Brandy Norwood's TRAGIC Life Story

[Music] brandy Norwood was born in McComb Mississippi to Sonya and Willie Norwood at the age of seven she told her dad she wanted to be the next Whitney Houston little did she know just a few years later she would be working alongside her idol brandy has done it all from starring in her own television show to winning a Grammy she even has her own Barbie doll but behind the scenes of her fairytale life the pressure to remain thin her toxic relationships and a tragic accident would change her life forever I Know Who I am i hi self-love which is why I'm focusing on my dreams not the brothers no no no no shade but I got dreams and sometimes brothers mess up your dreams and I've learned my lesson here's the sad truth about her life story after leaving Mississippi behind brandy and her family moved to Carson California putting her in close proximity to the entertainment industry with so much talent she didn't have any trouble finding work and was hired as a background singer for the R&B group and mature in 1993 she signed with Atlantic Records and her mom was hired as her manager Sonja told ABC she was taking a lot of heat from people who said she was going to ruin Brandy's career and things between Sonja and brandy were complicated as well brandy admitted to ABC that she wanted her mom to be more nurturing but Sonja was all about business all the time brandy said sometimes I just wanted her to listen to my problems while brandy was working on her debut album she landed a role on the ABC sitcom entitled Thea according to the New York Times brandy wasn't enthusiastic about acting at the time she desperately wanted to sing and was always miserable when she had to cancel studio sessions to fulfill her acting duties the show was canceled after one season and she was able to put all her focus back into making music in 1994 her self-titled debut album was released it was certified quadruple platinum in the US and sold 6 million copies world why'd the following year her song sitting up in my room appeared on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack she accompanied Coby to his high school prom and she was asked to go on tour with boys two men in an interview with vibe magazine she described Coby as cute but she had her sights set on someone else during her behind the music episode Brandi said she fell in love with boys to men's lead singer Wanya Morris she was just 15 at the time and because he was 6 years older than her she was afraid to share her feelings one day she finally found the courage to speak up she said I just told him that I loved him and thanked him for making me feel the way I feel because I had never felt that way before they became a couple and Brandi said I was on a high it was love it was real love they kept their romance a secret but at some point she told her mom unsurprisingly Sonya wasn't pleased with the age difference in an interview with vibe Sonya said one of their biggest issues is Brandi's belief that she stood in the way and never allowed her relationship with wanye to blossom in 1996 brandi was bitten by the acting bug once again she recorded a pilot for a show entitled Moishe CBS passed on the show and the series was quickly picked up by UPN starring alongside veteran actors William Allen young and Sheryl Lee Ralph Brandi held her own not only was her character involved in almost every scene of the show but she took on a producing role as well in 1997 after a two-year relationship with wanye things fell apart during her behind the music episode Brandi said wanye fell in love with someone else R&B singer Adina Howard also Brandi's label mate revealed during an episode of unsung that she was the missing piece of the brandy and wanye love triangle reeling from her breakup Brandi still had to film episodes of Moishe according to ABC the pressure to look perfect cause Brandi to stop eating her weight plunged to 105 pounds she said it was destroying me but I looked great and that's what mattered in 1997 she was handpicked by Whitney Houston to play Cinderella in a made-for-tv movie though her career was soaring she was still trying to get over wanye she decided to channel her feelings into her 1998 album Never Say Never the duet entitled the boy is mine featuring R&B singer Monica would escalate into an on-again off-again feud between the two singers despite the drama the chart-topping song earned them a Grammy Award Brandie attempted to give love another shot by dating the rapper mace but she told vibe he wasn't focused enough she added he couldn't take me serious and I couldn't take him serious she met a guy who wasn't in the industry and they began dating according to vibe his jealousy destroyed everything Brandi said I felt like he hated me for being me during one incident at her apartment he stood in front of her and called her the b-word 13 times the mistreatment escalated to him putting his hands on her Brandi told ABC I blamed myself for everything I thought no one else would want me Brandi's professional life was still moving forward at full speed she landed a role and I know what you did last summer and start alongside Diana Ross in double platinum her bad relationship non-stop schedule and extreme dieting came to a head in 1999 during a taping of Moishe after announcing on set that she needed to take a break she jumped in her car and drove home she told ABC she started to feel giddy and nauseous before she began hallucinating she added I think I kind of snapped brandi was hospitalized for three days and doctors diagnosed her with exhaustion and dehydration while that's the story Brandi told ABC the National Enquirer blamed diet pills for Brandis breakdown according to the gossip magazine her issue started a year prior when she began gaining weight a source told The Enquirer it was so apparent that some people joked she might be pregnant the source alleged that in response Brandi started taking three or four different pills and returned to the set of Moishe looking quote thin as ray'll The Insider said things boiled over on the day of her meltdown the source said Brandi returned to the studio