- "Lil' L.OV.E. will be released as a physical single in Belgium, I'll post the radio and street date asap. The Heroes of Mariah promo page will be up soon and a street promo will be planned. Don't forget you can also legally download the track on iTunes Belgium, 
Posted on May the 30th.

Invited guests include Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, Anna Wintour, Russell Simmons, Sylvia Rhone, Clive Davis, Andre Leon Talley, L.A. Reid, Jennifer Lopez, Bobbi Brown, Tracey Reese, Carolina Herrera, Naomi Campbell, Bob Johnson, Alicia Keys, Vera Wang, Vivica A. Fox, Star Jones, Mariah Carey, and Kelly Ripa, among others.

The ceremony will be broadcasted on the Oxygen Network and American Latino TV. New York City’s station for Hip-Hop and R&B, Power 105.1 will be the official radio sponsor, with a special musical performance by Melissa Jimenez, the first lady of SRC/Universal Records and the first lady of R&B, Kamesha Sams.

Tickets can be purchased for $250 and tables of ten can be purchased for $2,500.
Source: Dress For Success and Mr Blauburg by e-mail
Posted on May the 24th.

- "Lil' L.OV.E. is not planned for a commercial release at the moment in Belgium nor in France, maybe later.... but don't forget you can legally download the track on iTunes Belgium, also "Strenght & Loyalty" is on sale in all stores.  In Belgium, we have the European CD and only the dirty version,  in France, it's the US import album, clean or dirty version.  French fans, the album is currently on sale at Amazon France for only 8,53 Euro.

- New Heroes of Mariah contest open now!!! 
The prize is the European copy of "Strenght & Loyalty", the brand new album of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony which contains "Lil' L.O.V.E." featuring Mariah.  The album has also a sticker with Mariah's name on it .   Click here to access the contest.
A big thanks to Universal Belgium for the CD.

- A great fan!!! Belgian fan Rosario who already entered the new Heroes of Mariah contest, e-mailed me to cancel his entry and that way to give more chances to other fans, as he bought the Bone Thugs album.  Thanks!!!!
Posted on May the 23rd.

Ms. Ross came out at the age of 63 looking like a 30-year-old with her slim, fit looking body complete with still juicy high booty covered in floor length gowns and feather boas which she changed four times during the show. Beginning with a red sequinned number, then yellow, then white and finishing with the nickname her one-time lover Berry Gordy calls her - 'Black'. The reason I know this? I'm currently reading her biography and it's amazing! Just like her show. From the moment she began with the much sampled I'm Coming Out, the hits kept coming, and I thought I didn't know many Diana Ross songs! Chain Reaction, Baby Baby , Baby Love, Upside Down, Can't Hurry Love, Do You Know, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, and Endless Love (her duet with Lionel Richie) but the best fun was Stop In The Name Of Love complete with hand gestures! 
 

The MTV crew were laughing at me cos when I wasn't singing I was transfixed listening to Diana who I had previously heard had a ropey voice. I wonder how that rumour spread? Her voice was really honeyed and melodious. When she began Ease On Down The Road (from The Wizard of Oz), I confess I lost it slightly cos me, Mariah and Mariah's folks love that movie and sing that song loud every time! 
Source: The Voice (All rights reserved) (extract)
Posted on May the 22nd.

At this time, Agents from the U.S. Marshal's office are trying to track them down.
The criminal complaint says Charles B. Curry, Jr., and Shameika Drain Curry used the Internet to obtain lines of credit in the names of several local people, including one elderly woman in the city. But they're also accused of getting a credit card in the name of singer Mariah Carey and cashing a check in the name of actress Nia Long.
U.S. Postal inspectors got suspicious when a sudden spike in financial mail arrived at the Curry's former home on Still Pond Way in Henrietta. Investigators searched the home and their computers and found the names of the victms.

According to the paper work, Curry bought a Mercedes Benz posing as his father. Shameika Drain Curry bought a $36,000 car using a driver's license in the name Ashanti Douglas. Ashanti is a well-known R&B singer. 

