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Azealia Banks - “At the very f*****g least, ya’ll owe me the right to my f*****g identity and to not exploit that shit. That’s all we’re holding onto, like hip hop and rap. And Bill Cosby, and whatever the f**k it is. That's too timely that you have like Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin and then ya'll f*****g talking about Bill Cosby. What the f**k? Ya’ll putting that on TV for the youth to f*****g see.” (Photo: Universal Records)

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Camille Cosby defends her husband, Bill Cosby, amid rape allegations: - “He is the man you thought you knew… A different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months. It is the portrait of a man I do not know… There appears to be no vetting of my husband’s accusers before stories are published or aired. An accusation is published and immediately goes viral.”(Photos from Left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

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Nicki Minaj on working with Beyoncé on "Feeling Myself": - “When she asked me to do "Flawless," she volunteered to do something back for The Pinkprint as well because I didn’t ask her. I don’t like to impose on artists at all. I just like to give everyone their space… she had already offered before I even wrote "Flawless"… Just to know that she recognizes my talent… Imagine meeting someone that you really look up to and they’re complimenting you on your craft.”(Photos from Left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Samuel L. Jackson dares other celebrities to call out police in wake of recent injustices: - “All you celebrities out there who poured ice water on your head, I challenge you to do something else.”(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

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Tyler Perry talks being new to fatherhood: - “I wish I could say that I’m up all night, but mommy is doing a lot of work. She’s a great mother who just wants to be there for the baby… I’m getting a little sleep, but she’s not getting any.”(Photo: WENN)

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Kimora Lee Simmons on her new fashion line: - “When people look at this, they say, ‘Oh, this is Kimora when she was 12 o 13 at Chanel. I didn’t have on makeup when I was at Givenchy and Saint Laurent. I worked with the greatest people in the business and this is more back to that person.”(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

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Big Sean on reports that girlfriend Ariana Grande gets carried around: - “That’s ridiculous. I’ma dead that right now. That’s not even true.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Stacey Dash on being ostracized by her family because of her political views: - “My family and I have not spoken. My cousin Damon and my brother were role models to me because they were great capitalists. Now, we’re not really talking because they were the ones who told me to keep my mouth shut. They felt like I should do certain things because I’m Black.”(Photo: FayesVision/WENN.com)

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Ashanti on facing her convicted stalker in court: - “I was extremely scared and nervous. I had no idea what he was capable of. I felt unsafe.”(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Michelle Obama on seeing her husband racially profiled: - “[One time] he was wearing a tuxedo at a black-tie dinner and somebody asked him to get coffee.”(Photo: Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty images)

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K. Michelle on the new VH1 reality series Sorority Sisters: - “It’s not appropriate. I love Mona. I love VH1 to death. They are all my family, but I’m not a fake person in my beliefs. That should have never been touched. Some things should be sacred for us, especially at a time when our Black community is struggling so much with things.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images)

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Jessie J on singing with Adele in college: - “When you’re at college you’re kind of just trying to get your grades, but we used to sing at lunch time together, which is really surreal thinking about it now."(Photos from left: John Parra/Getty Images for Logo TV, Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

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Rosie Perez on standing up for herself as a young actress in Hollywood: - “I stuck up for myself. For Puerto Ricans, for Latinos as a whole. I never gave up on myself, I never compromised. I never whitewashed myself because of their issues.”(Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

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Sony executives blacklist Denzel Washington in leaked email: - “I am not saying The Equalizer should not have been made or that African-American actors should not have been used… Casting him is saying we’re ok with a double if the picture works. He’s reliable at the domestic [box office], safe, but has not had a huge success in years."(Photo: Brad Barket/BET/Getty Images)