Comments on: “Dr.” Roxanne Not A Doctor After All

By: Roxanne Shante Admits To Lying About Ph.D. | WPHI

Roxanne Shante Admits To Lying About Ph.D. | WPHI — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:38:38 +0000

[...] Slate Magazine had previously reported that Roxanne Shante’s story about having her label pay for her Ph.D, reported by the New York Daily News was false, after investigating it. Now Roxanne Shante has finally addressed the issue with a letter. “I would like to thank my long time fans and supporters for your continued support. I am humbled and grateful to all of you for that. Without going into all of the details as of right now, I would like to apologize that this story regarding my post recording career has caused such a ruckus. The entire story will be revealed at a later time. [...]

By: Roxanne Shante Admits To Lying About Ph.D | The Urban Daily

Roxanne Shante Admits To Lying About Ph.D | The Urban Daily — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:05:59 +0000

By: Roxanne Shante Apologizes For Lying About Ph.D | News One

Roxanne Shante Apologizes For Lying About Ph.D | News One — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:17:03 +0000

By: can_i_massage_u_love

can_i_massage_u_love — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:37:20 +0000

This really sucks I am so tired of fake ass people. Be straight up! If you gonna play a Dr then don’t attract attention to your self with grandiose stories because eventually someone will vet them and your lie will be exposed.

I loved her music back in the day, even though it was a fad built off of UTFO but I was a juice crew fan so it was good to hear she has made it! Sucks that is was all BS!

By: big-blue-beast

big-blue-beast — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:29:27 +0000

I find it hard to believe that any record company would promise to pay a gifted 14 year old pioneer rapper’s education for life. The people at Warner had to be ignorant and retarded to put that clause in someone’s recond contract. I believe Roxanne Shante always had a lot of potential. That’s why I was never impressed with the from projects to Phd story!

By: ShaQuana-Tasha

ShaQuana-Tasha — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:43:38 +0000

Why make up a lie like that? If she made all this up she needs to get serious help

By: rajarabbit

rajarabbit — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:17:26 +0000

Doesnt make sense why lie like this? Its just hard to beleive she would make up all this. I mean it does sound strange that all of the sudden this is a lie. She said she was DR. numerous times and told the story about Warner paying for her education and nobody contested it before now.

By: manarasta1

manarasta1 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:23:12 +0000

GO TO MY PAGE TO SEE A NEW PHOTO OF HER

By: manarasta1

manarasta1 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:17:53 +0000

By: manarasta1

manarasta1 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:16:55 +0000

HATERS KEEP HATTING SHE IS A REAL PHILOSOPHER AND HER SPEACH IS THE TRUTH AND IM FEELING WHAT SHE IS ABOUT. HIP-HOP ISNT THE SAME AS IT USED TO BE. HERE IS AN UP TO DATE PHOTO OF HERE WHEN SHE VISITED US IN THE FALLS NIAGARA NY. PEACE

By: mesearching4ago2girl

mesearching4ago2girl — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:10:56 +0000

maybe she’s a compulsive lier?

By: lilnono

lilnono — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:49:30 +0000

There is something really bizarre about this story. She has been saying she had a PHD in psychology since at least 1996. Now all the sudden in 2009 somebody does a news story about it and it’s immediately disproved by Slate. Why didn’t somebody disprove it the other 750 times she said it. I wonder if she pissed off some influential person and they deliberately brought attention to this old story just to humiliate her. She attended an event at Cornell just last year. Notice how in this link the story was written in november of 2008 and modified september 2009. I wonder if the original story said that Roxanne was a Cornell Alumni.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov08/hiphopCover.da.html

By: dyidyi

dyidyi — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:31:05 +0000

Double p.s. Yeah ha that is a old pic, they must have went way back to get that one. Two pair gold (big hoopie) earrins n a chain. LOL the hair style was popular old school a la Queen, Monie Love, Salt n Pepper wore various verison sometimes longer on one side.

By: fblaque

fblaque — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:24:31 +0000

WOW!!!

By: dyidyi

dyidyi — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:15:55 +0000

Well I remember her raps along with at least two others version of Roxanne, she was known in the rap game back then. She made some dollar$ hopefully from it all. As to her story being a lie, class credits and school transcripts are proof enough.
P.S. It took me 3 attempts to get my A.A.S finally I have it, so to all who are working on get their HS Diploma, Certificate, GED, College Degree, B.of A., MA, P.h d go for it, get yours. There are Pell grants, scholarships, student loans. work study programs availible to achieve your goals. Some are free and can be taken online at the library.

