BY ERIC PERRIN
Reality Show Reject, Queen of the South, or One-hit wonder? You could say what you want about Khia Chambers, but chances are she won’t give a shit. She’s heard the “one-hit wonder” allegations regarding her 2002 charttopping single “My Neck, My Back,” and she not only brushes them off, but blissfully responds, “There’s nothing wrong with being a one-hit wonder. There are a million artists, male and female, who wish they could make one hit.” She battled the legion of haters who labeled her a reality show reject after her brief stint on Vh1’s Miss Rap Supreme, where she was disqualified for reciting pre-written rhymes (the infamous “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” rhyme) during a freestyle battle. Still, however, Khia emerged victorious. She not only robbed the show’s ratings upon her departure, but also landed her own reality show on Vh1 set to film this fall.
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The Tampa femcee has also dealt with two “shady” record labels that she claims “dropped the ball,” and has done everything from finance her own music videos to plaster her own posters. She’s had storied beefs with most of her fellow female rappers and has also squared up with the likes of Trick Daddy, Jermaine Dupri, and a slew of others. But amidst all the controversy and drama surrounding her neverdull career of making Nasti Muzik, the self-proclaimed “Queen of the South” has always succeeded by her own standards, and she’s always been independent. Why should people care about Nasti Muzik? It’s all original thug misses [music], and it’s nasty, and sexy, and it’s just a real hot album. I mixed Hip Hop and R&B on the album, and I really took it to the next level. I sing before I rap. I just rap because I can, but it’s time to take it back to the music. The Thug Misses and Gangstress albums were just street [albums]. They were all about grindin’ and getting my name out there, but now that I’m comfortable and established, I’m able to take it back to the roots and do melodies