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Music couples with separate projects


It's common for people within the same profession to end up having a fling, casually dating, going out, and in some cases even marrying. The "celebrity" world is no different as we're used to seeing celebrities hook up and in result the tabloids, media, and celebophiles stalking them and harassing them. There's been plenty and the entertainment world is currently breeding and adopting a future Hollywood Army that's going to take over the world "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" style.
There are also those in the world of music who has hooked up. Some of the bigger ones, for better or for worse, include John and Yoko, Rihanna and Chris Brown, Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, Whitney and Bobby, and many more. All of which who are no longer together for their own reasons be it death, fighting, or something else. Despite us making it our business of them flaunting it for press coverage, this stuff is, has never been, and never will be anyone's business.
Then there are the times when they make it our business by sprinkling their personal relationships into the arts. Of course people still say "Yoko ended the Beatles" and all that, but it's a good example of what I'm talking about. Recently Trent Reznor ended Nine Inch Nails and then a few months later he releases an EP with his new non-famous wife as "How To Destroy Angels". Isn't it kind of indulgent to do something like this? It could result in great music, but in the end it feels cheap no matter how organic of the creative process. Everyone has that thought in the back of their heads of a fame craving-gold digging whiney wife going up to the famous rock star and screeching out with, "Why don't you make music with meeee?" It's shitty and completely unfair because like I said earlier a celebrity's personal life is, has never been, and never will be anyone's business... but the thought is still there.
Thankfully, there are couples in music who don't feel the need to share in their creative process. They do their own thing and you have to respect that. There are going to be people on this list that you don't like and that I personally would rather never expose my ears to again, but the point is that they're not "shitting where they eat" or some other synonymous metaphor that isn't so broad.

Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is one of the most successful singers of all time. She has more number one hits than most bands have total songs. He is a spokesman for a teenager aimed Nickelodeon channel, a TV host, and a part time actor. I know this one is a mild stretch, but Nick Cannon gets in purely because of that "I'm a Giggalo" track he did with R Kelly a few years ago. I don't care who you are, I will shun your soul if you talk smack about that classic.

(excerpt from 411mania)

Wednesday 28 July 2010
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