The Celebreality Interview - Khia
“If I had a Britney machine or a Rihanna machine, I woulda been the beautifulest thing in the world, too,” says the just-disqualified Miss Rap Supreme contestant Khia. Below, she talks about why an established rapper would go on a reality show like this, her relationship with Lil’ Wayne and beef…just don’t tell her we called it that.
Were you mad about being disqualified?
No! It was the perfect exit. I didn’t go on there to follow rules. I went on there and every time I opened my mouth, I was promoting myself and my music. Until they were able to come to find out and stop being delayed…I knew I was going to go home sooner or later. There was no competition in the house. I’m a writer, that’s what I do. I wasn’t on there to play games and be playing with them. They were amateurs. I have done something. My whole objective was to promote me and my music and to let my fans see me. So no, it was just like, “Bye! Toodles!” Everybody there was rapping things that were pre-written. Nobody heard of it, nobody wants to hear it.
Did you think it would take them longer to figure you out?
No. “You My Girl” [the song performed for the nuns on the first episode] was previously recorded, so I should have gone from the beginning. Ms. Cherry had brought it up, so the judges figured out, “She’s fried us.” But now, everybody’s fried because everyone’s verses have to be investigated and the fans are like, “Well, she pre-wrote this,” and “She pre-wrote that.” So it’s like, awwwww, why didn’t you guys shut up and allow me to promote myself? But it was fun. It’s still fun.
Ms. Cherry mentioned this at the elimination?
Yes! She was like, “I heard that before.” I said, “I’m sure you have. I write hits.” Serch didn’t have any choice, especially after I roasted him for hatin’. He was just like, “Let’s get her out of there because this is gonna be too much.”
Part of the challenge, to write 16 bars in an hour, is to see how quick you are on your feet. So you’re saying that you’d rather people hear your music than respect your quickness?
Yes! I’m not a freestyler. Freestylin’ is for free. Why would you get up there and say anything that doesn’t make any sense when you’re on television and you have the opportunity to perform in front of millions of people. You’re gonna go on there and look like a fool, like Ms. Cherry did today? She didn’t even have any material to remember because she’s not a rapper. There’s no way I was gonna get on television and play their game. I went on there with a mission, and my mission was accomplished.
Why didn’t you rap any songs from your upcoming album, Nasti Muzik, on the show?
If I were to do that, they own it. They couldn’t own “Respect Me” or “You’re My Girl” because I own it. So guess what? Pay me to play my music on your show. Checkmate!
What’s your status with Ms. Cherry now?
She’s a joke. She’s young. It’s nothing. She hasn’t done anything to impress me, so I’m not giving her any free promotion. You have to prove yourself and she did that on the show today. It was horrible.
Why did she have such beef with you?
I don’t know. She was a fan! I lived in her city for almost four years. I’ve seen her on many different occasions. So I think it was just her trying to put on for TV. She definitely knows my music and my background.
What about the other girls? Did they respect you?
Yes. Of course they were going to edit it and show me being bossy, but that’s me. Of course I’m going to say that I’m the best. They didn’t show me and the other girls just getting along, me giving them advice, them just looking up to me. There was some haters in the house, but overall, they showed respect.
Did you make friends?
I wouldn’t say “friends.” I’m a realist so I can pick up on fake people quickly and there ere a lot of them in the house. A lot of followers in the house. Rece Steel was genuine and Nicky2States was genuine. She’s a sweetheart.
You’re pretty well known for your beef. Is there anyone in the industry that you do like?
Lil’ Wayne. I love Lil’ Wayne. I don’t think I have beef. I think people mix the truth with beef. Just because I’m so blunt and upfront and real, they’re used to people sugar-coating stuff. It’s not beef. People love my opinion of things because they know I’m gonna give it to ‘em raw. If it’s hot, it’s hot, if it’s not, it’s not, if you wrong, you wrong, if you right, you right.
What’s your relationship with Lil’ Wayne like?
Great. I would say I don’t really do the type of things that they do, and I don’t hang around the type of people that he hangs out with, but one-on-one time is good. He needs better mentors. He’s such a great person. People think he’s a bad person, but he’s not. He’s got it under control.
When you talk about him, even now, I get the sense that something romantic is going on. Is that what you’re implying?
Well…I don’t talk about my personal life too much. But I’m his biggest fan. I’ll just say that.
Are there any females rapping now that you respect?
No. How could I? They all have ghostwriters and so many different producers, it’s like, “Who are you?” People say, “Khia’s a hater,” and it’s like, no bitch. I really am an artist and I do, produce and compose. Just because they dress you up pretty and play dress-up with you, it doesn’t mean that you’re the baddest bitch.
Any resentment for Serch and YoYo?
