The Few Times When There’s No Hoax
Short post for the flow of news, which isn’t an often occurrence for me to write, since I’m not about racing for a scoop. I am, however, for the enlightening of people’s knowledge and for the music world, so here we are.
I have run across several different types of sources via Google within the last five minutes, that mention “RIP Whitney Houston.” Houston was a long-standing, strongly established Pop, Soul and R&B figure in the music and film industries, known for her self-empowering lyrics (see below) and conversely, heavy struggles with drinking and drug addiction. Already, the phrase is trending on Twitter and I immediately made known that I was scouring the internet for findings of sincere validity to this claim, as it’s no new phenomenon for “RIP” Twitter trends to appear for no reason but someone’s senseless amusement.
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| Twitter’s New York Trending Topics as of 10:30PM EST. Every topic is connected to Whitney Houston. Clive Davis was even speculated to have cancelled his annual pre-Grammy party that is scheduled to happen in Beverly Hills tonight. It will carry on –a gathering focused on remembering and honoring her. |
Alas, this is not one of those times. With names like Billboard reporting it on their Twitter and (just now) a tweet also via E! Online from Houston’s official rep confirming the news, the industry and the world has lost another far reaching, influential celebrity and strong-willed person, at a far too young age.
At the moment it doesn’t seem like an official (or even un-official) cause has been circulated but I’m sure more details will be pouring out within the coming days.
**Whitney Houston – August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012**
Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” (1999)
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