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- I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick…
- Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or…
- Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift…
- When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
- Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City…
- I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very…
- If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King. We…
- Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're…
- My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things,…
- My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and…
- The objectification of females is not a good thing! Not every rapper does this, but when the lyrics focus solely on the strip club, 'poppin'…
- There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are…
- When it came time to be a professional rapper, I wouldn't sign anything without reading it. There was no way I was going to have…
- You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that…
- You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to…
- I clean up really well. I can get dolled up.
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