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Raven-Symoné addresses controversial statements from Oprah interview: - “I never said I wasn’t Black… I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America.”(Photo: Nikki Nelson/WENN.com)

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Charlamagne Tha God on Wendy Williams jab: - "I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room... When you try to play me like I'm a f****d up individual or I did something foul to you, that's what bothers me. That's why it hurt me this week when Wendy Williams was on Elvin Duran's show."(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for REVOLT TV)

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Viola Davis on suffering from alopecia and regaining her self-esteem: - "I was so desperate for people to think that I was beautiful. I had to be liberated from that [feeling] to a certain extent."(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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Nicki Minaj on being inspired by Beyoncé's balance of work and family: - "Seeing Beyoncé with her daughter and husband was so tender, and it showed me that it is possible to be an animal on stage and a caring mother at the same time."(Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

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Wendy Williams on the new Aaliyah biopic: - "The family is not happy that the movie is being done but we did it so tastefully. I think the family would be proud. We’re not throwing anybody under the bus but we are telling a story that, I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to know."(Photo: Rommel Demano/Getty Images)

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Tina Knowles on finding out that her ex-husband, Mathew, remarried: - "I hear that my ex-husband is getting married. Now, this is my family. My ex-husband is my family. I don’t want to get back into that at all, that’s not what I want. But it still hurts a little bit, right? It’s still a blow to your ego."(Photo: Steve Mack/Getty Images)

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Erykah Badu on music sales, art and paying the bills: - "Music has never been lucrative to me. I think my image is more popular than my album sales. The stage is where I shine and pay my bills. But art is art to me. There’s nothing new about cross-pollination in art to me because it’s all one thing: an expression of who I am."(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for New York Magazine)

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Queen Latifah on her new role as Bessie Smith in an upcoming HBO biopic: - “She’s influenced rock and roll, with an effect on everybody from Mick Jagger to Janis Joplin. She was the first Black performer to appear before an integrated audience.”(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)

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Kelly Rowland on the Donna Summer biopic rumors sparked by her Instagram picture: - “All these rumors!… I love how she’s this sex goddess, and she’s so beautiful and powerful on stage. So we mocked up a cover and I posted a picture. That’s all it was! But it would be an amazing opportunity to play her.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Tyra Banks addresses male model for his homophobic statements on America's Next Top Model: - “This is an industry that is predominantly female. So whenever you step into an industry that is predominantly a certain sex, you get the stereotype that you are gay. Be proud of this industry and every single male model. Gay, straight, heels, corsets… Who gives a f**k?”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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Andre Benjamin on leaving OutKast in the past: - “It’s not up to me to close chapters because I’m not God or anything like that. But I can say, as the human side of me, I can say that that ship has sailed because I’ve done that before and I know how I am as a musician, as a person."(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Salim Akil on the author of the offensive New York Times article about Shonda Rhimes: - “What was interesting to me is that [it] was an examination and a peep into this woman’s mind who wrote this. It said everything about who she is and how angry she is."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Nick Cannon on Mariah Carey’s recent vocal troubles during her tour: - "I just wish her nothing but the best. We’re in contact constantly. You know you might have an off night here and there, but she’s one of the greatest performers and entertainers of all time. She’s not worried, we’re not worried, just going to keep pushing."(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)