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Clearly, everybody knows I can rap; I can freestyle all day.
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In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music to acting and it's receivable because when music gives a form of entertainment of art to where it's very personable, it's a passion, it's an intimate type of art to when you hear it, it's them.
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The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.
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Family is always first.
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One thing about being a stand-up is it's a one-man show. You gotta do everything. You're the producer, writer, director, and the actor. You just gotta be out there and perform and give your all. It's such an honest form of art that it just taught me so much, and it kind of prepared me for manhood at an early age.
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It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song
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Just speak yourself into existence. Whatever you want, speak it. You can see it.
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Don't worry about my life, worry about why you're worried about my life!
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I was raised by my grandmother. She instilled everything into me. She taught me right from wrong from day one. I remembered everyday, being 4 or 5 years old, and walking to school, she would be like, Raise your right hand and stay on the right side of the street and make sure you do the right thing in school.
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We're gonna do it like George Foreman. We're gonna name all of our kids Mariah no matter if they're boys or girls. Mariah No. 1, Boy Mariah, Man Mariah, Tall Mariah. It's gonna be a house full of people named Mariah.
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I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.
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I love 'Wild 'N Out' so much - one, because it's my baby, but also I get to see others succeed and go on to lead their own careers.
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I think my kids give mommy more attention than they give me.
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I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.
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People are looking for something new at the end of the day, and I think when people can do something new and unique to get people's attention, that's what is needed. There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music, I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.
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To me, a forever love is a bond that can't be broken.
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People have always said I have an old soul, and all my best friends are 10 to 15 years my senior.
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Me personally, I wouldn't put my kids on television. But to each his own.
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I always say that candy is the perfect studio food - it keeps your energy going.
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If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.
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Nobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you're in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.
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A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.
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The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.
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When you don't have those types of things, fashion and all that stuff, it helps you find yourself because you don't have those things to rely on.