and fell to the floor screaming I can't do it anymore I just can't Moishe ended in 2001 and Brandi told ABC's she dumped her boyfriend became a vegetarian and fired her mom as her manager in an effort to mend their relationship with her mom reassigned to a new role as the CEO of Brandis company it allowed the singer to hire veteran music exec Benny Medina as her new manager she began working on her third album with some help from producer Rodney Darkchild Jerkins while recording she became romantically involved with Rodney's cousin Robert Smith vibe magazine reported Brandi and Robert quickly got married soon after meeting but it was all a lie we'll get into that in a bit their relationship coincided with Robert branching out as a solo producer at the same time Brandi decided to cut ties with Rodney after he began giving out her unique sound to other artists this caused some tension between them and Rodney Brandi told vibe I think Rodney felt like he lost his best friend and his artist all at the same time nothing was going to stop Brandi and Roberts love from flourishing though she told the magazine I felt like to him nothing else mattered but me and I loved that feeling because I hadn't felt like that with anybody in 2002 her album full moon was released that same year Brandi and Robert went public with their relationship and Brandi revealed they were expecting a baby a year after the birth of their daughter they separated Brandi blamed their demise on a lack of passion one year after their split Brandi began dating basketball player Quentin Richardson while Robert was running his mouth to the media in an interview with Wendy Williams radio show in July 2004 he admitted he and Brandi were never legally marry next he gave an interview to power 99 radio station and referred to Brandee as his jump-off Robert said he was dating a film producer when he found out brandi was pregnant with his baby Brandi's mom came up with the plan to tell everyone they were married in an effort to protect Brandis wholesome image Robert told the radio host he reunited with the film producer following his and Brandis breakup and the film producer was pregnant with his baby almost two weeks after Robert blew the lid off of their fake marriage Brandi announced Quentin Richardson had proposed to her with an 11 and a half carat diamond engagement ring unfortunately just 15 months after their engagement the wedding was off the National Inquirer reports they kept in touch following their breakup and attempted to reconcile a few times in 2004 Brandi fired her manager and left Atlantic Records she signed a new deal with Epic Records and in January 2005 the LA Times revealed her Moishe co-star Lamont Bentley who played the character her Kim Campbell lost his life in a car accident at the age of 31 she appeared in a few more acting projects but in December 2006 her life changed Brandi was driving on the freeway when her Land Rover rear-ended a Toyota Corolla that was occupied by a 38 year old woman and her two children the woman's car was then forced into another car in front of hers then swerved into the freeway center divider and was broadsided by a fourth automobile the woman passed away from her injuries the next day the incident caused the singer to be taunted online and in public the National Enquirer claimed Quentin dumped Brandi for good on the morning of the car accident a heartbroken and distraught Brandi was allegedly seen leaving his hotel in tears before getting on the freeway on an episode of eccentric docu-series brandi said she didn't think she deserved to be alive prosecutors were also looking to lock her up for a year for the role she played in the woman's passing on top of that the other drivers and the family of the woman who passed away were seeking judgments from Brandi and her insurance company TMZ reported charges against Brandi were dropped when talks ecology reports showed the woman who passed away had quote slight traces of marijuana in her system brandy eventually paid $600,000 to the woman's children and settled out of court with the other party's life took a turn for her again in June 2007 when she fell unconscious before her Delta flight took off from LAX Brandi was rushed to a hospital and her rep told The Associated Press the singer was suffering from exhaustion due to a hectic work schedule brandi bounced back and briefly reconciled with producer Rodney Jerkins for her 2008 album human her album 211 was released four years later through chameleon records that same year tragedy struck again when actress Yvette Wilson who played the character and L on Moishe passed away at the age of 48 from cervical cancer in 2012 she dealt with the loss of Whitney Houston's passing Brandi told Oprah Winfrey Whitney and I were very close I couldn't accept the fact that she was no longer here sometime in 2012 she began dating music executive Ryan pres she told Us Weekly Ryan had restored her faith in men in December 2012 they got engaged but less than two years later the wedding was off a source told Us Weekly they decided to take a step back and reevaluate their relationship by 2015 she had pulled herself out of another state of depression just taking a lot of quality time for myself and journaling and reading and crying and laughing and just giving myself permission to just be things were beginning to look up for her when she began dating rapper sir the Baptist but things ended four months later after she reportedly found out he was cheating on her with his baby mama and two other women in December 2019 she announced she would love to star in a reboot of Moishe she also has plans to star in a musical that's inspired by her life you know when people really get into my real story that things that know people don't know and me tell it and me reenact it is gonna be something special despite all the ups and downs Brandi remains strong poised and resilient is one of the best-selling female artists of all time well the world news now always [Music]

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Length: 13min 6sec (786 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 02 2020