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Khia’s Gone, But An Atlantan Could Still Be Miss Rap Supreme
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Less than five minutes into the second episode of Ego Trip’s “Miss Rap Supreme”, Atlanta rapper Khia was disqualified.
It seems that the freestyle rhyme she was charged with coming up with off the top of her head, and recited in the debut of the VH1 reality show last week - “R-E-S-P-E/Respect me” - was actually recorded, and appeared on her 2006 sophomore CD “Gangstress”.
So Khia (above) was kicked out of the Fembassy, and Atlantan Ms Cherry goes on to compete for the crown and $100,000.
No problem — Khia contended earlier today on Hot-107.9’s “A Team Morning Show”. “It was all promotion,” she said. “Everybody knows I’m already Miss Rap Supreme…It worked out for me.”
And you know, she kind of has a point: After all, six years after her lone hit, people are talking about Khia again. She claimed on the radio that ringtone sales have lept for “Respect Me”. And when you think about it - would Khia really be on the same channel as artists on the level of a Madonna or John Mayer if she hadn’t done this? Not to mention all of this attention comes just before she releases her new CD “Nasti Muzik” in July, on Atlanta’s Big Cat Records.
Doesn’t it look like she used this to her advantage?
Granted, this increase in attention has also made for heightened criticism. Hot-107.9’s Emperor Searcy asked her address talk that she looked like “a hot mess” on the show. (She basically laughed it off). And then, acknowledging the one-hit wonder talk, he asked if she has actually had a record since 2002’s “My Neck, My Back”. And co-host Rashan Ali reminded him of her single with superstar Janet Jackson, “So Excited”.
See the YouTube video below:
Comments
By condarius
April 24, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
khia is a smart woman she knew exactly what she was doing on the show and them other hoes was hating because they are no where near her and what she has done, it was unpredictable, she took chances, she fought battles, and now even off the show people still talking about her its all about promotion with out it your nothing so she did her damn thang to get herself known and that was smart my hat is off to her i bow down to the QUEEN!! you havnt seen trina or none of them other hoes dop that s** forea!!!
By JOnes
May 5, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this
Khia is wack. She could even spit a 16 bar…and she is miss rap supreme…please. Like My girl Cherry says, she is a one hit wonder and My Neck My Back was the only single that dropped. She obviously doesn’t comprehend things very well she was specifically told to come up with something original that is fresh and new not something that has already been written. If she was a real artist she would have came up with a 16-bar without a problem, however, she ran into a problem because she usually gets help and this time she was on her own. Glad she isn’t on the show… it really showed her true colors. GO Cherry…