I remember this! She has always been gracious. Many Legendary singers like Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, etc. have said the same thing about her.
Oh. So just like Eminem, Mariah Carey, Usher, Beyonce shouldn't be nominated in a Best Pop award category, but they have been nominated hundreds of time? The only reason they were booing him is because he is white. And only black people can get away with such poor behavior of clear act of racism.
because he was initially embraced by Black people until it came out that he was lying about his background. The backlash happened a week or so before the awards ceremony. he probably would've been there if that didn't happen - ice ice baby was one of the biggest records in 1990.
Because rappers, no matter their color were nominated at the soul train music awards. I think Paul wall, a white rapper had multiple nominations at the soul train awards, during his career
Anna Fowdy Yeah, like how she became famous that Brenda became jealous of her, like how the Sony Team/Tommy M abused her because she was famous, like how she became famous and rich that her brother/sister turned against her just to suck up her money..... Mariah literally distanced herself from these ignorant ass people who are hungry for Mariahs fame/wealth... I hope Mariah can find the 'right people' who just don't use her because she's a star but instead see her more as a normal person
lol ikr sista'! her Record label ceo Tommy Mottola aka trashbox mozzarella was actively whitewashing her and erasing her back history(notice all of her early music videos was always monotone? this was done to make her look more racially ambiguous ) saying she was 1/2 Venezuelan 1/2 Irish American (deliberately omitting that her dad was black as Venezuelan isn't a race) plus her first album is milk toast Disney soundtrack tier and hardly "R&B" so the soul train audience hating on Vanilla ice for being white was BS
@@Adlata Mariah's first album was nowhere near "milk toast Disney soundtrack", it was heavily R&B, especially the album cuts. "Vision of Love" is straight-up '50s waltz gospel-pop. If you wanna call one of her albums white-washed, Music Box would be the closest to it. Her first album was straight up R&B. Goes to show how much you know, which is nothing. And in defense of Vanilla Ice of all people lmao.
Okay people need to be educated. Yeah Mariah is half white but you can tell from her first album that she has a true love and appreciation for soul and R&B unlike Vanilla Ice who treated it like a fucking joke!
he started underground and gave props to the black hiphop artist who taught him. ice by this time, had dissed MC Hammer, the one who helped him a great deal. that's why he got booed.
I like how you can still hear music through out the cheering for everyone else, but Vanilla Ice got boo’d so hard you can barely hear the song anymore 😭😭😭😭
Well, it was the Soul Train Awards at a time where he was charting all over the R&B charts and Rap was still fighting to be recognized as a really real thing. Where else were they gonna put him?
Back in those days certain rappers music were nominated in R&B categories. Hammer won numerous R&B nominations, for songs such as "pray", "here comes the hammer" and even " u can't touch this". Music has changed because they don't put rappers in those categories no more.
@@psychoticserenity6510 They booed Whitney Houston too on the same program one year, and Showtime at the Apollo booed the hell out of Lauren Hill, so I dont know where you got the "blacks only boo whites" from.
@@Alex-nr8wc I disagree. Ice did his thing, he actually could rap and dance his ass off. Look at the trash rappers that are out today, and I'm not talking about Eminem or nas, or Kanye west. I'm talking about these mumble rappers. 0 talent. Ice just like hammer couldn't sustain it
I agree.! You know you just don’t hear much about Oleta Adam’s. She is a great vocalist and in on of my favorite 80s ballads Woman In Chains with Tears for Fears. I think it’s odd that she was paired up with newer, almost pop like acts. I agree! I saw her at a local jazz club. I was stunned bc of how big her songs Like Get Me Here If You can. Don’t sleep on her. If you like Mariah ( who I love), then you’ll like Oleta Adam’s.
This was a VERY VERY volatile time in the music business. Between the Milli Vanilli scandal (and over-all lip-syncing criticism), the New Kids on the Block craze, the New Jack Swing crop of artists/trends, Mariah Carey's ultra-promoted "arrival" (the label's attempt at having a "Whitney Houston" voice with a euro-centric-looking female), the increasing trend on skinny models being in videos/commercials while heavier women provide the singing vocals, 80s hair bands being "played out", and just having so many other pop artists ruling the charts and MTV airwaves (Paula Abdul, Madonna, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Bobby Brown, NKOTB, etc.), there was an increasing sense that the entire pop music culture had lost all of its integrity; Producer-driven music from with glamour-focused TV darlings reaping all of the awards. I'm not in agreement with this statement, but I remember that that was the attitude from many people around this time period (1990-1991). Pop music's multi-billion dollar popularity was coming to a head and this led to much of the Gangsta Rap and Grunge rock scene which exploded within the next year!
