Celebs

Ciara Dishes On Her Classy Clapbacks & Reveals What Iconic Rappers She’d Love To Team Up With (Exclusive)

<p>The latest episode of <em>Stepping Into The Shade Room <&sol;em>features the one-and-only <strong>Ciara<&sol;strong>&comma; and she didn&&num;8217&semi;t hold back while chatting it up with host <strong>Thembi<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether she was discussing some of her most memorable hits and business ventures or sharing relationship advice and chatting about her growing family&comma; Ciara kept it real and laid it all on the table&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;ciara-praised-choreography&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Dancing Queen&excl; Ciara Praised For Debuting Choreography That &&num;8216&semi;Stuck&&num;8217&semi; With Viewers<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ciara Says She Brushes Off The Haters By Being &&num;8220&semi;Confident&&num;8221&semi; In Herself<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>At one point during the sit-down&comma; the artist — whose debut single&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Goodies&comma;&&num;8221&semi; is approaching its 20-year mark — spent some time outlining the difference between her &&num;8220&semi;Ciara&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;CiCi&&num;8221&semi; vibes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After noting that CiCi is more likely to &&num;8220&semi;want the smoke&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she spent some time acknowledging her and <strong>Russell Wilson<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s clapback game&comma; which Thembi called &&num;8220&semi;subtle&&num;8221&semi; but biting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the pair reminisced about Russell sharing a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;DangeRussWilson&sol;status&sol;1682044105335947264&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">sweet moment<&sol;a> online after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listen-future-diss-russell-wilson-quavo-collab&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;10ln3q4&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODE2OTE0ODA2LjE2OTQ2MzgzMTc&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY5NDYzODMxNi4xLjEuMTY5NDYzODMyMy4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8220&semi;being mentioned in a song&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> at one point&comma; Ciara declared&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Whenever I respond back&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s definitely what I&&num;8217&semi;m feeling in the moment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Honing in on a recent instance of her subtly clapping back&comma; Ciara&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;fans-defend-ciara-embracing-sexuality-with-her-oscars-after-party-look&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party dress<&sol;a> was brought into the conversation&comma; as Ciara brushed off her haters by issuing a TikTok to comment on the &&num;8220&semi;selective outrage&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-tiktok data-src&equals;"7210949447034015022" width&equals;"325" height&equals;"575"><&sol;amp-tiktok><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As far as how she handled the backlash&comma; Ciara noted that she just had to believe in her &&num;8220&semi;vision&&num;8221&semi; and find comfort in knowing she had Russell&&num;8217&semi;s support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;In those moments&comma; you just have to be confident in what your vision is&period; Like for me&comma; I had a creative vision in my mind&comma; and there&&num;8217&semi;s nothing better in any aspect of life than when your love supports you and what your vision is&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She added&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;You just really can&&num;8217&semi;t think too much about what people have to say in those moments&period; &&num;8230&semi; It goes back to just being confident in myself&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;strong>IKTR&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cl9gmHiJJFv" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">CiCi Describes Aspiring To Work With Lil Wayne &amp&semi; J&period; Cole<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Aside from the chit-chat surrounding her classy comebacks&comma; she discussed how her recent collaboration with <strong>Chris Brown<&sol;strong>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;How We Roll&comma;&&num;8221&semi; came to be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Looking ahead at future projects&comma; CiCi noted that she still has a few stars who she&&num;8217&semi;d love to work with&period; For one&comma; she says she&&num;8217&semi;d jump at the opportunity to work with <strong>Lil Wayne<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I really want to do a song with Lil Wayne — Weezy F Baby&excl; I&&num;8217&semi;m like&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Lemme put it in the universe&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>After excitedly spitting a lil&&num;8217&semi; bar&comma; Ciara also brought up <strong>J&period; Cole<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I think J&period; Cole&&num;8217&semi;s amazing&period; &&num;8230&semi; Those are two artists that I really think of&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Thembi additionally noted that she thinks Ciara and <strong>Victoria Monét<&sol;strong> could cook up some fire&period; In turn&comma; Ciara declared&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;She&&num;8217&semi;s so talented&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out Ciara&&num;8217&semi;s full <em>Stepping Into The Shade Room <&sol;em>episode down below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"CU6BobaEPa4" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;k-michelle-says-the-industry-absolutely-damaged-her-confidence-i-had-13-surgeries-in-one-year-exclusive-video&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">K&period; Michelle Says The Industry &&num;8216&semi;Absolutely&&num;8217&semi; Damaged Her Confidence&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I Had 13 Surgeries In One Year&&num;8217&semi; &lpar;Exclusive Video&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"144599" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ciara-classy-clapbacks-iconic-rappers-exclusive&sol;" data-secure&equals;"40a47892f0"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;border-width&colon; 0px&semi;border-radius&colon; 50px&semi;border-style&colon; solid&semi;background&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"emoji-8 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-10 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"10"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-4 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"4"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-5 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"5"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-2 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"2"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-7 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"7"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-12 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"12"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div> <&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-share-wrap wpra-share-buttons-bordered" style&equals;"">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of share buttons -->&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions container --> <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions wrap -->&Tab;&Tab;

Nick Fenley

x