Birth City: Newark. [ ] She was a phenomenon waiting to happen, a canny tapping of the listener's yen for a return to the musical middle. [24] Throughout her childhood and early career, Houston was influenced by her mother, cousins Dionne and Dee Dee and singers such as Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight and Roberta Flack. [372], Houston has been regarded as one of the greatest vocalists of all time and a cultural icon. A tense and somber Bobby Brown stepped out of the Emory University Hospital for fresh air on Feb. 5, as his daughter Bobbi Kristina remains in a coma. Houston played a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard (played by Kevin Costner) to protect her. [122] It remains in the top forty of most successful rated-R films in box office history. [234] The four singles released from the album did not fare well on the Billboard Hot 100, but became dance chart hits. A single titled "One Wish (for Christmas)" reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart and the album was certified gold in the US. My husband's brother for many years was business partner with Whitney Houston's half-brother John in Washington, DC. She won her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". She renewed her contract for $100million to release six new albums, for which she would also earn royalties. [78], Houston was a supporter of Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement. In 1989, she established the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children. Blair, Tom. The same year, Houston hit the road with her 70 date My Love Is Your Love World Tour. Months later, The Sun learned Bobby Jr., who was 28 at the time, died after consuming a deadly mix of alcohol,cocaineand fentanyl. [29][28][30] Following Houston's rise to fame, rumors began speculating that Houston and Crawford were lovers, which the two denied to the press during a 1987 interview for Time magazine. Pat Houston, Whitney's sister-in-law, is the primary executor of the Whitney Houston estate. I wonder if the media has tried to contact him regarding Whitney's death. She shares the responsibilities with Cissy Houston Whitney's mother and Whitney's brothers, Gary and Michael. Houston also appeared on European television programs to promote the album. Heres what we know. [70], At the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988, Houston was nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year. It was a performance that likely would've made Whitney Houston proud. [51] The album would later be certified 14 platinum for sales of 14 million units alone in the United States, while selling over 22million copies worldwide. Houston began singing in the church choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark at age five, where she also learned to play the piano. [176] Houston was again nominated for an NAACP Image Award and won for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.[177]. While the European leg of the tour was Europe's highest grossing arena tour of the year,[198] Houston canceled "a string of dates [during the] summer citing throat problems and a 'bronchitis situation'". [24] Around the same time, Houston recorded Paul Jabara's "Eternal Love", which was shelved for nearly two years before it was placed on Jabara's 1983 album, Paul Jabara & Friends, released that January. Gary Catona, a voice coach who began working with Houston in 2005, stated: "'When I first started working with her in 2005, she had lost 99.9 percent of her voice She could barely speak, let alone sing. In a new interview with Oprah Winfrey,Whitney Houston's older brother admits he was responsible for introducing the late singer to drugs, including crack cocaine,back in the 1980s. Updated on May 30, 2021, by Michael Chaar: Whitney Houston's sudden passing in 2012 left the world stunned. During her modeling days, she refused to work with agencies who did business with the then-apartheid South Africa. [317] 43 of the top 100 most-downloaded tracks on iTunes were Houston songs, including "I Will Always Love You" from The Bodyguard at number one. [311], On May 17, 2017, Bebe Rexha released a single titled "The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)" from her two-part album All Your Fault. The Bodyguard (soundtrack) remains the bestselling soundtrack album of all time, with global sales of over 45 million copies. [299], Houston's former husband, Bobby Brown, was reported to be "in and out of crying fits" after receiving the news. Dee Dee and Dionne were also nieces of Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother. "[355], Singer Faith Evans stated: "Whitney wasn't just a singer with a beautiful voice. News yesterday that acclaimed actor Michael K. Williams was found dead in his New York City Apartment left me with the same deep and profound sense of sadness that I have felt through the years whenever family members and close friends have transitioned to the realm of the ancestors. If she was less influential than they were in the years since, it was only because her gift was so rare, so impossible to mimic. Bennett sang "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" But in 2015, Brown died after months in a medically induced coma. [145], The album became the bestselling soundtrack album of all time. Houston wanted the story told with dignity and honor. [147] In addition, she won a record eight American Music Awards at that year's ceremony including the Award of Merit,[148] 11 Billboard Music Awards, 3 Soul Train Music Awards in 199394 including Sammy Davis, Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year,[149] 5 NAACP Image Awards including Entertainer of the Year,[150][151][152] a record 5 World Music Awards,[153] and a BRIT award. By Alexander