More money, fewer problems for Kelly Price
Best known as Mariah Carey's longtime background singer and as the foil to the late Notorious B.I.G. on his hit, "Mo Money Mo Problems," R&B singer Kelly Price spent years writing, arranging and singing backup for other artists before making her debut with 1998's Soul of a Woman. Though that record went platinum and her latest, the recently released top five smash Mirror Mirror, seems likely to do the same, Price has until now kept a relatively low profile. She is currently on the verge of signing a plus-size modeling contract (says Price: "I'm going to be the big glamour girl"), and will soon launch her largest full-scale tour yet. Price recently talked with CDNow about her legal woes, her personal struggles, and what it feels like to finally take control of her own life.
Despite years of writing songs and singing, more people seem to know you from "Mo Money Mo Problems" than anything else.
I got more attention from that than probably any other thing that I had done prior to that. Even five years with Mariah, and having built a name in the industry as one of her background singers and having been with her for all of those years, I got more recognition for being on the Notorious B.I.G. record. And I think that that was because that was the first time I had the opportunity to come out from behind someone and have my own identity. I wasn't just the background girl anymore. I had a name at that point, so it was kind of cool. (CDNow)
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