Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Nicki Minaj on Possibly Leaving the Music Business

Plus, Mike Tyson and Dr. Dre on Tupac hologram.

Mike Tyson on what he omitted from his one-man show about prison life: - “I didn’t talk about getting a prison official pregnant. Oh yeah. In prison, stuff happens. But she had no baby.”(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

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Mike Tyson on what he omitted from his one-man show about prison life: - “I didn’t talk about getting a prison official pregnant. Oh yeah. In prison, stuff happens. But she had no baby.”(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Dr. Dre on financing Tupac hologram:   - "Get it right. I want to get rid of all the rumors out there. This was not done for a tour."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Dr. Dre on financing Tupac hologram:   - "Get it right. I want to get rid of all the rumors out there. This was not done for a tour."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Kevin Hart - After hosting the BET Awards last year, actor-comedian Kevin Hart, who starred in Think Like a Man and The Five-Year Engagement, is up for Best Actor in 2012. (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Kevin Hart on his employee posting a controversial cartoon:  - "I saw it, like, two days later and I see a lot of negative flack from it, so I had to fire him and let him go.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

Fantasia Barrino @TasiasWord - Tweet: "It's me, it's me, it's me guys! Good morning family, friends & fans. I've been missing since Nov. from your TL's but I'm back up & running!"Fantasia’s reintroduction to Twitter before getting into trouble for making a statement that many mistook as anti-gay marriage.(Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Super Bowl)

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Fantasia on returning to Twitter following a long hiatus:  - “I felt such a void and a disconnect from the social media and my true fans that I thought long and hard about this come back.”(Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Super Bowl)

Terrence J on his relationship with his mom:   - “It’s kind of like the opposite in real life. In my mom and my relationship I’m kind of like the dad sometimes.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Terrence J on his relationship with his mom:   - “It’s kind of like the opposite in real life. In my mom and my relationship I’m kind of like the dad sometimes.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Marlon Wayans on being a Wayans and getting into the entertainment business: - “It’s a gift and a curse. You own it and you don’t fight it against it. You have to just be you. I never tried to be Keenan, I never tried to be Damon, I never tried to be Shawn. I can’t be Kim [Wayans] — I don’t have t******. I just wanted to be Marlon.…”(Photo: Leon/PictureGroup)

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Marlon Wayans on being a Wayans and getting into the entertainment business: - “It’s a gift and a curse. You own it and you don’t fight it against it. You have to just be you. I never tried to be Keenan, I never tried to be Damon, I never tried to be Shawn. I can’t be Kim [Wayans] — I don’t have t******. I just wanted to be Marlon.…”(Photo: Leon/PictureGroup)

Kanye West on comparing Kim Kardashian to Beyoncé:  - "I would never compare anyone to my friend's wife. Come on now, that doesn't even sound like me."(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Kanye West on comparing Kim Kardashian to Beyoncé:  - "I would never compare anyone to my friend's wife. Come on now, that doesn't even sound like me."(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

Michele Bachmann on President Obama’s energy policy:  - “This is just about waving a tar baby in the air and saying that something else is a problem.”(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Michele Bachmann on President Obama’s energy policy:  - “This is just about waving a tar baby in the air and saying that something else is a problem.”(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Michael Ealy on which character-type from Think Like a Man he more closely resembles: - "I’m probably in the noncommittal phase.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Michael Ealy on which character-type from Think Like a Man he more closely resembles: - "I’m probably in the noncommittal phase.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

Rihanna joking about hanging with BFF Melissa Forde:  - "My lover for the night."(Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images for Entertainment Industry Foundation)

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Rihanna joking about hanging with BFF Melissa Forde:  - "My lover for the night."(Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images for Entertainment Industry Foundation)

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Ziggy Marley: October 17 - Bob Marley's first born son celebrates his 44th birthday.  (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Ziggy Marley on why his music has a hard time reaching a Black American audience:  - “Be rebellious? Be revolutionary? Who benefits from keeping the people in a mindset that does not cause the growth of consciousness? That has a lot to do with the music people hear and the message in the music.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Nicki Minaj on possibly leaving the music business:  - “People aren’t even giving the kid props for taking it back to that essence. This is my fourth mixtape, really. The kid did like that to feed her fans. But really now, the kid thinking maybe she should leave the game.”(Photo: Danny Martindale/Getty Images)

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Nicki Minaj on possibly leaving the music business:  - “People aren’t even giving the kid props for taking it back to that essence. This is my fourth mixtape, really. The kid did like that to feed her fans. But really now, the kid thinking maybe she should leave the game.”(Photo: Danny Martindale/Getty Images)

David Oyelowo on starring in Lee Daniels's upcoming, controversial epic The Butler: - “It’s more of an epic Forest Gump-like incredible sweeping story that explores what happens politically, socioeconomically to Black people in this country in the 20th century since slavery.”(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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David Oyelowo on starring in Lee Daniels's upcoming, controversial epic The Butler: - “It’s more of an epic Forest Gump-like incredible sweeping story that explores what happens politically, socioeconomically to Black people in this country in the 20th century since slavery.”(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)