For women especially, its important to be financially independent.

Truth and honesty is my thing.

I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.

I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.

I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.

We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.