I actually agree with all of this, and I will add something else. While the Milli Vanni scandel was at its peak, the many artists who COULD sing tended to oversing in their songs for credibility from the public and among critics. While there were those who debuted in the late 80s/early 90s turned out to be very successful, by the time Gangsta Rap and Grunge Rock completely took over in 1992, the only pop stars that were left standing were MJ, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, Mariah, and Prince. Virtually everyone else got tossed aside, including phenomenal talents like George Michael (RIP), Jody Watley, Karyn White, and Terrence Trent D'Arby.
@@keandrebell-washington9904 George Michael? Nope he was not "casualty" of anything other than personal laziness or fatigue(he had 2 top 10 hits in '96). Jody and Karyn were casualty of the decline of NJS just like every NJS act who pretty much faded after '92. Terrence Trent Darby was an arrogant delusional twilight zone who's career was done before the Milli Vanillis and Paula Abduls even exploded onto the music scene. MJ popularity cooled tremendously in the '90s stateside. Some of that was his 1993 scandal, but some of that also was when grunge and gangsta came into the mainstream MJ lost a lot his 'cool factor'. He was too safe and too corny for the times. Prince also didn't make it into the '90s. His commercial viability outside one global smash hit in 1994 was pretty much done stateside. Only pop star that were legitimately left standing were the ladies Mariah/Janet/Madonna/Whitney.
@@blacknetsmed THIS. Prince was deemed too weird and not with the times (especially after the rap boom, the assless chaps at the 91 VMAs and the name change debacle -- shaving SLAVE into his beard - if only we knew what was REALLY going on then)
I don't know how Mariah manage to get on that stage after they booed vanilla ice. I would of been so scared Hahahaha! Especially if I'm early on in my career but can we acknowledge the fact that Mariah was wearing the hell out of that red miniskirt, I'm sure Mariah loved it but tommy mottolla was probably like "yeah, this is your first and last time wearing something this tight anymore." Then 97 comes along and Mariah is back wearing them! Hahaha I'm so happy she was freed to be herself...just imagine, she could of been wearing this stuff and collaborating with hip hop artist but I gotta admit, Tommy Motolla wanted Mariah to reach stardom first and he helped her but he was just too controlling over her fashion wardrobe and look.
What s interesting about this vanilla ice music and image faded less than a year or two after this Mariah would remain around for the next 20 something years lol
They didn't boo Vanilla Ice for being white. They booed him for being lame. If 3rd Bass was nominated instead, they wouldn't have booed. Plus, at the time they thought Mariah was white. It wasn't until later that year it was known she was biracial.
Chandler I remember her being billed as a white singer who sang "black", just like Lisa Stansfield was in 1990, the year they both hit the charts. That was Tommy Mattola's doing. It wasn't until right after this show that she started saying she was mixed. Her thanking the audience for "Accepting her" in that way was proof she was playing the game for as long as she could. If she'd already established she was mixed, and she wrote and recorded R&B music, why would she think she wouldn't be accepted?
I LOVE Oleta Adams, but I think (at the time) the label had marketed too many other "hot" acts to the young/teen crowd that damaged her chances at having more success, unfortunately. It's sad, because (IMO) she should have been JUST as big as Mariah.
I agree.! You know you just don’t hear much about Oleta Adam’s. She is a great vocalist and in on of my favorite 80s ballads Woman In Chains with Tears for Fears. I think it’s odd that she was paired up with newer, almost pop like acts. I agree! I saw her at a local jazz club. I was stunned bc of how big her songs Like Get Me Here If You can. Don’t sleep on her. If you like Mariah ( who I love), then you’ll like Oleta Adam’s.
"she should have been JUST as big as Mariah" Realistically, in what world? Oleta Adams was 5 years older than Michael Jackson and Prince. MJ debuted in '69 and Prince debuted '78. She is 2 years older than Natalie Cole, who already been out in the mainstream for 12-13 years by 1989. Oleta Adams debuted with major record label backing in '89. She was TOO OLD to make a major dent in the Pop scene by that point.
I love this. I wish more brothas would stand up and put they foot down the way my uncle Hev did right here. During this time, hip-hop was considered a fad that wouldn't last. It was 'noise.' White man comes in and it curiously becomes a 'rising art form.' Anyway, Mariah Carey definitely deserved to win. En Vogue's debut LP was so bomb. I'm somewhat familiar w/ Oleta Adams. In 1990/1991, I was just getting my feet wet learning about music. Mr. Johnny Gill was my favorite back then.
