Blind Item

...because I know you all hate them.


FROM RICHES TO RAGS:

This black female celebrity grew up in a single parent home. Her mother was a junkie and often forced her assistance in tying a belt around her arm before she shot up.

To makes matters worse, her mom would demand she (tie the belt) in front of friends.

When she attended high school, she attracted all of the boys due to her good looks but she ignored them because she wanted to stay focused on her goal-she was going to be famous one day.

She would immerse herself in Right-On magazine and made a vow to herself that she would one day grace their pages.

When she told her friends of her aspirations, they often rolled their eyes and laughed in her face.

She hooked up with a guy in Los Angeles, they both had dreams of fame and both would achieve their goals.

He tried to be abusive towards her but she fought him back, hard. After they broke up, they continued to work together. He started dating women he could abuse.

Her big break came when she released her solo effort which went platinum. Sadly, her attitude changed, she didn't have time for childhood friends and she purchased a big fancy home and often traveled overseas on shopping sprees.

She also got involved with a famous married man, broke up his marriage, got pregnant on him and then dumped him.

She has always been openly bi-sexual but the press ignored this part of her life due to her looks and feminine appearance. At a bay area concert, she even spoke of the problems she was having with a live-in girlfriend at the time. The audience thought she was joking.

She was basically a one hit wonder and she would lose her home to foreclosure and her luxury car would be repossessed.

Promoters have asked her to perform on old school tours, although she needs the money, her ego is so out of control, she refuses unless she is the headliner, which is impossible because she doesn't have enough hits to headline.

When she does get gigs, she has a crackhead relative who acts as her manager. He tries to intimidate promoters by asking them to pay her entire fee up front, when the tactic doesn't work, they settle for half up front.

Times must be really hard, because she performed three shows recently and wore the same outfit for each show and she was seen walking after each show, to a nearby hotel. She couldn't even afford a cab or a limo.

Hint: Very well known.