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Go to www.betterhelp.com forward slash crystal. Let's all get better together with BetterHelp. Hello, I'm Kris Renee Hazlitt and this is Keep It Positive Sweetie, a safe space to heal, laugh, grow, and love. MC, creative, and a soul forever becoming. If you look at her bio on Instagram, that's how Rhapsody identifies.

With a style all of her own and a flow draped in the essence of true hip hop, Rhapsody has evolved into one of the genre's most important voices. With 20 years in the hip-hop game and lyrics that reached the soul, Rapsy has cemented her place atop hip-hop's most elite. I'm so grateful to spend some time with her today and talk to her about where she's come from and where she's going.

With a style all of her own and a flow draped in the essence of true hip hop, Rhapsody has evolved into one of the genre's most important voices. With 20 years in the hip-hop game and lyrics that reached the soul, Rapsy has cemented her place atop hip-hop's most elite. I'm so grateful to spend some time with her today and talk to her about where she's come from and where she's going.

Raph, thank you so much for coming. I'm happy to be here. Listen, no, seriously, like I just had you write. Y'all, she was my ghostwriter for the BET Cypher. So that was my first time getting to meet you. Been a huge fan. And then I got to come to one of your shows recently here in Atlanta.

Raph, thank you so much for coming. I'm happy to be here. Listen, no, seriously, like I just had you write. Y'all, she was my ghostwriter for the BET Cypher. So that was my first time getting to meet you. Been a huge fan. And then I got to come to one of your shows recently here in Atlanta.

Girl, that was my first time seeing you live.

Girl, that was my first time seeing you live.

It was so, I was just, I was literally blown away. I was just like this because you're so like chill. Your demeanor is super chill. But when you hit that stage, that other personality comes out. I was like, that's my mom and dad. Who was that? Right, right. Have you always been like so chill?

It was so, I was just, I was literally blown away. I was just like this because you're so like chill. Your demeanor is super chill. But when you hit that stage, that other personality comes out. I was like, that's my mom and dad. Who was that? Right, right. Have you always been like so chill?

Wow. Shout out, moms.

Wow. Shout out, moms.

Wow. I want to talk about that because I just recently went through a healing stage where I feel more comfortable in my own skin. I know who I am. Nobody can tell me who I am anymore. A lot of times you're like, well, who do you say I am? Okay, okay, this is cool. No, I know what I like, what I don't like. What was that transition like for you in that healing phase? Yes.

Wow. I want to talk about that because I just recently went through a healing stage where I feel more comfortable in my own skin. I know who I am. Nobody can tell me who I am anymore. A lot of times you're like, well, who do you say I am? Okay, okay, this is cool. No, I know what I like, what I don't like. What was that transition like for you in that healing phase? Yes.

On top of that, yeah.

On top of that, yeah.

Yeah. Wow. I love that because so many times like we see, I see you on stage, you wouldn't even know that you had to deal with something like that. And we all have our own journeys, things that we're trying to figure out, shit we're trying to work through. Like me, like I know myself, like people look at me, oh, she's got it all together. No, I don't.

Yeah. Wow. I love that because so many times like we see, I see you on stage, you wouldn't even know that you had to deal with something like that. And we all have our own journeys, things that we're trying to figure out, shit we're trying to work through. Like me, like I know myself, like people look at me, oh, she's got it all together. No, I don't.

And my brother can tell you, because he helped me hold it together, because I'd be like, ah! You know, it's like those times, and there's times where they don't understand when you're in the light and you're pushed out there so much, you need those moments by yourself. You have to. Yeah.

And my brother can tell you, because he helped me hold it together, because I'd be like, ah! You know, it's like those times, and there's times where they don't understand when you're in the light and you're pushed out there so much, you need those moments by yourself. You have to. Yeah.

I want to ask you, as your stardom and your star continued to rise, did that play a part in, like, this is a lot, I need to figure this out? Did you feel that heaviness and that weight?