@@goldrre168Ice had been caught peddling a fake biography that claimed that he was a Miami gangbanger. It made him look inauthentic, if not ridiculous in a traditionally black musical art form.
@@ii7670 we have all said and done stupid things as kids, doesn't make it right, but give the guy a break. I am sure you said some stupid things as a kid, I know I did.
@@ii7670 I did post a whole response but RUclips being RUclips it deleted it, and I can't be bothered to redo it cos I don't know what the issue was. But in short, I find blacks to be more racist than whites these days. Sometimes racism is real, but sometimes its just people who want to blame others for their terrible choices in life. Sorry, but these days, you have every opportunity I have, and in some areas even more. Enjoy it, but don't deny it.
I know this is old but, she started being forced to cover up after marrying Tommy Mottola in 1993. And she didn’t even dress that out there before like other artists… it was just Tommy’s insecurities coming through and him not letting Mariah express herself. Even though she was still under Tommy Mottola’s grasp during 1990-1992 she still had some freedom in the sense of how she presented herself, and it’s unfortunate she lost that later on until she freed herself from that awful man.
because he was initially embraced by Black people until it came out that he (and his record company) was lying about his background. The backlash happened a week or so before the awards ceremony. he probably would've been there if that didn't happen - ice ice baby was one of the biggest records in 1990.
Ice may have sold lots of records at the time, but he was peddling around a fake biography that claimed that he was a Miami gangbanger. That made him look inauthentic, if not ridiculous in a traditionally black art form. If Ice had been more honest from the start about who he was and had not made so many career decisions that were just completely sellout like doing Ninja Turtles II and a doll and a live album and that godawful movie, it could have been different for him. But for Ice, it was ultimately about what got him money. His popularity eroded unusually quickly by the end of the year.
She looked so much better then and was serious about music and performing, once Tommy was gone it all became about image.....'Mariah looking beautiful', 'Mariah looking sexy', 'Mariah looking hot'....etc.......she became dull and her success slowly waned.....
perth45 When she was married to Tommy, he handled Mariah's career with a fist of iron, always telling her what to wear, what to sing, who to sing with. Rumour has it he was so jealous, he'd lock her up in their mansion when she wasn't performing, and he hated other men paying her compliments. Her new sexy image and R&B direction was a former of rebellion against Tommy, and I wouldn't say she was bland, but of course everyone ignored the new music to focus on what she wasn't wearing.
I don't know why people here are apologizing for the Soul Train audience booing him. It was a combination of reasons he was booed. It was not only because he was White performing a musical form birthed in the Black community, but also because, as somebody here already mentioned, he turned out to be a complete fraud, and he used Black people as his backdrop. Vanilla Ice wasn't just happenstance. He was a foreshadow of what was to come. A symbol of the eventual takeover and co-opting of yet another Black art form. The record industry had wanted for decades to appropriate Black music and replace Black faces with White faces. In the early 1950s, record industry mogul Sam Phillips was quoted as saying " if I could find a white boy who could sing like a black man I'd make a million dollars." Phillips is the same dude who brought Elvis to stardom, and we all know Elvis was the quintessential Black culture appropriator. Vanilla Ice was that next attempt to completely shut out the originators of the music. So the primarily Black Soul Train crowd was on the mark with regard to how they felt. They weren't falling for the okie doke.
***** he had a beef with mc hammer and he was talking bout him after hammer helped him get on then insult to injury he was cocky he went on the arsenio hall show months before and was talking junk he got into it with arsenio he just was getting into it with everyone he became a joke in living color made a spoof out of him soooo he was not well liked after all of his ego
DAMNNNNN They went in!!! Mariah is so genuine.I love her speaking voice as much as her singing voice
Same here. It's just as distinctive as her speaking voice.
1 Mariah/Janet Jackson
2 Peebles
3 Paula Abdul
4 Karyn White
5 Jody Watley
6 Vanessa Williams
7 Shelia E
8 Jasmine Guy
vanilla ice being booed and mariah carey winning an award in a single clip...this is truly god's work
Or just pure racism, however you like to look at it.
Josh Washington Mariah has white and black in her though.
KingBaller, so was Obama. The Black side takes over the White side. Especially at the Soul Train Awards and compared to Vanilla Ice lol...
Josh Washington Lmao true
daydream iconic moment
mariah is the only one that survived till today, everyone else featured is obsolete.
Ian everyone still know who vanilla ice is tho.He the greatest one hit wonder ever
Ian she's a clone by now..
