I spotted this video at Straight From the A, where Rocsi reveals her struggles with diet pill abuse and an eating disorder.

It’s amazing what you can reveal to a room full of strangers, but not to people who really know you. Rocsi is right, if people know your struggle it can help others going through the same thing.

I feel bad because I’m guilty of calling Rocsi skinny–just to be negative–not realizing that we share a common ground. The first time I had ever heard a woman in hip-hop admit to having an eating disorder was on the Salt n’ Pepa show, when Salt revealed that part of why she left the group was because she was struggling with bulimia. I couldn’t believe it. I always admired Salt’s body. She had an acceptable frame for hip-hop–thick in the right places–so why would she do that to herself? But she was no different from me.

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In hip-hop, the most fascinating thing next to beef is usually the “First Lady” of the crew. But few lady starlets have been as elusive as Starr, the leading lady of Skull Gang. Every now and then she would pop up on a Juelz Santana hook or on a hood mixtape and pique everyone’s interest, but then she’d disappear again. In December the 22-year-old Harlem native appeared on Juelz Santana’s “Jingle Bellz,” and she also sang in Jim Jones’ Hip-Hop Monologues, leaving people wondering when she was going to do her own thing. The time has come. Her new single, “RockStarr” ft. Juelz Santana and Lil Wayne is buzzing online and on New York City’s top urban radio stations, but we still don’t know who she is. That’s why GangStarrGirl.com decided to get to know the woman behind the voice. Introducing Starr, the First Lady of Skull Gang.

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