Where Is Nicole Wray Now After Creating 2000s Mega Hits With Missy Elliott & Timbaland |

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  • Nicole Wray's rollercoaster career proved that her voice and passion for music made her a force to be reckoned with. From working with the likes of Missy Elliott and Timbaland to being the first female Roc-A-Fella Records R&B artist, Nicole Wray's stamp on the early 2000s hip-hop and r&b music era is undeniable. Here is the untold story of Nicole Wray. #FindingBET #WhereAreTheyNow
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  • @BETNetworks
    @BETNetworks  4 ปีที่แล้ว +371

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    • @marlonharrison5511
      @marlonharrison5511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Can y'all invite all these people to the BET Awards in 2020 that will be epic.

    • @shareeka6699
      @shareeka6699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      💜💜💜💜

    • @ldlhicks
      @ldlhicks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@marlonharrison5511 agree

    • @sastainiawaddell2109
      @sastainiawaddell2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you BET 🥰❤️

    • @sastainiawaddell2109
      @sastainiawaddell2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you BET 🥰❤️

  • @StefunnyStrange
    @StefunnyStrange 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2757

    BET's TH-cam channel is better than their actual channel.

    • @sherryberry895
      @sherryberry895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      True

    • @co1880
      @co1880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Facts

    • @co1880
      @co1880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Except for the Martin repeats

    • @dajar.0817
      @dajar.0817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes it is!

    • @justlove7736
      @justlove7736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It went downhill when Debra Lee took control

  • @TF-cg7xz
    @TF-cg7xz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3191

    The FACT that Missy E. put so many black women on is AMAZING!!!!

    • @trej1123
      @trej1123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That Part!!!

    • @ashanicole5485
      @ashanicole5485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The first and ONLY song I ever heard from her was singing for MISSY

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ashanicole5485 Same as everyone else.

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So Timbaland didn't do the same? Missy wouldn't be anything without him.

    • @TonyTurner
      @TonyTurner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@bnwo That's not true. Missy and Timb made a great team in the beginning working with Aaliyah. But were both very successful on their own

  • @showingu2108
    @showingu2108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    She was Never promoted enough by her label, and never made it as big as she should have been. She sings so beautifully!!!!!

    • @khawk1283
      @khawk1283 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed

    • @GunninRebel55
      @GunninRebel55 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And that's a fact. She made her mark tho. Not many get to.

  • @ElleMS-14
    @ElleMS-14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    I wanted to look like her, Brandy, Lauryn, and Coko from SWV when I was younger. So glad I had these women on my tv screen.

    • @deenclayton6172
      @deenclayton6172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lisa Smart I just made you 50 likes. So you owe me a shot out Lisa

    • @effyiong
      @effyiong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      love that you were looking to resemble chocolate and dark women...thats heart warming..im sick of the way they are treated..

    • @donaway6
      @donaway6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hell I'm 66..my kids introduced me to this music and I love their look. No Diane Ross Patti or Aretha for me

    • @maniit6006
      @maniit6006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!!! This was the best era!!!

    • @ingodwetrust7648
      @ingodwetrust7648 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome

  • @talldc
    @talldc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3570

    These are the people we want to see BET! This is it. Keep this energy.

    • @diijaithesinger
      @diijaithesinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      SAY IT AGAIN 🗣️🗣️🗣️

    • @Ne_La_Soul
      @Ne_La_Soul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🗣🗣🗣

    • @shawnee66
      @shawnee66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes, please keep this energy BET!

    • @AmoMe2009
      @AmoMe2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TallDC Yes yes Totally agree with you! 😘😘😘

    • @bresams2917
      @bresams2917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes! I'm tired ratchet😂

  • @mrdefinite2455
    @mrdefinite2455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1037

    I remember when Nicole Wray and Lil Mo was dominating the radio.

    • @DeeDerry
      @DeeDerry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love 'Nervous' 💯❤

    • @kramnastaw4696
      @kramnastaw4696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They never dominated

    • @mrdefinite2455
      @mrdefinite2455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Kram Nastaw Chart wise no, but I remember they were in heavy rotation on urban radio. Have a great day and dominate whatever you are called to do.✌🏾

    • @kramnastaw4696
      @kramnastaw4696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mrdefinite2455 lie.they were unsunged

    • @kayshawnsimmons6822
      @kayshawnsimmons6822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yes beautiful dark skin girls doing it well. And NOBODY was naked but still sexy

  • @mrs.kendramalone118
    @mrs.kendramalone118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +684

    She looks like JuJu & Lauryn Hill together omg blk Barbie doll🥰🥰

    • @Opbabyyx
      @Opbabyyx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣

    • @angelinar663
      @angelinar663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      And sounds like Chrissy lampkin

    • @Firefly-ht9fp
      @Firefly-ht9fp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@angelinar663 - Agreed! I also thought that she sounded like Chrissy Lambkin and then I saw your comment saying the same thing 😄.

    • @kemisulaiman
      @kemisulaiman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’m thinking Juju and Ryan Destiny

    • @charronrichardson5025
      @charronrichardson5025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She is gorgeous!!

  • @shenyaeturner842
    @shenyaeturner842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    I love how she gave Static Major the credit he deserved. He wrote and produced a lot of big hits for legendary Artist.

  • @tnicoletnicole
    @tnicoletnicole 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1123

    Missy is so important for the culture. She gave us so many dope artist like Nicole.

    • @katvorshae
      @katvorshae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Facts!!

    • @EsteemedMentality
      @EsteemedMentality 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      757 , stand up!!!

    • @LegendaryWoke
      @LegendaryWoke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah... we needed wholesome people who stood for longevity in marriage, not some strange person into gold digging and other weird nonsense

    • @JLPerryTV
      @JLPerryTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      But she left a lot of those same women hanging. She actually had an obligation to Nicole as well as Mocha to manage their careers since they were on Missy’s label

    • @FrozenRemix1
      @FrozenRemix1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Missy was terrible with managing these artists and their careers.

  • @313teejay
    @313teejay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1018

    "If I was your girlfriend" still hits in 2019!

    • @BETNetworks
      @BETNetworks  4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      yasss!

    • @kiramonay
      @kiramonay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dang I always thought that was loom -e - Dee

    • @sheenapinder717
      @sheenapinder717 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!!

    • @cdubb8185
      @cdubb8185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yesss agree

    • @sultrymagik8024
      @sultrymagik8024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking of this song last week!

  • @MikeCoolShow
    @MikeCoolShow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    When she said her video came on in the cafeteria at her school🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏😇

    • @quita504j
      @quita504j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Ultimate flex💯💯

    • @MikeCoolShow
      @MikeCoolShow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@quita504j Facts

    • @EroticExotic3
      @EroticExotic3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yesssss that part made me tear up 😭🙌🏾

    • @deraydavees3626
      @deraydavees3626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m still in dis-belief Like late 90‘s early 00’s BET allowed in HighSchool????? 😮 Our school only let us watch the news in the Lunch room but only when Tiger Woods gave his apology for getting caught THOTIN around

    • @frontandcenter7941
      @frontandcenter7941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@deraydavees3626 Because your era sucks.

  • @evq2u
    @evq2u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    H.E.R played her cards correctly limiting her looks in order for the people to be able to “focus” on her music rather than her looks. People cannot see pass the surface.

    • @sbostic08
      @sbostic08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It helps that she is really talented

    • @asktheglutenfreechef3072
      @asktheglutenfreechef3072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cin Lalala shol did

    • @evq2u
      @evq2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sbostic08 yes & still she was at it for so long before that move. Only to play her cards better so people could focus.

    • @deraydavees3626
      @deraydavees3626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And yet dumb mf’s on Twitter still wanna call her boring 🙄😒

    • @evq2u
      @evq2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@deraydavees3626 she’s anything but 😏

  • @PlushSizeDiva
    @PlushSizeDiva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    When I tell y’all I was obsessed with Nicole Wray, Aaliyah, Missy, Timbaland, 702, Ginuwine, Playa, Magoo!!! I loveddddd them back then! Everything they dropped was HOT! Supa Friends!!!!!

    • @rlanier92
      @rlanier92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeeesssss!!! They were the bomb!!! And I was young... but I love older music...

    • @toriotobo1396
      @toriotobo1396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Omg yessss supa doopa friends

    • @Beaudful6
      @Beaudful6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Definitely a squad I wanted to be a part of. When they did the Up Jumps the Boogie song/video...the fam was together 😍

    • @angelbanks264
      @angelbanks264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Up jumps the boogie yassss😝

    • @missnatasha2011
      @missnatasha2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Period! ❤

  • @rydapin
    @rydapin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    Omg Nicole was like a human Bratz doll...So beautiful. Still one of my most favorite artists ever.

    • @jayescott920
      @jayescott920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Rydapin her beauty was and is mesmerizing. I remember standing in front of the tv in awe anytime she was on.

    • @yofinezzauntee
      @yofinezzauntee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Sis was and is still Beautiful! Man the 90s was so full of naturally pretty girls with real talent!

    • @tylerwestbrook2392
      @tylerwestbrook2392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She actually look like Ester Dean to me. Not that's it's a bad thing people

    • @LaLa-Luminous
      @LaLa-Luminous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She surely does 😍

    • @jadoresophya
      @jadoresophya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right! Whoever was her makeup artist was amazing. They honored her natural beauty

  • @kushinaa1XD
    @kushinaa1XD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    She reminds me of Ryan Destiny (or better said R. Destiny looks a bit like her)
    So gorgeous. 😍
    And she aged so gracefully 💜

  • @CeCe15hotmama
    @CeCe15hotmama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    "Make it Hot" was the freaking jam for me back in the day. I was a teenager too when this song dropped. Glad she is doing good . She still has that baby face from back in the day.

  • @ElleBoogie_
    @ElleBoogie_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    Not for nothing, this also shows how much of a GENIUS Missy is. She is criminally underrated. She was so far ahead of her time. In terms of music, videos, style, everything.

    • @EShavonRichardson
      @EShavonRichardson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      agreed.

    • @Amagem81
      @Amagem81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree!

    • @Kayla-kd8ov
      @Kayla-kd8ov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Still no one like her

    • @justlove7736
      @justlove7736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elle. I don’t she was ahead of time but she was a great singer and amazing songwriter. But a lot of people crumbled because of the demonic Sylvia Rhone

    • @knockitofftodorikisam
      @knockitofftodorikisam 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just Love she was way ahead of her time

  • @cedricadaniels7983
    @cedricadaniels7983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    "Sometimes I feel that a mother shouldn't have a lot of children"
    That was a very classy way of expressing how she felt.

    • @omegawicked1
      @omegawicked1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That was a real jab.

    • @cedricadaniels7983
      @cedricadaniels7983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@omegawicked1 I felt it! But I commend her for not dragging her. It seems like she has a sense of peace and understanding, even though it hurt her to be pushed to the side. It's almost like she became the knee-baby.

    • @RDCFemmes
      @RDCFemmes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm trying to put myself into the shoes of the last child in that family

    • @fixyourposture282
      @fixyourposture282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cedricadaniels7983 never heard that expression before. Whats a knee-baby? Unwanted ?

    • @cedricadaniels7983
      @cedricadaniels7983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@fixyourposture282 The "knee-baby" is the middle child or the child right before the baby. They tend to always get the short end of the stick or are overlooked.

  • @jamilnorwood4269
    @jamilnorwood4269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    "If I was your girlfriend" was so hard & underrated... That Ohio Players sample is SO cold!!!

  • @ADOS_DSGB
    @ADOS_DSGB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Imagine being in school at lunch and your video comes on TV in front of the entire cafeteria!!

    • @isthatkoodiej
      @isthatkoodiej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Omg ikr !!! I would have been like nahh get away 🤣

  • @raphael9783
    @raphael9783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    Missy is legend and I'm not sure people give her enough flowers.

    • @briizy300
      @briizy300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Raphael they definitely don’t give her enough flowers

    • @MimiKeel
      @MimiKeel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree.

    • @TheArtofBeingReacts
      @TheArtofBeingReacts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Truth. Thankfully she just got honored for her writing. They skipped over Mariah Carey (purposefully. She is the Leonardo DiCaprio of music artist; serious talent, but ignored because they do not bend to the industries will. The industry wants puppets, not real artist). Now Mariah, that is one chick that does not get enough credit!

    • @briizy300
      @briizy300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      TheArtofBeingReacts well I could on for days about Mariah sheesh but Mariah’s a once in lifetime artist that has never gotten near the respect or praise she earned & deserves . She’s that girl . That’s that

    • @chris2tipsy
      @chris2tipsy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah your not sure she just got just got mtv 2019 vanguard award ..

  • @opalrhue9032
    @opalrhue9032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    She’s gorgeous...her face and features always seemed so sultry and mature. I always thought she was much older.

    • @ashantej7484
      @ashantej7484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Opal Rhue me too !

    • @angelbanks264
      @angelbanks264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She kinda looks like Gabby Union

  • @dedel-o-bailey7254
    @dedel-o-bailey7254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I love how her life spin, no early babies getting to know oneself is a strengthen for any woman. N at 40 she is still that beautiful mature Queen.

  • @rickeygeetv6197
    @rickeygeetv6197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    " Why you all in my grill" was my jam back in the day. I am so glad that BET got Nicole to do this interview. I have always wondered what ever happened to her!

  • @marlonharrison5511
    @marlonharrison5511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +862

    Can y'all invite all these people to the BET Awards in 2020 that will be epic.

    • @vswayz490
      @vswayz490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Exactly.... and let them perform.
      Rather see them, than alot of the new artist.

    • @marlonharrison5511
      @marlonharrison5511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@vswayz490 Especially being the 20th Anniversary of the BET Awards and 40th Anniversary of BET

    • @crews-lj3ph
      @crews-lj3ph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Facts 💯

    • @rosedannajoseph4844
      @rosedannajoseph4844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes that will be fantastic awesome

    • @lateefajohnson61
      @lateefajohnson61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      marlon harrison ohhhh I would be soo hyped

  • @Bayoubelle83
    @Bayoubelle83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    She’s gorgeous! I remember as, a dark-skinned girl, getting excited seeing someone who looks like me having success in the entertainment industry. It was very inspiring and helped my confidence a lot. We need more of these types of images!♥️

    • @leighburton832
      @leighburton832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was just excited seeing another girl from my hometown having success in the industry!

    • @Beaudful6
      @Beaudful6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yessss girl

    • @Q19ueen
      @Q19ueen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bayoubelle83 man I felt this ....and was thinking when I saw this video

    • @Jellofreeze
      @Jellofreeze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had a huge crush on Nicole. 90s women were passionate.

    • @drea4u2luv23
      @drea4u2luv23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely need more women like her who represent the melanin. PERIOD

  • @twinsbyfate8544
    @twinsbyfate8544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Who listens to the song “make it hot” still? I do ❤️🔥

  • @applecandyfolks7979
    @applecandyfolks7979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    she looks way younger than 40 like she is in her late 20s, she is beautiful

    • @naturallyme14
      @naturallyme14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Ciana_Baby You hating.

