Songstress K.Michelle is gearing up for her fourth studio album, “K. Michelle: The People I Used To Know,’ and with that comes a very heavy press run.

On the heels of releasing two new singles–Either Way ft. Breezy and Birthday–the former reality star sat down with Billboard and dished on music, surrogacy, and everything in between.

During the interview, she spoke about her former mentor, R.Kelly, and the cult allegations surrounding the R&B artist.

If you didn’t know, the Memphis native was R.Kelly’s protege’ and she always credits Kellz for molding her for the industry.

But, on her last album, More Issues Than Vogue, the singer sang a lyric (Build a Man) that alleged he was controlling, which sparked whispers about a strained relationship.

She sang:

There was Kellz/He controlled me

When asked about the cult allegations surrounding her mentor, she stated:

I’m not surprised by them, I’m actually going to be speaking more about it because I do feel like it’s my obligation as a woman to tell the truth and to do right by other females that are in the business and all these young women who don’t have a voice. So it’s been something that’s been toying and been really stressing me and I’ve been going back and forth with how to speak about it and how to do right for those girls and read some comments about one of the accusers. I went to a blog and I saw women tearing this little girl up. And it immediately brought tears to my eyes because I remember what that was like trying to tell about my abuse. I’ve dealt with other abuse and I tried to tell but when I was telling people were calling me a liar, they were bashing me, they were telling me I was hateful. To read those comments about these women, these young women, these little girls and how people were so naïve to reality or just didn’t give a fuck about the reality and to call these little girls liars and to really take them down, is something I don’t really know right now if I’m willing to stand aside and watch it happen. But I can honestly tell you right now that I have yet to find the proper platform and the proper way to protect and voice my support for these women. I’m not here to bash but right is right and wrong is wrong. That’s all I can really say right now.

On if she believes the young women who spoke out against the abuse:

I can’t speak on it. I do believe that in every piece of the story there’s something that is true and I’ve learned so much from my mentor and it’s just the right time and place to say things, to do it properly so that the people you’re trying to help are actually helped instead of taunted so I’ll be speaking more about it but I’ll be doing it in the right way.

K.Michelle is also engaged to a dentist–Dr. Sims. The two have been dating for about 2 years and the couple is preparing to have twins via a surrogate.

I am. We just started the process two, three weeks ago [for surrogacy]. I wants twins and I had this big lupus scare. Like they called me and said I had lupus and then I so then I was freaking out, had to run to the doctor, go to a specialist, it came back negative. So then I went to a fertility doctor, we’ve been going through all of that and just because I want twins, they’re saying because I’m so little I won’t be able to carry twins to full term. So this big process, I’m gonna have to pick a surrogate and everything and that’s very nerve-wracking and I have an album coming out, I’m gonna have to try and prepare New babies are coming and it’s really something we’ve been wanting. I just want to make the right decision when it comes to picking a surrogate and that process has completely started.

It’s no secret that K.Michelle doesn’t mince her words and if she says it, she believes it.

The artist has always expressed she isn’t given full creative control, as it relates to her type of music, because she’s Black and doesn’t have the courtesy of expressing her versatility.

She has a song named, ‘Kim K,’ that explains the very well reality of cultural appropriation. Being boxed in for being Black, while others take from the Black culture and are praised.

…I just write life at all moments. I have a record called “Kim K” that speaks kinda about what’s going on now, like I wish I could be a Kardashian so I could be black. So that’s how I feel [laughing]. So I speak about everything, not just certain people and certain things, anything around me I write about.

On her album being well-rounded:

This is the longest I’ve gone without putting out music and it kinda has people freaking out, kinda over-examining things and things like that. The album shows me and all my bipolar-ness so it really shows that and I hit on every single emotion of being a woman and being a growing woman. So it has, even for a man, a lot of things you can relate to you, a lot of life issues this time not just heartbreak but life in general. I’m shooting like five, six videos, this week? So I’m very excited about it because I’m taking my time.

K is a rebel and is all about fighting to do what she wants and on her own terms.

 …And I’ve said this to you and to other people, it’s country music. And I can’t keep on allowing people to tell me no because I’m black, it’s just not right. So at some point someone has to fight for it. I would much rather turn in two R&B albums and be done and figure out how to fight this battle because musically I don’t play country, I am country. I grew up in Tennessee, that’s alI I listen to. I had a scholarship for yodeling so I am country music, this isn’t, “I popped up one morning and decided I was gonna be a country artist” or something. No, this is in my blood. This is in my body. It’s time to stop being scared of someone because of the color of their skin or any other prejudice that is put upon them.

With the last season of ‘My Life: K.Michelle‘ airing earlier this year, she is gearing up for a new show that highlights her record label.

It’s kinda the case for now. I’ve had offers. We just started taking some meetings, there are some networks that are interested in me but it’s not the same as reality. This reality basically, Atlantic gave me my own record label and they told me to sign three acts a year to them. And help bring R&B back, and you know R&B, really put the focus on it. So this is the type of TV show, not those fake little “I want a record deal” shows, no none of that, I don’t have time for that.

True. Tea.