WORD? CELEBRITY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 1
What is BET reality star Toya looking forward to in 2011?
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Jeremih - My first album had no features at all. It was an unintentional thing. Me and Mick [Schultz, his producer] were the only people in the studio, so that's just how it happened. ... So for this album I definitely wanted to collaborate, get in tune with some of the artists, even on Def Jam, 'cause we have the greatest on our label.
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Birdman - That f---ed with us. Mentally, we were ready to do it. And when they had the fire, it really f---ed up, 'cause we were like, 'Get it crackin'.' Really, if he would have went in like he was supposed to, he would be home already.
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Nelly - I lost my sister in '05 and almost didn't make it back. That's a lot that people didn't know. Even when I was going into Brass Knuckles it was just, a'ight. I lost my sister and six months later I lost my grandfather. Both of them the same way — different diagnosis but both of them was due to cancer.
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Nick Cannon - Nick and the rest of the crew on Rollin' With Nick Cannon think it's time for the feud to be over once and for all. And to draw Slim Shady out of hiding, Nick has decided to do it all for charity.
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Kanye West - Drake was the first thing that actually scared me and put pressure on me, because it was the first thing that was blatantly from a similar perspective and lane. When I feel pressure, I step my game up. So I believe that Drake made great music for people to love and enjoy, but he also forced me to step my game up, because I have to be Kanye West.
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Ice Cube - Snoop to me is the ultimate rapper 'cause he got everything...Too $hort is simply great. He still got one of of the purest rap styles of early rap...Game is ferocious like a pitbull. He one of them rappers where his voice makes everything sound good, just like D.O.C. [Ice-T] was the first person to be accepted nationwide by the hip-hop industry.
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Barack Obama - Thanks to Reggie [Love], my rap palate has greatly improved. Jay-Z used to be sort of what predominated, but now I've got a little Nas and a little Lil Wayne and some other stuff, but I would not claim to be an expert.
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Naomi Campbell - There are always obstacles in life, and even if I did see obstacles, I never looked at it like, “Okay, we can’t achieve what we wanted. We can’t achieve what needs to be achieved.” I’d look at whatever obstacles were in front of me and find the people who could help me overcome them. Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first Vogue cover.
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Delonte West - Not at all. I come from an era where you don’t say nothing bad about someone’s parent, so not at all.
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Lil Wayne - I only listen to slow jams and ESPN. Shoutout to Keith Stewart and Dr. Bob Lee on WBLS, and Lenny Green on KISSfm. That’s all I listen to, other than sports. Oh and if you haven’t heard the new song by Eric Benet, “Sometimes I Cry”, please stop what you’re doing and check it out. Well, after you finish reading this. It’s the best song I’ve heard since Maxwell’s “Woman’s Worth”. It’s for grown folk. I actually listen to the radio all day waiting for that song.
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Kelly Rowland - As a matter of fact, because I am so dominant and I am a control freak, I would go out on dates, order, pull out my own chair, and I would never see that guy again.
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Boris Kodjoe - We live in a very diverse, multicultural world where people look the way we look. The only segment of society that hasn’t embraced that is television and movies. Hopefully, after watching our show, network execs will see it as less of a risk. It’ll be just the norm now.
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Naturi Naughton - I can’t speak too much about my role. But I can say, I love my character’s fashion. Getting dressed was like stepping into a time machine.
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Wyclef Jean - I am feeling much better and thank you to all my Fans and warriors for your love around the World! I will be back soon stronger then ever.
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Diddy - Being in Dirty Money is another level or sense of security. It's another level of fun and enjoyment and you feel like somebody has your back. I've always had more success playing on a team anyway...It's been great to be a solo artist, but some people play better on a team.
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Pharrell Williams - He's got songs out there right now that are singles, but, you know, there are pressures in the world, certain things you can't necessarily control. But his body of work ... he's got a crazy album. I saw, like, 60 records, and almost every record that he played me was really incredible.
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Rick Ross - Man, all the females that's hitting me on Twitter, it's actually flattering.
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Jennifer Lopez - I don't want to let anybody really great [not make it through] because they're nervous, and not get to see what they could have did. They're going to come in here and be a little bit nervous in the beginning, and then you realize, 'Wow, that person is really talented.' So we work them a little bit more than maybe you've seen in the past.
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Nicki Minaj - I've always wanted Will to produce a record for me and I'm a huge fan of the Black Eyed Peas. So I figured if I could get him to add a little bit of magic to my project, it would be dope and futuristic.
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Ludacris - Education is extremely important, especially in my business, the music business. You hear a lot of the times that the music business is 90 percent business [and] 10 percent music. If you don't have the right education and you don't educate yourself, then you're not gonna last in my business.
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Tony Yayo - She was out there and she was messing with this guy named Fendi. I was trying to do a record with her, but Fendi was like, 'For what? Why you wanna do something with her?' Then I left it alone. This was a long, long time ago when I was seeing her on the 'Come Up' DVDs, 'cause that's how she started.
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LeBron James - I think so at times. It's always, you know, a race factor.
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Toya Carter - OMG I just watched the 1st episode of #Toyasfamilyaffair get ready World!!!!! #2011 its going Down!
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Justin Timberlake - I don't personally have a Facebook page, but I work with a group of people who do charity work through it. Other than that, I don't care about my friends' feelings -- they can just call me and tell me. I feel like a dinosaur because if I was on it, I wouldn't know how to operate it.
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Brandy - People want the drama, and we understand that. But Maks and I know how it is. I love this guy! He was born on the same day as my brother who's my favorite person in the world. I know where he's coming from; he knows where I'm coming from. We both want to win, and we want to do a good job.
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