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Re: Licia/Mimi (76,955) (76,956) by RibbonB from USA Mimi is paying for her fake lifestyle of fake friends and hangers on. Guess it is "win win" for her and the current team. They find ways and opportunities to hang out, drink and attempt to stay in the press together, but the only one of real interest is Mariah and her children. Too bad she did not have the confidence to rest, heal and raise them, she has to pay for company. IMO. (Saturday 8 July 2017; 00:44)

Re: Licia/Mimi (76,947) (76,955) by Lila from United States I, obviously, don't know where you got this information from but it's wrong. Credit card companies no longer let users recklessly spend and limitless spending is pretty much a thing of the past. It doesn't matter how much money you have. The American Express Centurion aka The Black Card is not limitless for anyone. JP Morgan no longer issues their Palladium card that had limitless spending for those it was issued to and replaced it with Reserve. I've read nothing about being it being limitless. Charge cards, like the Green and Gold American Express cards come with no pre-set spending but that does not equal limitless spending. It's just a great way for the company to make more efficient decisions, in its own best interest, on what the user can and cannot buy with the card. Charge cards also have to have the full balance that was incurred the previous month be paid off, in full, the next month. If you're late in paying off a previous balance, AE will not hesitate to put a hold on your card nor give you an exact spending limit immediately. If it's reoccurring, your card can be canceled. Secondly, it's quite ridiculous to list two properties that you know of that Mariah owns, and act is if that encompasses her entire financial situation when it doesn't. Money is a simple process of what's coming in versus what's going out. J. Lo and Madonna can buy 20 million dollar houses (usually after selling the previous house they owned for near the same amount of money) but Madonna has money coming out of the wazoo from touring and clothing. J. Lo is still making money through clothing brands, music, acting, and producing and in a big way. Mariah does not. Mariah has money yes but she doesn't have large amounts (by her lifestyle standard) continuously streaming in. That means she has to at some point use money that she has saved up to cover her expenses, which gets tricky when you lead the lifestyle that she leads. She has a NYC apartment that has high property taxes, a house in the Bahamas that has high property taxes, a 6-figure a month house rental in Beverly Hills, a large jet that requires upkeep and burns through a very costly amount of fuel plus the pilot, a group of incompetent staff she pays to do nothing, a group of staff that actually does have a purpose like the nanny, bodyguards, tutor, maids, etc. Payroll is a money eater. Then there's the expensive hotel suites, accommodations for staff, clothing, cars, jewelry, and anything else I don't have the time to list. Mariah has just about the same expensive lifestyle to upkeep as any well to do celebrity. Lastly, no one of Mariah's caliber, who's not experiencing a money shortage takes on things like dating apps, dog walking apps, and Soda Stream, things that do not mesh well with their image, lack major exposure, and most likely are not paying big bucks for "spending money". They'd already have spending money and would just go and enjoy their self. (Saturday 8 July 2017; 00:08)

Re: Licia/Mimi (76,949) (76,954) by RibbonB from USA Mimi makes a whole lot of money and she also spends a ton of money. Just last year she was expressing financial insecurity and her team did not bother to debunk that. In fact supposedly she fired her old team for not spending or managing her money right. Supposedly JP was also helping her with her finances, then there was the whole inconvenience fee debacle after she got dumped. (Friday 7 July 2017; 23:52)

Re: New music (76,948) (76,953) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Did she really record it? Any sources? I hope it's an upbeat one. (Friday 7 July 2017; 18:06)

Re: Wrapping up Vegas (76,942) (76,952) by Shezz from Pk Probably full of bullocks. (Friday 7 July 2017; 17:57)

Re: On a positive note (76,943) (76,951) by MusicfanJ from Germany Yes she looks beautiful and much younger. She doesn't need much make-up, the masquerade makes everyone older not prettier. So I hope to see more of the casual MC. Mariah's swimsuit is cool. (Friday 7 July 2017; 17:53)

Re: Wrapping up Vegas (76,941) (76,950) by Warrior Butterfly from USA I know what you mean. Closest I got to seeing her live was YouTube. Thank you to all the fabulous bootleggers. (Friday 7 July 2017; 17:50)