Terryz T Hahaha stupidity at it's finest
Terryz T and you're a dummy
her voice is annoying
When they say Mariah can't sing because they too young but Mariah has been owning it forever.
That's got to be the first time I've ever heard someone get booed during a nomination.
Dizzy Storms They booed Whitney Houston during the nomination announcement at the 1989 Soul Train Awards.
@@OlSkoolMusicGoddess why did they boo whitney.
@@chrisbarrino9630 they booed her because they said that she acted too white and therefore did not deserved to be considered.
@@vesalius9949 That's sore on both counts
Ikr...and I'm out, you're welcome, love one another.
"Vanilla I-Don't think so"
Judging by the boos, if Vanilla Ice had won he wouldn't have made it out of there alive.
itsjemmabond ahh but everyone liked Mariah
Stephany Hdz Mariah Carey is actually half-black.
itsjemmabond been known that for decades now. It's just cause he was faking some thought, and she was booed once too..
LMFAO HE WAS THERE?? pls poor him
@@yuhyuh7528 I'm not sure he was.
I love how everyone screams for Mariah and when Vanilla Ice’s name comes up among the nominees a chorus of boos erupts from the crowd 😂😂😂🤣🤣
And overpowers the screams, HELP!💀😭
Mariah Carey was one of the finest women ever in her prime!
This when she could sing
tim pearson HATERS!!!
timothyy pearson She can still sing dumb ass
timothyy pearson What are you talking about?
Nah..She can't hit those notes like she could back in the day. 😏
A moment in black history.
dslimm say what!!!!
A moment in player hater history.
Pff she also belongs to us she belongs to everybody
Eminem is also a moment in black history
@@thenetherlands4827 no...
it turned into showtime at the apollo real quick lmao
I remember this! She has always been gracious. Many Legendary singers like Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, etc. have said the same thing about her.
I love how she never forgets to thank god on her every award, even up to now... thats my mimi
The way MC thank God for every blessings she received from the very beginning of her career until now is truly humbling.
They booed tf outta Vanilla Ice
Lmao
Lol
Hope it happens to Bieber
This should happen to Bieber
+clue104 It did happen. At the Billboard music awards
lmao at heavy D. Vanilla ice... don't think so
He shouldn't have been nominated because it was an R&B category. Vanilla ice is a rapper
IhateStupidPeople great point
Vanilla ice raps?
they did that on purpose because he won against mariah in some other award show and black ppl were mad
Oh. So just like Eminem, Mariah Carey, Usher, Beyonce shouldn't be nominated in a Best Pop award category, but they have been nominated hundreds of time? The only reason they were booing him is because he is white. And only black people can get away with such poor behavior of clear act of racism.
fix they booed him because he stole a sample from QUEEN
She is so gorgeous and talented... *sigh*
The time when Mariah was just starting,and now she's already a legend and forever will be a legend....❤❤❤
The cheers for Mariah tho! We loved her from the very start... 😍😍😍
Why was Vanilla Ice at the Soul Train Awards?! 💀💀💀
He Wasn’t There But He Was Nominated
because he was initially embraced by Black people until it came out that he was lying about his background. The backlash happened a week or so before the awards ceremony. he probably would've been there if that didn't happen - ice ice baby was one of the biggest records in 1990.
Because rappers, no matter their color were nominated at the soul train music awards. I think Paul wall, a white rapper had multiple nominations at the soul train awards, during his career
Why blacks in white counties?
@@al2954 You are so stupid
Wow, all the people Mariah thanked in her speech, she has fallen out with and doesn't talk to them anymore.
mystique180 I guess fame can do that. It's a gift and a curse.
Anna Fowdy Yeah, like how she became famous that Brenda became jealous of her, like how the Sony Team/Tommy M abused her because she was famous, like how she became famous and rich that her brother/sister turned against her just to suck up her money..... Mariah literally distanced herself from these ignorant ass people who are hungry for Mariahs fame/wealth... I hope Mariah can find the 'right people' who just don't use her because she's a star but instead see her more as a normal person
Jeana Turner her backup singer trey lorenz, stayed loyal to her for 30 years
That’s a very good observation. One thing to notice is she always had a strong connection to her fans and to god and that never changed.
