Watch the coonery unfold below:

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Keyshia Cole’s recovering crack addict mother, “Man Down” Frankie, and her twentysomething-year-old boyfriend, Mon, had their names tatted on each other during a recent trip to Atlanta.

A tramp stamp at 50? Lordy….Frankie’s getting a little long in the tooth for this kind of foolishness. Would someone please take this woman to church?

Frankie’s new BET reality series, Frankie & Neffe, premieres next month.

Keyshia Cole’s mother Frankie is on the promo trail for her new BET reality show Frankie and Neffe and had the opportunity to set down with Jamie Foster Brown of Sister 2 Sister Magazine.

The recovering addict and mother of eight advises young women to take care of themselves and always put their children first.

When hoodrats become businesswomen: On The Next Maury!

Frankie and Neffe — the mother and sister respectively of Grammy-nominated singing star Keyshia Cole — won’t be bringing their own brand of tomfoolery back to BET in a new spinoff of Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is — – at least not if Keyshia has anything to say about it.

In this interview with Sister 2 Sister Magazine’s Jamie Foster Brown, the “Love” singer says it’s unlikely she’ll sign off on her family’s new reality show.

Frankie & Neffe is scheduled to debut on BET this August.

Rihanna is planning to hit the road on a tour of North America this Fall–and she’ll be in good company.

R&B divas Ciara and Keyshia Cole are in negotiations to join the embattled “Disturbia” singer on her first trek since the start of her domestic violence scandal with crooner Chris Brown, E! News claims

“Rihanna wants strong women to join her….This is a ‘women empowerment’ type of tour.”

Keyshia Cole has revealed the dates for her upcoming spring-summer tour, in support of her third studio album, A Different Me.

The rough-around-the-edges artist will team up with R&B stars Bobby Valentino and Keri Hilson for the North American tour, which kicks off May 13 in Cincinnati, OH, according to Live Daily.

Here’s Keyshia’s A Different Me Tour Itinerary:

May 2009
13 – Cincinnati, OH – Aronoff Center
14 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
15 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
21 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
28 – Washington, DC – Constitution Hall
30 – Portsmouth, VA – Ntelos Pavilion at Harbor Center
31 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium

June 2009
5 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Casino
6 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Concert Pavilion
7 – Richmond, VA – Landmark Theatre
11 – St Louis, MO – Fox Theater
12 – Memphis, TN – DeSoto Center
13 – Grand Prairie, TX – Nokia Live at Grand Prairie
14 – Houston, TX – Reliant Arena
18 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre
20 – Los Angeles, CA – Nokia Theatre LA Live
21 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theater at The Palms Casino Resort

R&B songbird Keyshia Cole shares the June 2009 cover of KING Magazine with internet sensation Tahiry.

The Double Issue will be the final release from the urban men’s mag, which folded late last month.

Frankie Lons, the flamboyant mother of Grammy-nominated R&B star Keyshia Cole, is the latest victim of Internet death rumors.

Frankie, who appears on her famous daughter’s hit BET reality series Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is, was rumored to have died in a car crash earlier, but according to the family’s management firm has released a statement confirming that the recovering drug addict is still alive and kicking.

“Imani Entertainment has received a huge amount of inquiries in regard to the rumor about Keyshia Cole’s biological mom, Frankie Lons, having recently passed in an automobile accident. The rumor has absolutely NO truth to it — Frankie has not been in any accident of any kind and is doing well at home in Atlanta. We want to thank all of Frankie’s fans for their concern.”