“I’m definitely upset at the outcome. I’m disappointed. I’m mad at myself. I got a family, man, I got three kids…my two boys. My daughter, she’s 15 right now. These are her last couple of years. She’s about to graduate from high school, and she’s going to college. She needs her father. My boys really need me right now too, as well as my wife. They need Daddy, and Daddy f—ed up.”This is the first time Ja Rule has ever been incarcerated, and he’s looked to his old friend drug lord Kenneth ‘Supreme’ McGriff, who is currently serving time, to give him some advice on how to serve his time:
“This is something that’s bad, but there’s gotta be some good that comes out of it[...]Even if there are other kids that look at me and say, ‘Let me put my burner down.’ Even if it’s that, then there is something learned from my mistakes.”
“I spoke to Preme two weeks ago. He let me know about my bid goin’ in; how to bid. I never bidded, so you gotta know how to bid.”On a lighter note, he talked about being able to pave the way for the new wave of ‘rapping singers,’ such as Drake:
“Drake can sing, man.[...]I always admit it. I’m a shallow singer. But I think that’s what attracted people to what I was doing, because I made you feel like you too could do this,” he explained. “I’m not blowing Luther Vandross notes over here! You could do what I’m doing.[...]I think that’s what made it pop music. I think for the people, that’s what made it popular, that they were able to sing along with it and they weren’t intimidated by singing along to it because it was a guy that can’t sing.”In the meantime, Ja Rule is said to have filmed a reality
“They got this new Maybach that I want that costs $8 million. I gotta have it.”A few days later, Birdman tweeted a photo of the ride, writing:
“8million 0n a whip all red.blievetht.custom made.ymcmb.”
"I only gave a [release] date one time in my career last year, and I smacked myself in the face because it was so unrealistic. Now I say it's coming soon, and it's really true, because we're in the final stages right now," said the Roc Nation signee.
"I think of my own expectations and my pressure on myself," he says. "I don't worry about what the world wants me to do. I'm worrying about meeting my expectations."
“Police escorts should be provided if there's a security issue, period," Bloomberg told New Yorks 1010 WINS. "Either for you, for me, for everybody else…The bottom line is the police department should treat everybody exactly the same. If you don't get a police escort, P. Diddy shouldn't.”NYPD officials are investigating several officers to see who gave the authorization for the escort.
“I just felt like a movie like that hasn't come out in so long. At that time when they put those movies out, we as the fans were interested in what they were doing on the road. … Nobody hasn't came around since then that was that interesting other than Young Money. It's going to be real major; it's going to be real big, I will eat real nice.”
“Last week I saw some footage of myself as I was five years ago and I was surprised. It was like I recognized myself but I didn’t. It seemed another world away. But in this slim world I do now realize I was being discriminated against. I’m offered more parts. There is much more excitement about me now.”She also tells AOL:
On Believing Her Fuller Figure Was Normal
“I never thought I was overweight. I thought my old look was pretty normal. That was how all the girls looked growing up in Chicago. I didn’t have any problem with it. It makes me smile to think back to myself when I did ‘Dreamgirls’ with Beyonce. I did see all these women in Hollywood, all very slim and I thought, ‘Wow, these ladies are very into themselves.’ I loved that I stood out in a room. You knew when you saw this woman it was Jennifer Hudson.”
On The Benefits of Fitting Into Hollywood
“There have been times when it’s a huge high, like when I walked the red carpet at the Oscars and people were screaming at me. Then I also had dinner with Beyonce and Alicia Keys and they just kept going on and on about how great I looked.”
The reaction is like a whole new world with the new image. That’s another reason I feel like a whole new person and [at] times … I forget [about] my new image because my mind has not caught up with my physical yet. But everything is worlds-apart different and it’s like being introduced to a whole new world in every single way you can imagine. What I mean is from being on the other side as a plus-size girl versus now you would never know what you’re being discriminated against until you cross to the other side. So now being on this side — people are different. There’s a whole lot more opportunities, people are more friendly.It’s amazing how obsessed Hollywood is with weight and J Hud is a walking testament of how different people treat you when you have a little meat on your bones. Last April, she told the press, “I’m alright with not being a size 2″. Since then, she’s dropped from a size 16 to a size 6 and is now considered a walking billboard.
“Now, let me just comment first of all on the fact that I can’t get the networks to break in on all kinds of other discussions. I was just back there listening to Chuck and he was saying, ‘It’s amazing that he’s not going to be talking about national security.’ I would not have the networks breaking in if I was talking about that.The President goes on to say that though there has been much debate and cause for concern over the country’s deficit, unemployment, and high gas prices, the leading story on major news outlet (and minor ones as well) has been about his birth certificate, taking attention away from more important issues.
As many of have been briefed, we provided additional information today about the site of my birth. Now, this issue has been going on for two and a half years now. I think it started during the campaign. I have to say over the last two and a half years I have watched with amusement, I’ve been puzzled at the degree to which this thing has kept on going. We’ve had every official in Hawaii, Democrat and Republican, every news outlet that has investigated this confirmed that yes, in fact I was born in Hawaii, August 4, 1961 in Kapiolani Hospital. We’ve posted the certification that is given by the state of Hawaii on the internet for everybody to see. People have provided affidavits that they in fact have seen this birth certificate, and yet this thing just keeps on going. [....] Now , normally, I would not comment on something like this, because obviously there’s a lot of stuff swirling in the press at any given day and I’ve got other things to do.”
We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers.Donald Trump was spotted this morning in New Hampshire giving a mini-press conference of his own, and his only response was:
“Oh, by the way, I don’t know if you heard? Did you hear?[...]I am so proud of myself. I got this guy to release his birth certificate. I’m really, really happy.[...]Now, we have to look at. We have to see is it real? Proper? What’s on it? But I hope it checks out beautifully. I am really proud. I am really honored.”
“Well, I also have a reality show that’s gonna come out on VH1 and start filming early June, so that’s gonna be incorporated in the show. The shop isn’t up right now. You’ll see the process that I have to go through in order to get — it’s not really easy to get a store and get people to come….but it’ll go through. My show is going to be an open book of my life and my family and my businesses and its called “Behind Her Shades,” because usually I have shades on and its everything behind them that people don’t know about. But they will learn, and part of that is my shade shop. It’s all vintage frames.In addition to the reality show, Amber spoke about her other upcoming business ventures, which include writing a book:
“[I'm also] writing a book, it’ll be an inspirational book. A lot of people don’t know about my life. The people that do…a lot of young girls can relate to the things I’ve been through in my past and how I grew up. Also, lip gloss, my own shade line. My store will be all vintage frames but I’m also going to have my own shade line. Do collaborations with designers, it’s endless. I’m gonna do stuff all over the world. Also jewelry, diamonds, bracelets, earrings, accessories, you know. All girl stuff mostly.”Sources reveal that Amber has completed shooting a pilot and is currently shopping it around, however, VH1 has not stepped in and officially picked up the series. (Though I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.)
