Tami Chynn Talks Akon Collabos & Jamaican Tabloids

Complex: How so, like having personal problems?

Tami Chynn: Yeah. Flaws and all, you're fine. We should be women. But we're our worst enemies. It's so sad that we're in a time where women don't love themselves as much anymore. If they do love themselves, we're considered as cocky. So they're prima donnas.

Complex: Pretty deep.

Tami Chynn: Embrace who you are, love who you are. Put on your high heels and go to the super market if you want. Who cares?

Complex: [Laughs] And this is something you've done before?

Tami Chynn: Oh yes!

Complex: In Jamaica?

Tami Chynn: All the time! ‘Cause it makes me feel good. My shoes make me feel pretty.

Complex: Even in your Greco-Roman boots?

Tami Chynn: Shut up. That ain't right. You took it too far. I wore these because they make me feel good and even if you didn't like them, they still make me feel good [Laughs].

Complex: True, that's what matters. So when you dress for a man, what do you wear?

Tami Chynn: You think women dress up for men? Women dress up for other women to judge them and get their approval. I've decided that men don't really care. Men are more capable of reading energy than anything else, that's what they pick up on.

Complex: But when I'm with my friends, I'm not thinking, 'Damn that girl's energy is killin' it!'

Tami Chynn: Let me tell you what the girl with her boobs up to here is feeling'real confident. I really believe in energy. I lived in Atlanta for a while, and I had to walk to the supermarket all the time because I didn’t have a car for like 7 or 8 months. So one day, I decided I was going to wear my iPod, which I had never done. So I put on my favorite song, you know that song, ‘Easy now, no need fi go down’ ["Calabria" by Enur]'it made me feel so fucking happy. I’m not walking down the street like…

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