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"Don&amp;#x27;t let the title of 21-year-old Rita Ora&amp;#x27;s hit single &amp;quot;R.I.P&amp;quot; fool you--she&amp;#x27;s just getting started! This is a girl you want around. Fun, spontaneous, and up for anything, she stands out with her signature blond hair, red lips, and funky style. She&amp;#x27;s so proud of her Kosovan heritage (she&amp;#x27;s the first ever to appear on MTV!) that she speaks of it with tears in her eyes. But the best thing about her? She&amp;#x27;ll make you feel like you&amp;#x27;re BFFs from the moment you make eye contact. I know this first hand from when I interviewed the London-based artist at the Tribeca Grand hotel in New York City. I asked about her childhood, and she immediately pulled out her phone to show me vintage pics of her and her best girl friends--girls she&amp;#x27;s still super close with today. I asked her about working with Jay-Z and Beyonce, and she grabbed my hand as she revealed how grateful she is to have Jay&amp;#x27;s guidance and how much she admires Beyonce. And when I thought she was going to be offended when I asked the requisite &amp;quot;Are you dating Rob Kardashian?&amp;quot; question, she instead gave me an honest answer (see below) and insisted that I join her for a glass of wine after we finished the interview. That&amp;#x27;s why Rita is one of the fastest rising stars in music. She&amp;#x27;s real, she&amp;#x27;s open, and she hasn&amp;#x27;t let fame change her even a little bit. Read on, and you&amp;#x27;ll see what I mean! Glamour: You signed with Jay-Z. What was meeting him like? Rita Ora: I was straight off the plane from London with rained-on hair! I think if I&amp;#x27;d known that I&amp;#x27;d be meeting him, I would have freaked out. Now he&amp;#x27;s like my brother. Glamour: How about Beyonce? Rita: Destiny&amp;#x27;s Child was my band. I was nearly choking when I met her, but she is the nicest. I call her an alien because I&amp;#x27;m like, &amp;quot;How do you do everything at once? You can&amp;#x27;t be human.&amp;quot; Glamour: You&amp;#x27;re a new artist, but you already have such a look. Rita: I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips. Mark my words. Glamour: It was reported you were dating Rob Kardashian. True? Rita: Rob&amp;#x27;s family make their lives public. Me? I&amp;#x27;m very private. He&amp;#x27;s a great friend. But the only relationship I&amp;#x27;m having now is with the tour bus. Glamour: Are you ready for fame... and paparazzi? Rita: I don&amp;#x27;t really care as long as my album is on your shelf and you&amp;#x27;re smiling. Do you love Rita&amp;#x27;s music, Glamour girls? More music we love... *Guess Who Just Won the Role of Janis Joplin? *This New Taylor Swift Video Is Hypnotizing *Get Fit Like Fergie With Her Trainer&amp;#x27;s Work-Out Playlist P.S. Want more Obsessed? Sign up for our awesome daily newsletter that features the latest celebrity gossip, TV news, hilarious Internet sensations, and more! Photo: Patrick Demarchelier"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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