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Nicki Minaj on the menial jobs she worked before stardom - "At night, I was an artist, but during the day I was a slave. When I think back on that time, on the people who made my life a living hell, I want to say, 'Are you all seeing me now?’ This is me having the last laugh after all those years when you made it hard for me to get out of bed in the morning."(Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

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Justin Timberlake on 'N Sync's role on his solo career - "I don't want this to come out the wrong way. It was an amazing platform but even without it, I believe I would have been heard as a solo artist."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Samuel L. Jackson spending his own money to boost his films - "If you can't contribute to your own box office, what can you do? Not only do I see it, I actually buy like $2,000 of tickets and give them to the church. So at least I can say the movie made at least $2,000 in the opening weekend."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for DCP)

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Queen Latifah on blogs - "...as far as how, sorta, tabloid it can be, or how malicious or untrue, I don't really worry about it, honestly, because I live my life, myself. I actually am Dana Owens [laughs], aka Queen Latifah, so it doesn't matter to me what somebody is writing or printing."(Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Omarion on lesbianism - "I don't believe in lesbians...they change around me...even if they just want to sample...I can be the 'example.'(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Melanie Fiona on Jay-Z - "He definitely has expressed he's a fan. He came to my first real industry showcase in New York at the Canal Room. I didn't know he was coming and he was really impressed. He said, 'I had no idea that's what you came with on stage.'"(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Kanye West to attendants at the Big Chill Festival - "There is so much bull***t going on in the music industry right now. Someone needs to make a difference. People treat me like Hitler."(Photo: Rob Loud/Getty Images)

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Lenny Kravitz on Teena Marie - "She would cook a lot. It was her and Penny Johnson, Rick James' little sister. They looked after me, fed me. She took me to concerts. She took care of a lot of folks. The big reason why I am here [is] because of this sister. She was for real." (Photo credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Zoe Saldana on life after Avatar - "I was traveling all over the world, waking up in different time zones. Your body gets exhausted, and by the end of the year I just collapsed. I was sitting in my hotel room and I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't stay awake. I must have slept for an entire month."(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Rihanna on going to boot camp to prepare for her role in Battleship - "It got you really in the mentality, that's the stuff that they go through; it's not a walk in the park. I wanted to say 'eff you' right back but he probably would have thrown me through the window! I was so scared, I just looked at him like, I swear I'll get it right, I'll be good!"(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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Big Boi’s first post-drug arrest release statement via Twitter - "Fresh Out (of jail) Baby! S**t they said it was the Love Boat."(Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna Digital)

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DMX on his bipolar disorder - "I used to be really clear on who was what and what character each personality had, but at this point, I'm not sure if there even is a difference."(Photo: Evan Agostini/PictureGroup)

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Jennifer Williams on her ex-husband throwing a drink in her face on the Basketball Wives finale - "I don't give a damn if I threw a drink--yes, I was pissed! I think only a b*tch throws drinks on a woman! Point blank! Run go tell that!"(Photo: Fernando Leon/PictureGroup)

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Sean Kingston on his recovery from his near fatal Jet Ski accident  - "During the recovery and my downtime, I was like, I want to write songs. When I do music, it is my great escape. It just makes you a better person. You look at stuff a lot different, you know what I'm saying?"(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Dame Dash on IRS audit saying he owes $3 million in back taxes - "They want to make sure that the reason I'm not paying taxes is because I'm reinvesting in these businesses and not trying to hide stuff.... They really don't believe that I'm so real about putting all of my money into my business, but that's what I do."(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)