Shakira Releases “She Wolf”, Shakes It At AMAs, Keeps Genetic Material To Herself…for now
With the release of Shakira’s latest album “She Wolf”, the Colombian singer embraces not only her trademark Latin/Middle Eastern/Pop influences, but takes on hip hop as well. After the success of the title track and its video, in which the hip-shaking songstress does things with her body that seem physically impossible, she released the single “Give It Up To Me”. This is a major departure from her normal style, with the track being produced by famed hip hop hit-maker Timbaland and performed with notorious rapper Lil Wayne. The video features her step-dancing—or “steppin”—which is, again, a change from the belly-dancing that has made her famous. She showed this live at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, when she performed live with a group of steppers, managing to keep her balance all while lip-synching, wearing a skin-tight micro-mini dress and wearing very high-heeled platform boots. Now THAT’S talent.
The Perfect Couple That Has Yet To Reproduce.
So Shakira has given birth to a major-label, hit-laden album and delivered collaborations with The Neptunes, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and Lil Wayne. She has created videos that show that her body is capable of things that normal people simply can’t do. Yet she hasn’t done the one thing that the world truly deserves from her: made any little Shakiras. Although she received a monster engagement ring from fiancé Antonio de la Rua in 2001, she seems to be in no hurry to marry, because she feels that they are already as much a married couple as they will be after a ceremony. She also wears her ring on her middle finger, stating that it is too big for her ring finger and she hasn’t had time to have it re-sized. Since most brides-to-be would sprint to have their engagement rings fit perfectly on the traditional ring finger, we can deduce that Shakira is not a slave to convention.
She has said that she does want children, and soon. “I’m dying to have a baby. We both are. I’d like two and Antonio would like three,” she told ContactMusic. “So probably after my next album, which comes out next year. I don’t think it could be sooner because in 2010 I’ll be touring as well”.
Since it has been said of her that she was born with the ability to belly-dance, and because both she and Antonio have insanely beautiful genetic material to pass on, we are waiting. And not patiently.
The One Who Can't Stop Reproducing. What Is Wrong Here?
And while we wait for Shakira to do the baby dance with her fiancé, she is performing in videos next to the ultra-creepy Lil Wayne, whose DNA needs to be locked away somewhere. Lil Wayne not only had two children already (not the same mother), but managed to get two different women pregnant this year. Lauren London, a hip hop video dancer, already gave birth to a new Lil Wayne in September. Singer Nivea is about ready to pop out Weezy’s fourth. It will be her fourth as well, but the first three came from ex-husband The-Dream, who married singer Christina Milian earlier this year. It’s all par for the course in the insane little nearly-incestuous world of Lil Wayne. Ironically, his next album, titled “Rebirth”, has had its release date pushed back several times.
Why does it seem that the one who should be breeding, isn’t, and the one who shouldn’t be, is?
Shakira founded two charitable organizations, ALAS and Pies Descalzos, both of which focus on educating and caring for poverty-stricken children in Latin America. Using her childhood experience of seeing her father sell all of their belongings to pay off their debts, she vowed to make a difference to children who have nothing.
Lil Wayne took his childhood experience of having nothing and used that to fuel his desire to have diamonds permanently embedded into his teeth.
Who should be making babies here?
Please, Shakira, for the love of God, do the world a favor and reproduce. Your tour can wait.