MYA GRACES VIBE VIXEN

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 [Management offices]." Mya said. "He said, 'You're gangsta right now. You're the talk of the town.' ... I just let him know how I felt."