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Raven-Symoné on Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: - “No offense to everyone that’s going to be mad at me for saying this. I don’t like that idea. I think we need to move a little bit forward. Let me just preface that I understand...trust me I was taught... I was in that culture... I would’ve chosen Rosa Parks.”(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Miley Cyrus demanding an audience to sing along to her version of Khia's "My Neck, My Back": - "You need to sing that s**t!  Do you know how many times today I turned on the radio and some man is telling me to suck his d**k? 'Yo, b***h, suck my d**k!' Eat my f*****g p**y!"(Photos from left: Scott Barbour/Getty Images, Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

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Jussie Smollett on inspiring others through coming out: - "If I can help someone else feel less alone, no matter what they're going through, I'm happy to have that opportunity.”(Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Calvin Klein)

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Dee Rees on how Bessie tackles sexuality: - "To me, it says that it's fluid. She loved women, she loved men — this open secret, like Ma Rainey performed in drag. You had buffet flats, which were known as queer spaces for Black people who couldn't go to white clubs… Bessie Smith had lyrics about gay men and women in a nonjudgmental way, it's just a statement... Just think about all the artists from the Harlem Renaissance. Many of them were from the community before there was a name for it."(Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

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Brandy on her first time on BET: - "I remember dreaming about having a video on BET. Singing on Video Soul... it was everything.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Gucci Mane on how his debut album, Trap House, changed his life: - “I remember being proud and angry the day it was released. I was proud of the work I put in and the quality of the project but I was angry that someone had to be killed over a dispute about the rights to some of the contents of the album. Ten years later, I reflect on how that day impacted my life and my legacy and I am grateful for all the fans that supported me then and still support me now.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Queen Latifah on bisexuality in Bessie: - “It shouldn’t even be a discussion, but it is because people are still curious. People still wonder how they feel about things. At the end of the day, I don’t really care if someone feels uncomfortable about it. It is what it is and it’s life.”(Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

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Kendrick Lamar on receiving the Generational Icon Award from the California State Senate: - “It’s definitely an honor to be right here in front of you guys. Being from the city of Compton and knowing the parks that I played at and neighborhoods, I always thought how great the opportunity would be to give back to my community.”(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Lil’ Jon on being invited to speak at Oxford University: - "I thought it was a joke. 'Am I being catfished?' I was kind of speechless after I realized it was real. Thank you for having me, this is great. I've never been to a college and spoke.”(Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for PANDORA Media Inc)

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Tahj Mowry on wanting to be the next Usher: - “I got serious about singing around the house and practicing singing in middle school when Usher’s 8701 album came out. So that’s when I was like, ‘Alright, this is dope. I’m trying to be like Usher.’ ”(Photo: AdMedia/SPlash News)

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Diddy on Kanye West’s outbursts: - “I spoke to Kanye, I don’t like it. What he’s saying, that’s what he believes and sometimes artists, they’re very vocal… I just think that everybody’s doing their best at whatever they’re doing. If somebody wins something, no matter what, it’s their moment.”(Photo: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)

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DJ Khaled on Lil Wayne and Birdman’s beef: - “First of all, those two guys, that’s family to me. Lil Wayne, that’s my brother. Birdman, that’s family. At the end of the day, it’s not my business and I do pray for greatness and everything [to] work out.”(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for UrbanDaddy)

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Kanye West on wishing he had worked toward a college degree: - "When I was giving a lecture at Oxford, I brought up this school because when I went on that mission to create in other spaces -- apparel, film, performance -- it would have been easier… if I could have said I had a degree at the Art Institute of Chicago!”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images For 102.7 KIIS FM's Wango Tango)

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Drew Sidora on her ex leaving her while she was pregnant: - “All of a sudden, we went from planning a wedding and him being excited to him being really distant. I didn’t know what was going on. One day, he just said, ‘I want to be single.’ I was, like, ‘What? We have a child on the way.’ ”(Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images for VH1)