Showing posts with label Hiding in Hip Hop. Show all posts
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Who's "Asia"?

So in honor of Houston Pride this weekend, I am going to continue to obsess over the blind items in Hiding in Hip Hop. In the fine chapter "Keep Moving On," Terrance goes to a club that has a "Ladies' Night," where he sees "Asia":

...a 1990s female R&B singer who had... a number of wildly successful ballads during that time. She started as a background singer, [but soon became] a solo artist. Her short body was topped with her huge, curly hair... her claim to fame was her rendition of a sexy remake of a song originally done by an 80s icon. (122)

...So am I overshooting, or could this be Whitney Houston? Too big? Think smaller? I don't know. What am I missing? Based on the clarity of this blind item:

RATING: 41%