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That's right Brenda, just like you did in 2005, now's a great time to ride the Mariah train while ha name is hot in the presses.
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An old friend of Mariah Carey feels she's owed some gratitude for kick-starting Carey's music career — and she wants everyone to know about it.
Brenda K. Starr, a dance-pop vocalist who employed Carey as a backup singer in the late 1980s, tells PAGE SIX in an extended rant that despite being responsible for hooking Carey up with powerhouse record producer (and ex-husband) Tommy Mottola back when she was still a nobody, Carey has seldom reciprocated.
"She's forgotten who she is and where she comes from, and she's never helped me the way I've helped her," says Grammy-nominated Starr, 39, who just released a salsa record, "I Dare You to Forget Me." "I've stopped talking to [Carey] because the only time she calls me is when she needs a favor."
Starr claims that she lost her own record contract with Mottola "to make room for Mariah. I never even got a finder's fee. I was left with nothing, resulting in me calling Mariah and saying, 'I need your help. I'm broke. I have two kids to feed, I can't get a record deal to save my life.' Her answer was, 'I really can't help you. I don't want to get involved.' "
Still, Starr says she was there to support Carey in 2001 when she had her much-publicized meltdown. "When she was breaking up with Tommy and when she was going through this nervous breakdown thing, I was the first to call her to ask her if she was OK."
Conceding that Carey loaned her $5,000 once to help "keep her house," Starr says her old pal "sends me a box of popcorn for holidays. I'm like, 'What? Does this girl think I'm hungry?' "
But Carey's manager, Benny Medina, counters: "Over the years, Mariah has generously provided thousands in loans, never seeking repayment, to Brenda and her family, as well as a variety of gifts to both her and her children. No request from Brenda has ever been denied by Mariah."
He also downplays Starr's role in kick-starting Carey's career. "Prior to signing with Sony, Mariah had a record deal in place with Warner Bros. Mariah has always, and will always, support and wish Brenda great luck and success."
But Starr isn't buying it. "Hopefully, one day she'll get off her high horse and realize who a real friend is, as opposed to all the moochers that go behind her back, suck up to her and take all her money."
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That nickname that La India gave her will never be forgotten.