With the charges they're facing, both Curry's are looking at 30 years in prison.
Click here to watch the video.
Source: WHEC-TV (All rights reserved)
Posted on May the 21st.

Walsh added that many of the younger consumers are purely celebrity driven. "There are fans out there, and they are extremely involved in celebrities," she said. "They take it very seriously." And those fragrances require constant updates or fickle young customers will buy one of the other celebrity scents on shelves, she said.

Increased competition means Catherine Zeta-Jones, David and Victoria Beckham, and Mariah Carey will have to work even harder to make their signature fragrances rise above the pack. That may mean aiming for an audience older than 12.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (All rights reserved) (extract)
Posted on May the 21st.

"There was also a rumor that T.I was going to be on Mariah Carey’s upcoming tenth studio album. You know I had to ask about that!
In response, T.I stated: 
“I want to work with Mariah! I have wanted to work with her for a long time. I have produced beats for her to use, tried to get her on this album and will work with her on her new stuff. I will do whatever Mariah wants! Tell Mariah to call me, I’m down. Call me Mariah!” 
Source: Love B Scott - MariahConnection- MariahDailyJournal - Andy by e-mail
Posted on May the 18th.

- "Lil' L.O.V.E." update
Spins: 536 (513)
Audience/ Millions: 5.191 (4.961)
Rank: 47 (55)
Please US fans: request the track in your area, also click here to access a page my friend Alex made with links to radios to request.
Posted on May the 17th.

- According to Nielsen's SoundScan, Bone Thugs' seventh album, Strength & Loyalty, executive produced by Swizz Beatz and featuring appearances from Twista, Akon and Mariah Carey came in at No. 2, reeling in 119,000 copies.

- Bone Thugs' message in their MySpace bulletin:
Thanks to all our FANS we did 116K our 1st week out we would like to thank all of you for buying the album and supporting us!!
Thanks Much Luv from all the BTNH family!!

- New Heroes of Mariah contest open now!!! 
The prize is the European copy of "Strenght & Loyalty", the brand new album of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony which contains "Lil' L.O.V.E." featuring Mariah.  The album has also a sticker with Mariah's name on it .   Click here to access the contest.
A big thanks to Universal Belgium for the CD.
Sources:Mediabase - SOHH - Bone Thugs
Posted on May the 16th.

Joyeuse Fête des Mères à toutes les mamans et spécialement à toutes les fans qui sont maman, à toutes les mamans de fans et à Pat, la maman de Mariah. 