Kacala. [240] The show was not renewed for a second season after Houston said that she would no longer appear in it and Brown and Bravo could not come to an agreement for another season. [127][128] The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks, number one on the R&B chart for a then-record-breaking 11 weeks and number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for five weeks. Five years after the loss of Bobbi Kristina, Bobby's son, Bobby Jr. was found dead in his Los Angeles home on November 18, 2020. Whitney Houston Net Worth. Interestingly, Gordon was an adoptive brother of sorts to Brown . The estate also claimed that Nick gave Bobbi a toxic cocktail that caused her to pass out, resulting in her death. "Album Review: Whitney Houston's 'I Look To You'". [22] After attending Franklin Elementary School (now the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts), Houston was transferred to an all-girls Catholic school, Mount Saint Dominic Academy at nearby Caldwell, in her sixth grade year where she eventually graduated from in 1981 at 17. In another room, there was a big, framed photo of [Whitney] but someone had cut [her] head out. "There were no posters of teen heartthrobs," says . She plays the gospel-singing wife of a pastor (Courtney B. Vance). [126] The soundtrack's lead single was "I Will Always Love You", written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton in 1974. 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After a six-year break from recording, Houston returned to the top of the Billboard 200 chart with her final studio album, I Look to You (2009). [258], In May 2011, Houston enrolled in a rehabilitation center again, citing drug and alcohol problems. [90] At the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, when Houston's name was called out for a nomination, a few in the audience jeered. The 28-year-old Brown was the stepson of the late Whitney Houston and half brother of Bobbi Kristina Brown, who died in 2015. Whitney and Bobby had one child together. 4, UK No. April 5, 2012 -- The final details of pop icon Whitney Houston's Feb. 11 death provide a clearer picture of the scene where the star was found face down in a water-filled bathtub with drug . But Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's 2007 divorce nullified his claim to her estate. "[358], Houston's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry. [287] The manner of death was listed as an "accident".[288]. In 2010, BET honored her once more with the BET Honors. Michael Houston told Winfrey that he was the first person Whitney ever did drugs with, not the singer's ex-husband Bobby Brown. The lawsuit claims that the How Will I Know hitmaker failed to pay the company for such management, which resulted in them suing her for $100 million. [255], In January 2010, Houston was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards, one for Best Female Artist and one for Best Music Video. In the UK, the dance-funk song "Someone for Me", which failed to chart, was the first single while "All at Once" was in such European countries as the Netherlands and Belgium, where the song reached the top five on the singles charts, respectively.[45]. In his book The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards, author Steve Pond revealed that "Houston's voice was shaky, she seemed distracted and jittery and her attitude was casual, almost defiant"; though she was supposed to perform "Over the Rainbow", she would sing a different song during rehearsals. Through her father, she is a great-great-granddaughter of Jeremiah Burke Sanderson, an American abolitionist and advocate for the civil and educational rights of black Americans. When Houston died, her estate, worth an estimated $20 million, was left to her only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown, whom she . [157], In October 1994, Houston attended and performed at a state dinner in the White House honoring newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela. She went from 868,000 views in the week prior to her death to 40,200,000 views in the week following her death, a 45-fold increase.[321]. [412] Following the terrorist attacks in 2001, Houston re-released "The Star-Spangled Banner" to support the New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police. A representative for Houston said that the outpatient treatment was a part of Houston's "longstanding recovery process". I do believe her life would have turned out differently, Cissy writes. [113] Brown would go on to have several run-ins with the law for drunken driving, drug possession and battery, including some jail time. The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. Houston's remake of Sparkle was filmed in late 2011 over two months[263] and was released by TriStar Pictures. She enjoyed enormous success in the 1980s and 90s, selling more than 170 million albums and starring in the box-office smash movie The . [3], The Independent's music critic Andy Gill also wrote about Houston's influence on modern R&B and singing competitions, comparing it to Michael Jackson's. You can hear 'The Icon' Monie Love every Saturday 6pm on Sirius XM radio with her show Ladies First that is now approaching it's 7th year running on the satellite network. Gordon's death comes nearly five years after Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015 . It is the first documentary authorized by Houston's estate. Some producers passed on the project because of prior commitments. [384], Houston won numerous accolades, including 2 Emmy Awards, 8 Grammy Awards (including two Grammy Hall of Fame honors), 14 World Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards (31 Billboard awards in all) and 22 American Music Awards. Being a woman