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#SoulTrainAwards (Behind-The-Scenes): Keyshia Cole’s Vocals Show Up + Has Been Actress + More

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8 years ago

November 8, 2017

This past Sunday, Soul Train Awards took place in Las Vegas, at the Orleans Arena. Guhl, I had the privilege to attend.

The red carpet was full of celebs such as Bobby Jones Gospel (can’t say Bobby Jones w/o saying Gospel), R&B group 112, The Braxton Family, Method Man, Nicci Gilbert, Le Andria Johnson, and many more were in attendance.

Most were friendly (minus an old has been actress who was on a reality show and no one liked her). I mean, if I hadn’t been booked in a billion years, I most definitely would’ve been the most humbled person there. But, that’s just me. How are you gonna be rude and you need publicity? Chile, if you don’t…

MC Lyte wasn’t here for the interviews but she did stop and pose for ya girl. Leela James was corresponding for African Pride and it was cute, I guess.

I really wanted to ask Le Andria about her alleged first husband that showed up on Khai and TT Madison‘s show. But, I didn’t and I settled for a pic and a drop. But, girl, it was on my damn mind. I settled for minding my business.

Keyshia Cole‘s vocals showed up. I don’t think she was lip syncing, chile. I mean, I was in shock. I remember when she would sing ‘Love’ and harassed us all with those vocals. But, she has come a very long way. Do you hear me? Gon’ K. Cole!

Tamar Braxton took that red wig off and settled for a black bob and I’m glad. She sang the hell out of her song, “Rather Go Blind.” It looked like she got a little emotional too.

Auntie Toni Braxton slayed. Guhl, her legs are like a stallion. The songstress is fine as hell. Baby, she definitely took her back with those hits.

Anthony Anderson showed his ass, chile. I mean, his jokes were funny, but I couldn’t tell if he was joking or if he was serious, lmaooo! Either way, he had us laughing.

Y’all know Badu did her thing as always. She really has a dope ass personality and I love her hosting the Soul Train Awards.

Welp, I’ll tell ya more about what happened later this week, but just know you need to watch the show November 27 @ 8/7PM. The show was good…Real good! BET got this right.

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Caitlin Cook’s Musical Bathroom Odyssey Hits the UK

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3 days ago

May 9, 2025

Joni Jones

What do cowboy dicks, milk pistols, and public toilet walls have in common? They all find a strange kind of poetry in The Writing on the Stall, the wildly inventive musical comedy from US performer Caitlin Cook, landing in the UK this summer. After sold-out runs Off-Broadway, at Edinburgh Fringe, and in London, the New York Times Critic’s Pick returns for a short UK tour—playing Brighton’s Komedia (31 May & 1 June) and Soho Theatre, London (4–7 June).

Set entirely in a public bathroom, The Writing on the Stall is anything but private. In this whip-smart and wickedly funny one-woman musical, Cook dives into the scrawled messages and mysterious wisdom etched on cubicle walls and turns them into something bold, bizarre, and unexpectedly moving. The songs are catchy, the jokes are razor-sharp, and the show isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty—literally.

Armed with a guitar and a knack for digging gold out of the obscene, Cook crafts a genre-defying hour that’s part stand-up, part cabaret, and all catharsis. This is confessional comedy with clever hooks, pitch-perfect melodies, and enough surprises to keep your eyebrows permanently raised. Expect satire, sincerity, and some surreal props—rumour has it a pair of slingshotted knickers makes a cameo.

Caitlin Cook isn’t your average musical comic. She’s Oxford-educated, New York-hardened, and streaming in the tens of millions. She’s also collaborated with some of comedy’s finest, directed offbeat hits, and performs as one-half of the musical duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. With this new UK run, she’s not just touring a show—she’s building a movement that blurs the lines between comedy, theatre, and performance art.

If you missed her during her Edinburgh frenzy, this is your chance to catch the musical everyone’s been whispering about in pub toilets and shouting about in five-star reviews. You might come for the laughs, but you’ll stay for the songs that (fair warning) may live rent-free in your head for months.