Trey Songz was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday, July 1. The singer performed "Na Na" and "Foreign" off of his new album, Trigga. It's available now on
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On Working Hard and Believing In Yourself:
“I know I tell my kids all the time that they shouldn’t shy away from difficult things, because that is the point at which you are really growing. It’s not just about grades or test scores. Today our kids may shy away from applying to college if they think they don’t have the right grade or test score. But the truth is that the kids who succeed and go on to be successful professionals are the ones who know how to work hard.”
On Opportunity and what we owe our Ancestors:
“We cannot waste the opportunity that we have here in America, especially as African-Americans. Our ancestors fought and bled and died so that we could go to school. And I still think about that.”
On Preparing Sasha and Malia for the future:
“We talk about responsibility and accountability, about making sure that they’re not wasting the opportunities they’re given. We make sure they know how lucky they are and that, because of that, they have an obligation to have their acts together and to take their education very seriously.”
The song is riddled with subliminals such as…Maybe Chris was just catching a ride home after a long night but if those lyrics were meant for Jas, he won’t be happy.
“I’ll take your Tina” (Short for Christina)
“She needs a king
f-ck a prince” (she’s dating Jas Prince)
“You’re a queen not a princess, you’re a queen lets have princess”
Michael Ealy is just so fine, I have to just take a nap on him! Whenever I see a picture of him, I just immediately knock because he’s too fine!Her reaction when he appeared behind her with a bouquet of roses was priceless! After she gathered herself together, and told him that he may remember her as a little girl but she is now a grown woman, she said:
And it really makes me sad because I did my first movie with him ever which was Barbershop 2 and I was nine so he’ll never, ever see me the way that I want him to see me, y’all.
If anything ever happens in your marriage…you know who to call!Too funny!
On how her mom helps her be a better parent:
“I always go to my mom for advice. Even when I went through crazy phases in my life, she allowed me to be me and never said
, ‘You shouldn’t be doing that!’ She’d just give me the pros and cons and allowed me to make my own decisions. I hope I am my son’s best friend, and I want him to feel like he can come talk to me about anything—good or bad, because that’s what I used to do with my mom. If they can’t talk to you, that’s when they go to outside influences and they might make wrong choices.
On her perfect night with her family:
My husband, my son and I have the best time when it’s just the three of us. It’s nice to all be together, put a movie on, lie in the bed and laugh. That’s my idea of a perfect, fun time.
On being ready to have another child:
I do start feeling bad because [my son, Kiyan, 7, will] ask about a baby [sibling] and I feel a little selfish. If I did have another child, the reason would be that I wouldn’t want my son to be alone in the world as an only child. But we’ll see.
On her new fashion line, 5th & Mercer:
I know what works on Latinas, black women and curvy women. But it’s great that a website like ShopBop that isn’t used to having that kind of consumer—they’re used to stopping at a six or an eight—to push them to go up to a fourteen and understand our kind of woman.
On designing clothes that flatter Latinas:
I always notice my quickest-selling sizes are the fourteens, the twelves and the tens. I just won a little disagreement to increase the sizes with the website ShopBop. They were only going from zero to eight and I’m like, ‘No, we come in all sizes, we have to increase the sizes.’ So now they go from zero to fourteen and I wish they would go even higher.
My everyday style is what I call ‘tomboy chic,’ but for my wedding, I’m going to do elegance with a little edge.She also revealed how when she knew Future was the one:
Very early on. He came withBack in January, a few months after her engagement, Ciara told OK! Magazine that she’s trying to balance motherhood, her career, and planning a wedding.
something that I’d never felt before: the true presence of a man.
I’m definitely in the process of thinking about things that I want for the wedding. Me and my fiance, we talk over so many ideas and we’re really starting to get there because now we have to think about several things; [the] wedding, baby, albums, and our careers. Everything all in one. But it makes the year so eventful and it makes it something that I’m really looking forward to. So, I’m taking my time. Luckily I have a good amount of time now to get ready and I think we’re probably going to go to the location really soon so I’m excited.She also revealed to “Entertainment Tonight” that she is excited to be marrying her best friend.
It feels so good. What’s so funny is, I was thinking about my life as a woman and all that’s happened to me and the things I’ve been through as a woman. It feels so great to be with someone who’s like, your best friend. I can almost cry talking about it now because every time I think about it, it really kicks in, but I feel so happy. I really do. I’m just very proud. I think I just like being able to say ‘my fiancée.’ Not my boyfriend. It’s not just that word you toss around. That’s my fiancée! I love it. It feels so good.