A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston

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For anyone who listens to whitney, especially her live stuff, she is all about uplifting ones spirit and brings her gospel influence to her singing. I didn’t have Whitney Houston on my resumé but at work, sometimes, people would say, ‘You used to work with Whitney, how was that? Whitney ended her physical relationship with Robyn but still needed her close, but eventually Robyn was driven out. I am a similar age and many of her songs became part of the soundtrack of my life and to me, she had it all - a staggering beauty, elegance, success, financial security and a peerless voice.

And yes some of the rumors were true, they did have a physical relationship at one time, but it ended long ago.I always brought my Whitney cassette tape with me while I patiently waited my turn to be able to listen to it. To break any silence is difficult – never mind one enforced over decades, at the risk of huge commercial damage to a brand as valuable as Houston’s.

But when Houston started dating Jermaine Jackson in the mid-1980s, then Eddie Murphy, and rap star Bobby Brown, whom she married, Crawford admits it was tremendously difficult.It was a fascinating, quick read, very poorly ghost written but interesting to look at the rise to stardom, the effect of rumors about sexuality, a young, codependent relationship, and the sad descent into addiction and the people around Whitney Houston who enabled her addiction, rather than promoting treatment, for their own personal gain. The saddest part is y’all; Whitney didn’t live to tell her own story but everyone else is YET HERE feeding us their side. Whitney was surrounded by a lot of family but they ultimately used and abused her instead of keeping her grounded in a great foundation. I can’t imagine how brave it was to put it all in words, but I’m confident it is going to bring her the peace she deserves. you tried it Sir—- I hollered at Robyn’s recant of Whitney’s description of him and his cheating ways.