Mariah Carey Say's She Wants To Be Respected Like Mary J. Blige

One night, we went to dinner at Sylvia’s in Harlem me, Tommy, and Mariah. On our way back, we were riding in the limo and every club, every car was bumping “Fantasy.” Mariah put her sunglasses on, and tears came down her cheeks, because she couldn’t believe her record was getting played all through the hood. That was the beginning of her not turning back to pop. She once told me though she was grateful for her success, she would trade in all of her record sales to get the respect that Mary J. Blige got. She said, “Mary doesn’t have to sell 28 million records to be respected people respect Mary, and I just want to be respected like her.

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