what he was a businessman instead of a business, man?

i was having a conversation recently with my aunt about beyonce. as i've said earlier, i'm not necessarily a beyonce hater, and i never have been. but i'm honest with mine. i know that she isn't the end-all be-all to Black music, and if it wasn't for her daddy and other numerous people around her she wouldn't have any of the fame she has now. point blank, i don't find her to be very smart or intellectual. like...if she wasn't a singer, what the hell would she do in life that would bring her as much success as her singing career does?

that switched the convo to another topic: which celebs do we find to be the smartest in the bunch, and furthermore, which ones do we think that if life dealt them a different hand and they had another occupation, they'd still rock our world? we created a shortlist, and i think it's worth sharing. wanna hear it? heah'go!

Andre 3000-the man is just very intelligent and if the way he approach life as a whole is any way like the way he approaches his music--there's no telling what he would have done.

Kanye should have finished college, and that's all i'm gonna say about that.

Alicia Keys

Nas

Jay-Z shouldn't be on this list cuz he's already a business man, i guess

Madlib

Jill Scott-i don't know i could see her being a social worker or maybe a college professor.

David Banner should have finished his masters.

Gabrielle Union always comes off as being very smart to me, and i don't know why.

i don't know, this list turned out to be really short, and i don't know if it's because we just weren't thinking hard enough or because there really aren't very many people in show biz who have got it like that. something tells me it's the latter.