Re: Licia/Mimi (76,947) (76,949) by Licia from USA Whether you want to believe it or not it can happen to Mariah if she has the wrong people managing her money. It's not so far fetched considering she already has the wrong person managing her career. Furthermore I really don't care what she does with her money because neither you nor I know for sure what her finances are. We all just commented on an article. I don't recall anyone saying that they believed the mess nor did anyone claim to know exactly what's going on. (Friday 7 July 2017; 17:13)

New music (76,948) by Tommy Brad from England As a lifetime fan I would appreciate if Mariah and her team gave us some indication of when new music is likely to be released. Unfortunately we are all in agreement that she no longer performs to the standards we are used to so a studio album which will be musically enhanced will be nice to hear. I also have it on good understanding that she has recorded a song with Bruno Mars called "Play" which will be on the new album. Lets hope we don't have to wait too long. (Friday 7 July 2017; 16:41)

Re: Licia/Mimi (76,947) by Nikki from usa No, it's not that it can't happen. It's the commonality that people with X amount of dollars in their bank account tend to have credit cards without a limit. They'd allow her to spend as much as she wanted, but it wouldn't decline. Any money problems she may or may not have wouldn't be found out about until she was dead. I'm saying scenario-wise if she were in the hole it wouldn't show up in her credit cards. However, just because there are celebs that can't manage their money doesn't mean that applies to everyone. Mariah's never stopped working a day in her life. Name one year when MC wasn't making money. There isn't any. To say everything she's doing now is because she's broke or can't keep up is ridiculous. The market's changed and she's trying new things, but she's not working any less than her usual. Secondly, as much as the media would like everyone to believe she has spending issues, she really doesn't spend a lot for someone of her caliber. Micheal Jackson had a ranch and a theme park. Madonna and J.Lo have bought homes for more than 20 million. Mariah spent 9 million on a penthouse in NY and 1 million on a home in Capri during an 11 year period. I honestly and truly believe Mariah's only making money for the purpose of spending it and having fun with her kids; and simply adding any leftovers to her bank account. (Friday 7 July 2017; 15:04)

What a massive tit (76,946) by Andrew from UK Totally sick of seeing Mariah Carey's tits now. When you see most people in your head, you imagine their face. I now see Mariah's face above a ridiculously dark chasm of a cleavage. It is not attractive. In any given situation her tits are hanging out even when almost everyone else's are put away. Everyone else has class. She has fake tits. How damaged you must be, mentally and emotionally, to have your self-worth dependent upon people liking you because you could afford breast augmentation and free willingly let people ogle them at every opportunity, seemingly in the slim hope that you remain the centre of attention. (Friday 7 July 2017; 14:41)

Re: On a positive note (76,943) (76,945) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The makeup less photo of her got me shook. She was giving me 2003 and 2010 Mariah vibes. Mariah's skin is flawless. (Friday 7 July 2017; 13:38)

Re: Wrapping up Vegas (76,942) (76,944) by B from USA Mariah's World was such a wasted opportunity. (Friday 7 July 2017; 12:49)

On a positive note (76,943) by B from USA Mariah looks stunning in the pictures of her swimming with her children and celebrating the Fourth of July. She looks so much younger in this pictures than she has in a while. (Friday 7 July 2017; 12:29)

Re: Wrapping up Vegas (76,941) (76,942) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am hoping that they actually will and that they couldn't release one yet because it's probably in the contract that she can release it after her shows are over. I would love to watch the show and behind the scenes preparations. (Friday 7 July 2017; 11:38)

Re: Wrapping up Vegas (76,940) (76,941) by Licia from USA That's a great idea. I'm sure fans like myself who didn't get the chance to see her in Vegas would love that. I hate that they wasted time putting out a dvd of Mariah's World when they could have put together a package of Vegas with back stage stuff. Actually give us a real docuseries. (Friday 7 July 2017; 11:09)

Wrapping up Vegas (76,940) by Warrior Butterfly from USA I hope Mariah follows Shania's lead and releases a DVD/CD of her residency. (Friday 7 July 2017; 02:39)

