It's a long interview, so I'll only post some highlights: "I  knew her about seven or eight years ago when she first was getting big with “Just Dance.” She sang a hook for this song “Chillin” by this rapper Wale, that was on my label and we met then and I really liked her. I saw a lot of similarities and parallels between us. City kids, music dorks. She’s a little sexier than I am, but it was like… I enjoyed it. Then I love watching from afar her success as she’s blowing up. I remember the firs