Gelukkige Moedertjes Dag aan alle mama's en in het bijzonder aan alle fans die mama zijn, aan alle mama's van fans en aan Pat, Mariah's mama. 
Posted on May the 13th.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, AllHipHop.com caught up with Ms. Cherry Jones to see how she’s coped with the loss of her son, and to explore the murky details surrounding the late rapper’s estate. Though she’s endured a public feud with his former wife, and has been burdened with the debts he accumulated, she carries herself forward with dignity, grace, and a sense of humor not unlike Dirty’s. Sitting down with her in her Brooklyn Brownstone, one gets the sense that much of his talent came directly from his mama. Whether it’s the way she laughs, or how she bats her eyes when she smiles, you’re left with the impression that a part of Ol’ Dirty is still alive and kicking in spirit. And while it hasn’t been an easy coping with the loss, Ms. Jones is determined to carry on and survive, sadly, without the support of her son’s fellow members of the Wu-Tang Clan.
AllHipHop.com: I actually read an interview from The Village Voice and the writer paraphrased you saying that your son didn’t like having you backstage. Why?
Cherry Jones: He didn’t want me in the music industry, period. He knew it was a cruel world, and he can’t be onstage and take care of me at the same time. [He said] “Mama, I don’t want you involved in the business,” but I told him the last time he came out [of jail] that I was going to be in the business so he could have something. We he was with Wu-Tang, he had nothing. [Laughs] Nothing. Everything he wanted for he had to go and beg. He had to fight them for a dollar bill.
AllHipHop.com: So, even off of [Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version], he had to fight for his fair share of the profits?
Cherry Jones: He had to fight for everything, you know, beg: “I need a couple dollars here.” It takes time to make money in the music industry. Rusty was never rich. He just made enough money to survive and take care of his child support. He was never able to buy a home. He was never able to buy his mother a home. He was rich inside; whatever he had, he gave, but I never was able to sit down [and live off of him]. I told him “I could buy him a house.” [Laughs]
AllHipHop.com: What did you do to support yourself?
Cherry Jones: I worked for NYPD—I was a corrections officer. I did everything. I was driving the buses in Manhattan; I started that job when I was 59. I’ll be 61 in July. I could never stop working. [Even] now, I don’t have a penny. When he died, his wife never lived with him, but she walked in and poof [took all available money for herself]. But I retire next year, so I ain’t gonna worry.
AllHipHop.com: He was quite prolific as an artist. What would you say were some of the things you instilled in him as a little kid?
Cherry Jones: Never forget who you came from. A lot of these entertainers get up there and think they’re too good to stop and even speak to you. I told him not to forget where you came from, because the same people you meet going up, you meet going down. Always take the time to stop and say hello. He used to go downtown and feed the poor. He never had a [driver’s license], so he’d be on the train and the bus [Laughs].
AllHipHop.com: I didn’t know that he had an expensive taste in clothes. Where’d he get that from?
Cherry Jones: He always had that because I didn’t put anything cheap on them when they were children. I taught him that if you buy something of good quality, it’ll go down the line; I had seven kids. If I bought something good, I could pass that down to the next child, and the next child…and that’s what I did. I told him to never put no cheap shoes on your feet; you buy a good shoe. I instilled that in him, thank goodness, because his wife used to tell me she’d go to Payless—and he hated that. He hated it, so he’d go and do all the shopping. He’d buy her clothes, his clothes and all the kids’ clothes.
AllHipHop.com: What would you say your relationship is with her? I can sense a little tension.
Cherry Jones: I haven’t seen her since the funeral. I never did anything to her. But she takes time to go on Wendy Williams and threaten my life and stomp my brains out so, I left everything in the hands of God. I didn’t understand [the falling out]. We were friends until the day he died. 
AllHipHop.com: So, what happened?
Cherry Jones: He was signed to a million-dollar deal [with Roc-A-Fella Records]. She thought she was gonna get the million dollars. She’s too ignorant to know that he didn’t get nowhere near that money anyway; Damon Dash never paid him. If he had lived, he probably would have got his money, you know, but he was never paid. She thought that all that money was gonna go to her, but she ain’t know that all the money that was paid to him was going towards making the album. [Laughs] So she told the world that I robbed a million dollars from Dirty. 
AllHipHop.com: But, obviously, you don’t have that.
Cherry Jones: Have what? [Laughs] I don’t have a penny. A lot of times I walk to Downtown Brooklyn. I don’t even have [cab] fare. Dirty bought an expensive car for $80,000 and I’m paying for it through the help of my mom and my father-in-law. Dirty bought it for his friend and I’m not gonna let his friend go down so, every month I’m looking to make a payment. He bought it in October…he died in November. It’s a Chrysler 300 Hemi Special Edition with wood trim inside and everything. If I had [that million dollars], wouldn’t it have been paid for? When I finish paying for it, I’m gonna try and put it on eBay and sell it to pay off some of his taxes and stuff. We he came out [of jail] I had power-of-attorney. They put my name on everything he bought. Things will work out, though. I ain’t got time to worry about it. You worry about it, you get old-looking. You get bags under your eyes…I ain’t even worried about it. [Laughs]
AllHipHop.com: You don’t even look 61, by the way. I’m not even saying that to butter you up. 
