(CelebNMusic247-News) Patti LaBelle BLASTS ALL Alleged Divas
Patti LaBelle has some choice words for to everyone female artist who calls themselves a diva these days!
First off, we support Patti LaBelle 200% about the word Diva. The true definition of a Diva is a famous female opera singer. NOT a pop artist, NOT Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna or any woman who feels she is of that stature.
In R&B there are true Diva’s but they have and elegance to their voices, they sing deep from within and have a history of music in their catalogs of music. Beyonce is on her way there, but a Diva is someone older, in the 40’s or above, so until then they are NOT Divas, so we get Patti’s complaint and heart felt statement.
Recently, Patti was asked what it meant to her to be a diva, and she let the flood gates open:
“That word is used so loosely that I don’t even consider myself a diva. I always considered myself a woman who sings her heart out and who gives 120 percent. ‘Diva’ is a word that I wouldn’t wanna call myself because it’s so loosely used. It’s not cute anymore…[B]ecause all these little heifers who can’t sing are called divas! It doesn’t mean anything to me and probably to some of the other ladies who have been doing it for as long as I have: Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick. You know, I’m speaking for me – I don’t know if they like to be called divas – but I know I wouldn’t call them divas, because it’s not in good company…Now you can look up to them (Opera divas), but you might not see what you wanna see. A hot mess! People who are doing it and doing it with about 40 people on stage with them to hide their pitifulness – that’s not a word, but you know what I mean.”
Patti has officially made it clear -ya’ll fronting and none ya a Diva!
