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.

When it came time to be a professional rapper, I wouldn't sign anything without reading it. There was no way I was going to have people make decisions for me or wake up one day and find that I was broke because I never bothered to read a contract.

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.

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

I'm the daughter of a sister whose the mother of a brother who's the brother of another.

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.

Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.