Whitney Houston: Destiny Of A Diva | Newark State of Mind | 146
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born to sing. Everyone who heard her perform knew that she was a once-in-a-generation talent. But the music industry doesn’t run on talent alone. And when she’s forced to change herself to make it big, Whitney is forced to choose between her music, and being herself.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can |
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| 0:07.4 | This episode contains strong language, adult situations, |
| 0:11.3 | and mentions of sexual abuse. |
| 0:13.0 | Please be advised. |
| 0:15.0 | It's 1985 in New York City and 21 year old Whitney Houston is sitting in a high-end Manhattan |
| 0:29.2 | salon. The place is filled with clients paying top dollar to get seriously dalled up, |
| 0:35.0 | but Whitney is not feeling it. |
| 0:38.0 | Her record label wants her to consider getting a weave, |
| 0:41.0 | and she's fighting the urge to get up and run. |
| 0:45.3 | It's just a consultation, not a commitment, she reminds herself. |
| 0:50.3 | No one ever died from a consultation, right? |
| 0:53.0 | So why does it feel like she's about to lose something? |
| 0:57.0 | Whitney's debut single, You Give Good Love, |
| 1:00.0 | from her self-titled debut album is rising on the charts. So far, everything in her career |
| 1:06.8 | has fallen into place like a fairy tale. Today, though, that tale has a twist she did not see coming. |
| 1:15.1 | Her record label doesn't like her hair, which at the moment is short, cropped, and natural. |
| 1:21.3 | Her manager told her that before she heads out on her European tour, the label wants |
| 1:26.0 | her to have what they call Vanessa Williams' hair. |
| 1:30.1 | Vanessa's just become the first black woman to be crowned Miss America. |
| 1:34.1 | Her hair is blown out and puffy, like something straight out of the TV show dynasty. |
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