By: “Dr.” Roxanne Not A Doctor After All | Black Info.Net

“Dr.” Roxanne Not A Doctor After All | Black Info.Net — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:15:28 +0000

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By: ChuckTaylor_310

ChuckTaylor_310 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:06:25 +0000

I feel bad for those who actually looked up to her. smh

By: Dr_Beat_Itup

Dr_Beat_Itup — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:37:36 +0000

Too bad that story was fake… Fuck Dr Phil

By: Shes_Back

Shes_Back — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:41:50 +0000

Sweet711, Dr. Phil IS actually a doctor, not all people with PhD’s are surgeons, some are therapists (which is what Dr. Phil is) that are doctors because they can prescribe medications. C’mon now…google somethin before u post it!

By: redbone2377

redbone2377 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:40:58 +0000

ALREADY TRADE MARKED…

By: arozendaghetto

arozendaghetto — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:39:42 +0000

Wow. I already liked Roxanne Shante and was very familiar with her and all the other “Roxannes” that had a rebuttal to UTFO’s Roxanne Roxanne. When my sister and I were kids, we used to try to see which one could keep up with both Roxanne Shante and The Real Roxanne’s versions without messing up. lol good memories…

Anyway, I remember seeing a few Roxanne Shante interviews on BET and VH1. She said she started out doing the rap to UTFO out of resentment for the way the group dissed this Roxanne character in their song. So she did a rap to get back at UTFO. It was recorded, landed in the hands of record executives, the song blew up and the rest was history. In the interview Roxanne Shante said “they” (perhaps meaning the record executives) were so impressed by a 14 year old girl and her lyrical and creative talent that they offered her money for her college education. This was the same story Roxanne Shante spoke about in each show she appeared in before this article came out. Until now I thought this was how she succeeded from ghetto life to scholar life. I really admired her because of that.

I also saw her make appearances on a few shows and events as “Dr.” Roxanne Shante. She walked in that whole character on the BET miniseries Beef and VH1′s Miss Rap Supreme. The whole story is fake? Shocking. Although what I heard is quite different from this article, it’s still a let down to anyone, especially the teens she mentors through her motivational speaking events. You’re teaching the youth how to succeed in something you haven’t truthfully accomplished yourself. Not to throw stones at her, but she could have just came clean with everything from the beginning… at least before she launched any campaign of preaching education, hard work, and success to inner city kids.

However…It’s never too late to practice what you preach, Roxanne Shante. You can still make a move to get a college education on your own. Not only for the sake of the youth you are a role model to, but for the sake of empowering yourself.

By: redbone2377

redbone2377 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:38:03 +0000

HERE WE GO, HUNKYS @ THERE BEST, MY BLACK PEOPLE, YALL STILL BUYING INTO MASTER’s MYTHS… THA DEVIL WILL TRY TO HAVE U BELIEVE IN HIM ANYWAY HE NOs HOW… AND YALL BUY RIGHT IN TO, O”’ MASTER SAID…. WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO READ, O””MASTER SAID… WE OR DUMB, O”” MASTER SAID… DAMN BLACK PEOPLE, FUCK WHAT MASTER SAID, MASTER LIED AND STOLE HIS WHOLE WAY THREW LIFE… NO THA DEVIL WHEN U SEE HIM OR HEAR HIM OR HER… SLAVE MINDS IN 09”’

By: SXYREDDBONE4U

SXYREDDBONE4U — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:27:20 +0000

Wow this saddens me she then went on to say she enrolled under an alias name because of domestic violence and did in fact get her masters but there is no record of that either,If she has it why not just show it cause shes looking pretty bad right now but she has gotten her last five minutes of fame I guess.

By: alpha111906

alpha111906 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:49:58 +0000

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see. Always question everything.

By: LibraQuEEn77

LibraQuEEn77 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:43:16 +0000

Damn…this was like one of the only positive stories on this site

By: Sub-Negro

Sub-Negro — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:14:44 +0000

winterissocold a head doctor………..wait let me get my head out of the gutter. Anyways this is sad though. I mean it’s not as bad as Rick Ross from last year but still she gotta know better than this.

By: Raheem_nyc

Raheem_nyc — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:12:48 +0000

know the rapper, dont know her music.

By: SoularFlarez

SoularFlarez — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:59:35 +0000

i dont care…..

I got love for her !!!

By: Gods_chosenman

Gods_chosenman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:51:23 +0000

wow, what a damn shame…I was just talking to someone about her the other day. It looks like the old saying holds true once again…that everything done in the dark eventually comes to the light.

By: SenoritaKayita

SenoritaKayita — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:33:48 +0000

wow…that’s sad. Not only does she not have a PH.D…they can’t even find records of a Bachelor’s degree? I mean…no, college isn’t for everyone and a piece of paper doesnt make one better than the next but why do all that lying as if it couldn’t be traced back? The things people will do for attention I guess…