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I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.


When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.


It's just that back then we didn't know that was considered being a coproducer. I would sit on the side and say what I wanted musically, but at the time we thought if you aren't the one playing it, you don't get the credit. Now you'll start seeing my name listed as producer.


I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through.


I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.


I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.


I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer.


And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that.


Now everybody's sampling.


My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.


I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.


What my home life is like now is great.


I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.


I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.


I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.


I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans.


Music should be your escape.


When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did.


You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.


The double chin's not good for the red carpet.