Wait..... whaaattttttt.... 🤤🤤🤤🤤
They're like "no white man winning tonight! So we offer you a half white woman" 🤣
😂😂😂😂
lol ikr sista'! her Record label ceo Tommy Mottola aka trashbox mozzarella was actively whitewashing her and erasing her back history(notice all of her early music videos was always monotone? this was done to make her look more racially ambiguous ) saying she was 1/2 Venezuelan 1/2 Irish American (deliberately omitting that her dad was black as Venezuelan isn't a race) plus her first album is milk toast Disney soundtrack tier and hardly "R&B" so the soul train audience hating on Vanilla ice for being white was BS
@@Adlata Mariah's first album was nowhere near "milk toast Disney soundtrack", it was heavily R&B, especially the album cuts. "Vision of Love" is straight-up '50s waltz gospel-pop. If you wanna call one of her albums white-washed, Music Box would be the closest to it. Her first album was straight up R&B. Goes to show how much you know, which is nothing. And in defense of Vanilla Ice of all people lmao.
@Adlata
Be quiet, dude. Whitney Houston got booed something terrible on the show and it was bl ack people booing her....
They booed Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston!!
She is such a beautiful and humble queen 👸 💖
Okay people need to be educated. Yeah Mariah is half white but you can tell from her first album that she has a true love and appreciation for soul and R&B unlike Vanilla Ice who treated it like a fucking joke!
EXACTLY!! He came in like a culture vulture he is, which is why nobody respected his ass. He didn't know shit about hip-hop.
+Sheree Hayes Not true! He started as a hip hop artist underground....the industry changed him into some kind of novelty act.
he started underground and gave props to the black hiphop artist who taught him.
ice by this time, had dissed MC Hammer, the one who helped him a great deal.
that's why he got booed.
Doshe Do vanilla ice was underrated rapper.the critics hated him because he was white
Sami Boy no bcuz he was FAKE NOT WHITE.
She’s so gorgeous OMG ❤️❤️❤️
can u the name the woman,as one of the presenter
I like how you can still hear music through out the cheering for everyone else, but Vanilla Ice got boo’d so hard you can barely hear the song anymore 😭😭😭😭
THAT DRESS IS HOT!!!
that Boo sounded like a windstorm..I remember this I was 12 at the time
1:57 the way she enunciates 'blessings' just feels right
They put him in the r&b category haha
Well, it was the Soul Train Awards at a time where he was charting all over the R&B charts and Rap was still fighting to be recognized as a really real thing. Where else were they gonna put him?
@@nickfreshalive in the 🗑
@@nickfreshalive Exactly, Rap music in '90-'91 was still viewed to many as a passing fad, not to be taken seriously.
Back in those days certain rappers music were nominated in R&B categories. Hammer won numerous R&B nominations, for songs such as "pray", "here comes the hammer" and even " u can't touch this". Music has changed because they don't put rappers in those categories no more.
She is so beautiful it's unreal.
I don't think they were booing because he's white, they just didn't feel he needed to be in this category.
Why? Because he was white. Your comment is racist and dumb
@@psychoticserenity6510 what? 😭 they were booing because vanilla ice was a culture vulture and didn’t deserve to be there
@@psychoticserenity6510
They booed Whitney Houston too on the same program one year, and Showtime at the Apollo booed the hell out of Lauren Hill, so I dont know where you got the "blacks only boo whites" from.
@Riley
So? She was still a black person getting booed, wasn't she?
@@Alex-nr8wc I disagree. Ice did his thing, he actually could rap and dance his ass off. Look at the trash rappers that are out today, and I'm not talking about Eminem or nas, or Kanye west. I'm talking about these mumble rappers. 0 talent. Ice just like hammer couldn't sustain it
Lol reason's why the 90s is undefeated
I agree.! You know you just don’t hear much about Oleta Adam’s. She is a great vocalist and in on of my favorite 80s ballads Woman In Chains with Tears for Fears. I think it’s odd that she was paired up with newer, almost pop like acts. I agree! I saw her at a local jazz club. I was stunned bc of how big her songs Like Get Me Here If You can. Don’t sleep on her. If you like Mariah ( who I love), then you’ll like Oleta Adam’s.
Agree. Oleta Adams is incredibly talented.
This was a VERY VERY volatile time in the music business.
Between the Milli Vanilli scandal (and over-all lip-syncing criticism), the New Kids on the Block craze, the New Jack Swing crop of artists/trends, Mariah Carey's ultra-promoted "arrival" (the label's attempt at having a "Whitney Houston" voice with a euro-centric-looking female), the increasing trend on skinny models being in videos/commercials while heavier women provide the singing vocals, 80s hair bands being "played out", and just having so many other pop artists ruling the charts and MTV airwaves (Paula Abdul, Madonna, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Bobby Brown, NKOTB, etc.), there was an increasing sense that the entire pop music culture had lost all of its integrity; Producer-driven music from with glamour-focused TV darlings reaping all of the awards. I'm not in agreement with this statement, but I remember that that was the attitude from many people around this time period (1990-1991).