Cherry Jones: Thank you. [Laughs] If he was alive, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything because he took care of his mother. But the wife [messed things up]. She actually told the courts that she wanted everything. Like Dirty wasn’t going to take care of his mother! So, if he gave me any money while he was living with me, she wanted that back. I think that’s sick. 
AllHipHop.com: Where is she living now?
Cherry Jones: In Georgia. She just had a baby with this guy she’s been with for a long time. She wanted all my [RIAA] plaques. I told her, “Come here and try to take them.” You can’t take nothing from me. Everything I have, he put in my hands. He said, “Mommy, this is for you.” If he wanted you to have it, he would’ve said, “Here wifey, this is for you.”
AllHipHop.com: The RZA and Dirty were cousins. He’s your nephew. Do you talk to him often?
Cherry Jones: I don’t. They don’t call you. The last time I saw RZA was out in Cali at Rock The Bells. He didn’t pay for my ticket, he didn’t invite me. Chang [The concert’s promoter] set me up to go out there. He had nothing to do with it. Other people arrange for me to go places. The VH1 Hip-Hop [Honors]? My girlfriend told me about it. He didn’t tell me anything. 
AllHipHop.com: Is anyone from the group staying in touch with you?
Cherry Jones: No. Not one of them. 
AllHipHop.com: Now, could that just be a case of “Out of sight, Out of mind?”
Cherry Jones: They don’t contact me on anything. They might be busy, I don’t know. But when it comes to family, pick up the phone. I don’t have their number—I had RZA’s number, but I guess with so many people calling him, he changed it, you know. He gets me aggravated. Every time you call him, he thinks you want something. I never asked him for nothing. Well, I asked him one time to help me with Dirty’s car and he said he didn’t have nothing so, I’ve been doing it on my own ever since Dirty died. I ain’t gonna ask you but one time. It’s hard, but I’m hanging in there.
AllHipHop.com: He really was larger than life, in a lot of ways… 
Cherry Jones: Oh, yes. Yes, he was. Even now, when Wu-Tang’s on stage, people scream, “Dirty, Dirty, Dirty!” It makes you feel good. It really does. 
Allhiphop.com: Jay-Z too. I saw him in concert last summer and he had the crowd singing “Brooklyn Zoo.” 
Cherry Jones: Oh, wow! I really like that. You know, they never really got along…
Allhiphop.com: Really? Why?
Cherry Jones: ‘Cause Dirty [was] like that. He wanted to be the front-and-center. If you up there singing, he’d go up there and take the show. He was always like that. I’d tell him, “That’s not nice.” He didn’t care. [When he was on the lam], he’d put a hoodie on and go “I gotta get outta here because they gonna lock me up.” I said, “Boy, you stupid.” Then he goes in McDonald’s [In Philadelphia and gets arrested]. They told him to stay in the car, but he comes out and says “They locked me up.” You walked in and they locked you up? [Laughs] 
AllHipHop.com: You know, I was watching the Grammy incident last nite. He was very calm and professional when he took the mic…
Cherry Jones: Rage Against The Machine said, “Wouldn’t nobody do it but Dirty.” They said they loved it! I said, “All of y’all are stupid.” I said it [to Dirty] “It wasn’t nice of you to do that, either. Don’t you ever do that again in your life. I’ll tear your head up.” [Laughs] He was sober, you know…
AllHipHop.com: Really? 
Cherry Jones: Really. On the way there, a limousine came and picked us up. He stopped at almost every corner and bought little bottles of water. He had nothing to drink that night. Nothing at all. So when he went up there, I felt bad, but I said “At least the boy is sober.” Puffy’s people had him hemmed up by the neck. His henchmen ain’t gonna hem up my doggone son. I said, “It’s time for me to fight.” He said, “Calm down mommy, everything is gonna be okay.” If Rusty don’t wanna fight, you know he’s sober! His bodyguards had him by the throat down there because of the comment he made: “Puffy’s good, but Wu-Tang’s the best.” After seeing him like that, I said, “Boy, he really need a drink!” [Laughs] 
AllHipHop.com: Were there any moments you were proud of in particular? 
Cherry Jones: When he got to The Garden, I went. He was with Mariah Carey. He bought me a great big bouquet of flowers and, it was so nice. I was so proud of him that night. He had no clothes; the clothes they brought him were too small, so he stripped Poppa Wu [his cousin] right out of his clothes. He really did. Then he went on stage and the kids loved him. [Mariah] didn’t go on stage with him because he had just came in off tour. He came straight from the plane into The Garden. He didn’t have time to rehearse with her, so she didn’t sing with him. He went on the stage and rocked the house without her. He said, “Screw her!” [Laughs]. I said, “Boy, you stupid!” He was fantastic.
AllHipHop.com: I’m about to ask you a dumb question, but, how’d it feel when you first heard the news? 
Cherry Jones: I lost my mind. What bothered me the most was, they had called me, and they hadn’t even called the ambulance. They said, uh, “Dirty’s on the floor and we’re not getting a response.” I started screaming, “Why don’t y’all call the damn ambulance?” He’d probably been dead a long time…that’s why they never called…I don’t know…I don’t know. Dirty lived a life he wanted to live. He was about to go on tour and he said to me, “Mom, this is the last time you’re gonna see me.” He said he was going to Mexico. I told him that, “If you go, give your mother a call and tell me that you’re okay.” He never got a chance to call because he…died in the studio. The RZA sent a limo to pick him up. He got off the plane on a Friday and died on a Saturday. He had cocaine in his system, and when he was on tour, he fell off the stage and [surgically] had pins placed in his foot which was very painful. So, when he got to the studio, he asked for a painkiller like Tylenol and they gave him something much stronger, like Tramadol. With the coke, it’s a deadly mixture, that’s what the medical examiner told me…he had a smile on his face, though…. I used to wash him and put him in his clothes…that was my boy. When he told me, “This is the last time you’re gonna see me,” maybe he felt something, you know? But…I enjoyed every day of his life.
Source: Chris "Milan" Thomas for AllHipHop.com (All rights reserved)
Posted on May the 11th.

