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Ne-Yo to Aspiring Singer: Lose Weight if You Want to Be a Star

Posted Jun 23rd 2009 6:00PM by BoomBox Staff
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Singer/songwriter Ne-Yo recently advised an aspiring singer to drop a few pounds before trying to make it in the music business. The conversation between the R&B star and the unidentified woman finds Ne-Yo exposing the sad but very true restrictions in the entertainment industry.

The 29-year-old was informed that unless she wants to go the "Jill Scott route" or win an Oscar like Jennifer Hudson she's pretty much stuck. So for all you ladies out there thinking of merging into the same lane as a superstar like Beyonce, you can't compete with that extra meat on your bones, according to Ne-Yo. Check out the video below.

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Mauriceat 6-28-2009

eat less and got to the gym

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mallow2006at 6-28-2009

Actually a person needs to eat more often, less at each meal, eat healthy food, and go to the gym.

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hungrypiggyoinkat 6-25-2009

I hate when men make comments like that. Iwas always told that I had a pretty face, but if I wanted to get a good man, I needed to "drop some poundage as men don't marry heavyset women"! Mind you I was a size 10!

I did lose weight...not to score a man or move my career. I did it cause I decided that I wanted it for me! Iam not a fan of dieting as much as changing habits. I used to go on and off diets and gain and lose 20-40 pounds at a time.
After going to Weight Watchers and just getting tired of having fat jeans, thin jeans and a varying wardrobe, I finally clicked on what
worked for me.

I am always aware of what I eat. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy pizza and cheesecake sometimes. Just not all the time and not in gigantic pigout portions. I go to weight watchers for group support.

I have given up with trying to be "perfect" I am not thin, but I am
healthy, curvy and normal
and am happy with how much I get to eat to maintain my size.

I stopped eating lots of processed foods and discovered the huge
advantage of adding fiber to your diet. You feel fuller and more
satisfied longer. I used to start my day with a muffin and a diet
pepsi. All empty calories and loaded with fat. I now have a thick
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I am also dating a man who I dated when I have been heavier and been smaller and I truly feel love me for who I am and is attracted to me whether I am 180 or 140

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emul390058at 6-25-2009

in a perfect world if someone loved you they would not care what size you are, how big your nose is, or if you have hair. Sadly, we have let ourselves be brain-washed by years of films and tv where you are taught that you have to be a certain body image no matter how much talent you have or how good a person you are. I think it's really sad that society has let ourselves be led to this point. I

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llenette1at 6-25-2009

As a woman, I would hate to agree with Ne-Yo, but he is right. I weigh 160 and even I would not make it. People in the industry find it difficult to "market" large women. It sucks ladies, but that is the way it is. Once society changes its position on the matter, then will big girls have a chance. I'm not riding Ne-Yo's junk, but this isn't his choice. If you want to be mad, be mad at society.

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Feliciaat 6-25-2009

Thank You! I'm glad someone realizes that it is not the fault of men! It is society, mainly women! If women weren't so absorbed in being thin, no one would care. Don't blame Ne-Yo, blame society.

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Solemn Angelat 6-25-2009

Ugh! I'm so sick of all this shite about being too big for the industry! It's because of people like NeYo making other people feel fat that we got anorexics and bulimics becoming more and more these days! There is nothing wrong with the extra meat. She looked healthy (from what we could see). Not like morbidly obese! Some extra meat is healthy. Nothing is wrong with curves. Tyra Banks. She is still hot shite even though she's put on a few. Beyonce even! Beyonce isn't skinny. She's got the beef but she's still hot! I don't see why PIGS like Ne-Yo get to make that type of decision. Fuck you Ne-Yo!

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mightymandaat 6-25-2009

Think about it though, yes, tyra banks, even beyonce have curves now. The keyword is now. After years of success now they have curves but before when they were just starting out they were super skinny, just look at the cover of the first destiny's child album and compare that to what beyonce looks like now. He's being real, you can't hate on Neyo for telling the truth. Although there are successful stars that are bigger, its a whole different market. Sex sells and if you want to be mainstream you have to realize that the market stretches beyond african american culture where more curves are sexy. ITs sad but true that in our society skinny gets associated with sexy. I think neyo is not telling her anything that she doesn't already know.

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denite44at 6-28-2009

He's not saying he's in support of the industry, but rather that is what they talk about behind closed doors. I've heard this type of talk before, and those talented singers on the plus size have had their share of pressure being put on them to lose the weight. Jill Scott was discovered by DJ Jazzy Jeff, when he shopped her demo around to record companies, she told him not to include her picture, because she knew if he did she wouldn't have a chance in hell of making it. Angie Stone for years felt the pressure of losing weight.

Phyillis Hymen is a perfect example of the destructive influence of the industry. If you don't know who she is, she was a very talented singer with an incredible voice who was not your cookie cutter cute chick, from the '70's to '90's. She was 6'1" and was full figured. She didn't sing nor look like a viably marketable 'product,' according to industry standards. Her work (accolades and awards on broadway, an accomplished jazz singer, and high album sales) meant nothing to the big wigs at the record companies, and subsequently she was dropped from her label. As a result, her life spiraled out of control after this and a few other personal tragedies. She committed suicide in 1993.

I said all of that to say this, Ne-Yo was issuing a warning to those women who believe that talent alone will do it for you in the industry - it's not right, and I don't agree with it at all, but it is what it is. You have to be strong enough to endure the music industry, and all the pitfalls that come with it, being of average to a little over weight is considered the highest of all atrocities. Any little imperfection is picked apart and deemed as grounds to reject you. Until the big wigs themselves decide to change this attitude, it will continue to be this way. This is pathetic, because there are so many talented women out there with big voices whom we'll never get to hear, because they aren't the cookie cutter cute chick.

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