While her career has undeniably seen it’s ups and downs, 2010 has definitely been a resurgent one for Teairra Mari. After a two week period where she realized the release of her EP “Sincerely Yours and movie “Lottery Ticket,” the former Jay-Z protégé spoke to OZONE about being past the “Point of No Return,” and where she plans on going from here. In this exclusive interview she discusses her ban from BET, love of Pharrell and her role in Lottery Ticket.

If you could come up with the title for this article based on where you at right now in your career, what would you suggest it should be?

I named my mixtape, “The Point of No Return” and that’s where I feel like I am just because you know, I’ve been working for a very long time and I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs and I’m still on my way back up. And I just feel like there’s no turning back right now. You know what I’m saying? Like no matter what people may say or think, whatever they feel. I can’t turn back so I can only keep going forward. Point of no return.

DJ Drama did that “Point of No Return,” mixtape. Is it true he actually requested to work with you on that project?

Yeah, he did, and I was really – I was flattered by that because I like DJ Drama and I listen to a lot of his mixtapes you know. Believe it or not, I love rap mixtapes. Some of Jizzy’s first mixtapes were like my favorite, my car favorites, my writing favorites, so I was a big drama fan. And I was like, “Oh, hell yeah. I’ll do it.”

You did some videos for some of the tracks on there, like the “My Lovin,” that were pretty hot. Was it at all uncomfortable to do something so sexy in front of a camera?

No, it wasn’t. I don’t know, it’s just kind of like second nature for me because it wasn’t like too raunchy. I don’t think I would be doing anything that was crazy raunchy or anything. I felt comfortable and I felt tasteful, and I felt good.

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