Pop music's multi-billion dollar popularity was coming to a head and this led to much of the Gangsta Rap and Grunge rock scene which exploded within the next year!
Marcus Rob OK U FUCKIN HISTORIAN!!!!! LMFAO
Lmao. 😂
I actually agree with all of this, and I will add something else. While the Milli Vanni scandel was at its peak, the many artists who COULD sing tended to oversing in their songs for credibility from the public and among critics. While there were those who debuted in the late 80s/early 90s turned out to be very successful, by the time Gangsta Rap and Grunge Rock completely took over in 1992, the only pop stars that were left standing were MJ, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, Mariah, and Prince. Virtually everyone else got tossed aside, including phenomenal talents like George Michael (RIP), Jody Watley, Karyn White, and Terrence Trent D'Arby.
@@keandrebell-washington9904 George Michael? Nope he was not "casualty" of anything other than personal laziness or fatigue(he had 2 top 10 hits in '96). Jody and Karyn were casualty of the decline of NJS just like every NJS act who pretty much faded after '92. Terrence Trent Darby was an arrogant delusional twilight zone who's career was done before the Milli Vanillis and Paula Abduls even exploded onto the music scene. MJ popularity cooled tremendously in the '90s stateside. Some of that was his 1993 scandal, but some of that also was when grunge and gangsta came into the mainstream MJ lost a lot his 'cool factor'. He was too safe and too corny for the times. Prince also didn't make it into the '90s. His commercial viability outside one global smash hit in 1994 was pretty much done stateside. Only pop star that were legitimately left standing were the ladies Mariah/Janet/Madonna/Whitney.
@@blacknetsmed THIS. Prince was deemed too weird and not with the times (especially after the rap boom, the assless chaps at the 91 VMAs and the name change debacle -- shaving SLAVE into his beard - if only we knew what was REALLY going on then)
Gosh, I still love that song too ❤️
They kept booing till the true winner name was announced lolllol
That was one of the thickest crowd boo's I've ever heard at an award show.... OMG imagine if Vanilla Ice had won...
Throwing trash can
@@lexkanyima2195 - molotov cocktails
mariah was laughing at that lol
0:19 sums it aaaaaaaaall up!!!
Thank you so much for the throwback vids, you are awesome :)
I don't know how Mariah manage to get on that stage after they booed vanilla ice. I would of been so scared Hahahaha! Especially if I'm early on in my career but can we acknowledge the fact that Mariah was wearing the hell out of that red miniskirt, I'm sure Mariah loved it but tommy mottolla was probably like "yeah, this is your first and last time wearing something this tight anymore." Then 97 comes along and Mariah is back wearing them! Hahaha I'm so happy she was freed to be herself...just imagine, she could of been wearing this stuff and collaborating with hip hop artist but I gotta admit, Tommy Motolla wanted Mariah to reach stardom first and he helped her but he was just too controlling over her fashion wardrobe and look.
The crowds cheer when Mariah was nominated
I Never Seen Anyone Who Hates Vanilla Ice Darn I Feel Bad For Him 😢😢
0:19 Mariah Carey
0:25 En Vogue
0:35 Vanilla Ice
What s interesting about this vanilla ice music and image faded less than a year or two after this Mariah would remain around for the next 20 something years lol
Talent stays winning
Imagine if Iggy Azalea came out then! 😫
There would've been protest and the place would burn down.
+Dev94 I'd hate to see that happen.
+Dev94 -- She wouldn't have. This is when singers and rappers still had talent. Vanilla Ice was an experiment.
was she ever nominated for a bet hip hop award or soul train award? if she was, did she win?
+Teammm like m&m.
Mariah!! I LOVE YOU!!
So humble, she haven't realized the goddess she is!!!
Damn, Vanilla Ice got booed *hard!* LMAO!
They didn't boo Vanilla Ice for being white. They booed him for being lame. If 3rd Bass was nominated instead, they wouldn't have booed. Plus, at the time they thought Mariah was white. It wasn't until later that year it was known she was biracial.
Her first interview with Oprah was after this.
+TheLanard In her first interview on Video Soul she stated that she was multiracial.
Chandler I remember her being billed as a white singer who sang "black", just like Lisa Stansfield was in 1990, the year they both hit the charts. That was Tommy Mattola's doing. It wasn't until right after this show that she started saying she was mixed. Her thanking the audience for "Accepting her" in that way was proof she was playing the game for as long as she could. If she'd already established she was mixed, and she wrote and recorded R&B music, why would she think she wouldn't be accepted?
OK.
