Philly's Jazmine Sullivan is up for best-female R&B performance for "Holding You Down (Going in Circles)," and Musiq Soulchild and Kirk Whalum are up for "We're Still Friends," best-male R&B performance. Organist Joey DeFrancesco's "Never Can Say Goodbye" is up for best contemporary-jazz album, and producers Carvin Haggins and Ivan Barias, who work as Carvin & Ivan, produced songs by Faith Evans, Jaheim, and Raheem DeVaughn, who are up for various Grammy awards in the R&B category.
Carvin & Ivan and Spanky were both recently named 2011 Creative Ambassadors to Philadelphia by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.'s Philly 360 program targeting African-American tourism.
Speaking of Jill . . .
Jill Scott's Blues Babe Foundation will introduce its new line Indigo this month at several pop-up shops at local hair salons. On Saturday the line, created by local artists Rah Crawford, Stacey "Flygirrl" Wilson, (both of whom were also GPTMC cultural ambassadors) and E Bond, will be available at Casamera Hair Salon (901 S. 55th), and on Sunday at Marki Starr Hair Agency (935 Wynnewood).
To raise money for the foundation's Camp Jill Scott, for college scholarships and music-in-the-classroom initiatives, the line also will be available Feb. 19 at Duafe Holistic Hair Care, at Sherman Mills (3502 Scotts), and on Feb. 27 at Meek Salon (1549 W. Passyunk). For more info on the foundation and Indigo visit bluesbabefoundation.org.
Prince invited funnywoman
Wanda Sykes, who lives in Media with her wife and children, onstage Monday at his show at New York's Madison Square Garden, where Roots drummer
?uestlove played for a bit as well. Sykes joined
Chris Rock and a few other VIP guests. Fortunately, Prince didn't boot her off the stage as he did
Kim Kardashian after she stood motionless following his invitation to dance. He later allowed her to redeem herself.