Marc is giving all of you a chance to win a copy of "Strength and Loyalty" album! 
All you need to do is download both the explicit & clean version of "Lil Love" seperately from iTunes USA and email your proof of purchase to mcmonarchboi@yahoo.com to register for your chance to win. 
Download: Clean Version - Explicit Version
Cut-Off Date: 15 May, 2007
Source: Jeremy
Posted on May the 11th.

It seems that Thalia does not understand how Mariah can say those things about Tommy after being the person responsible of Mariah’s success.

"Certainly, that lady does not have a good memory, she might have forgotten that the best opportunity of her career was given by Tommy Mottola", said 
one of Thalia’s closest friends.
Source: La Segunda - Mariah Connection Spain - Simona by e-mail
Heroes comment: that's hilarious, that poor creature (Thalia's friend) doesn't know the difference between business and romance , Mariah didn't say she regrets being signed way before the marriage, she said she regrets marrying Tommy Mottola.
Posted on May the 10th.

"I am thrilled to have Jon Bon Jovi and Mariah Carey share in the celebration of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's 10th anniversary," says Paul Cothran, Executive Director of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. "It would be hard to look back on the past ten years and recount each of our triumphs and successes without recalling individuals such as these two artists that have donated so much of their time and efforts to restoring music education programs across the country." 

During the elaborate 10th anniversary celebration, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation will honor Mariah Carey for her outstanding dedication to the organization over the years. Since 1998, Mariah Carey has been instrumental in helping the VH1 Save The Music Foundation achieve their goals by volunteering her time and efforts in various ways. Mariah has performed at several benefit shows including the very first "VH1 Divas" in 1998 and has been active in raising public awareness about the benefits of music education during events such as NBC's "VH1 Save The Music Today! Week." In 2006, Mariah donated the Escada dress she wore in her Intel Centrino Duo commercial, which later sold at auction to benefit The Foundation. 

John Mayer, who can be seen in one of The Foundation's newest public service announcements, will co-headline the event. Tim Gunn of Project Runway will also be on hand to emcee a live auction, which will feature one-of-a-kind items and experiences from VH1 Save The Music partners. Additional honorees, participants and attendees will be announced in the coming months. 

About VH1 Save The Music Foundation

Since 1997, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation has successfully restored and sustained instrumental music programs in 1,400 public schools in 80 communities across the country, including Memphis, Houston, Chicago, New York, Denver, Baltimore and Milwaukee. Over the past ten years, various artists and celebrities have shown their devotion to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation by partnering with the organization as they've reached out to struggling school districts across the country. Celebrities including Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Sting, Billy Joel, Kiefer Sutherland, John Legend, Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, and Jewel have donated their time and efforts to the organization in attempts to raise awareness about the importance of music in a child's education. 

