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 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 am
FIRST OF ALL….U MUST BE BROKE, SINCE U HAD TO GO ON SUCH A SHOW TO PROMOTE THAT WACK )#_ SONG….I ACTUALLY WENT TO HEAR THE $@&^ AN THE $@&^ IS WACK, IS GARBAGE……..U SAY THE SAME $@&^ OVER AND OVER AND WASN’T THAT SONG ON THE ONLY ALBUM SHE HAD LIKE 4 YEARS AGO???? SHE LOOKED BUMMY, FAT AND UGLY….OH MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE MADE A FOOL OUT HERSELF LIKE THAT, YO WAIT, THAT $@&^ SHE HAD ON WAS A DRESS???? THAT $@&^ LOOKED LIKE AN UGLY SHIRT THAT WAS TUCKED BETWEEN HER LEGS AND THEM UGLY )#_ BOOTS…UR DREADS LOOKED TERRIBLE THEY NEED TO BE CLEANED OR AT LEAST LOOK FRESH….UR TEETH OH MY GOD WAS UP WITH THAT, U SHOULD’VE GOT THEM FIXED SINCE U SOLD 800,000 COPIES….WHAT IS THE BEEF WITH HER AND TRINA??? WHY? CAUSE WEEZY `*+) ING HER AND PROBABLY U…..U PROABABLY JUST SUCKING HIM OFF….NEXT: KHIA ON CELEBRITY FIT CLUB MAKING OUT WITH DUSTIN DIAMOND (SCREECH)!!!! LOL
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:39 am
KHIA MADE A SMART CAREER MOVE MS. CHERRY LOOK LIKE A MOKEY LADY/MAN TWIST LOOK LIKE BIGGIE NICKY2STATES NEED A NOSE JOB
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 am
khia just got on my %(+* ing nerves the whole damn time she was there she thought her _`$ was cute but really she’s ugly. the attitude that she has is going to hold her back from moving up.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
ONE WORD RE: YOUR CAREER KHIA: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, WITH YOUR TRIFLING FAKE AZZ. MY NECK, MY BACK DAMN YOUR S*&T IS WACK!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
she was very weak. she had a major deal and could not make it and always running her trap. like snoop said bit*h please
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
That ^~)`$ is a HATER! she is HELLA Dillusional. Callin everyone a hater because she had one hit!
“No female has been able to have a mega-hit in hip-hop. Please tell me one song.”
Uh..how about Missy Elliot? Missy will stomp your one hit to the $*^@ in center of the earth with your dumb hatin %$` Yeah I heard your song before, but I never knew your name. ^~)`$ please. You ain’t $)@( And you next album. Flop! haha…that $)@( ain’t goin no where. Get over yourself and move on with your life. I’m sure you will be performing my neck, my back when your 50….at $*^@ in gay clubs….old people homes, stupid $)@( like that.
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Yeah, ya’ll +&!(@ es can have your little show, while I’m on top. I eat shrimp from the grocery store, ya’ll can’t touch me. Ya’ll can catch me next year promotin my rhymes on flavor of love. Yeah he’s a nasty ~^*#& but I dont’ see ya’ll on TV. I’m already in talks to have Trina write on my next album, and foxy brown is gonna write my hooks.
P.S. Please let me back on the show, that German hoe is whack.
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
go to http://www.cdbaby.com/mrpain not a one hit wonder
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
This B*tch is a joke!!! She can’t spit. Her raps are wack. That bull sh*t my neck my back was lame. It was some sh*t for the strip clubs. I bet thats where she made her money. Not to mention she looks like a dog in the face. Is she serious? She has no talent because if she did regardless of why she was their she would have did her thing in the free-style. If she was gonna perform a song that was previously written at least it should have been hot. Khia did make history she will go down a the wackest female mc ever. NO HOOD LOVE 4 KHIA!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
ya ok trina aint gonna sit down khia is nasty n da @$`%~ is dumb she cant even put out a good diss even on her interviews she is still taking dumb *#~* from her first album trina sold more wit da rocksTARR mix tape then khia will ever sell trina even if she did make no money she whould never go on dat gay !!` show
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I don’t know why Khia think she is the sh*t. She’s a one-hit wonder…along the lines of Vanilla Ice. She’s super wack…point blank.
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Are you telling me that these are the best female rappers they could find? Come on!!! These girls suck. Lioness? Lioness? She is terrible. I’ll admit that maybe 3 or 4 of them have some talent, but I know babies that can spit better.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Khia crazy, I do believe she’s the baddest, because some other people `^%& be souding like other people wrote it,because it dont sound real, when ‘my neck, my bach’ came out, I was like, ‘oh `^%& becuse khia owned it. Trina need to sit down and give khia some air.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Different person has different style.My black friends on the page, ~~blackcentury. com~~, also have their own style.And they live a happy life .We can’t comment anyone because we are different.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Khia, I’m not judging you, but you have some real personal issues. You act like you’re God or something; but I guess that’s why he brought you down to earth. HONEY PLEASE REACH OUT TO JESUS cause you really need him. Also, grow up because I’m sure you have kids that act older than you.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Well, Khia was bein real on some of the stuff she said, but overall everyone in the house had a flow that made hers look like boo boo. Ok yea, she had a good hit shiddd i was sangin dat wen it first came out and I was kida young the. Overall she can make incredible HOOKS, but technically she cant rap. Have of tha `^!_ she was tryin to rap didn’t flow, and it always sounded like a hook. And as far as her tryin to diss all the females in the rap game now, i jus got one ?’s. Who is sellin albums, who is makin NEW MONEY, who is reachin the top bilboards? NOT U!! I mean she a reall ^+( &^&&! and all dat, i respect dat, but from what it looks like, in the industry you gotta learn how to grow, develop, and evolve into a person who is going to have to make certain ajustments, and she is does’t know how to ajust. I have seen some kind of positve change in all female rappers BUT her, and thats why she has to go to some amateaur ^+( show, thats why she aint neva had no kind of meadia tim, and if she want to keep grindin she gone have to learn. I aint a hata or nuthin, but Khia u a real ^+( chick and i respect dat, but u need to get yoself 2getha
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Yeah,™ll +&!(@ es can have your little show, while
im on top. I eat shrimp from the grocery store, yall cant touch me. yall can catch me next year promotin my rhymes on flavor of love. Yeah he a nasty ~^*#& but I dont see yall on TV.im already in talks to have Trina write on my next album, and foxy brown is gonna write my hooks.
