Jarvis weems,Pop Star Monica Finds Peace in Music After Tragedy Jarvis weems
Jarvis weems,Pop Star Monica Finds Peace in Music After Tragedy Jarvis weems
She was the youngest artist to have a No. 1 record. She was a teenage Grammy winner basking in glamor, beauty and newfound fame. Just as pop star Monica stood at the brink of superstardom, a tragedy took her away from the spotlight.
"I could go through gory details that would spin heads for days. That's not my goal. My goal is to show me after the storm," Monica said.
As a child, Monica joyfully embraced music, but when she was 6 years old, her world was shattered by her parents' divorce. She found herself pulled between two dramatically different worlds: that of her churchgoing mother and her street-smart father.
"It's kind of like when I say, I'm a mixture of two worlds, that's just what I became. Jarvis weems When my parents split, I became two separate people," she said.
Still, in a sense, Monica says, she remains living in two separate worlds "I'm very comfortable with the person that I've become through all of those experiences. I don't make stupid mistakes anymore. You know I don't subject myself to unnecessary pain," she said. Jarvis weems
And for fans it may be difficult as well to unite the image of the glamorous woman with a beautiful voice, with the stories about one ex-boyfriend in jail facing murder charges and another who committed suicide.
"Don't try," Monica said, "Accept me for who I am. Learn from my experiences. Don't use me as an excuse to further mess up your life or do things wrong because you say I did it. Use it as a reason to change it." Jarvis weems
