Denise Matthew aka Vanity & Benjamin Jimerson-Phillips inLittle Rock, Arkansas

[@chelsabailey1018]

Thank you for posting!!! LOVED me some Vanity/Denise Matthews when I was a kid!!! LOVE her STILL!!! R.I.H.

[@BigHeeboMane]

she spoke like a person with a beautiful heart. may her soul rest peacefully ❤️🌹🕊

[@inesfranceware]

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing

[@MaryLou913]

What a happy spirit she had! 🌹

[@aavantibeauty]

Thanks for the upload Benjamin Jimerson-Phillips. I have been watching her religious rants and she seems to be in a happier place than the drugs. I always feared for her safety. I felt she was too trusting and went along with whomever was broken like she was. I feel she knew that shes was going to get hooked on drugs, but she could not control herself. As smart as she was the drugs were too strong and I think she got a "bad bag" and that is what put her in the hospital.

[@TasmanianWolves]

It's true that she reverted back to Crack use. She was getting by off of Social Security Income and was really raising money on GoFundMe to support her addiction. It's no coincidence that she passed on the day of the BET AWARDS either.

[@MaryLou913]

@@TasmanianWolves Don't spread lies stupid!

[@venusbaptiste8210]

She still seems to be using here. I think her real problem was she was bipolar or had addictive personality disorder.

[@benjaminjimerson-phillips6343]

Her addiction started just before her relationship with Michael Jackson. That in part was what undermined their relationship.

[@benjaminjimerson-phillips6343]

@@TasmanianWolves She had a relapse back in 1993, which led to Hospitalization with a stroke, and kidney failure. After God blessed her to regain her health, she never looked back to drugs, and faithfully witnessed for Jesus Christ til the day she died. She did receive social security (she was 58 & disable due to her health condition). However her social security, and limited book sales was NOT because she didn’t have options. It was because she chose God over the World. She turned down warner brothers for $1 Million Dollars, for her official story on Vanity 6 for a movie. She said no, because she didn’t want to promote or glamorize the sexual aspect of vanity 6. Because I was her Agent/Road Manager, and had produced Katt Williams first movie and a couple others. She asked me if I would produce her Vanity story, and place an emphasis on her life after her encounter with Christ. She was sold out for JESUS!!!!!

[@joshuac5201]

What church in LR was this at?

[@benjaminjimerson-phillips6343]

University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff