What's The Beef Between Brenda K Starr & India?!

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I am a huge fan of India. And I also agree that India is a much better singer than Brenda K. Star. I have both their salsa albums but have only worn out India's.
 
I Still Believe.......Brenda is Off Da' Hook!!!!

Hey I love Brenda and I love India's song "Dancing On The Fire" it's a freestyle classic but I did hear a lot of negative things about India years ago from people who knew her from the bronx. I don't have anything against any of them because I know that India is a great singer with a voice of her own, but then again Brenda also has a great voice with classic songs, I mean " I Still Believe" and "Breakfast In Bed" are essential Classics. 😀 🙂 😀
 
Brenda K vs. India

Finally! I am back after a year or so...

Jack G.. I know you've been sending me all those e-mails for sunday night chats..But I've been busy working my new self owned business...

NOW TO THE QUESTION AT HAND!

I agree with:

MARKLUVZCYNTHIA

when he said:

"it's probably cuz their always in the same genres and sound so much alike!"

My brother (bassist) does gigs with her in NYC and I served as a band boy once and heard her practicing...AND I SAID the SAME THING and she looked at me as if I blew up Puerto Rico or something, geez...

She doesn't hate INDIA, I think she's tired of being compared...
 
Hey didnt anyone got to see Celebrity Boxing...how about...

nevamind. :stoned

~Antonio 😀
 
😱 All wanna say is I grew up where Brenda did. I know who she is who her family is. Although I am proud for her doing her thang I got to say that I agree that she is more than a little star struck. Her mom still lives in the projects where we grew up. No bulls!@#*!. Kinda makes you think uh why? Shouldn't Brenda have hooked her up? Yeah well who knows. I think that India is more humble and she definitly has more talented. Listen to Brenda she sings alot with her nose. India with her heart. Don't get me wrong I do love Brenda but there is just no comparison. For real!
 
😱 I gotta agree that they do not sound alike at all. Come on now it takes good listening skills to know the difference, and believe me there is. Huge Difference
 
Back in the summer of 1997, I dated this guy who practices in the santeria religion. His godfather in the religion was ALSO the godfather and manager of BOTH Brenda K. Starr and India. Now, here's what I was told: Brenda was his favorite. He had booked Brenda for a performance in Paris, and India wanted to be booked as well. He refused, and this pissed her off ROYALLY! They were constantly at each other's throats, each one demanding that the manager release the other. Apparently, India was disenchanted by receiving only $500 for her cover of "Run Away" on the Nuyorican Soul album, so she agreed to perform at Krash for the price of $10,000, and was paid in advance, only to cancel at the last second. This turned out to be the last straw for the manager, so he quit, and remained with Brenda. He pointed out that India was a chronic liar, bringing up a time where she was being interviewed on a spanish tv show. On the show she states that she was with her grandmother during her last moments alive, yet the manager told me that HE was the one who told her about her grandmom's death. Also, he told me that her marriage was just a ploy to cover up the fact that she's a LESBIAN!!!
 
Oh shitttttttttttt!!! That is some deep stuff Bklyn345. No matter what there is always gonna be jealousy,envy,& rivalry in the music industry. Especially two POPULAR talent singers who sarted out in the same music genre and ended up in the same music genre. So in a way I can understand how there is competion going on. I love them both the same and will continuing loving them and their music forever.
 
So finally....Wow, all I can say is Bklyn, you better not be starting some rumor. I find this to be very shocking. Well, the things you said not many people know about. You hooked us up really well. Maybe we should get el gordo y la flaca to scope this stuff out and make this chisme official. Give Univision a call you know and not leave them hanging. lol. But hey, on a serious note I will always love them both. They are extremely talented and hope to see them both break out in the english market soon, like they did then. Brenda has one single called temptation from her new album tentacion thats sounds excellent. Could this mean the future release of an english album???.....Hmmmmmm Man I still can't get my eyes off her beautiful legs on the cd cover....Got Damn!!! She still beautiful if not more beautiful then back when~!
 
wow brklyn...
the things u posted are so unfounded in so many levels.
first of all...india did perform that year at krash(believe me..i have pictures).
second...i doubt that she only got paid $500 to do Runaway...but then again...what if she did it for free...big deal. after all..it was her ex husband's(and still friend) lil loui's project.
and lastly...saying that her marriage was a hoax to cover up her "lesbian" ness is ridiculous. after all..they were married for 10 yrs....and she later dated her musical arranger for a few yrs as well. but even if she is a lesbian...so what??? what does that have to do with brenda k. starr??
and Lamatrix..i agree with you about da projects...lol. i remember seeing brenda once at da puerto rican parade and her momz was there with her at that time 3 kids. all i can say is that it was a very ghetto moment. it's obvious that brenda hasn't made much money in her salsa career. i mean...her last 2-3 albums have totally flopped.and she was on an independant label where she was the only well known artist. it's only now that she's on Sony..so maybe she'll finally make some dough. all i can say is that i doubt that india is envious of brenda. after all..with india's voice..hits..respect in the salsa industry and the fact that she just bought a house in puerto rico for over a million dollars....i know i wouldn't worry about some small competition.
 
that is true Junito.

I personally love them both, have met both, & have hung out with both & have all their stuff.

There's obviously was some beef here n' there, .... but it seems old.

In the Univision interviews (which I have), I dont recall Brenda dissing India.
She plainly stated in other words:
..."I have heard people say that India & me have some beef, not true. I have known India for many years & if she would ever like to do a duet with me, I will be more than happy to. If she does , she does.
& If she doesn't, ...she doesn't".



India had said:
I have known Brenda for many years, & I always noticed although she released some Freestyle, she was more in the "Pop" market than the Latin Hip-Hop stuff the rest of us were into back then. I have nothing against her. I was just bothered that I once heard a radio staion here in NYC call her the new "Queen Of Salsa", when we all know that is Celia Cruz, & she deserves that respect. Then again that was not Brenda's fault".


So maybe there was some beef between them in the past, ... now there over it, but peeps keep tryin' to pit them against eachother.


I DUNNO????

But I love them both!!!!
Thats all that I care about!!!
 
I don't think it should really matter because they are both enormously talented latin women that have achieved a great level of success in the "english" and "spanish" music market place so for that they both deserve mad respect. I think the rivalry that people say they had or have or whatever is based on negativity that others like to create for the simple reason that they both were similar with their successes and some of their music. It's the way this world is and it's sad but it's true, Brenda and India are both incredible singers with "classic" songs that will be embeddled in our minds and hearts forever.

Let the "MUSIC" replace the "DRAMA"

:switch :yeey
 
You're absolutely right....it shouldn't matter if India is a lesbian or not cuz I got much love for the girl..as for Brenda, I love her too, and I should also point out that she and the manager have since parted ways, and it was not amicable. So maybe she did have a diva-esque attitude, since she was his fave. But there's a saying: there's truth to every rumor, and being that i got the info from two people that were close to both women.....it makes me wonder. But this is 97. What's keeping the Brenda-India feud going today, i don't know why.
 
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