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The singer Mariah Carey has become over the decades one of the historical and legendary divas of the record industry, There is no doubt.
But the truth is, in her last interview, the interpreter wanted to remind public opinion that her professional path was not really a path full of roses, but rather a path full of thorns.
In fact, the artist wanted to highlight some of the problems she suffered from in the beginning her condition as a biracial woman.
“My story doesn’t start with the release of my first album … It all starts when I use the ‘wrong’ wax to draw my father, who is black, when I don’t understand my own hair because I am half black. It all starts with those identity issues, with those internal struggles, with those things that you have no control over. It also starts when the record label executives don’t know which audience to address because I’m ambiguous on the level of race, ” he recalls in a conversation with musician Questlove, leader of the band The Roots, in his popular podcast.
The music star is also “delighted” to write an extensive and successful autobiography called ‘The Meaning of Mariah Carey’ that will, in her own words, help her future biographers or journalists analyze her long artistic career. may have a basic template to avoid misunderstandings or historical inaccuracies.
“If people want to tell my story in the future, they will have to use this book as a template. This is my true story and I am delighted to have had the opportunity to tell it myself,” he said.