Is Jennifer Lopez — J-Lo to you — pulling a Milli Vanilli on her fans?
That's what the buzz has been on a local New York radio station lately. Lopez — who is no Whitney or Mariah when it comes to holding a note — has become the target of a bashing campaign over the remix of her single "I'm Real." This is the single in which J-Lo actually says the "n" word, which was the first bit of controversy over this otherwise banal dance single.
But then talk started that a backup singer signed to Murder Inc./DefJam Records, named Ashanti, was the actual singer of the song and J-Lo was just fronting for her.
On Monday I spoke with 18-year-old Ashanti Douglas' manager, Linda Berk, who assured me
"there's no Milli Vanilli situation here."
Berk
did concede that Ashanti sings backup on "I'm Real."
"I can hear her voice on it because I know her,"
Berk said.
"It's definitely mixed high enough so you can hear her. But that's Jennifer singing lead. And that's her saying the 'n' word, too, not Ashanti."
Berk says some of controversy may arise from Ashanti also being on another similar-sounding single with rapper Big Pun which
is getting a lot of club play. Plus, as Berk reminded us:
"This is the first time Ashanti's sung on one of Jennifer Lopez's records. So it can't be a conspiracy."
It should be noted that Murder Inc.'s Chris Gotti remixed "I'm Real," and that Ashanti — good as she is — records for that label. Lopez records for Sony, which I'm sure would have made their star's presence felt if the mix had been in their hands.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/j-lo-is-no-milli-vanilli-says-backup-singer
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