Understanding Why Whitney Was Booed

 

It worried my mother a little that Whitney Houston got booed in 1988. She had strong spiritual decernment that something was dreadfully wrong that people were booing Whitney Houston. But Whitney kept moving on in her career. 

I found it mighty strange that Rev. Al Sharpton was calling Whitney Whitey. It just didn’t look like the kind of thing he would do as a leader. Then I was seeing all the praise Mary J. Blige was getting. Whitney wasn’t black enough. I’ll never forget it.

Now I see P Diddy. He was producing Mary J. Blige. Back then,  I found it odd that a rapper like Diddy who couldn’t sing could produce the way he did knowing nothing about how to sing. But Berry Gordy and Quincy Jones weren’t singers either. They all managed to produce and could tell a singer how to do recording them. They knew what could sell and how a singer should sing and perform. 

The world wanted hip hop. The world wanted Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. It was hard for Whitney to understand. I think someone in the music industry knew how to reach the young crowd that didn’t have the old school knowledge that Whitney had or our parents. Even Whitney wanted to sing other styles of music. I noticed that she could throw down on Michael Jackson’s songs. I heard Whitney try Opera and she was very good. She knew that she could be a mega star just like Michael Jackson. But it seemed to be about what everyone else wanted for her, and they should have let Whitney do a little bit of it all because she could. She was the voice. Why do they not want a person to do it all? I’ve seen some of that very thing in my life where they didn’t want me to do all that I knew how to do. 

 It seemed to me, the music industry didn’t want too many people being mega stars. I don’t think it was because the people couldn’t go any further with their talent. Something in the world is always putting a limit on something. Now they are telling us it’s not about talent. Well, it’s not about something good if that’s the case because God gave us talent. That is from high above. Do you see the dragon? What is it about the most talented people that they have to get sick and die or be killed. Shouldn’t they be investigating the music business itself along with individuals they are finding guilty of crimes? Too many of our stars have died the same way. Fans are not happy.

I understand a little bit more why the world was booing Whitney. I’m wondering if the crowd was being paid to boo. There are some very powerful people over talent. Even shows like Star Search sometimes wouldn’t choose the best. ⁉️❓I understand that things aren’t right.