Uh, yes! Serch was a hater. He was intimidated from the beginning. How are you going to judge somebody that outsold you? All this “obscurity” and “oblivion,” and I’m like, “Serch, is this your life?” “My Neck, My Back” was a major hit, and it’s not going anywhere. I don’t remember “The Gas Mask,” “The Gas Face” or whatever it was. Don’t try to roast me because I’m up on here hustling and grinding and keeping myself promoted. He and YoYo did not understand why I was there. Everybody thought that I should have been a judge, thank you, again.
What specifically about YoYo did you have problems with?
YoYo is a sweetie, but she’s an undercover hater. She was just like, “Khia, I cannot believe you attacked Ms. Cherry. You are a leader. How could you do that?” I’m just like, “She’s the one that’s been running all around the house talking, ‘one-hit wonder.’” When I respond to that, don’t say I attacked her. She had it coming. This is a hip-hop/MC battle show. Don’t come with that, “Oh Khia, you’re a role model” s***. No.
When Ms. Cherry was calling you a one-hit wonder, she was doing it to dog you. But how do you feel about that label in general?
I love it. When they say “one-hit wonder,” they think they’re attacking me with that, but some artists are trying to find that one hit. I made hip-hop history the first time up to bat. I will continue to eat off “My Neck, My Back” for years to come. I will be performing that song at 50. All over the world, all colors, races. Crossing all boundaries. No female has been able to have a mega-hit in hip-hop. Please tell me one song.
“Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa.
There you go. OK. “My Neck, My Back” is in the league with that. So who do I see in the house? No one, YoYo. (Laughs maniacally) I mean, whatever.
Is it a hard thing to live up to, that one hit?
I feel bamboozled because I had such a mega-hit, and I’m just the girl from around the way. I had the success independently, so I didn’t have the mega-machine behind me to make sure my video plays 50 times a day. As big as that song was, if I had a Britney machine or a Rihanna machine, I woulda been the beautifulest thing in the world, too. They’re all robots. If we say they’re hot, they’re hot. If they say, “We’re not accepting Khia because she’s a s***-talker and she doesn’t do what we do, and if we let her know what’s going on, she’s going to expose us”…they’re like, “No! Don’t let her in.” But it’s fine. I’m still going to continue do my music because I love it.
Keep up with Khia via her MySpace.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
KHIA IS A WEAK LAME *`^ ~#^)` MY NECK MY BACK DIDNT DO (%&( AND I HOPE THAT WEEZY WASNT THAT DAMN DUMB TO LEAVE MY IDOL TRINA 4 THAT BROKE WEAK LAME *`^ ~#^)` KHIA YOU ARE A 1 HIT WONDER THAT WOULD NEVER BE A BAD ~#^)` TRINAS THE BAD ~#^)` YOU NEED TO STEP UP YA GAME AND GET MONEY CAUSE YOU AINT ABOUT (%&( T
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
dumb - you can still promote new issh. f%*# it let them have it at least ppl know your flow is still hot !!! you gotta put something out to get something in return!!!! and no wun is looking fwd to hearing ur past &$*& on ur new cd.
and then 16 bars on why you are top female rapper & khia couldnt step up! not even a lil bit ” promotional reasons”
which means : give me 1 one reason why i should buy anything you put out ?
pimptress
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
The only thing i have to say is girl set yo old +%@ down you no u needed that money to promote that wackass cd dont nobody want to c yo +%@ or hear you only if yo name is diamond and you work at somebodies strip club just sit back and let the new news get a chance you had yours damn just stop you aint tight. Sorry boo boo just hadt to put the out there.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
She is a hater and a crazy one at that. You are a one hit not even a wonder(wonder what the hell you are doing on a show for up starting rapper of indiscovered rappers.)
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:15 pm
OK Khia is the ))^& and if you listsen to what she say its real. She is independent with no help this other hoes are sucking &%_* to get big. She is going to be on top and like she say she runs everything and beef to her is like water that she drinks all day it disapears. So *~`~+ ES BETTER RESPECT HER!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
MISS KHIA YOU NEED TO GET A GRIP ON REALITY……”MY NECK MY BACK” WAS HOT WHEN I WAS IN LIKE THE 10TH GRADE AND I GRADUATED IN 04′. B#### PUH-LEEZE! I CANT EVEN CALL YOU WASHED UP BECAUSE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A “HIT CD” TO EVEN BE DAT, AND UR FIRST CD WAS GARBAGE. SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT FANS DOES KHIA HAVE? ANY FANS YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD, PROBABLY THREW DAT WACK %~& CD IN THE TRASH AFTER SEEING THIS SHOW AND UR FUNKY A** ATTITUDE. YOUR A GROWN %~& WOMAN STILL THINKIN PPL WHO COULD GIVE LESS THAN A F##K ABOUT U, ARE HATIN ON U! UR THE HATER, HATIN’ ON ALL THE FEMALE RAPPERS THAT U WISH U COULD BE! DO SUMTHIN PRODUCTIVE WIT YO SELF AND GIVE THE RAP GAME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
khia u are wack, allways goin to be wack and u gone stay that way til u 50!!!or more!!!!u suck…bitch u had 1 hit!!!..1!!!!okay not 2 or 3!!!1!!!!get ur `$@$ together!!!u suck and u gone stay that way and im glad yo ~&% got eliminated cause u suck!!!!…u washed up!!!!…and u know how i know this???because when your next LP come out i bet my motherfuckin life that that `$@$ wont sell 800,000 copeies!!!u be lucky if u sold 10!!! `^@& outta here!!! ur time is up!!!