P.S. Please let me back on the show, that German hoe is whack.
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I TOTALLY AGREE WIT U GURL
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
YO KHIA YOU ARE A F**IN BI*CH.IIGHT STOP TRYIN TO HATE OFF OF MS.CHERRY CUZ U NO SHE BETTA THAN U.IIGHT HATER!!!!
AND ANYWAYS GET A LIFE AND STOP THINKIN THAT UR THE BEST CUZ YOUR NOT…. IF U WERE AS GOOD AS U THINK U ARE UR +%_ WOULD OF STILL BEEN IN THAT COMPETION. SO GO F***K YA SELF.
IIGHT YO .
PEACE OH AND GET SOME BRACES CUZ UR TEETH IZ F**KED UP!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I’ve read a lot of these post and its funny. A lot of people say she’s a hater. But the same ones are hating on her. And if any of yall haters know the real deal. The girl got flow. Just because the only thing you know is My Neck My Back don’t mean thats it. I can name a few tracks. I love music and I don’t just listen to whats on the radio and whats on TV. Khia does a lot more than just rap, she writes. So why your moving your head to some _++! somebody else is singing, that could be the same &&_( she wrote. She wasn’t stupid for getting on the show, it was free promotion. Why spend thousands of dollars to promote and you can do it for free. So haters stop hating. I give Khia much love.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Khia, do your thang babe, dont let the haters get to u.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
KHIA IS A FAT UGLY )__&* AND SHE CANT RAP FOR %+~! HER NECK AND HER BACK IS WACK LIKE MS CHERRY SAID )__&* IS A ONE HIT WONDER HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Are you kidding me? Somebody needs to look at her history. Khia is NOT a rapper, she talk during the My Neck crap. She sold 800,000 units she didnt even make platinum. Khia dont know SH*T about the rap game or rapping and if she did she wouldnt have went on a show like that, she did it because she knows she a wack azz rapper. One more thing let her know she will NEVER be on the level of a Salt N Pepa. Peace and I’m out.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
hummm khia u need to go to the nearest humble pie depot in georgia and buy the biggest slice and eat you are to pompous and to proud your downfall is near if u are not careful what do u want people like beyonce to do and say or tom cruise to do becos they have more ways records than you and u look ugly go fit down may be celebrity fit club can help but i can (#% ure them they will regret if they do becos u will want them to underneath you pride comes before a fall.and your music is even a whack shoooooo baby girl drop the respect stuff and face life get your GED and be more usefull to ur life
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I feel like she did what all rappers do to get to their foot in the door and that’s bash another in their field. I disagree with her about the freestyling comment. I feel free-styling shows your creativity. That’s how you can tell who is the most creative and can drop ten-plus songs, hooks and/or appearances in one year. Instead of thoes who just write. Not trying to say anything is wrong with writers, it’s just take too long when you think too hard.********************On that Note********************.
Personally, I’m from the Show Me, no STL just KC where we building a masterpiece. Yesterday was my first time seeing the show and I don’t understand none of their flows. I didn’t see Khia get down but haven’t seen her in a half of decade. I’m gonna touch down on that show as soon as I get the ladder on how to get there. Show the States about that KC gates and I ain’t referring to your taste. ‘Cause it’s all about the BIZNESS. Parten me. BReeM.
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
chica get mad when the weave fall off
stop wishing to the star of becoming
what you aren’t dont step on the
scene if ya hit is a wonder one time
coming a nonphenominal ms rap supreme
like mlk i once had a dream of killing mc
for that lyrical theme step in my city
its already a lime light scene ask how
im feeling collective collecting these
wanna be unlyrical mc.
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
okay first off hating on khia?? no one has to. she’s a regular girl from florida. everything she spits is like wow. THATS IT?? you put a hit that “sold how ever many copies && u think ur better than the other girls but thats all u got. && what made it worse was that it was pre-recorded. I was rooting for her. just like i go for all the down south girls but after i seen what a disappointment she was i just gave up. Cherry may have froze on the last show but her raps was better than khias. && lil wayne?lets not go there. i love him too but that doesnt mean we are together. lol
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
[...] 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.” - -Khia still being delusional as ever in her interview with Vh1 Celebreality Blog [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:45 pm
What ever My Neck My Back was a re-make of another song from Florida Artists. She’s whack.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
that !**% was def a publicity stunt. her being on the show was a publicity stunt. probably because her new album is gonna drop in june and no ones gonna buy it.