OK.
you know who's been there from the beginning till now? trey lorenz
DYING LOL
"Vanilla I....don't think so" LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE Oleta Adams, but I think (at the time) the label had marketed too many other "hot" acts to the young/teen crowd that damaged her chances at having more success, unfortunately. It's sad, because (IMO) she should have been JUST as big as Mariah.
Was she getting big during that time?!
I agree.! You know you just don’t hear much about Oleta Adam’s. She is a great vocalist and in on of my favorite 80s ballads Woman In Chains with Tears for Fears. I think it’s odd that she was paired up with newer, almost pop like acts. I agree! I saw her at a local jazz club. I was stunned bc of how big her songs Like Get Me Here If You can. Don’t sleep on her. If you like Mariah ( who I love), then you’ll like Oleta Adam’s.
"she should have been JUST as big as Mariah"
Realistically, in what world? Oleta Adams was 5 years older than Michael Jackson and Prince. MJ debuted in '69 and Prince debuted '78. She is 2 years older than Natalie Cole, who already been out in the mainstream for 12-13 years by 1989. Oleta Adams debuted with major record label backing in '89. She was TOO OLD to make a major dent in the Pop scene by that point.
R.I.P. Heavy D
gorgeous!!!
Mariah Carey ❤❤❤
I would laugh hard if Vanilla Ice won, and see what he would do.
The sweet and innocent Maria Carey back then.
meh, she already had the record exec around her finger by then.
I love this. I wish more brothas would stand up and put they foot down the way my uncle Hev did right here. During this time, hip-hop was considered a fad that wouldn't last. It was 'noise.' White man comes in and it curiously becomes a 'rising art form.' Anyway, Mariah Carey definitely deserved to win. En Vogue's debut LP was so bomb. I'm somewhat familiar w/ Oleta Adams. In 1990/1991, I was just getting my feet wet learning about music. Mr. Johnny Gill was my favorite back then.
The Soul Train awards was a safe space to be rude.
0:19 SCREAMMMMMMM HAHAHAHAH ♡
She so beautiful, Love you alway !!!
dang back in the 90s it was hard to pick
0:54 And the winner is... Vanilla I don't think so!
amo a mariah carey
Enrique gomez Amamos então! ;)
ah's look matched her legendary voice
Man I still can't believe they booed vanilla ice
Why did they boo him? What happened
@@goldrre168Ice had been caught peddling a fake biography that claimed that he was a Miami gangbanger. It made him look inauthentic, if not ridiculous in a traditionally black musical art form.
He was a poser. Lol 😂
Ohhh my beautiful Mariah!! So young and innocent but very sweet
this is how they should've treat eminem after that foolish pride tape leak
Michael Knight31 don't be silly, he was a kid. Maybe they should bio him Diego's recent BET performance :/
@@ii7670 we have all said and done stupid things as kids, doesn't make it right, but give the guy a break. I am sure you said some stupid things as a kid, I know I did.
@@ii7670 I'm sure you feel the same about the amount of racism he endured too
@@ii7670 white people can't experience racism? Are you sure you don't want to think that one through a little more?
@@ii7670 I did post a whole response but RUclips being RUclips it deleted it, and I can't be bothered to redo it cos I don't know what the issue was. But in short, I find blacks to be more racist than whites these days. Sometimes racism is real, but sometimes its just people who want to blame others for their terrible choices in life. Sorry, but these days, you have every opportunity I have, and in some areas even more. Enjoy it, but don't deny it.
LOOOL well damn...the hate for Vanilla Ice was real 😮😂😂😂
Yeah it's unfortunate. A hater doesn't realize that he's infected with a serious disease
Mariah was so adorable back then 😁
she is beautiful when she was young she is a angel
Lets take note at how short her dress is. Between 1990-1992 she wasn't as covered up. 1993-1995 she was.
I know this is old but, she started being forced to cover up after marrying Tommy Mottola in 1993. And she didn’t even dress that out there before like other artists… it was just Tommy’s insecurities coming through and him not letting Mariah express herself. Even though she was still under Tommy Mottola’s grasp during 1990-1992 she still had some freedom in the sense of how she presented herself, and it’s unfortunate she lost that later on until she freed herself from that awful man.
Someone out there was buying the Vanilla Ice album. The truth was that nobody wanted to admit they liked or owned a vanilla ice album
I love Mariah Carey! :)
How did Vanilla Ice even get nominated for the Soul music award?
because he was initially embraced by Black people until it came out that he (and his record company) was lying about his background. The backlash happened a week or so before the awards ceremony. he probably would've been there if that didn't happen - ice ice baby was one of the biggest records in 1990.
