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Brandy's Phases: From Church Kid to R&B Queen

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Brandys memoir, Phases, reveals her journey from church kid to R&B queen, including her secret relationship with Wanya Morris, clashes with Kanye West, and a near-marriage to Robert Smith. She also shares her struggles with fame, including an abusive relationship, a diet pill breakdown, and her last call with Whitney Houston. Through it all, Brandy embraces her phases of pain, growth, and power, proving shes always been real beneath the spotlight.

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Brandy's Phases: From Church Kid to R&B Queen

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Brandy's Phases: From Church Kid to R&B Queen. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's March 31st. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. Brandy just dropped her memoir, phases, spilling tea on her rise from church kid to R&B Queen. Key bombshells include confirming her romance with Boys 2. Men's Wanya Moore started when she was 16 and he was 22, plus a clash with Kanye West over her Aphrodisiac album, where the label forced his track as the lead single without her say. She details how Wanya mentored her at first, but things heated up on tour after their broken hearted video, leading to a secret relationship they hid. To dodge scandal, it crashed when he admitted cheating, leaving her feeling played at just 16. Meanwhile, she opens up about an abusive tie with a backup dancer who turned jealous and cutting after her tour wrapped. These stories hid hard, showing the toll of fame when a young black girl breaking barriers with Moesha and her debut album. Her family and label warned against duetting the boy's mind with Monica, fearing it

at spark fake beef, but it became a massive Grammy winner despite the drama that followed. Brandy also shares nearly joining Scientology during a diet pill breakdown. Her last emotional call with Whitney Houston hours before her death in 2012, and faking a marriage to produce her Robert Smith to protect her good girl image after getting pregnant with daughter Si-Rai. Through it all, phases paint Brandy owning her phases of pain, growth, and power, proving she's always been real beneath the spotlight.

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