like serge said…STEP OFF!!!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
[...] Khia was also asked by Vh1 blog about being a one-hit wonder, she said, “If I had a Britney machine or a Rihanna machine, I woulda been the beautifulest thing in the world, too.” [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Im a old head in my late 40s and i remember when rap was new and fresh. Khia is all thats wrong with the rap game today. You talk too much crap and got nuthing to say. That wack song about licking your butt crack was just a sad example of how our women have digressed. To even consider having someone lick on u, u gotta come with the looks. U didnt have it then and u fo sho aint got it now! Im surprised u didnt get kicked off the first show but since this whack show was stolen from ideas pictched by others to VH1, what can we expect. The host sucks and is trying to come back from his failed attempt with…….. white rappers? Does this generation even know one song from Yo-Yo? Of all the surviving rap artists still in the game, still on the grind, is this the best they could find? VH1 sucks and is trying to survive on out-of-date talent, mean spirited wanna b celebs and the worst editing crew ever. The only talent on this show is the big girl whose flow is real and effortless and of course Nicky2states. If the big heads aint heard about this lady they missing out. She will turn someones label out and will replace lil kim and foxy brown in one shot! Let Let J-Z or P-dit get her skillz even tighter and she will be on par for rockin it with Missy and the other current queens of rap. …..And in case i didnt mention it………..VH1 SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
khia you are the baddest bicth!so &#_~ them haters.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Do Khia really think she’s a top notch female mc. Until she can rep like MC Lyte, YO YO, Queen Latifah, and Salt n Pepa she is really just a one hit wonder. She needs to realize that even in the south no ones wants to see her perform.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 pm
IF YOU SELL RECORDS WHY ARE YOU HERE. AND MY NECK MY BACK IS THE ONLY SONG ON THAT ALBUM THAT ANYONE REMEMBERS. KHIA IS WASHED UP. SORRY BOO, YOU DON’T WRITE HITS. YOU LOOK BROKE IF YOU DO. WHY IS SHE PROMOTING AN ALBUM….WHATS THE NAME OF HER NEW ALBUM??? WHO KNOWS AND WHO CARES. AINT NOBODY HATING ON KHIA, THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH, SHE GOT ON NATIONAL TV AND MADE HERSELF LOOK LIKE A _~$ YOU CALL THAT GRINDING. IT JUST SHOWED HER TRUE COLORS HOW SHE CAN NOT FREESTYLE OR COME UP WITH 16 BARS,SHE HAD TO REFER TO AN ALBUM THAT WAS OUT 10 YEARS AGO. GO GET YA PAD AND PENCIL AND START OVER BC YOU ARE NOT A MC. AND PLEASE LEARN HOW TO DRESS, BC WHEN SHE WAS IN THE BOTTOM TWO, THEM PANTS WERE CRAWLING HARD LOL AND IT LOOK LIKE SHE SMOKES ALL DAY. (AND THEM EYEBROWS..LAWD), BUT I CAN GIVE IT TO HER, SHE HAD A GOOD STRATEGY SO R-.-E-S-P-E THAT LOL THEN SHE GOT THE NERVE TO BE GOIN AT TRINA… I READ HOW SHE WENT AT HER ON SOHH.COM. BABY TRINA NOT ON A REALITY SHOW TRYING TO MAKE IT, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS BECAUSE SHE GRINDING.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Khia is wack, she looks like she smells… what real artist would ever want to work with her after seeing the show? I almost feel sorry for her.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
khia is a lame buck tooth beaver she ia a hater and she need to quit living off that stupid “i sold $800,000 records ” that sis so lame she lucky that wack single made that much lol
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
khia is the real deal she need all the respect that a real thug misses need
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
This is why Khia is on an independent label now: She calls everyone a “hater” and doesn’t realize how she played herself.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
she is so stupid! as dumb as she looks..i swear!
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Khia is a lame, talentless, wonder. She actually did not have a hit, so I won’t dare call her a “one-hit wonder”. Her facts are like totally bogus. Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Foxxy Brown, and Lil’ Kim have all had hits and are known internationally. Byata and Chiba (just to name two in the house) could rap her into the ground. She is making excuses for why she sucked on the show. She is a hater and a lame.
