Diamond: "Being On Stage Is Better Than Smoking Weed!" (EXCLUSIVE)

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Diamond visits the GlobalGrind offices and stops to check out the view from the top of New York City. || Photo Credit: Xilla

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Rapper Diamond has been in the hip-hop industry for quite some years now. While she's laid low at times, she's a beast on the mic waiting to be unlocked.

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From being part of the rap group Crime Mob, to going solo and adding her monster verses to songs such as Ludacris' "My Chick Bad Remix," she's been doing her thing!

She was even nominated for Best Female Artist at the BET Awards this past year!

Diamond is climbing back into the female rapper spotlight, and isn't stopping anytime soon.

We caught up with the ATL rapper to find out what she's been up to during her trip out here in NYC, what her performing experience is like, and even the last time she cried.

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Check out the interview below and on the next page!

GlobalGrind: What is it like promoting this new project?

Diamond: It's been a blessing because I come from the South. Originally my family is from New York, but being a Southern artist starting out from Atlanta, and for New York to embrace us, embrace me, it was a beautiful thing. It’s very hard to get New York to f*ck with you.

You said you’ve been enjoying your time in New York, what have you been doing so far since you’ve been here?

It’s like every time I go to an event it's something that allows me to be booked for something else I did. XM radio, Shea 4 5, Kay slay, the Breakfast Club. I did photo shoots, 106 & Park, just from different interviews. From This is 50, to you guys and two features. I ran into Freeway, I ran into Papoose, everybody just embracing me and it’s so sweet. I’m just excited.