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"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."

"I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to."

"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."

"I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen."

"You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself."

"Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain."

"Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way."
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"Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio and into modern culture, I worked very hard and always believed in the sounds I was creating."

"We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's."

"The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop."

"As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it."
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