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Sep 23, 2020, 8 tweets

📚So we read the Mariah Carey memoir📚

Here's the scoop on the many revelations she makes about her career 😲🎶😲 🎶 latimes.com/entertainment-…

"The previously tight-lipped pop star connects dots from her life to her music as she never has before," @RichJuz writes. "If she is over the top, here’s a book-long theory of how she got there" latimes.com/entertainment-…

Carey recounts her ex-husband Tommy Mottola’s constant surveillance, controlling nature, and “unpredictable” rage.

She writes that he held a butter knife to her face in front of a group of guests at their home: latimes.com/entertainment-…

Carey’s music took a decidedly R&B turn when she gained the courage to defy Mottola; early on, Carey writes, “he tried to wash the ‘urban’ (translation: Black) off of me. And it was no different when it came to the music” latimes.com/entertainment-…

She also talks about how kissing Derek Jeter inspired one of her songs, and, of course, that another singer whose name she refuses to print latimes.com/entertainment-…

Recently the stars of #SchittsCreek found an unlikely sing-along partner. Mariah Carey made a surprise cameo for the cast’s rendition of her 1993 hit ballad “Hero.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

In 2015, we asked Carey how she deals with rumors. She replied: "Internet or newspaper?"

She explained that there's a difference: latimes.com/entertainment/…

In 2019, Guinness World Records honored Mariah Carey with three records latimes.com/entertainment-…

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