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Money problems. the vegas show was a business deal, but it's personal as well. >> this isn't like the last one when you sort of didn't know how to handle money. >> yes and no. it really wasn't like that the last time. last time it was a gag order so no one knows after 40 million records, my royalty statement was less than $2,000. that's the part i couldn't talk about, but now the gag party is over. in the reality show i discuss that. this big spending spree, no. i don't own a bmw, like they say. i have to laugh. >> was this when you were with la face records? >> yes. for example, tlc, we were ...

Records you had a chance to work at motown as well. you really did get a chance to kind of spread your wings at a number of recording places. what is it that allowed you to be taken seriously where people wouldn't take you seriously particularly because you were a woman, and how were you able to do that? >> initially early on, i made sure i demanded respect as a woman. i gave myself a uniform, if you will, when i started out in college and got my start at la face records in 1993, i wore baggy jeans and hat to the back and i demanded respect early on and became everyone's little sister, so i go...