STEVIE J SAYS HE TONED HIS REAL LIFE DOWN FOR REALITY TV
Reality television was hot, so … I’m studying [it] while I’m still in the studio. I’m not as hot as I was in the ’90s [at this point], but I’m still in the lab, right? So I was like, ‘What is missing in reality TV?’ I’m nice with the music, but that’s not what I want to show right now. If I start it out with the personality, I can stretch this out. So I’m like, ‘I can come to TV with two women, because it’s really real with me.’ It used to be more [women] than that, but I dumbed it down for television and came to TV with just two. I had in my mind, when I hit television — I wanted to be risqué and I wanted to have the same effect [on people] as I’d had in music. I wanted people to pay attention. It might not have been conventional, but it’s something 90 percent of men go through. I wanted to put my life on the table. I’ve showed the world something different…If you look at hip-hop history, I’ve sold over 120 million records. I have four Grammys — and I’ve done the same thing on television. No. 1 every year. And with the Stevie J and Joseline Show, No. 2. So — No. 1 and No. 2 shows on Viacom. It equals the 120 million records and the four Grammys.
