There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn’t until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.
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 ‘That’s the joint’ and ‘Yo, what’s up?’ So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.
I’m a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me.
I’m not the type that’s going to sit and preach to people if they don’t need it just because I’ve been around the block a few times.
I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
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 us up.
My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It’s really peaceful.
It’s not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It’s about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.
My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.
The movie I’ve seen a million times is ‘Steel Magnolias,’ directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.
I’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.
To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
I was not born a size 2. I’m not skinny, period. I’m not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else’s neck to get the job.
I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can’t be all about a man’s opinion.
I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I’m just interested in life and the world and exploring.
Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork!