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After Clive Davis' Death, Fantasia Barrino Finally Confirms What He Did To Her
They told her she was the next Whitney, the next Aretha — the chosen one Clive Davis himself crowned with a platinum plaque, back when she was nineteen years old, barefoot on that stage, singing like the whole world owed her nothing and she still gave it everything anyway.
This is the story of Fantasia Barrino, the girl from High Point who made history before she could even read the contract they slid across the table. In the summer of 2004, "I Believe" did something no new artist had ever done — it debuted straight at number one. Number one. The lights were blinding, the champagne was flowing, the cameras never blinked, and everybody around her was smiling.
But here's what they don't tell you about the top of the mountain — sometimes you get up there green, surrounded by folks counting money you don't even know how to count yourself. She had the voice, she had the crown, but what she didn't have was control.
And what happened next — the silence after the noise, the lawsuits, the night she almost gave up entirely — that's the part the industry buried.
Tonight, we're digging it back up, because fame don't protect you, not when you never owned the thing that made you famous.
Disclaimer: Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated.
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After Clive Davis' Death, Fantasia Barrino Finally Confirms What He Did To Her
They told her she was the next Whitney, the next Aretha — the chosen one Clive Davis himself crowned with a platinum plaque, back when she was nineteen years old, barefoot on that stage, singing like the whole world owed her nothing and she still gave it everything anyway.
This is the story of Fantasia Barrino, the girl from High Point who made history before she could even read the contract they slid across the table. In the summer of 2004, "I Believe" did something no new artist had ever done — it debuted straight at number one. Number one. The lights were blinding, the champagne was flowing, the cameras never blinked, and everybody around her was smiling.
But here's what they don't tell you about the top of the mountain — sometimes you get up there green, surrounded by folks counting money you don't even know how to count yourself. She had the voice, she had the crown, but what she didn't have was control.
And what happened next — the silence after the noise, the lawsuits, the night she almost gave up entirely — that's the part the industry buried.
Tonight, we're digging it back up, because fame don't protect you, not when you never owned the thing that made you famous.
Disclaimer: Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated.
#goldenroots #clivedavis #discovery #fantasiabarrino #celebritynews
