MYA

The singer uncovered her producer boyfriend's secret life when she moved from Maryland to Los Angeles in 2002, and decided to try to find out more about the unnamed two-timer.

She tells Vibe Vixen magazine, "I found the chick's address; I went riding by. I was calling her cell phone to see if he would be in the background.

"I had her work number, all of that. I heard things about an engagement, wedding invitations... I just wanted the truth."

When she confronted her cheating ex, he admitted he had major problems with monogamy and owned up to his other woman - and Mya agreed to stay with him.

She adds, "I didn't want to be with anyone else. I didn't want anyone else to know my body. So I stayed and dealt."

Mya even tried to ditch her good-girl image to keep her man to herself after he criticised her "diva" like image.

She recalls, "(I said) 'Alright, I'm gonna purchase a gun and start rolling around alone so you can see how real of a bitch I am."

She turned to boxing and shooting to cope with her aggression: "It kept me sane. I became a damn member of the shooting range. It was that serious... I was a mess mentally... (but) the sex was good... That's what kept me there."

Source: WENN