To date, The Foundation has provided more than million in new musical instruments, affecting the lives of more than 800,000 children. For more information on the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, please visit here.
Source: MariahCarey.com
Posted on May the 10th.

"Nelly's got a crazy collaboration he's trying to put together, which is him, Janet and Mariah Carey all on one song," JD said. "That's what he wants. If he could convince them to do it, it would be crazy. He wants Janet to rap a 16-bar verse, he wants Mariah to sing the hook and he's gonna do two verses. He has it all planned out. You ask him about it! This is what he wants; he's 100-percent deadlocked into it. And I think he's doing a record with Bruce Springsteen. You know he always has to do one of those! My two records [that J.D. has produced for Nelly so far], he's gonna have some people on them — I won't tell it yet. I don't want to jinx the record.

"Me and Nelly in the studio is barely work," he continued. "We can't even get to work, it's so much partying. No sleep, nonstop. It's a party in the studio. He's the only person I go in the studio with and we party all night. The way Nelly works is, he works 100 percent off a vibe and what's going on in the studio and how people in the studio are moving off his record. People come to the studio and might not give a song a good response. He'll be like, 'Scrap that beat!' We bring in a whole new set of people in. We put on a new beat and if they start moving, he gets excited and it'll be more drinks and the smoke gets thicker and it gets crazy."

J.D., of course, recently signed on to be president of Island Def Jam Records, and he says he wants to build it up as big as it was when Dru Hill and Kelly Price were big. He divulged that Janet Jackson is in negotiations with label head L.A. Reid to come over and join the likes of Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Babyface and the aforementioned Jagged Edge on the roster. He also has one MC under his wing, Hot Dollar, whose underground record "Two Steppin' " caught his ear.

"Me being a talent-finder and looking for artists, he happened to have crazy record in L.A. I got his demo, he had more songs. I was like, 'This ain't bad!' I've always been one to move with the new and young talent, so I was like, 'Let's come in with some fresh blood.' " ...
Source: MTV's Mixtape Monday
Posted on May the 7th.

While searching for other infos, I found the following posted on February the 21st. 2006 on my own website 
Tribute album for Mariah
In an interview on Christian Music Today, Karen Clark Sheard said: " I was asked to sing one of Mariah Carey's inspirational songs on a tribute album for her, and I thought that was so awesome. I felt like it was so major just to have been asked. I was told that when she heard that I'd be part of the project, she was jumpin' up like I was a mega-star! 
When I finally got a chance to talk with her, she began to cry and told me that she'd admired me from afar." 
Also from a Gospel Flava interview:
About a month ago, I was asked to be a part of a tribute to Mariah Carey, and not just to sing but to have a one-on-one session with her. As we were backstage talking she just began to cry and she said to me, "Sis Karen, you changed my life". While we were talking I could literally feel the yearning inside of her to know Christ and we talked for a while.
Posted on May the 2nd.

During this interview, Austin took time to describe his songwriting and lyric process. "When I write the lyrics, it’s usually while we’re working in the studio"  he explained. "In most cases the track comes first, then I would write the lyrics and melody to it. But sometimes I’ll come up with the lyric idea first. For my lyric ideas, people are the best inspiration. For "We Belong Together",  the second verse is about how I can't sleep at night, and there's Bobby Womack on the radio. I try to write about real situations – it could be from things I’ve been through, or what friends have been through. It just comes to me."
Posted on May the 1st.

Je ne sais pas dans les autres pays, mais ici en Belgique, nous offrons du muguet le 1 mai pour porter bonheur jusqu'au 1 mai prochain.  Donc aujourd'hui, Mariah,  mon cher petit coeur, je t'offre un an de bonheur.

Ik weet niet in andere landen, maar hier in België, geven we meiklokjes op 1 mei om vreugde te geven tot de volgende 1ste mei.  Dus vandaag, Mariah, mijn klein schatje, geef ik je een jaar vreugde.
Posted on May the 1st.