grace the cover of VIBE Magazine’s June 2008 issue, which hits
newsstands on Tuesday, May 6th. The sultry songstress heats up the
pages of the magazine’s summer issue as she models some of the
season’s hottest swimwear revealing her recent weight loss.
This month’s cover story was shot on-location on Eagle’s Landing,
a private Caribbean island off the coast of Antigua where VIBE joined
Carey for her lavish 38th birthday celebration. In the magazine,
Associate Editor Shanel Odum scribes a daylong journal narrating her
encounter with the Grammy Award-winning singer. Odum provides an
hour-by-hour account of the day’s events:
2PM: Mariah Carey’s $12,500-a night villa on the 300-acre tropical
island is alive and almost antsy...A gang of hairstylists, fashion
assistants, photographers, and makeup artists race around the open-
air bungalow, each on their own mission to please.
5PM: The 5-foot-9 mirage prances past the overly attentive pack and
heads towards a rickety boardwalk, which instantly transforms into
her runway. A magenta silk robe whips against those endless, copper
legs; black Christian Louboutin heels stab the sand; a wild halo of
corkscrew curls flies.
7:30PM: Mariah Carey’s 38th birthday banquet is a Sweet 16 dream…
Beckoning palms welcome guests to the entrance of the veranda…The
scene inside is a strawberry-frosted pubescent fantasy: purple, pink,
and white balloons dance in the balmy Caribbean breeze...And then
Mariah’s posse begins to appear. Longtime confidante Shawntae “Da
Brat” Harris breezes past…Recent acquaintance/music video director
(“Bye Bye”) Nick Cannon grabs his laptop and goes to the buffet to
fix a plate…Fuchsia feather boas drip from arms of every chair…
Kitschy gold crowns, tiaras, and noisemakers adorn each place
setting…As her guests fawn, Mariah drifts from friend to friend,
beaming and blowing kisses.
Since releasing her 11th studio album E=MC2 on April 15th, Carey has
reached an all-time career high as her current single “Touch My
Body” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making this her 18th career
#1 single – surpassing Elvis Presley’s 17 #1 hits. Carey is now
positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the
Hot 100 with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of
20 #1 hits.
With Carey set to dominate radio this summer, VIBE takes a look back
and reminisces on the best summer anthems of the last decade. From
TLC’s “No Scrubs” (1999), to Nelly’s “Hot in
Herre” (2002), and Fat Joe’s “Lean Back” (2004), every summer
a new record takes over the airwaves and refuses to fade until
season’s end. In this issue, VIBE predicts eight soon-to-be anthems
for 2008.
Hitmaker and recent reality TV star Irv Gotti is also featured in
this month’s issue. Gotti speaks candidly to VIBE about the rise,
fall, and now rebirth of his Murder Inc. imprint. Both friends and
enemies of the music mogul speak on the record about his rise to
stardom and recent legal woes while recounting details of his former
life filled with women and drugs.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Mariah Carey To Grace The Cover of Vibe Magazine's New Issue
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