Big Man Camp in the United States and hand-picked by a Maine high school coach to play in the high school league for nine months.

“I improved a lot during that period of time. They played more fierce, competitive game, so when I was back, I became stronger and faster,” he said.

Sun was called up to the Chinese national team for the first time for the East Asian Games in Hong Kong. He had 13 points and nine rebounds so far.

It was not an impressive show and Sun knows it well. “I still needs much work to do, to improve my pace and strength,” he said.

bron: www.businessghana.com [9-12-2009]

This is the first posted alley oop, and the first posted WHOPPING of Yao Ming. Now I like Yao, but the bigger they are the harder they get WHOPPED on (See Shawn Bradley). But this was a good play from my favorite team:

Ayi Jihu working with local children

The groundbreaking album was developed by Shlepp Records producer and CEO Stevie Eagle E who has several children of his own. The album was created to bridge the gap between kids and adults without alienating or pratonising either. The result is the number one selling and critcally acclaimed Big songs for little ones (and grown ups too).

Speaking about the project Stars confidential most beauituful Ayi Jihu says ‘I don’t have any kids of my own, but when I was asked to take part in this project I jumped at the opportunity because it was Stevie Eagle E who was producing it. Whatever it was going to be, it was not going to be what was already out there. Now that I have seen the video and heard the album I feel blessed to have been a part of something that I feel will be around and set the benchmark for many years to come.’

The Album apparantly took several years to even get started due to in fighting amongst the executive producers with Stevie Eagle E on the nature of the songs and style of the music. Stevie Eagle E apparantly made it clear that the album would be produced his way or not at all. All that is now forgotten due to the fantastic success of the Album worldwide.

The Album is due to hit the shops in the USA soon perhaps even before Christmas. It is the ideal family christmas gift and will have the whole family dancing and singing together. The album is now available on itunes and Amazon to download.

You can listen to all of the songs on this amazing album on soundcloud here. Test it out on yourself and your children It will have you all dancing around the house with a fun factor of 9/10 every house should have this album. It features old favorites spiced up or completely re-worked like: Sleeping bunnies, Miss Polly had a dolly, Barny’s song and sing a Rainbow. The album also features some complety new childrens songs written by Stevie Eagle E himself. The album also boasts performances from Ayi Jihu, Sisters of Harmony, Stevie Eagle E and many more great voices including Action Amanda.

The single 12345 taken from the album has a wonderful promo video which you can watch below.