In the early 90's rappers were nominated in soul music categories, so that was normal back then, but now rappers are recognized in those categories
Mariah Carey very talented The Best
I remember watching this 30 years ago. I still love how that clown Vanilla Ice got booed.
Come on now, this man sold millions of records. Him and hammer were the top selling rappers of 1990- 1991
Even ice cube hated on ice in one of his videos. And why? Because ice and hammer outsold him that year
Ice may have sold lots of records at the time, but he was peddling around a fake biography that claimed that he was a Miami gangbanger. That made him look inauthentic, if not ridiculous in a traditionally black art form. If Ice had been more honest from the start about who he was and had not made so many career decisions that were just completely sellout like doing Ninja Turtles II and a doll and a live album and that godawful movie, it could have been different for him. But for Ice, it was ultimately about what got him money. His popularity eroded unusually quickly by the end of the year.
She looked so much better then and was serious about music and performing, once Tommy was gone it all became about image.....'Mariah looking beautiful', 'Mariah looking sexy', 'Mariah looking hot'....etc.......she became dull and her success slowly waned.....
perth45 When she was married to Tommy, he handled Mariah's career with a fist of iron, always telling her what to wear, what to sing, who to sing with. Rumour has it he was so jealous, he'd lock her up in their mansion when she wasn't performing, and he hated other men paying her compliments. Her new sexy image and R&B direction was a former of rebellion against Tommy, and I wouldn't say she was bland, but of course everyone ignored the new music to focus on what she wasn't wearing.
I don't know why people here are apologizing for the Soul Train audience booing him. It was a combination of reasons he was booed. It was not only because he was White performing a musical form birthed in the Black community, but also because, as somebody here already mentioned, he turned out to be a complete fraud, and he used Black people as his backdrop. Vanilla Ice wasn't just happenstance. He was a foreshadow of what was to come. A symbol of the eventual takeover and co-opting of yet another Black art form. The record industry had wanted for decades to appropriate Black music and replace Black faces with White faces. In the early 1950s, record industry mogul Sam Phillips was quoted as saying " if I could find a white boy who could sing like a black man I'd make a million dollars." Phillips is the same dude who brought Elvis to stardom, and we all know Elvis was the quintessential Black culture appropriator. Vanilla Ice was that next attempt to completely shut out the originators of the music. So the primarily Black Soul Train crowd was on the mark with regard to how they felt. They weren't falling for the okie doke.
lol
wow
Iconic
What a moment
The Great Diva
0:36 he got booed louder than john cena/roman reigns combined
This is Cena level in 1991
Awe Trey was so happy for her
They Booed The Fuck outta Vanilla Ice lmfao!!!!
I thought the title said Vanilla Ice Boobed/Mariah Carey wins
WhitneyHoustonfan101 LOLXD bahaha
Vanilla Ice Booed/Mariah Carey Wins (1991)🏆🏆
I remember that. Heavy D dissing Vanilla Ice Mariah Carey was new then. Can't believe that was back in 91 ; 31 years ago; wow
Ohhh the early 90s 🤭
HE WAS BOOED FOR MAKING A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT MARIAH
That to lol
tim pearson what did he say??
***** he had a beef with mc hammer and he was talking bout him after hammer helped him get on then insult to injury he was cocky he went on the arsenio hall show months before and was talking junk he got into it with arsenio he just was getting into it with everyone he became a joke in living color made a spoof out of him soooo he was not well liked after all of his ego
@Jonathan Powell
Really? He married a white woman..
stop spreading false rumours. he didn't say anything about Mariah.
OMG ICE ICE BABY IS A JAM WHEN I WAS LITTLE HAHAHA SO FUNNY HAHDJDJDJS
I would’ve loved to see the ensuing chaos that would erupted if Vanilla Ice won the award instead of Mariah.
arriva mexico todos apollamos al mejor rapero de todo los tiempo forever VI
People have no idea about Vanilla Ice, he guided the way for hip hop to be accepted music to be on tv and radio. Him and Tupac were very close.
Damn! This is when Mariah was hot and natural! Even her hair was natural!
TheLolzatyourfacemoo the latest Carey can chew this up , I mean out and then swallow whole
DAMNNNNNNN! LMAOOOOO
Diva forever
Why this disrespect? I love mariah and vanilla
Cry me a river
Right? I don’t get what he did
Mariah Carey used to be skinny. I don't understand to be rude but why they booed on vanilla ice? R.I.P. Heavy D
Wow vanilla ice wasnt cold then he made everyone hot