Mariah Carey Shades Jennifer Lopez In New Memoir As She Reveals How Their Feud Started

Here’s where Jennifer, 51, enters the story. The popular actress had found musical success with her 1999 debut On the 6 and was following it up with a 2001 album J.Lo at Sony with Tommy. Mariah claims that her ex-husband tried to “sabotage” the Glitter soundtrack when he got wind of her choosing to sample Yellow Magic Orchestra’s 1978 song “Firecracker”on Glitter‘s lead single, “Loverboy.”

“That did not go unnoticed by Sony executives (and spies),” she writes. “After hearing my new song, using the same sample I used, Sony rushed to make a single for another female entertainer on their label (whom I don’t know).” Sure enough, a sample of “Firecracker” showed up on Jennifer’s single “I’m Real” off of her second album.

Mariah then goes on to claim that she and Ja Rule had been working on a remix before Tommy found out and interfered with that collaboration. She claims her ex phoned “his manager Irv Gotti, asking him and Ja to collaborate on a duet for the same female entertainer’s record — leaving me to scurry and remake the song.” That same female’s record would be J.Lo, which featured a remix of “I’m Real” featuring you guessed it, Ja Rule!

Mariah didn’t end up working with Ja Rule, instead using a sample Cameo‘s 1986 smash “Candy” in a “Loverboy” remix and and Da Brat came aboard for a “blistering and very real rap on the remix,” Mimi writes. “And after all that sh*t, “Loverboy” ended up being the best-selling single of 2001 in the United States,” the songbird ended her chapter, while declaring “I’m real,” leaving a parting shot at Jennifer.