When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor..

The females don't respect themselves; they only think materialistically. They want money, but they don't think, I'm gonna get this money on my own, t….

I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Found….

Sometimes when I am in a situation that I have never been in, I kind of pull back a little bit to observe things; it doesn't really last long though ….

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 pain, get over it, get up….

There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to ma….

I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally..

Roxanne Shanté was kind of the first female to really come out and get respected by dudes, because she went at dudes real hard and battled them and f….

Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer..

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people..

For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It's like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whate….

I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I k….

instinct leads me to another flow.

Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later..

Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud..

I didn't know I had it in me. There's more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves t….

I actually enjoy that I never really needed to be hanging out with every celebrity in Hollywood; I just go home and hang out with my cousins, my best….

For me, my criteria for making films is all about trying to do something different from the last time. So if I catch myself doing too much of one thi….

Jumping off that cliff in Jamaica.It was years ago. It was at this place called Rick's Cafe. Actually, it was two cliffs. They were pretty high, prob….

For myself music definitely informs my emotions. And I can literally play a song that will get me where I need to be emotionally. I don't have to thi….

Musicals are good times. I live to do a musical, there's nothing like it, no experience like that in the movie business. You don't get to pull all th….