Fans Roll Eyes at Mariah Carey’s ‘Hip Hop Honors’ Performance: ‘More Like Mariah Carry’ (Video)
Fans are shaking their heads after Mariah Carey delivered the centerpiece performance tonight during VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors,” a recreation of her iconic 1997 hit video “Honey.” You can watch a sample of the performance above, or the entire thing here.
Featuring several guest performers including Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat, it should have been the stand-out moment of the whole show. And it was, but not for the reasons every probably hoped — instead, it ended up being a repeat of Mariah’s now-infamous New Year’s Eve 2016 performance.
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From the obvious use of a backing track as Mariah sang, to her largely stationary performance, accentuated by the energetic guests and several backup dancers, Twitter was largely side-eying the whole thing.
Mariah Carey and her dancer during her performance #HipHopHonors pic.twitter.com/9ZhdQY6apa
— Tamarya Stone (@TamaryaStone) September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey? More like Mariah Carry amirite #HipHopHonors
— ✖Liz✖ (@eliz_beth99) September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey is such a lazy performer, like damn can you two step or something #HipHopHonors pic.twitter.com/DlWkOyevzQ
— LENA (@_sdm24) September 19, 2017
Cardboard move more than Mariah Carey. #hiphophonors
— E. Money (@eb_so_major) September 19, 2017
They be moving Mariah Carey around the stage like a piece of furniture.
— Ethan Krane (@theEthanKrane) September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey is me. Doing the bare minimum when it matters and the most when I don't have to. Hello. It me.
— vern (@DopeChubbyChick) September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey at the #HipHopHonors pic.twitter.com/gijZx9nzFE
— Don't @ Me (@DontYouAtMe) September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey: yeah, I'll perform, but just know I'm not doing any dance moves and I'm going to sit through half of it. #HipHopHonors pic.twitter.com/VyvKxgkXXj
— Gregory J-B (@mistergjb) September 19, 2017
Luckily, not everyone was down on Mariah for her unusual performance. Many noted that she’s a singer, not a dancer, and others noted in particular that she’s going to be laughing all the way to the bank.
The gp suddenly thinks @MariahCarey , one of the greatest vocalists* of all time, is a dancer? You pathetic fucks will reach for anything ???? pic.twitter.com/NsUzO7ZryL
— Shady Like Mariah (@queenofshadeMC) September 19, 2017
So proud of the queen of hip-hop #MariahCarey #HipHopHonors @MariahCarey pic.twitter.com/zuiBH4OYTA
— IG:@leeashtonbuckton (@LeeBuckton) September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey "stood there" and collected almost a million dollar check
You're putting all of this energy in bashing her for free pic.twitter.com/ABY8OxqTzz
— Leya (@Leyaranae) September 19, 2017
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