Re: Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,935) (76,939) by Edouard from France Yes, yes, yes, titally [sic] agree with you. Plus Mariah clearlu [sic] has widden [sic] our musical horizon by doing so. I have discovered and love most of the original songs she has borrowed a sample from. (Friday 7 July 2017; 02:08)

Re: Mathew "the truth of this rumor" (76,934) (76,938) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya no one is buying that story, but the whole "Mariah is sitting on a bottomless jar of money" is a stretch. Don't forget Michael Jackson went broke even after owning his own catalogue and the Beatles. Johnny Depp is in a financial crisis and there are countless other celebs like that. I don't think Mariah is broke but she certainly isn't financially invincible otherwise she wouldn't be picking up these random advertisements of dating apps and dog walking services among other things. (Friday 7 July 2017; 01:41)

Petty post (76,937) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter This is just me being messy and petty but Stella posted like 6 photos (out of which a few are re-cropped versions of the same photo) and captioned each of them with some "empower your bull crap" mess, like girl, you are all basically standing in the lobby of a hotel, the pictures are all from the same series with the same exact pose, we get it, you are empowering everyone, quit making it sound like you have achieved something huge (apart from scamming Mariah). (Friday 7 July 2017; 01:02)

Article: Mariah Carey is in The House after all, sort of (76,936) by Betty from Canada I can understand why MC did not want to do the cameo as scripted. Who would agree to being killed in a casino, even if it is in a movie, when you are scheduled to perform in one? Plus she's not portraying a character, she is appearing as herself, so it is completely reasonable to not want to be killed. (Friday 7 July 2017; 01:02)

Re: Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,918) (76,935) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines There are artists who use samples and make them count. On the other hand, there are also those who just lazily slap them on the track. Mariah is one of the former. She chooses samples for a reason yet makes sure that the other parts of the song hold their own as well, unlike other artists and producers who just let the sample do all the work by turning it into the song's hook, and Wild Thoughts is the perfect example of that. Mariah really knows her way around a sample - she understands that borrowing sounds from other songs a) is costly, b) is a responsibility to both the artist she borrowed from and the public, and c) should be justified by the final product. Mad respect to her for that. (Friday 7 July 2017; 00:54)

Re: Mathew "the truth of this rumor" (76,931) (76,934) by Licia from USA Oh gosh. None of us actually believes this story, but don't act like just because it's Mariah Carey that it can't happen. It can happen if money is being spent quicker than she can get a gig to make the money back. Lol. (Friday 7 July 2017; 00:27)

J.Lo relevance debatable (76,933) by Nikki from usa That girl sure has access to the Latino market, but that doesn't mean much. Her last biggest hit was due to controversy and jumping on Bey's bandwagon while it was still hot, not Latino devotees. Her songs before "Mama" didn't go anywhere and her album sold worse than MC's album despite her never ending promotional blitz. I agree with those who mentioned J.Lo's only getting views for sex appeal and PitBull appearances. I'm really proud of Mariah's #Beautiful for doing as well as it did. She went her own way with a feature from a newbie who's never even cracked the top 50 of Billboard's Hot 100 by his lonesome before, and with no label support. I think that proves good music still can speak for itself. "I Don't" had more possibilities if MC had promoted it herself. Speaking of good music and possibilities, Angel's Cry hit the 97 million mark and is on its way to being her next over 100 million viewed video. I also feel the need to remind everyone caught up in The House drama flop that Mariah starred as the mayor in the Batman Lego movie this year and it grossed over 310 million. (Friday 7 July 2017; 00:21)

Christmas "instead"? (76,932) by Nikki from usa Are we sure there's an instead? It's supposed to be 6 days in Vegas. But, there's no real mention of whether she's forfeiting NY for Vegas. Mariah usually does a lot of Christmas "gigs" starting in November before her NY shows start. Last year she did 4 gigs before launching her reality show and Mac line. Maybe she's just trading in the gigs for a week and a half at Vegas before NY. All the better if we can get a show aired live on TV. That would be epic. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 23:55)

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