Fantasia 2004: the newest American Idol talks about gay fans and family, her new CD, and being a single mom.Perhaps the most important election this year was held in May, when single mother Fantasia Barrino Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30 1984), or simply Fantasia, is an American pop, R&B, soul singer and Broadway / television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. was chosen as this year's American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. on the popular Fox show. American Idol judge Simon Cowell Simon Cowell (born 7 October, 1959) is a British artist and repertoire ("A&R") executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol likened her voice to Donald Duck's, but Americans, and eventually even Simon, were won over by her distinctive singing and positive attitude. After an all-nighter in the recording studio, Fantasia--now 20 and working the single name--took a few moments to catch up with The Advocate and talk about her debut CD, Free Yourself (J/19/BMG). Can you talk about working with Missy Elliott on your new album? I love Missy Elliott ... she is the best. She just reminds me of somebody back home, you know? Somebody that you hang out with every day and go chilling with. She'd crack jokes, crack on me, and I'd just be wowing out in the booth. I love her. She does it all--sings, raps, she does it all. Tell us about your decision to be out about being a single mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. . I had a child to take care of. She needed things--clothes, you know. To be real with you, this ain't no fairy-tale life. I had to go out to get it. So I said I'm just going to stand up for all those young mothers out there. I have a song on my album that's titled "Baby Mama This article is about the slang term. For other uses, see Baby mama (disambiguation). Baby mama (also baby-mama and baby-mother) is an African-American Vernacular English term used to describe a mother who is not married to her child's father. ," about how we struggle from day to day so that that child will have. What are your thoughts on gay marriage? [Laughs] I don't really think about that often. My godmother is gay and she is married to a woman, and that's her business. That's her prerogative An exclusive privilege. The special power or peculiar right possessed by an official by virtue of his or her office. In English Law, a discretionary power that exceeds and is unaffected by any other power; the special preeminence that the monarch has over and above all others, . When I come to Atlanta I hang with them and just chill out chill out Informal Verb to relax, esp. after energetic dancing at a rave Adjective chill-out suitable for relaxation after energetic dancing: a chill-out area . But what they do is their business. See, I love her. I accept whatever she wants to do. Do you have something that you want to say to your gay and lesbian fans? Keep on dancing. I was in the club the other day with my family, and there were some gay guys in there dancing, and I wouldn't even get out on the floor. I was like, good God Almighty! I can't get with them. So y'all keep on dancing, and I love y'all. I'll see you guys. Brocka is the writer-director of Eating Out, coming to theaters in March. |
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