Singing sensation, Mariah Carey is all shades of sexy in the latest edition of V magazine. The twice divorced music goddess, opens up to the magazine
Singing sensation, Mariah Carey is all shades of sexy in the latest edition of V magazine. The twice divorced music goddess, opens up to the magazine about life as a living legend, Grammy snubs, her new record deal with ROC Nation and more.
Below are snippets from Mariah Carey’s interview
On her lack of business acumen:
“I consider myself more of a musician first than a business person, I don’t necessarily think of things that way; it’s music first. That’s the most important thing for me. That’s why I think there hasn’t been that synergy, of, oh my gosh, we’re going to do this fashion moment with Mariah Carey. I mean, only certain people get that. That’s why we love Karl [Lagerfeld] so much. I think he gets the kitsch element. Certain people get that: “Let her come in and be wacky and have fun, we’ll do some cute shots, and it is what it is.”
On the Grammy’s and why she hasn’t won more of them:
“In the music business, if you care about the Grammys and submitting your stuff before a certain time frame, you want a single out in the summer, and then you want your record [out] before the Grammy [consideration] deadline, which has changed. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. I mean. I have five Grammys. That’s cute. There’s people that have been doing this half the time that have twice as many [Grammys]. I won two Grammys the first year that I started, but after that, [the Grammys] are like, “We don’t go with the people that are selling a lot records and are popular; we’re gonna go the opposite way.” So I got screwed out of certain years. I wasn’t bitter about it. I was just like, okay, well, I guess I’m not standing here barefoot onstage and trying to be a certain way. I’m just me.”
On being the mother of pop-rap crossovers:
“Everything is totally different than when I started as a kid. All I knew was the radio. When I first heard my song on the radio, it flipped me out. I couldn’t believe it. I lived through that experience; I wouldn’t trade it. I remember writing “Fantasy,” then watching it evolve, and being able to sneak Ol’ Dirty Bastard onto the song [laughs]. Now, still hearing it and having people walking down the street going, [deep voice] “Me and Mariah,” saying ODB’s raps for me… Now, everybody’s like, “Oh, it’s so innovative, a pop artist working with rappers!” I’m like, are you” serious? Do you know how much shit I had to go through just to be able to work with anyone in hip-hop?
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