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MARIAH CAREY HEATS UP VIBE MAGAZINE’S SUMMER 2008 ISSUE
-- A Bikini-Clad Carey Shows Off Her Svelte and Sexy New Figure
for the Magazine’s June 2008 Cover Story --
-- On Newsstands May 6th -
NEW YORK, May 5, 2008 – International superstar Mariah Carey will grace the cover of VIBE Magazine’s June 2008 issue, which hits newsstands on Tuesday, May 6th. The sultry songstress heats up the pages of the magazine’s summer issue as she models some of the season’s hottest swimwear revealing her recent weight loss.
This month’s cover story was shot on-location on Eagle’s Landing, a private Caribbean island off the coast of Antigua where VIBE joined Carey for her lavish 38th birthday celebration. In the magazine, Associate Editor Shanel Odum scribes a daylong journal narrating her encounter with the Grammy Award-winning singer. Odum provides an hour-by-hour account of the day’s events:
2PM: Mariah Carey’s $12,500-a night villa on the 300-acre tropical island is alive and almost antsy...A gang of hairstylists, fashion assistants, photographers, and makeup artists race around the open-air bungalow, each on their own mission to please.
5PM: The 5-foot-9 mirage prances past the overly attentive pack and heads towards a rickety boardwalk, which instantly transforms into her runway. A magenta silk robe whips against those endless, copper legs; black Christian Louboutin heels stab the sand; a wild halo of corkscrew curls flies.
7:30PM: Mariah Carey’s 38th birthday banquet is a Sweet 16 dream…Beckoning palms welcome guests to the entrance of the veranda…The scene inside is a strawberry-frosted pubescent fantasy: purple, pink, and white balloons dance in the balmy Caribbean breeze...And then Mariah’s posse begins to appear. Longtime confidante Shawntae “Da Brat” Harris breezes past…Recent acquaintance/music video director (“Bye Bye”) Nick Cannon grabs his laptop and goes to the buffet to fix a plate…Fuchsia feather boas drip from arms of every chair…Kitschy gold crowns, tiaras, and noisemakers adorn each place setting…As her guests fawn, Mariah drifts from friend to friend, beaming and blowing kisses.
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Since releasing her 11th studio album E=MC2 on April 15th, Carey has reached an all-time career high as her current single “Touch My Body” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making this her 18th career #1 single – surpassing Elvis Presley’s 17 #1 hits. Carey is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of 20 #1 hits.
With Carey set to dominate radio this summer, VIBE takes a look back and reminisces on the best summer anthems of the last decade. From TLC’s “No Scrubs” (1999), to Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” (2002), and Fat Joe’s “Lean Back” (2004), every summer a new record takes over the airwaves and refuses to fade until season’s end. In this issue, VIBE predicts eight soon-to-be anthems for 2008.
Hitmaker and recent reality TV star Irv Gotti is also featured in this month’s issue. Gotti speaks candidly to VIBE about the rise, fall, and now rebirth of his Murder Inc. imprint. Both friends and enemies of the music mogul speak on the record about his rise to stardom and recent legal woes while recounting details of his former life filled with women and drugs.
ABOUT VIBE:
VIBE Media Group, an affiliate of The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C., is a leading music/lifestyle media company that publishes the award-winning VIBE magazine, the preeminent brand in urban and music culture, which was founded by Quincy Jones in 1993, now celebrating its 15 Anniversary-year. Additional VIBE Media Group properties include Vibe.com; Comcast's VIBE video-on-demand channel; The VIBE Awards; the wireless content service mVibe; and VIBE Books, which published The New York Times bestseller, Tupac Shakur.
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PRESS CONTACT:
Gena Gatewood, Communications Manager
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ggatewood@p2050.com
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