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''It was kind of hard, and my dad was in the audience ready to fight....I was always taught, 'Don't ever leave the stage,' so I was up there holding my joints together and singing. The host was a comedian, and he was like, 'Who wants to see Ashanti again? Let's see her again!''' -- ASHANTI, describing a concert a few years ago in which her dress was literally falling apart on stage, on MTV.com


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