The fight is set to happen this October in Thailand under professional ‘K-1’ kickboxing rules which, includes: punches, kicks and knees to the head, body and legs with no head, body or shin protection (apart from 10oz boxing gloves and a gum shield). Moving to Motown, which is now based in Los Angeles and owned by PolyGram, presents Harrell with the opportunity to put at least some of these issues behind him. What about the younger acts on Motown?

Stevie sang about love in the most sensitive way, as well as telling about the plight of his people. Will the actor and producer have his hand raised at the end of his first fight? Not just their art form but their plight as African-American men and women.The 43-year-old announced in a press release Tuesday (August 23) that he's physically preparing himself to go in the ring with someone who will most likely try and kick him in the face repeatedly.Like the saying goes: when you give an inch, they take a mile. “It was a little rough but I’m definitely happy to be on the other side.”"You know how Jeffrey Katzenberg became Disney? Again I have love for everyone please lets be respectful nothing but love BLESS UP !Jodeci came to me because I had Al B. Or he could go in the ring a whoop some a**! "No, no, don't do that. "Am I correct?" Then I'm moving the company to New York. Nope, because 45 seconds of fame and "we live baby!" I've never built a superstar. Discovery Channel produced a documentary, Idris Elba: Fighter, chronicling Elba's 12-month kickboxing and mixed martial arts training under Muay Thai coach Kieran Keddle, culminating in Elba's first professional kickboxing fight—and win—against Lionel Graves, a younger, more experienced Dutch opponent, at London's York Hall. So they figured, "He knows how to do this. And they don't understand. Idris Elba kickboxing with functional muscle There are two kinds muscle: there’s the showboating guns you see at the movies and the arms you see at live sporting events. My parents listened to them: the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, the Four Tops, the Temptations.I will be moving to Beverly Hills. "Do you follow me?" Jekyll.) Never did, never will. It's one thing to say you would've done something if only you'd gotten the chance. Idris Elba Is Training For His First Kickboxing Match August 23, 2016 - 7:07 pm by Shenequa Golding TWITTER Basically what we're saying is Idris Elba may get kicked in the face. I have to make African-American superstars. Good thing, too. But did she care to oblige? Idris Elba will use a boxing training camp to try to turn children away from knife crime and street violence in a new TV series. I'll be making some noise real quick. You're identified with the companies you founded. I'm looking for voices that sound like 400 years of slavery and then some. Like I lived Uptown Records, I'm gonna live Motown Records.I can't talk about it enough, how few black execu­tives get to control their playing field. You could have got­ten Stevie Wonder a television special. DJ Khaled learned that lesson over the weekend after he had to cut off a twerking follower on his Instagram Live session.—as opposed to the business. I'm, like, if I can't sell these kinds of records, I'm gonna slowly shrink. Seven girls and boys live and train together for six months, learning 'discipline, focus and determination.' Myself, I allowed whatever celebri­ty occurred in my career to happen through the artists. “It’s been 30 years since the first season of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ so I thought we should have ourselves a lil Zoom reunion!! I don't know what I'm bringing to the party except to keep them from goin' crazy from the level of success they've had.

There will never be another Mary J. Blige—it's rare to find a queen. I was so consistent with the kinds of artists who were on my label, after a while, it was, like, "Who's behind all this?" And I'm excit­ed about working with Michael Bivins. I'M NOT GONNA WORK FOR MOTOWN, I'M GONNA BE MOTOWN. He'd call me late at night.#IGotAFamily #IGotLove #RemixgodSuede #AnotherOne @therealcocoabrown #Diamonds @sophiajamesxoThe black executive is not given the opportunity to become the business and the music. "Oh, sh*t, oh, sh*t," he said aloud with his hands up in the air once he realized what was about to go down.