Milli Vanilli had some fire.... why did they pick 2 german blacks with braids to form the group?

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They were considered sex symbols and that's why the label used them instead of the other people. They came out with an R&B album after the entire debacle. Didn't sell obviously than dude killed himself

Remember C&C music factory? "Everybody Dance Now" joint. They did the same thing. They used a skinny black chick for the video because some big black chick actually sung it. I think it was the one that was running the Cult in that episode of Martin that was the real singer of that song.
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shyt I didn't know that.
 

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They actually could sing. That's the fukked up part about the whole thing. They were homeless or some shyt and the label picked them up. They signed the contract and didn't realize that they weren't allowed to sing their own songs until it was too late. They rolled with it cause they got paid and it got them off the street. One of em commited suicide. shyt sucks.
No, only one could actually sing. I think Fabrice. Robb couldn't, on behind the music they show him struggle singing. The bolded I wasn't aware of tho.
 

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They were considered sex symbols and that's why the label used them instead of the other people. They came out with an R&B album after the entire debacle. Didn't sell obviously than dude killed himself

Remember C&C music factory? "Everybody Dance Now" joint. They did the same thing. They used a skinny black chick for the video because some big black chick actually sung it. I think it was the one that was running the Cult in that episode of Martin that was the real singer of that song.
Nah that Martha Wash of the Weather Girls (fka Two Tons of Fun )who sued the shyt out of them for that.
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I'm a younger cat but I remember my mom playing Milli Vanilli, they were BIG and this had to be around 5 yo for me.

But one of my older heads tell me, why didn't they just say they lip-synced because of a cold or something and not sabotage the whole thing?
 

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I'm a younger cat but I remember my mom playing Milli Vanilli, they were BIG and this had to be around 5 yo for me.

But one of my older heads tell me, why didn't they just say they lip-synced because of a cold or something and not sabotage the whole thing?

They developed a conscience about it... they probably could've kept it going, but I remember the dude Rob saying he just wanted out. The time the DAT skipped on stage did cause the rumor to start that they were lip-syncing everything, but they pretty much chose to tell everyone the truth on their own. They felt like the spot was gonna get blown up one day anyway.
 

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They were considered sex symbols and that's why the label used them instead of the other people. They came out with an R&B album after the entire debacle. Didn't sell obviously than dude killed himself

Remember C&C music factory? "Everybody Dance Now" joint. They did the same thing. They used a skinny black chick for the video because some big black chick actually sung it. I think it was the one that was running the Cult in that episode of Martin that was the real singer of that song.
I think u thinking about Black Box. With "Everybody Everybody". It also happened with Ya Kid K for "Pump Up The Jam". They had some other chick in the video. Come to think about it them labels was doing this shyt heavy back then. Lol
 

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I think u thinking about Black Box. With "Everybody Everybody". It also happened with Ya Kid K for "Pump Up The Jam". They had some other chick in the video. Come to think about it them labels was doing this shyt heavy back then. Lol

Same person, same situation... Martha Wash got fukked over crazy back then, but she got her money from all of them.

A lot of the dance music of that era, always had people fronting for the videos.
 
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