Whitney Houston is one of the most celebrated singers for her singles such as “I Will Always Love You”, “Saving All My Love”, and “How Will I Know”. She also did quite a few movies including Waiting to Exhale alongside Angela Bassett and The Preacher’s Wife.

Shortly after her death, Whitney’s brother Michael revealed to Oprah that he was the first to introduce the singer to drugs citing that it was the 80’s and everyone was doing it. This cleared the name of her estranged husband Bobby Brown, who was often criticized for the downfall of Whitney Houston due to her drug use.

Nonetheless, Whitney will always be known for her tremendous voice and stellar music that had many opened mouthed once she began singing. Instead of focusing on the negative, today fans celebrate the life of Whitney Houston by listening to her music, watching her films, and sharing memories of the late singer.

Happy Birthday, Whitney.

Shanika Simmons

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Basketball Wives LA star Draya Michele is not just a reality star or hip-hop booty model. She’s actually a businesswoman trying to push makeup and clothing, doing the latter through her second fashion line, Fine A** Girls, which is known for fun tees, as well as sweaters, lingerie and skull cap hats. A while back, VH1 spoke to Draya about her vision of the clothing line, she said it’s about empowering women:

“I just wanted to start something that could motivate girls. It’s like a confidence booster. I’m lucky enough to hang around really good people, I have really amazing friends, and they’re also really beautiful and we take a lot of pride in looking how we look. We’re just trying to be all-around good people, so it’s just a movement for empowerment.”

But she’s been catching a bit of heat and criticism from her fans about only using lighter-skinned women to model her line, and now she’s catching heat for a new t-shirt that features late pop icon Whitney Houston. For an upcoming shirt she’s working on with the line shows a young Whitney Houston holding a Boston Herald “Say ‘No’ To Drugs!” anti-drug bumper sticker back in 1986. Houston was about 23 at the time, smiling it up, not knowing the direction drugs would take her life in as she got older. For the shirt, the words “Early 20′s” are featured over her smiling face, and the shirt seems to be a warning for others.

Draya posted a preview of the shirt, which features Whitney’s face with the line “Say No To Drugs.” Many of her Twitter followers went ballistic, blasting her for a shirt that they felt was insensitive.

Draya later posted the original image, which was a pic of Houston from the late 1980s holding a sign that read: “Say No To Drugs.”

“FYI We would never disrespect the DIVA…She held up the sign herself,” Draya tweeted. “Just raising awareness among girls.”

What do you guys think?

-CarlieJay <3

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For years, the public has blamed Bobby Brown for the drug use done by Whitney Houston. In an interview for “Oprah’s Next Chapter”, Whitney’s older brother, Michael, admitted that he was the one who first introduced her to drugs.

On Monday night, Houston’s brother admitted in front of their mother, Cissy, that he was in fact to blame. “I think probably the first time she ever did [cocaine],it was with me,” he said. “You gotta understand at the time ..the 80’s ..it was acceptable,”. Michael and Whitney were extremely close, telling Oprah that he still carries the guilt for introducing her to drugs before she met Bobby Brown. “I’m living, but I’m not alive,” he told Oprah.

In Cissy’s new book, Remembering Whitney, Houston’s mother writes about the shock and confusion she felt when she found out that Whitney and her brother Michael did drugs together. “It’s painful ..I feel responsible for what I let go so far,” she said. Michael’s admission serves to absolve Whitney’s ex-husband, Bobby Brown of the blame, which many believed was behind her fall from grace.

Whitney Houston was found dead last February after a drug binge that included cocaine, Xana, and marijuana. She drowned in a bath tub the night before the Grammy Awards.

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Some of the biggest names in pop took to the stage at VH1 Divas last night to pay tribute to perhaps the greatest diva of them all, Whitney Houston, Brandy kicked off the show in Los Angeles, telling the audience about her first time meeting Houston. “The first concert I ever went to was a Whitney Houston show and I was determined to get close to her. I talked my way through security until I finally made it backstage, but by then she was already gone. Years later, I finally got to meet her and even shared the VH1 Divas stage with her.” The two later became friends and even starred in a television version of Cinderella together.
Last night’s show focused on Whitney Houston’s biggest dance hits with Jordin Sparks performing “I’m Every Woman” and Melanie Fiona covering “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” Finishing up the evening was soul singer Ledisi who belted out “How Will I Know.”

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Bobbi Kristina, daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, has called off her engagement to her adopted brother Nick Gordon. The two have been under enormous scrutiny since Houston’s passing especially when Bobbi Kristina started showing off an engagement ring earlier this year, but now it looks like the two are keeping things platonic. Gordon took to Twitter to announce “@REALbkBrown and I are not engaged or dating. Just close like we have always been.”

Shortly after dispelling engagement rumors, Brown was involved in a car crash in her hometown of Alpharetta, Georgia. The reality star was leaving her apartment when she lost control of the car while making a turn. The car went over a curb and down an embankment before coming to rest on a park trail. Brown was unhurt in the incident and drugs and alcohol are not suspected to have played a part in the accident.

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Bobby Brown was arrested early Wednesday morning for failing to pass a field sobriety test, making this the second DUI charge in only 7 months for the former boy-bander. Former New Edition member and ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, Brown was just a few miles from his Encino, California home when police pulled him over. “He was pulled over for a traffic violation and based on officer’s observations, he was arrested and booked for driving under the influence,” authorities told the Daily News this morning. “He failed a combination of the field sobriety test and the breathalyzer. It sounds like he was cooperative.” According to police Brown spent several hours in jail before being released on $25,000 bail.

This was not Brown’s first run in with the police in recent months. Back in March Brown was pulled over by the police for talking on his cell phone and smelled alcohol on the singer. According to a source close to Brown the alcohol was still in his system from drinking he had done the night before. The source went on to day “It could have been worse. It could have been really, really bad behavior, with all his irate-ness and craziness.” As part of a plea agreement for the March charges Brown spent much of the summer in rehab.

Bad behavior and substance abuse have been a serious issue for Brown for decades and rumors of violence and drug use circulated freely throughout most of his 14 year marriage to Whitney Houston. He spent 5 days in jail back in 1996 after a drunk driving arrest and was back in jail in 2000 after failing a court-ordered drug test. It’s not all bad news for Brown however; the singer married his longtime manager Alicia Etheridge back in June and released an album over the summer, his first in over 14 years. The singer has so far kept quite though on the upcoming nuptials between his daughter Bobbi Kristina and her adopted brother.

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