The hardest thing about watching her was all those teeth in her mouth and her bag lady outfits.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Khia is lame and needs to be knocked down a notch. She was on a lame reality tv show so really how awesome can she truely be?!?
And her One Hit was terrible. I would rather listen to fingernails on a chalkboard.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Khia you are wack… and did’nt she get her “Fabulous” one hit wonder off of that song that Too $hort sang? Quit trying to act like you the #*!( cause the only somewhat decent song that you ever made WASN’T even completely yours
Your ghetto, your fake and ugly. You must be broke too cause your teeth are all phhucked up. You and Lil Wayne will do great together casuse you two look alike. Hey instead of trying to fix your wack a$$ career in rapping why don’t you try and keep your kids in check. Just admitt it you made your self look like a fool on TV. Ny chance you ever had of fixing it just went down the drain….
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
My neck, my back was the worst crap that I ever heard. The beat was wack and the lyrics were horrible. Everytime that I heard that song, I had to turn it off. And I’m sorry, that 16 bar “rap” was even WORSE than my neck, my back. I kind of figured out that wasn’t a freestyle, and IT still suck. My seven year old daughter writes better songs than that.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Khia is too bootsy the only time someone has to constantly defend there music it must not be worth a dam it shuld defend itself…i mean when my neck my back cam out it wasnt my cup of tea it was degrading and i consider myself a woman and that wasnt a hit 4 me and with her selling 800,000 copies she had to buy them all because i didnt even know there was a cd that came with that but maybe the show was too small for her and thats y they let her go!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
[...] Khia was also asked by Vh1 blog about being a one-hit wonder, she said, “If I had a Britney machine or a Rihanna machine, I woulda been the beautifulest thing in the world, too.” [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
[...] Khia was also asked by Vh1 blog about being a one-hit wonder, she said, “If I had a Britney machine or a Rihanna machine, I woulda been the beautifulest thing in the world, too.” [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I mean If Khia knew that she was promoting her self and spitting lyrics that were already tracks, then she had to know that she was going to leave the show sooner or later right ? then im sorry i would have torn ms.cherry a new hole in her face because when Khia was on the show she was talking _~+) now that she’s gone it’s funny how ms cherry fell in the bottom two. I think established artist like Khia and other female rapper’s should be a mentor to the way-ward upcommers because none of them can rap.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
[...] Khia was also asked by Vh1 blog about being a one-hit wonder, she said, “If I had a Britney machine or a Rihanna machine, I woulda been the beautifulest thing in the world, too.” [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 am
I jus wanted to say that Im tired of people hatin on this woman cuz My neck my back was the damn sh#t and whoever said it wont u must was 5 or under at the time and didnt know what the f#%k u were talkin about. So what she went on the show thats her business and nobody elses. And if I were Khia I would thank ya’ll dumb “@ es for keeping my name in your mouth and everybody elses regardless if it was a one hit wonder. Wonder about that!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
that was crazy as &!%` how khia got kicked out evidently she cant freestyle cause she would have and why would u try to promote a old ^^@ album something wrong wit that girl i wish she would have stayed honestly cause it would have been alot more drama
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
First of all Khia..
Salt-N-Pepa got you beat by alot, and they were not one hit wonders you were so get it stright!!!
So dont be dissin them sayin you got them beat bcuz “My Neck My Back” been plyed out since when-ever!!
I didnt even have a problem wit u till u said what u said about salt-n-pepa
they will be greater than u ever will so get that stright…
&& yes your songs are good on yo new album and i will go pick that up when it comes back…
And you know who else is a GOOD female rap artist??? Lil Kim, Trina, Foxy Brown, all of them are so plz talk what you know and stop hatin thinkin u da best!!! Cuz you not…
And if you got anything to say let me know aiight!!
wozdayboi13@yahoo.com
Thank you and have a nice day!!!!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
what did she say she went to jail for how about welfare frud u got grown kids screaming that your only 32 i think not,mama always talking about she’s thug misses yeah ur a common criminal just like the next b*^@h paying your do’s write your own raps stop stealing the lyrics changing a couple of words keep saying your from ATL cause u make Tampa look weak we have some real rappers in florida that are paying their do’s trying to make it and your a f***ing joke and the world knows it start being real and u might get some respect.It’s great that they found u out and put you off the show let some real rappers get some shine you had your ten minutes of fame you’ve been in it for over 10yrs and you still haven’t went futher then this come on give it a break you dropped the ball just adimit it your a one hit wonder off someone elses song.Maybe u shouldn’t say your from ATL cause everyone respects ATL just say your from outerspace the aliens can claim you