Overview

• In a new Power 106 Brown Bag Mornings interview, Carey recounted a brief backstage exchange with Tupac at the 1996 American Music Awards.
• She said his “Hi, Mariah” greeting—after stepping out of a white Rolls-Royce—left her with “more than butterflies.”
• Hosting the show that night, she kept moving between segments while hoping to cross paths with him again.
• Carey said she wanted to record with Tupac and would have collaborated with him had he lived, noting she later nodded to him on her 1999 track How Much.
• Asked about a potential romance, she replied “I wish,” with outlets noting the remarks come as she readies a new album, Here For It All, for September 26 and receives the 2025 MTV Video Vanguard Award.