Esther Baxter trying to become a Serious Actress

By Mr. Hollywood
JR Staff Writer

Esther Baxter rose to fame, nearly a decade ago. She appeared in such videos as Petey Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek." Quickly, Baxter rose to fame because of her figure. Much like other video vixens, Baxter is now focused on expansion.

New Jersey rapper, Joe Budden, has been involved with a number of video vixens. Each woman he has been with has received a boost in popularity while with him. Esther Baxter was the most recent video vixen to hook up with Joe Budden.

Since her split from Joe, Esther Baxter is focused on expanding outside of hip hop. While Baxter is trying to leave hip hop, she has no intentions of leaving the camera. Instead, she wants to become more known.

However, Esther Baxter wants to be known more for her acting chops than her figure. In an effort to boost herself and grab the attention of Hollywood, Baxter's manager convinced her to move to the Los Angeles area. Nervous about the move, it took her a while to actually move.

Not afraid of being typecast, Esther Baxter is prepared to take Hollywood by storm.

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Joe Budden publicly blasts Esther Baxter

By Mr. Hollywood
JR Staff Writer

Joe Budden has had his fair share of video vixens throughout his career. Following a split from one, he quickly finds himself in the hands of another woman. Regardless of the woman, each relationship has a bad ending.

Most recently, Joe Budden has been spending time with veteran vixen, Esther Baxter. After breaking up with Somaya Reece, Budden began dating her. Earlier today, Joe Budden announced his split from Baxter.

In the most public way possible, Joe Budden called out his former girlfriend. The New Jersey rapper accused her of trying to play him. Among many derogatory names, Budden compared her to Kat Stacks.

Joe Budden released a series of Twitter statuses calling Baxter out. In one update, Budden asked Baxter how she could sleep with one man while she is pregnant with another man's child. Obviously hurt by the situation, Joe Budden said he will be moving on. The rapper also called Esther Baxter a whore among other dirty names.

As Joe Budden was insulting Esther Baxter, she ended up replying to her ex. Responding to his accusation of having an abortion, Baxter said she does not kill babies, but someone else does. Baxter said she does not care what Budden has to say and accused him of being responsible for them losing their child. Esther Baxter said Joe Budden beat her while she was pregnant, causing her to lose the baby and has pictures for proof.

Not only did Joe Budden vent through Twitter, he also released a freestyle which details the entire relationship with Esther Baxter. In the new song, Joe Budden also tells about his relationship with Tahiry, another video vixen. Budden said Baxter was having sex with NFL player, Derrick Ward, while she was pregnant with his child.

There are no issues between Joe Budden and Derrick Ward. Budden said Ward was cool about everything, saying Baxter told him she left Budden in January. Ward also said he had no idea she was pregnant too.

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Stacey Dash finds success as Hip Hop Video Vixen

Not even two years ago, there was a lot of outrage about hip hop music videos. Rappers were openly exploiting women in their videos. Civil Rights leaders wanted to step in and try to make these rappers change their ways. The message to the young women in the video was they would never make it by dancing half-naked in music videos.

A lot of the women who appeared in these music videos had their eyes focused on being Hollywood stars. But, they were told the best they would get was a minor role in a hip hop film because they were only seen as meat. In the time since the public outcry over the raunchy videos, a lot of vixens have stepped up. The most notable is Tahiry Jose.

While the women once known as "hip hop honeys" have decided they are better than doing music videos, Stacey Dash has had no problem stepping in. She has been a star since the mid-1980s. Many of the women who starred in music videos had their sights set on becoming the next Stacey Dash. They were being told the only way to do so would be to dump the music videos and try a real acting role. Taking that advice, Stacey Dash traded in Hollywood for the music videos.

Over the past ten years, Dash has been making the transition away from Hollywood and into music videos, but the transition has been gradual. In 2001, she starred in the music video of Bad Boy Records' singer, Carl Thomas for his "Emotional" video. Three years later, she was the star of Kanye West's "All Falls Down" video and she later starred in Marques Houston's "Favorite Girl" video. In between time, Dash was still starring in movies and making television appearances. However, as the time has gone on, she has settled in the role of video vixen. In the spring of 2010, alone, Stacey Dash has starred in music videos for Game and Rick Ross, both videos are receiving regular rotation on music video channels.

The initial video vixens felt they were too good to do music videos. As a result, they have gone on to create huge followings over the internet. While the women simply trying to get a foot in the door decided they were better than music videos, a true star and veteran in Stacey Dash has decided to step away from Hollywood in an effort to become a video vixen.

Game - "Shake" video, co-starring Stacey Dash.



Rick Ross featuring Ne-Yo - "Super High" video, starring Stacey Dash.

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