I felt like, 'How do I fit in'? I'm battling. But then I never fit in!'... I thank God for somebody like Pharrell who stayed in my ear. For him, at that time, 'Happy' was everywhere; he didn't have to share anything with me.
I was very disturbed to find that a few people were angry at my weight loss.
I've only ever had two vacations in my whole career, and I've been in the industry over twenty-something years!
All of the trials and tribulations from personal to the artist. It shows that I'm human. People see the glamorous stuff, but they don't see the background.
I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.
I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.