    • @FleurRebelle
      @FleurRebelle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      ciana baltimore just make sure u keep ur ugly pale face covered ok... cave woman

    • @eny4life718
      @eny4life718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      applecandy folks gorgeous

    • @The-Man-Right-Chea
      @The-Man-Right-Chea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Makeup does wonders

    • @lincoln169
      @lincoln169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@The-Man-Right-Chea actually makeup ages so she probably looks better without it.

  • @TreeABaby1
    @TreeABaby1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    Nicole’s skin is everything!

    • @queenfufu4305
      @queenfufu4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      anonimo she is stunning tbh

    • @gregoryglass9040
      @gregoryglass9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts

    • @godmadesam
      @godmadesam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      anonimo yes, everything!

    • @JR33D87
      @JR33D87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She puts the lotion on her skin....

    • @TheArtofBeingReacts
      @TheArtofBeingReacts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Carrie Love I was waiting for it🙌🏾 whew!

  • @jayjay8556
    @jayjay8556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I seriously forgot about all these hits..the nostalgia hit me like whoa ..she was amazing!!

  • @brandalecarter9354
    @brandalecarter9354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Her voice was so mature for a 17 year old

  • @leshcamp6260
    @leshcamp6260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    The original Bratz Doll in my eyes 😻😍🥰🤩

  • @DavidRichardson95
    @DavidRichardson95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    _Make It Hot_ is forever a bop!!! Still in 2019!!! '90s R&B is so timeless!!!

    • @Phillygoat1983
      @Phillygoat1983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes Lord it brings me back in the Summer of 98 I was 15 and loving life

    • @84dreadhead
      @84dreadhead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I still play it religiously

    • @styl_propr
      @styl_propr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TRUE!

    • @fawkkyutuu8851
      @fawkkyutuu8851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Classic , Missy and Timbaland couldn't make a bad song between 1996 and early 2000's. I put Timbaland ahead of Dre anytime after 1996 from the release of Pony onward.

    • @SuperCheapchic
      @SuperCheapchic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4 sure. Always had this song on repeat

  • @AlanaGurl
    @AlanaGurl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    She’s still so pretty. I love her humbleness.

  • @NickyM_0
    @NickyM_0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Nicole Wray's voice in her early tracks sounds just like the UK's classic Black genre, Lovers Rock. Specifically in the track with Missy Elliot, 'All in my grill'. Listening to Nicole in that sent shivers down my spine! Beautiful voice.

    • @danieltongaww
      @danieltongaww 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yesssssssss I thought I was the only one who thought that I’m from the USA but love the old school Uk RNB shola ama and craig David ect

  • @kennethhernandez6499
    @kennethhernandez6499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    BET could create a whole series on former Missy and Timbaland Associates... Magoo, Nicole Wray (already done), Mocha, Tweet (already done), Ms Jade, Gina Thompson, Soul Diggaz, just to name a few.

    • @sicksadworld6221
      @sicksadworld6221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      FACTS!

    • @jonnyfendi2003
      @jonnyfendi2003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Aaliye S Gina Thompson is alive and well.

    • @Bayoubelle83
      @Bayoubelle83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kenneth Hernandez yes yes yes yes yes! I loved all their stuff. Don’t forget Playa!

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They already did the people anyone would care about. all the rest were bums.

    • @JLPerryTV
      @JLPerryTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rodney Norman Mocha has a cookie shop in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her real name is Aleesha Rivers and she got married, so she is Aleesha Robinson

  • @oursong1076
    @oursong1076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1094

    Her and Tweet were so important image wise. Just fly brown skin girls. Just comparing how confident with the talent to back it up they are versus how obnoxious Cheri Dennis' episode was is jarring lol.

    • @lashirnette
      @lashirnette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Yes...throw Missy in there. Love how Missy always put chocolate girls on.

    • @TheRealArrendondo
      @TheRealArrendondo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Don't forget Gina Thompson

    • @AllikaDani
      @AllikaDani 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Fly “black” girls. That term “ brown people” is just a way to include everyone. The same brown people who dgaf about including you though

    • @FrozenRemix1
      @FrozenRemix1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      D Knows Best thank you 💯
      They only want to
      Be included when it’s convenient for them to
      Be.

    • @oursong1076
      @oursong1076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@AllikaDani Black can mean Mya or Amil. When I say brown as a NEGRO around Negros the understanding is Kim, Brandy, Foxy, Ashanti, Missy, Tweet,India,etc . I don't say "chocolate", but I don't police that term either. Now one thing I don't do is say WOC (woman of colour) when only talking about blk women...that ticks me off...but I get you

  • @Tabaitha_Elle
    @Tabaitha_Elle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    They really dropped the ball on her! She was my fave. She could’ve been huge. She was already doing really good why not put more energy behind her. Anyway I’m going to be listening to her for the next week or so now.

    • @asktheglutenfreechef3072
      @asktheglutenfreechef3072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tabaitha Elle Missy solo career was taking off, and The Aaliyah album she got lost in the shuffle it sounds like, so sad

    • @hehehehehehehehe9043
      @hehehehehehehehe9043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@asktheglutenfreechef3072 if she drop a song rn i feel like it'd get hella radio plays

    • @soyamado2222
      @soyamado2222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly!!! I was so sure she was going to blow up, her style was so hot and her voice!!

    • @soyamado2222
      @soyamado2222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly!!! I was so sure she was going to blow up, her style was so hot and her voice!!

    • @jaywest3734
      @jaywest3734 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best R&B artists never make it huge sadly. Deborah Cox, Monica, and Brandy are standouts I can think of. I call Nicole Wray Bettie Boop lol.

  • @MoneyMagnet2222
    @MoneyMagnet2222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I wish Static and Aaliyah were still alive 🥺

    • @naturalbornthreat1456
      @naturalbornthreat1456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Crazy! I just finished listening to Cheers 2 U

    • @letyouryesbeyesandnobeno1791
      @letyouryesbeyesandnobeno1791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If aaliyah was alive, beyonce would still be the lead singer of destinys child

    • @shimenecarita1896
      @shimenecarita1896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@letyouryesbeyesandnobeno1791 why not? Aaliyah was a solo singer and Beyonce was in a group and it's different .
      we need to stop put another women down just to put another up ... That's not cool... I love Aaliyah more than Beyoncé but i can not denied that Beyoncé worked hard for be what she is now.

    • @Flatlandproductionz
      @Flatlandproductionz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LilithsCosmicLounge who knows. Its room for plenty of Queens' to be great. Kings' as well. We let those narratives from certain power entities hold us back. It's a messed up cycle but when we use our 3rd eye, we can fully manifest our great together. Js🤷🏿‍♂️😁

  • @jarnae86
    @jarnae86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    She made being a lil brown skin girl glamorous. Definitely influential for a lil girl like me.

    • @akuasalaam490
      @akuasalaam490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Super beautiful!!!!!

    • @GuerrillaSM
      @GuerrillaSM 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      um are you forgetting... brandy and monica did that several years before Nicole? Monica especially.

    • @jarnae86
      @jarnae86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@GuerrillaSM this is not a debate on how she made me feel. Tf

    • @jarnae86
      @jarnae86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      interesting. Weird but interesting.

    • @NocBundles
      @NocBundles 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big crush on her since i got what u want

  • @denisesheriff3655
    @denisesheriff3655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    When she said “sometimes a mother shouldn’t have too many children” ! I felt that 💯

    • @sugarismagic
      @sugarismagic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      When did she say that?

    • @maetay1256
      @maetay1256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sugarismagic 10:18

    • @ladyindaroom
      @ladyindaroom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      She's right. Too many children, is way too much responsibility.
      If the man isn't around, that's even worse.

    • @cchisolm92cc
      @cchisolm92cc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@ladyindaroom I she was referring to Missy and the artists she discovers.

    • @ladyindaroom
      @ladyindaroom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@cchisolm92cc I went too deep😂😂😂😂😂

  • @RoninAli1
    @RoninAli1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I thought she was the cutest back then. I was like WHERE DOES TIMBALAND FIND ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL, CHOCOLATE, TALENTED WOMEN?!?

    • @larenzocummings5189
      @larenzocummings5189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RoninAli1 V.A., the land of beautiful black women

    • @rebeccathomas2475
      @rebeccathomas2475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tweet. VERY BEAUTIFUL...❤❤

    • @RoninAli1
      @RoninAli1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@larenzocummings5189 Indeed!

  • @teedenise688
    @teedenise688 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nicole Wray so underrated!!! Her voice is so unmatched👑..still play her first album til this day..will.never gets old!!!🔥

  • @reginaldtyroneshort
    @reginaldtyroneshort 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1044

    Missy and Timbaland could rejuvenate hip hop if they bring back their old crew.

    • @KingBeastBDE
      @KingBeastBDE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Facts

    • @MsFriendly2009
      @MsFriendly2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Truth

    • @maverickstyles9126
      @maverickstyles9126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yeah the Bassment was a moment in one of the best times in hip-hop but it just ain’t the crew or the super friends without Wonderwoman and Static😞.

    • @reginaldtyroneshort
      @reginaldtyroneshort 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      KingVance hail hip hop and r&b from 94 to 04.

    • @reginaldtyroneshort
      @reginaldtyroneshort 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      227 remember when this was the standard instead of the exception.

  • @coston50
    @coston50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    I remember her from school and how people called her a liar and talked mad trash about her...and it didn't phase her! That video came out like she said and people got on the "I know her" train. But she was always humble and very nice even after the fame...glad to see her doing well and happy!

    • @therealflamelit
      @therealflamelit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      thats how haters do..... I always loved her voice and her look ..she is still beautiful

    • @morenitomoreno1282
      @morenitomoreno1282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cosy Co to be honest probably wouldn't have believed her either, this was pre social media

  • @txherezy
    @txherezy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    It's crazy how youthful her singing voice has stayed.

  • @TeamYELLOW17
    @TeamYELLOW17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I listen to “Make it Hot” and “All in my Grill” exclusively for Nicole Wray ad-libs and the nostalgia...

  • @chrisbeatty9280
    @chrisbeatty9280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Glad to see she didn’t let drugs, and alcohol tear her up like so many other artists. She looks blessed...

  • @chantelrolling9722
    @chantelrolling9722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    Brats doll must of been made in her image!

  • @Ddoughd
    @Ddoughd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Your first video comes on in the cafeteria during lunch hour🤦🏽‍♂️ THATS STUNTING 🎯

  • @BossyKoren93
    @BossyKoren93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is the quintessential example of how history literally repeats itself that hairstyle with the bedazzled clips… Everyone is doing it now!

  • @Kirwina
    @Kirwina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    The BET Awards 2020 should be nostalgic and only feature artists who had big hits in the early 2000s or even before

    • @Toi84Toi
      @Toi84Toi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Then it would actually be worth watching

    • @merlaynafabe1636
      @merlaynafabe1636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True that.

  • @Kristmaz808
    @Kristmaz808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +638

    Everybody:
    BET: Finally gives us what we been asking for 😏

  • @queenteireigns6212
    @queenteireigns6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    She's beautiful. I can't believe her preacher said disregard a prayer.

    • @VJ-zw7xz
      @VJ-zw7xz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And she was so young she didn't know wrong for right so she trusted what he said cause he was her Pastor

    • @carlajams11
      @carlajams11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But I bet he wants some money from her!

    • @jonesbunny
      @jonesbunny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He wasn't know real preacher, devil in disguise

    • @TheKingsDaughter1995
      @TheKingsDaughter1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A pastor is supposed to pray for GODS will to be done not our own will for ourselves. The music industry is clearly demonic but the pastor the bad guy for wanting better for her 😂 chile, read your bibles.

    • @nellydavis7645
      @nellydavis7645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nah he knew how the industry is.😅

  • @drebruhamlincoln7086
    @drebruhamlincoln7086 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I remember when she first came out. She was and still is so beautiful to me. I love her skintone and her full lips. I'm sorry y'all she is just so fine to me.

  • @trackgrad08
    @trackgrad08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I miss these days of music. I was such a fan of Nicole Wray!

  • @unHingedOYT
    @unHingedOYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I’m so fortunate to have grown up in the 90s appreciating these artists & their craft 👊🏽

  • @BeautyMacQueen
    @BeautyMacQueen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I really really liked Nicole’s sound and look. I remember wishing I had lips like hers. She was sooo pretty with a unique voice.

  • @Queen_EL11
    @Queen_EL11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When “Make It Hot” played after she said it came on during lunch....goosebumps honey!!!!

  • @edmondson4019
    @edmondson4019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    She is gorgeous and has a beautiful voice.

  • @ExistNNature
    @ExistNNature 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Her singing voice was so soothing .

  • @sunshineblue1981
    @sunshineblue1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    Awww she looked liked a Bratz doll when she was younger.

    • @ThatBeeyatch
      @ThatBeeyatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yeetus the meatus she really does. Just noticed that .Especially with that black lipstick . She is so beautiful.

  • @sblack812
    @sblack812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    She was such a force at that era, definitely enjoyed her music still to this day

  • @michaelhurtado2206
    @michaelhurtado2206 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Back in 2011 my father had a studio and his business partner’s wife would always talk about how she had this friend named Nicole that could sing really good and was going to come to NY to record at the studio one day. Turns out it was Nicole Wray I was 17 at the time and recorded 4 tracks with her back when I was an engineer she’s a dope soul!

  • @kenyatta7641
    @kenyatta7641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    "Why you all in my grill" "can you pay my bills" miss the early 2000s 💕💕💕

    • @victoriaalvin2446
      @victoriaalvin2446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you pay my bills still have me "grooving"! I'm 54!!***

    • @vanessagillon17
      @vanessagillon17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mrs. Kenyatta Bell yessss 😩😩

    • @MoDu-ki2gc
      @MoDu-ki2gc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      20 years ago time fly's

    • @PurplePinkRed
      @PurplePinkRed 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had no business singing that at 7 years old! 🤣

  • @daneaspeaks6499
    @daneaspeaks6499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    I thought she was so pretty!!! She still is but I remember being a little girl thinking she was so gorgeous 😊😊

    • @paulsmith3128
      @paulsmith3128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      She was and is stunning... nothing eurocentric... pure black beauty

    • @lisettebrown8317
      @lisettebrown8317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Absolutely. She looks like a beautiful black doll

    • @BeautyMacQueen
      @BeautyMacQueen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too fr she is definitely underrated

    • @corneilmadison9436
      @corneilmadison9436 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me and my brother went to school with her 1989 he knew she could sing then

    • @thomasj1026
      @thomasj1026 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are gorgeous 😊

  • @dmgsoultogetherness6667
    @dmgsoultogetherness6667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    What she is doing now is so REAL and seems much more at home than her mainstream r&b. Genius at work

  • @cynthiabaldwin3107
    @cynthiabaldwin3107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Man I used to love her songs as a kid ❤when soulful dark skinned representation was so common you didn't even think about it bring it back plz😫😊

  • @nanaakwasikwakye9436
    @nanaakwasikwakye9436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1069

    Thank God and our ancestors, no skin bleachings, her skin is like a mirror

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Kwasi, she is a survivor

    • @bnwo
      @bnwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not gonna mention anything about that Asian hair huh? 😂

    • @changestartsnow5116
      @changestartsnow5116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@bnwo my natural hair is full and thick like that and the bald heads ask what type of hair is that and I say African American😏

    • @evylouis3122
      @evylouis3122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Her melanin is EVERYTHING

    • @starmocha9027
      @starmocha9027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@bnwo Not all Black people wear weaves, the same way not all White people have long hair. Wigs and toupees were initially made for white women and men.

  • @nicolenunya984
    @nicolenunya984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    I need one on sunshine Anderson bc “heard it all before” is still an anthem

    • @tjfire300
      @tjfire300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nicole Nunya facts! I’m waiting on that one!

    • @allthewayupnorth_8155
      @allthewayupnorth_8155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes

    • @divaliciousdee
      @divaliciousdee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes!,,,,,

    • @MakeYouTubeGreatAgain1
      @MakeYouTubeGreatAgain1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes. Where is Sunshine Anderson?!

    • @thephoenix6120
      @thephoenix6120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I went to a 99/2000s event last night and they played that song. When I tell you the club went crazy!

  • @concepcionwells3007
    @concepcionwells3007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    The fact that she was covered......and still cute. Period

  • @IISMAMUSIC
    @IISMAMUSIC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That "Make it Hot" is still on rotation... this era of music thoroughly inspired my own music. This is why musicians like Missy Elliott are needed 🙏🏽

  • @darkwriter_xx94
    @darkwriter_xx94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    I love that missy had other singers on her song when she can sing herself.

    • @buttercup4859
      @buttercup4859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I always admired that about her

  • @intentionalgreatness
    @intentionalgreatness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    "Why you all in my grill" is the jam!

    • @nicolemartin1799
      @nicolemartin1799 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      intentionalgreatness mine too giving these men instruction

  • @StacyannJ
    @StacyannJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    She was so gorgeous and still is now. I love her vibes her voice is so beautiful !

  • @charleanparksfordistrict6s746
    @charleanparksfordistrict6s746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love how genuine she is and how she kept it moving despite the obstacles faced. I think we all need to be as driven. Beautiful person, 💯💯

  • @black76561
    @black76561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    She’s very pretty then and now 💁🏾‍♀️

  • @Mzbsweetz3
    @Mzbsweetz3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    I love her! She is dark skinned, full lips and she sings...she was rare IN her time

    • @Mzbsweetz3
      @Mzbsweetz3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Sol Rising like who?

    • @ForemanFitness52
      @ForemanFitness52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Mzbsweetz3 Gina Thompson, Tweet, Sparkle, Sunshine Anderson, Kelly Rowland just to name a few!

    • @magiciansalchemist3693
      @magiciansalchemist3693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Praying Mantis Foreman Lauryn Hill

    • @ForemanFitness52
      @ForemanFitness52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@magiciansalchemist3693 Yes, can't forget sexy Lauryn Hill!

    • @Mzbsweetz3
      @Mzbsweetz3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ForemanFitness52 the people you mention came after Nicole. At 13 i wasn't listing to the fugees they didn't appeal to me at that time. For young girls like me, Nicole was it. She wasn't in a group, she was solo. That makes a difference. Nobody looked at Kelly Roland until started a solo career

  • @noelallanofficial
    @noelallanofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nicole Wray is the original HBIC of R&B music. Get it queen!

  • @pinkdiamonddynasty7917
    @pinkdiamonddynasty7917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    TO ALLL MY CHOCOLATE QUEENS BE CLEAR SOME OF US "LIGHT SKIN", "CARAMEL", "BUTTER SCOTCH" ARE JEALOUS "NOT ENVIOUS" OF ALL THE CHOCOLATE MELANIN!!! US MEANING ME. Y'ALL ARE BEEUTIFUL😍🥰😍

    • @christinagraham2915
      @christinagraham2915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes I wanted to be dark skin too

    • @lorrainethomas788
      @lorrainethomas788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank You Trina!

    • @pinkdiamonddynasty7917
      @pinkdiamonddynasty7917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Christina Graham, I use to stay in the sun as a child just so I could be darker. My mother is a Silk Chocolate and is Beautiful and I wanted to look just like her🍫🍫🍫😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

  • @jadew9177
    @jadew9177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Beautiful Dark skin women were represented heavily in the 90s!!! This era was the best! 90s baby!!!

    • @janewwu1063
      @janewwu1063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Now they are being erased!

    • @rokc86
      @rokc86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jade W true that! Err body wanna get bleached now...uuuggghhh

    • @janewwu1063
      @janewwu1063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rokc86 No it's not bleaching, female singers are just getting lighter by way of the music producers signing some that DO NOT look like Nicole!

  • @qianac9832
    @qianac9832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    HER CD WAS HELLA SLEPT ON. I STILL LISTEN TO IT TIL THIS DAY...NO SKIPS

  • @lai_raw
    @lai_raw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    her new music is sooo fire! I had no clue it was actually Nicole Wray. She deserves it all

  • @gifted14sho
    @gifted14sho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "I'm looking" is my favorite song of hers! To know that she wrote that for herself just solidified her as a singer/songwriter is aware of her truth and ability. The video was beautiful as well!

