Mariah's Firecracker feud
The underbelly of the music industry is showing, and Mariah Carey, who has a knack for wanting to show hers may be vindicated. According to a report by Fox 411 and an article in XXL, Murder Inc. executive Irv Gotti admitted that Sony head Tommy Mottola (Carey's ex-hubby), told him to make a record for Jennifer Lopez that sounded just like one he'd made for Carey for Sony Pictures' "Glitter".
Although J.Lo's project would hit the streets first. Gotti told XXL magazine: "Ja wrote a song with him and Mariah singing back and forth on the title track. I get a call from Tommy Mottola, who I have a great relationship with, and he's like, 'I need you to do me a favor. I want you to do this remix for Jennifer Lopez. I want you to put Ja on the record.' Immediately I knew what he was doing because we just finished the Mariah record."
Mariah had in fact been very paranoid of the music from her movie getting out. A key revelation in the theory is that the publisher for "Firecracker", which was the sample first used with Ja Rule and Carey, then with Jenny Lolo, informed Fox that Carey called for the sample first, then Lopez. Lopez's "I'm Real" hit radio, and Carey changed her sample to Cameo's "Candy".
As reported on Fox 411, a Sony Music spokesperson said, "One song has nothing to do with the other. This is absolutely untrue." Mottola and the Lopez camp previously denied the allegations also, saying it was only a coincidence when they were questioned about the "theft" in Talk Magazine last fall. (EurWeb)
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