And she'll continue producing with her Nuyorican Productions. Projects have included the reality TV show "South Beach Tow" and "Bordertown." Of the name, she says: "Well, when you're from New York and you're Puerto Rican, you always hear this term 'nuyorican.' And when I went out to L.A., I felt very alone, in a sense - I was away from the Bronx, and New York, and there's no Puerto Ricans out there hardly, just a lot of Mexicans. I had never even had Mexican food until I went out there - that's how isolated everything is. You don't realize that until you start traveling with your job. When you grow up in the Bronx in that one little section - that's why my first album was 'On the 6' [referring to the subway line] and my production company is Nuyorican. It's all like, you trying to hold on to who you are when you start traveling this big world and seeing all that's out there. But when I went out there, I just felt like, again, attach yourself to who you are and your roots."

On directing
"He's (Benny) always said that he thinks that the biggest thing I'm going to do is be a director, but I'm like, you know what? I just can't take another job right now. Many years in the future, maybe."


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Why doesn't she start with directing one of her music videos? Might be a nice way to get into directing without spending too much time on it.