of many talents, the singer also found success in acting. In April 2020, it was announced that a biopic based on Houston's life, said to be "no holds barred", titled I Wanna Dance with Somebody, would be produced, with Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten writing the script and director Kasi Lemmons at the helm. [200] She also won The Artist of the Decade, Female award for extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s at the 14th Soul Train Music Awards and an MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B. [91][92] Houston defended herself against the criticism, stating, "If you're gonna have a long career, there's a certain way to do it and I did it that way. Darlene Love, Houston's godmother, hearing the news of her death, said, "It felt like I had been struck by a lightning bolt in my gut. [155] Houston placed in the top five of Entertainment Weekly's annual "Entertainer of the Year" ranking[156] and was labeled by Premiere magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. Houston, whose full name was Whitney Elizabeth . [180] Their first project was a made-for-television remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. When discussing the eerie ways in which Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina . We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards (which took place the day following her death), and was covered internationally. It was a technical decision, partially based on the noise factor. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called her contribution "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard".[35]. [218] Houston later admitted she had been fired. People were trying to get money from him. lva3461. Even though Houston once signed a $100 million contract and sold over 200 . After a three-year courtship, the two were married on July 18, 1992. [227] It reached No. [161], In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon in her second film, Waiting to Exhale, a motion picture about four African-American women struggling with relationships. [220][30] The following month, Rolling Stone published a story stating that Cissy Houston and others had held a July 1999 intervention in which they unsuccessfully attempted to persuade Whitney to obtain drug treatment. It features the remastered versions of her number-one hits, an unreleased song titled "Never Give Up" and a duet version of "I Look to You" with R. Bobby has run afoul of the law multiple times, and has several arrests on his record. Aretha Franklin was listed on the program and was expected to sing, but was unable to attend the service. She was 22. [139][140] With the follow-up singles "I'm Every Woman", a Chaka Khan cover and "I Have Nothing" both reaching the top five, Houston became the first woman to ever have three singles in the Top 11 simultaneously. Houston's first two albums, as well as her 1992 release The Bodyguard's soundtrack, are among the best-selling albums of all time. What Mrs. DeBarge is saying speaks volumes about Whitney's and El's deep friendship, as well . A voice that only comes around once in a lifetime. The legendary singer died at the age of 48 on February 11, 2012. [388] Since she received the honor at just the age of 37 at the time, Houston was and remains the youngest artist to receive this. Two days later, Houston performed "Million Dollar Bill" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" on the Dancing with the Stars season 9 finale. With Ian Cohen, Paul Gambaccini, Peter Hughes, Martel Maxwell. Her voice was an instrument and she knew how to use it. Now it has been revealed that her estate has signed a series of mega commercial . "She repeats herself a lot and doesn't remember what she says. The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, in particular, focused on helping children who suffered from HIV/AIDS, among other issues. [410], Houston donated all of the earnings from her 1991 Super Bowl XXV performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sales to Gulf War servicemen and their families. [351] Jon Pareles of The New York Times stated Houston "always had a great big voice, a technical marvel from its velvety depths to its ballistic middle register to its ringing and airy heights". In May 2003, Houston placed at number three on VH1's list of "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era". Whitney is 'the Voice' because she worked for it. Early Life. But Bobbi caused controversy when she announced her engagement to Nick Gordon - a man she previously considered her big brother. She was a true musician. Bobbi Kristina Brown was just 14 when her parents divorced, with Whitney gaining custody of her. [393], Houston's debut album is listed as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine[61] and is on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list. Distract me from him, she continued. After the success of her Moment of Truth world tour in 1987, she became the highest earning black woman of the year, and third highest overall behind Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy.. STAN Fair. As for why she didnt attend her fathers funeral, the singer revealed that she didnt want to mourn his death in the public eye. In 1997, the Franklin School in East Orange, New Jersey was renamed to The Whitney E. Houston Academy School of Creative and Performing Arts. You get your act together, honey, he said on the syndicated television show Celebrity Justice via Billboard. "[294] Others paying tribute included Mariah Carey, Quincy Jones, and Oprah Winfrey.[295][296]. However, the dynamic with her father, John Russell Houston, was a bit complicated. Paramedics were called and performed CPR, but to no avail. [402] Houston was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2013. [64][65], Houston's second album, Whitney, was released in June 1987. The free concert took place at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia in front of 3,500 servicemen and women. Their initial friendship became more serious, and in 1991, the performer asked her to marry him. She was so looking forward to tonight even though she wasn't scheduled to perform. Forming allegiances with the likes of De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest and Queen Latifah, which were all solidified by recording a song with each of the mentioned, Monie sealed her place as the British Hip Hop Ambassador, with the spitfire rap flow. It stated that she paved the way for Mariah Carey's chart-topping vocal gymnastics. [392] In November 2010, Billboard released its "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years" list and ranked Houston at number three who not only went on to earn eight number-one singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but also landed five number ones on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. By Sweenie Saint-Vil. The series aired in 2005 and featured Houston in unflattering moments. [67][68], The album's first single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", was also a massive hit worldwide, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the singles chart in 17 countries, including Australia, Germany and the UK. The Washington Post remarked that Houston was "doing nothing more than playing [herself]", but added that she came out "largely unscathed if that is possible in so cockamamie an undertaking". In 2015, Lifetime premiered the biographical film Whitney, which mentions that Whitney Houston was named after prominent television actress Whitney Blake, the mother of Meredith Baxter, star of the television series Family Ties. R&B singer Aaliyah originally tapped to star as Sparkle died in a 2001 plane crash. ", "Whitney Houston Becomes First Black Recording Artist in History to Achieve Three RIAA Diamond Albums", "It's not right but it's okay: New 'Whitney Houston tour' announced", "R&B Music Hall of Fame sets big weekend to induct sophomore class featuring Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Norm N. Nite and more", "Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame", "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist", "Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Hits 1 Billion Views On YouTube", "A Look at Whitney's Great Charity Work, She was a True Humanitarian! Crack is cheap. [61][62] Houston's grand entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to USA Today. [125] Rolling Stone described it as "nothing more than pleasant, tasteful and urbane". Her death derailed production, which would have begun in 2002.[260][261][262]. [182] An estimated 60 million viewers tuned into the special giving ABC its highest TV ratings in 16 years. Despite this reception, "Million Dollar Bill" jumped to its peak from 14 to number 5 (her first UK top 5 for over a decade). Its painful I feel responsible for what I let go so far., The iconic singerdied in February 2012, and while theofficial cause of death was ruled to be accidental drowning, the Coroners office confirmed thatWhitney used cocaine immediately before her death, leading to a cardiac event.. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, Houston remarked that "people know who Whitney Houston is I'm black. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), both peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. [383] The magazine placed her 34th on their "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list. Houston produced the album with Mervyn Warren and Gordon Chambers. A Whitney Houston hologram is about us, not her, writes Holly Thomas - and the same is true of AI renderings of other dead celebrities like Anthony Bourdain, Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson. [20] By age eleven, she began performing as a soloist for the junior gospel choir, performing the hymn, "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah". The performance aired on January 30, 2011. "Hope opens his home to U.S. troops". In addition to all of this, Monie Love is now the career mom with a total of four children ranging in age from 23,17,11 with the youngest coming in at 6yrs old. I wasn't happy by that point in time. Later in the program, following a montage of photos of musicians who died in 2011 with Houston singing "Saving All My Love for You" at the 1986 Grammys, Hudson paid tribute to Houston and the other artists by performing "I Will Always Love You". Whitney Houston" on Wednesday, Aug . No other female pop star not Mariah Carey, not Celine Dion, not Barbra Streisand quite rivals Houston in her exquisite vocal fluidity and purity of tone and her ability to infuse a lyric with mesmerizing melodrama. Next to it was a poster of her mom Cissy. In preparation for the pre-Grammy Awards shindig thrown annually by the music impresario Clive Davis, her mentor, Houston's assistant Mary Jones laid out a dress on the bed and left the hotel to . In the US, the soulful ballad "You Give Good Love" was chosen as the lead single from Houston's debut to establish her in the black marketplace. [162] Consequently, the album featured a range of contemporary R&B female recording artists along with Houston, such as Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle. It was her first world tour in over ten years and was announced as a triumphant comeback. I love my dad, and I knew he was sickly. The young lady had to stand uncowed in the locker room of macho rock. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work.. Houston is the mother of singer and actress Whitney Houston, the aunt of singers Dionne . In February 1982, Houston signed with Tara Productions and hired Gene Harvey as her manager with Daniel Gittleman and Seymour Flics as co-managers. At the 1986 Grammy Awards, Houston was nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. Gordon's death comes three years after he was found liable in the death of Brown the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown and was ordered to pay millions of . [233] The album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart and it had the highest first week sales of any album Houston had ever released. [354], Elysa Gardner of the Los Angeles Times in her review for The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack highly praised Houston's vocal ability, commenting, "She is first and foremost a pop diva at that, the best one we have. If you do that, you havent got a lawsuit., He continued, At my age, I havent got that long. "Because Whitney, more than any other single artist Michael Jackson included effectively mapped out the course of modern R&B, setting the bar for standards of soul vocalese and creating the original template for what we now routinely refer to as the 'soul diva' ", stated Gill. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Bette Marshall. [231], Also in 2002, Houston gave an interview with Diane Sawyer to promote her then-upcoming album. The latest: Whitney Houston's brother Gary Houston, 64, took the stage Tuesday in Atlanta on what would have been the late singer's 59th birthday, at an inaugural gala for The Whitney E. Houston . Her husband, Gary Houston, is Whitney Houston's own brother. Houston reportedly appeared "disheveled"[266][267][268] and "erratic"[266][269] in the days before her death. Houston is also credited as an executive producer of the film. She waived her royalty rights to the song, which reached number one on charts in October 2001 and generated more than $1million. 4, UK No. [67][68] Houston became the first woman to generate four number-one singles from one album. Bobbi Kristina Brown was born March 4, 1993. Her concerts, movie and recording grosses made her the third highest-earning female entertainer of 199394, just behind Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand according to Forbes. Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" became just the third single in music history to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" and Mariah Carey's "Fantasy". When the singer died in February 2012, Bobbi was named as the sole beneficiary of her mother's estate. When the singer died in February 2012, Bobbi was named as the sole beneficiary of her mother's estate. [110] The show gave HBO its highest ratings ever. Whitney Houston's Brother Goes to Heaven. [318] As fans of Houston rushed to rediscover the singer's music, single digital track sales of the artist's music rose to more than 887,000 paid song downloads in 24 hours in the US alone. Also, she was less prolific than either of them, achieving most of her renown on the strength of her first three solo albums and one soundtrack, released from 1985 to 1992. Most recently, the singer's mother, Cissy Houston, has been . [79] Over 72,000 people attended Wembley Stadium and over a billion people tuned in worldwide as the rock concert raised over $1million for charities while bringing awareness to apartheid. Who Inherited Whitney Houstons $20 Million Estate? "[350], Lauren Everitt from BBC News commented on melisma used in Houston's recording and its influence. [246] (In her 2013 book, Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss and the Night the Music Stopped, Cissy Houston described the scene she encountered at Whitney Houston's house in 2005 as follows: "Somebody had spray-painted the walls and door with big glaring eyes and strange faces. Coming to the U.S. a British import via the Hip Hop movement, Monie Love found herself amidst the cream of the crop within the rap community. With production from Michael Masser, Kashif, Jermaine Jackson and Narada Michael Walden, Houston's debut album Whitney Houston was released on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1985. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide.In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked her second on their list of the greatest singers of all time. Bobbi Kristina Brownwas just 14 when her parents divorced, with Whitney gaining custody of her. [154], Following the success of The Bodyguard, Houston embarked on another expansive global tour (The Bodyguard World Tour) in 199394. [32] She would also appear inside other magazines such as Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Young Miss and a TV commercial for the Canada Dry soft drink. This is standard procedure at these events. Still, she quickly added, theyll never get $100 million out of me. We would go and visit them for Christmas and/or New Years. She just says she's getting old.". [304], Houston was honored with various tributes at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards, held on February 17. The Standard . [111], Throughout the 1980s, Houston was romantically linked to musician Jermaine Jackson,[112] American football star Randall Cunningham and actor Eddie Murphy. [186][187], After spending much of the early and mid-1990s working on motion pictures and their soundtrack albums, Houston's first studio album in eight years, the critically acclaimed My Love Is Your Love, was released in November 1998. Butterflyj30. She sang live, but the microphone was turned off. Since leaving Hot 97,Monie went on to do morning radio with Hip Hop radio personality Ed Lover at Power 1051 also in NY. Media has tried to contact him regarding Whitney & # x27 ; s estate she. 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