jay z, lil' kim, sean combs -- just a few of the big names that she worked with. well, then she found out she was she now uses those same skills polished as a hip-hop music promoter to get the word out about hiv and aids. joining us today, maria davis. >> hi. thank you. >> so nice to meet you. >> and it's very nice to meet you, too. >> and thank you for coming on this afternoon. >> thank you for having me. >> you know, reading your story, you know, first you get angry, you know, about how you contracted the virus from a man that you loved. >> mm-hmm. >> and then you want to stand up and cheer because you really did not let it define your life. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> i'm gonna -- you were doing something that you really loved -- the music industry. you've said that it was in your blood. >> yes. >> and then you got this diagnosis that i'm thinking, at the time, you felt was a death sentence. >> yes, it was. i did feel like it was a death sentence, because when i was first diagnosed in '95, i found out through a life insurance policy, and i didn't think that i

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