Written by Krystin Baker
Photographs by Shaundrie Jones and Chelsea @MIZZR3D |
Angels with Heart Benefit Concert - Trey Songz
As Trey Songz makes his way through the country on his Chapter V World Tour, he along with Miguel and Elle Varner made a pit-stop in Los Angeles. Tonight was a special show; it streamed live on www.xumanii.com, for $1.99. This made the show viewable to everyone in the world. All proceeds from the stream went to Trey’s foundation, “Angels With Heart (AWH).”
AWH was founded by the Grammy nominated artist in 2010 as a call for help from his fan club, Trey’s Angels, to make a positive impact on their communities. “I have been blessed to be in the situation where I am able to touch and be heard by so many people. It’s only right that I use that voice to give back and empower the youth, strengthen families and communities.”said Songz. Songz opened the show with the intro from the single "Dive In"; featured on his latest album, Chapter V. Taking a few second from performing; Trey played a clip of him preparing for a hot date night at home. Shower. Sit ups. Massage…need I say more? The trailer from his new movie coming out January 4th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre was previewed, before going into his song, “Don’t Be Scared”. |
After a while, Trey took a break from his love-making music to sing about his heartache. Songz started the somber moment of the show with a snippet of “Me4U” from his Anticipation 2 mixtape. Shortly after, he began performing “Can’t Be Friends”, from Passion, Pain, and Pleasure, with the help of his dancers, Deja and Della. Along with his amazing horn section, Trey sung “Fumble”, one of the most emotional songs on the album.
In “Fumble”, the R&B crooner sings about how he fumbled his most recent love’s heart. “I fumbled your heart, should’ve let go of my past for you, you did everything I asked of you, drive across the country if I asked you to….but I’m just bad for you”, belted the soulful singer. I sure hope he’s able to rebound her heart. He seems rather heartbroken about hurting the one he loves. |
This may have been one of the greatest songs performed tonight, “Without a Woman.” Songz sings, “A man can’t be a man, without a woman….you can try as hard as you can…but you ain’t nothing without a woman” with his horn players. Trey brought out his friend/rapper, Fabolous to perform their hit “Say Aah.” Songz, who has a birthday coming up Wednesday, went on to perform 2Chainz and Kanye West’s hit “Birthday Song”.
As Trey does every show during “Bottoms Up”, he takes time out to shout out his audience. He asks that the lights be raised so he can take a look out into the crowd; he then proceeds to point out the women in the audience. “You in the mint green….you with the iPhone light in my face”. This, hands down, is a great moment for his fans. Trey pointed out a particular young lady in the show who he states had been jumping up and down the entire show. He asked the fan to come up on the stage. Before he could get it out good, the young lady leaped up onto the stage and into Trey’s arms. She wrapped her legs around his waist and just about knocked him over. She never calmed down as Trey asked her to hold the mic. He took off his Chapter V chain and placing it around her neck. Still not calm, he sent her back stage to get herself together. Songz ended the show shortly after performing 2 Reasons and thanking everyone apart of the tour. He also thanked his mother, April, who runs his AWH Foundation. He asked her to come to the stage. Ms. April simply thanked everyone and explained AWH Foundation’s mission. She stated one of the projects is to help the children of their hometown, Petersburg, Virginia. Ms. April stated it was also her “Big Baby’s” birthday. Trey will be 28 on November 28th. Mama Songz led the audience in singing "Happy Birthday’" to her oldest son. The show closed with Trey Songz blowing out the candles on his birthday cake that was presented to him by his Mother, friend, Fabolous, and manger Kevin Liles. |
If this was not the funniest thing I have seen all year, I do not know what it is. This young lady was called onto the stage after her enthusiastic behavior all night! When called to the stage...you know what--just watch the video -->
But shout out to this young lady! Not everyone gets the chance to meet their favorite celebrity crush! I hope she enjoyed herself and found her belongings!
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