  • @TheMostComfortableHeels
    @TheMostComfortableHeels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    She is so beautiful! Listen, she has this STUNNING scene in the: “All in my grill” video where she looks up in the camera while wearing a leopard silk dress and a leopard coat.. As a darkskinned girl it gave me (10 year old me) so much confidence! This woman is out of this world beautiful!!
    Edit: 8:05

    • @tanisha.r.thomas
      @tanisha.r.thomas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes beautiful brown skin!!!!

    • @youmakemelaugh1797
      @youmakemelaugh1797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @TheRealist 811 She ready🙋🏿‍♀️squeeze her tighter!

    • @AyeishaN0Curry
      @AyeishaN0Curry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Most Comfortable Heels yes mam. We’re about he same age and seeing her on tv had me 😍😍

    • @evylouis3122
      @evylouis3122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿truth

    • @jayescott920
      @jayescott920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes. This lady was sooooo pretty and her voice was hypnotizing.

  • @RanceRob
    @RanceRob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    All in My Grill was sick. I loved that song.

    • @samanthatynisa
      @samanthatynisa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yassss!

    • @BernadetteCulclagerSimpson
      @BernadetteCulclagerSimpson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesssss❤️

    • @Tha90sKid
      @Tha90sKid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Those vocals and runs were EVERYTHING ❤❤

    • @T3nnIsBoY
      @T3nnIsBoY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Her vocals are Sick on that song!!!🔥🔥🔥

    • @RanceRob
      @RanceRob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The90sKid indeed. Of all the “pay my bills” songs out at that time, this is the one that I loved the most. I miss those days.

  • @coulorfully
    @coulorfully 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    She really was a classy IT girl that didn't get promoted properly...so talented. Love her newer stuff too

  • @romayoung24
    @romayoung24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When she said someone left her because they can't stand to see her hurt.. I felt that.. period..

  • @sastainiawaddell2109
    @sastainiawaddell2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    Please keep these documentaries coming BET this is like watching my teenage years all over again! Thank you for the nostalgia! 😘🥰

  • @daynadecordesign7958
    @daynadecordesign7958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    That yellow coat & dark lip is iconic 💛 I was a little girl but I remember how gorgeous it was against her flawless chocolate drop skin🔥🔥🔥

  • @LenFnc
    @LenFnc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “She was like a sister to me.” Ironically, they favor a lot. Still got a tremendous voice.

  • @kennedy220
    @kennedy220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    her first album was fire....and OMG the lady wray music I'm just as in love with. Nicole you stay on in all of my road trips keeping me awake!!

  • @No1Notice
    @No1Notice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    I miss the old BET... seems like the vibes are only on TH-cam 😪

    • @myonie22
      @myonie22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      True but people don't really watch TV like that anymore. Not since the days if In Living Color, Martin, Living Single, NY Undercover etc has tv commanded a family gathering especially in our community.

    • @JLPerryTV
      @JLPerryTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can thank Debra Lee for that. She ruined BET when she took over

    • @DJBlack909
      @DJBlack909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The blame lies with Robert Johnson, JLPerryTV. He sold it to those oppressors at Viacom.

  • @BatmanPops
    @BatmanPops 4 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    I remember her songs like it was yesterday dang time fly too fast LOL 😄

    • @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149
      @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Literally too fast! I remember being 18 fresh out of HS like it was yesterday. Now I'm finna be 29 less in 7 wks😩 time wait for no one but it's all a blessing. Have a good and safe weekend.💕

    • @BatmanPops
      @BatmanPops 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thefactsaccordingtogabbie149 thanks and you enjoy the rest of your Friday and have a great weekend as well...🙂❤👍🏽

    • @shawny877
      @shawny877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yesss make it hot will forever be a bomb as song 💯💯

    • @backshotbarbie2035
      @backshotbarbie2035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Batman Pop's I actually play her songs weekly

    • @BatmanPops
      @BatmanPops 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shawny877 hell yeah I agree on that right there.🙂👍🏽👍🏽

  • @1misstam
    @1misstam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Her voice is angelic 💕 so underrated!!

  • @ashleysmith9135
    @ashleysmith9135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    She doesn’t get the respect she needs she so underrated

  • @AmaryllisAcacia
    @AmaryllisAcacia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    Proceeds to listen to “make it hot” and “all in my grill”🤔 those were my jams!!!

    • @paracleteconsult8677
      @paracleteconsult8677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Make it hot was something else!

    • @johnniemoore4683
      @johnniemoore4683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im show listening now so reminiscing....its like this woke me up lol from all this crap today

    • @TCSMastery
      @TCSMastery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mines too! I love her

  • @KyaneTiger
    @KyaneTiger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I remember I was obsessed with her as a kid and felt like she wasn’t given a platform to truly shine.

  • @tarablackgirl
    @tarablackgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I absolutely LOVE her voice, her look... I’ve been looking for her music! Great interview ♥️.