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Kanye West responding to criticism over featuring the Confederate flag on merchandise he is selling:  - "I took the Confederate flag and made it my flag. It's my flag now. Now, what you gonna do?" (Photo: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic)

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Nicki Minaj on expanding her brand to include an adult beverage:  - "I was just feeling like with a lot of the male artists… they've gone out and started alcohol drinks or they've endorsed drinks... And I never saw a female really do it." (Photo:  Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

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Patti LaBelle on squashing her long running beef with Diana Ross:  - “When I went to [Oprah Winfrey’s] house and Diana was there, we sat at the luncheon at the same table. I never wanted a rift with her because I love her talent…. We exchanged phone numbers and started talking to each other… We’re buddies now.” (Photo: Ilya Savenok/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Photo By Photo: Ilya Savenok/BET/Getty Images for BET

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Brandon T. Jackson on a confrontation he had with a flight attendant:  - "They will not let me fly [U.S. Airways] anymore. I don't want to...I'm taking this to CNN." (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

Photo By Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images

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Diddy on officially moving his birthday back a couple of weeks:  - "This is not a publicity stunt, I just want to change my birthday because I'm Diddy and I'm like the Black unicorn, lion, tiger, bear, and I could do whatever I want." (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live hiring a Black female for the cast:  - “It’s not like it’s not a priority for us. It will happen. I’m sure it will happen.” (Photo:  Christopher Polk/Getty Images for CDG)

Photo By Photo:  Christopher Polk/Getty Images for CDG

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Donald Glover on people’s response to his depressed sounding posts on Instagram:  - “The people don’t want me to be vulnerable, and that’s the thing, that’s just me. I was like, ‘Man, I’m insecure. I know me. I’m just gonna let it out.’” (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Samsung)

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Kordell Stewart vehemently denying gay rumors:  - “I promise you on my life in everything that I’m part of, including my son and my father who’s no longer here, that that has never happened nor will anything ever come up, ever come up, with no dude.” (Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)

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Turk calling out Cash Money for ignoring him:  - "Baby, Slim, Wayne, Mannie Fresh, all you n----s who claim ya'll my homeboys … I been reaching out to ya'll n----s, nobody respond[ed]." (Photo: Universal Motown)

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Dee Godz on getting shot in New York City:  - “I definitely got shot… straight through the leg. I was hit by a stray bullet. I just kept it real G and haven't really been doing interviews about it.” (Photo: AllGoodz Ent.)

Photo By AllGoodz Ent.

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Eminem on why he feels a kinship to Rihanna:  - “I think people look at us like we're both a little nuts." (Photos from left: PacificCoastNews.com,Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for YouTube)

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Tara Wallace on she and Peter Gunz’s relationship status:  - “Peter and I, we are going through a breakup. Relationships are built in levels and they’re broken up in levels.” (Photo:  Brian Ach/Getty Images for Vh1)