Da Brat recently (July 20) sat down with CNN to discuss life out of prison and all the new projects she's getting ready to release. Take a look at the interview below..
The following is an excerpt from CNN:
CNN: So now that you have been back home for a little bit, are you getting back into the groove of the music industry and did you do any work while you were away?
Da Brat: I actually didn't do any writing of music while I was locked up. I wrote a book, but I didn't do any music.
But I'm getting back into the swing of things. I have a mixed tape out called "Life After Death" which you can find on Global14.com and I discuss my prison stint a little bit. A couple of the remixes I did are on there, including a remix of (the Chris Brown song) "Look At Me Now" and I am very happy and excited about it.
CNN: Did you purposely not work on music while you were in prison?
Da Brat: I just wasn't inspired really to write any music. Plus I had a portable CD player (laughs). It's not like being in the studio where the music is loud and you have good quality headphones.
CNN: Can you tell us about the book you wrote?
Da Brat: The book is pretty much about myself as a child, growing up in church and the different things I encountered like being in a gang and trying to sell drugs.
All the little things that led up to me going to that Kriss Kross concert in 1992, rapping on stage, going to the Oprah Winfrey show, meeting Jermaine Dupri and all of the things that led up to that.
CNN: Is it a biography or is it fiction?
Da Brat: It's loosely based on my life. I'm doing it mostly so I can get a movie deal.
CNN: In your opinion, how has the music industry changed since you were gone?
Da Brat: Everything is the Internet now.
It's definitely not about selling CDs anymore. You pretty much do your own promotion now which is kind of cool, I kind of like it. I'm on Twitter as Only1Brat, I'm not on Facebook, but I'm on Jermaine's website Global14 all of the time.
It's almost like you cut out the middle man. I get to talk to my fans up close and personal and I've run across people I haven't seen since I was a kid going to church.
CNN: Fans of your sister's reality show (TV One's "LisaRaye: The Real McCoy") saw her interacting with you on while you were locked up. Any plans for your own reality show?
Da Brat: I'm working on getting one now.
The sad thing about it is most of these networks want the fighting, they want the drunkenness, they want the confrontational and that's not me anymore. I've outgrown that and I don't want that to be the main focus. Been there, done that and been through hell because of that.
I want to show people who I am, introduce them to my family, where I've come from, how I'm helping people with my charity work. I know it sounds boring, but with that comes with a lot and a lot of bumps in the road.
So I'm currently shopping for a deal right now.
CNN: You have very close family and friends, so who surprised you by coming to visit you in prison?
Da Brat: (Laughing) Mariah (Mariah Carey -- Da Brat and Carey appeared together in Carey's film "Glitter.") Yeah, Mariah and Nick (Nick Cannon, Carey's husband).
It was a shocker because the whole place was in an uproar. They must have called ahead because all of the officers and the warden knew. The whole compound put on their uniforms and it was a down day when we didn't have inspection or anything.
To view the rest of the interview click here.
via CNN
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