Teyana Taylor is serving up some tomboy sexy for the newest issue of Rolling Out magazine. Peep her cover and find out what how she’s handling negative critics on social media, her relationship with NBA baller Iman Shumpert and how she is the uber perfectionist inside…...
Since her first major U.S. tour got cut short (after August Alsina fell ill), Teyana Taylor is still steadily working hard at making her mark on the music scene.
The “Maybe” singer is gearing up to release her debut album titled VII (Nov. 4th –which initially was slated to drop Oct. 21st), releasing new visuals and tracks from the upcoming LP. And in between studio sessions, media appearances and filming for a new BET scripted series “The Start Up”, G.O.O.D. Music’s first lady is putting her model skills to work.
The Harlem native is gracing the cover of Rolling Out’s latest weekly issue. And she’s serving up a bit of tomboy chic while topless in a pair of black panties, ripped denim shorts and a flower printed coat.
In the cover story, Tey opened up about how she’s dealing with social media trolls, being happy in her relationship with NY Knicks player Iman Shumpert and being a perfectionist, much like her mentors Pharrell and Kanye West.
Below are the highlights:
On dealing with negativity:
“I don’t block that s--- out; it hurts,” Taylor says.
“But then you also have the brighter side of things. It’s a give and take. If you can take compliments, then you should be able to take when people have negative things to say. It’s very hurtful, but I don’t block it out. It hurts, then I speak about it, and then it’s over. You’ll read one negative comment out of 99 good comments, but it will be that one negative comment that will really have you pissed off. But once you relax a little bit and calm down and think about the good, then it makes you feel better and you go about your day.”On dating NBA player Iman Shumpert:
“I’m happy,” she admits about her relationship with Shumpert. “I’m not on the phone too much and I’m not really on social media now. When you have a peace of mind, which is your companion, you listen to your man so when he’s telling you to calm down, then eventually you let it go. But when you’re in your own space and you feel independent with your feelings, then it’s just like, ‘OK, I’m going to do what I want to do.’ But when you have your peace of mind, it takes your mind off all the negativity and all the people that [are] trying to bother you.”On Pharrell and Kanye West:
“Pharrell and Kanye are perfectionists and that’s all they surround themselves with and that’s all they know,” she shares. “When you’re around that, it automatically rubs off on you. So everything I do has to be perfect, it can’t be half-a--ed. You either gotta do it or not do it at all. So, definitely perfection is the most important thing.”
Peep her Jessica Rabbit-esque spread below:
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Photos: DeWayne Rogers
