Mya tells Vibe Vixen that she learned a lot about the music business - and the kind of woman she wanted to be - while touring with Dru Hill in 1997. "Seeing the thrill, the lifestyle, seeing them with different girls all the time, I remember saying to myself, 'I don't want to be one of those girls.' " Mya also revealed in the interview published in the June/July issue that she was taught a harsh lesson about the industry at 17. "Someone that was instrumental in my career harassed me," she said. "I wasn't going to entertain it, but also didn't know how to say, 'F*** you, leave me alone.' I just internalized it." Those days are over, and in recent years, Mya's made a point of standing up for herself. After 50 Cent claimed - in the 2006 dis track "Not Rich, Still Lying," aimed at the Game - that he had sex with her, Mya denied his story both in the press and to his face. "I saw him and addressed him about it in person at Violator." Mya said. "He said, 'You're gangsta right now. You're the talk of the town.' ... I just let him know how I felt." ...
Andre 3000, Pink, Fall Out Boy's Andy Hurley, Carrie Underwood, GZA, RZA, AFI's Davey Havok, Joss Stone and Prince join last year's winners Natalie Portman and Benji Madden and dozens of other musicians, actors and athletes up for the 'World's Sexiest Vegetarian' title on Peta2.com. ...
The "High School Musical" soundtrack was a chart-topping success without a physical single, but Disney is switching it up for the sequel. "What Time Is It" will be released as a CD single on July 17, ahead of the August television premiere of "High School Musical 2." The track features Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Zac Efron, Lucas Grabeel, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale. ...
Hi-Five singer Tony Thompson was found dead in Waco, Texas, on Friday night, The Associated Press reports. He was 31. Friends of Thompson's speculated that the death may have been an accidental overdose, according to a report in the Waco Herald-Tribune. Thompson had recently returned to Waco from Dallas and was working on new music. Hi-Five debuted in 1990 with a self-titled debut album that went multiplatinum thanks to the hits "I Like the Way" and "Can't Wait Another Minute." ...
After a plea went out over the weekend to help find missing Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike, police in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, said they recovered Pike's body on Sunday off the coast of Buzzard's Bay, local NBC affiliate WHDH reported. Pike, 23, was last seen at around 3 a.m. Saturday, leaving a party he attended after a show in Providence, Rhode Island. He sent a text message to his girlfriend early Saturday morning, but was not heard from after that. An autopsy will be performed this week to determine the cause of death. A message on the Syracuse, New York, band's MySpace page read, "We will always love and miss you, John." ...


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