Fab Morvan on the Rise and Fall of Milli Vanilli (Flashback)

In this VladTV Flashback from 2017, Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli sat down with DJ Vlad to talk about the storied history behind the rise and fall of the European group. Fab discusses what it was like grouping up overseas and how he met Rob, and details what led to the start of the duo. He reveals how they were forced by their producer to lip-sync and why it was important for them to give back their 'Best New Artist' Grammy. During the conversation, he details how the how thing affected his career, and what it was like losing Rob to an overdose.

[@stay_low_key]

This man is such a humbled being. I respect his flow. He comes in peace.

[@ottelisezipporah-isadora8070]

Well said.

[@zzergg8188]

Yeah was gonna say, what great energy. Chill dude

[@youdontsay2529]

He’s aged very well. He’s still very recognizable.

[@choosenickey7562]

He is a beautiful chocolate man

[@ItsBellum]

He's so fine, been fine my whole life

[@donrobinson5662]

I never knew this whole story from the person involved. I'm glad I listened to this. I never had bad feelings for them even after I knew the real story. Fab is a very intelligent man and I respect him for telling the story and letting the truth be known. Those guys went through alot that most people couldn't handle and Rob couldn't handle. I respect Fab to the utmost for this interview and I wish nothing but the best for him moving forward. Blessings bro!!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

This is probably my favorite interview from VLAD TV. Fabrice, thank you for being honest and charming for us. VLAD, please bring back Fab for a second interview. :)

[@CashFLG1]

Very boring and the view count proves

[@Oioisavaloy]

@@CashFLG1 it's a flashback and the original did numbers. Your mum is fat and the view count proves.

[@erichani1]

@@CashFLG1 why

[@severe28]

Seems like a very nice human being. Wish nothing but the best for him.👏🏼👍

[@theresenydahl9531]

Excellent interview, thank you. Milli Vanilli were truly good guys who were savagely exploited by Frank Farian, it most likely cost Rob his life. It's good to see Fabrice Morvan doing so well, I wish him love, success and happiness. I never had any bad feelings about it, I don't know anyone who really cared that much about it but media blew it out of proportion and shamed them so badly, very sad.

[@nfcboys1984]

What a cool dude.

[@beverleyreid563]

He looks amazing.

[@sheritacotton1999]

Amazing! 😍

[@livek9872]

I remember that era and that Milli Vanilli was actually quite popular for how they LOOKED in addition to how they sounded. You can't fake that! There are ways to work around the audio aspect of performance (especially live). Many artists don't sound as good live as they do in the studio. What happened to them was an example of what happens to vulnerable individuals at the mercy of those who don't have their best interest at heart.

[@traceystanley3554]

Great interview. I can’t imagine the burden they carried knowing they lip synced a song that blew up and having to continue the lie that won them a Grammy.

[@courtneylaster1630]

Wow this was so good I’m so glad I know the full story this man is beautiful inside and out. Skin care routine please??? I can’t wait to see the movie .

[@joecool9739]

This was one of his best interviews ever, along with the Micki Free interview

[@sethunyanikuru1079]

Yesssssss ❤️,and the 1st Mob James interview

[@michaelsmiley15]

What I like to fact about is that under the name Fabrice he has been able to perform all of milli Vanilli music and make money from it as he intended to and earn income to pay his bills and be happy and keep out of the business

[@tfs203]

When we used to have listen to FM radio, with a blank tape in the cassette player, ready to hit record.

[@angelalee-scott4520]

This is the one and only video I’ve ever watched full length. I’ve always loved Rob & Fab as Milli Vanilli and even when the truth came out, I didn’t care. I felt really bad for them though because people treated them so horribly. I especially lost it when Rob committed suicide. My prayer was that they’d let them both record the songs in their own voices so they’d have even more success worldwide. But………anyway, good to see Fab doing so well and I look forward to his future projects ❤

[@ThirtyThreeHipHop]

You know Vlad post Flashbacks when someone is trending. But I honestly never know something, or someone is trending until Vlad Post it. I'm going to look up Milli Vanilli now.

[@PREEM513]

My favorite interview you done vlad.

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

We need a Milli Vanilli biopic

[@chrismotions5932]

that’s why he posted this i think there’s one that was announced

[@mackpolite7711]

It's on the way

[@scrapcrumbs]

@@chrismotions5932 yeah they just released some pics of the actors playing them.

[@erehistruth2356]

@@scrapcrumbs They did

[@zejaguar]

One of the better interviews.

[@jaibanks7151]

Great interview. May Rob soul continue to Rest in paradise forever Ameen ya Allah 🤲🏼 ( All Love from oakland California )

[@kobusvanstaden3388]

I am happy your'e back in the Light. Sun on your face where lot's of new chapters awaits!

[@brendacarter4389]

Wow he hasn't aged

[@diningroomfish5470]

This guy is pretty cool, stay strong fab 🤛

[@Preppyabababa]

He’s a really cool, chill, well spoken dude. You can tell he is past the whole situation, is at peace with it and I can see he still enjoyed being a part of that story, even if things went down bad.

[@BedTalkTV]

Great interview.

[@pussycowgirl5767]

When I was 19 a mutual friend named Levi introduced me to rob on the phone and what I can say is he was a true gentleman I regret not meeting him in person and getting to know him better I wished I could have been more available to him as a friend I love them both though ☺️

[@MassGainingGuy]

Blame it on the rain!

[@bsmoove2]

I was a Soldier in Germany and I was working with Billy Allen and Robert Smith on Cameo's album in 1989 at the studio in Stuttgart where the real group that sang Girl You Know It's True, recorded. I felt sorry for Rob and Fab, I never said anything because of how I felt about the people that were doing them so wrong, and because not only was I a Soldier in Germany, I had been raised there because my father was in the Air Force. I guess I felt like they were my brothers because of that and I wanted to protect them.

[@pickleblog7334]

As great as those songs were I don't think they would have been as great without Rob and Fab. It's been 35 years, Rob would have gotten the love he craved, You were a good friend Fab, Glad you made it through and are blessed today

[@stevegarcia6285]

God bless u fab for being strong & having faith to tell the World your story!🙏🏼🤓😎

[@sooofisticated0499]

This is why DJ Vlad, despite my many disagreements with him, despite him being on the wrong side of a lot of issues, and provably so at this point, despite all this DJ Vlad is one of the most important podcasts on KZbin because he documents history that most ppl wouldn’t have access to otherwise. This interview is amazing

[@nickthomas6475]

What happened know ?

[@Billy.Ripken]

Did anyone die or not? Kill the speech

[@elizabetheverhart8287]

Rite on

[@terrellh9986]

Vlad interviews are time machines & mental illustrations

[@ngahuruharawira4134]

Amazing 👏 there is always 2 side's of a story😇 I loved their music 🎶🥰

[@erehistruth2356]

He posted this again because we got this Milli Vanilli movie coming out.

[@joandrahollis2511]

I never judged them either! So called talent now is doing what they were doing years ago! Such hypocrites!!!! RIP Rob P.

[@artkid9279]

Fan or not , this is the perfect story about how the music industry can screw you over being a new upcoming artist that every inspiring musician should take heed to

[@charrua59]

All the original artist got screw over. Not sure fab and his partner we're. They didn't have any musical skills back then. It's thank to the Germans producer opening the doors Fab has a career today.

[@dianevrules]

Girl You Know Its True

[@Drillah]

Hi Diane. You good?

[@f.1z197]

Brilliant interview..What's your Dietary plan pls.

[@h.c4898]

There is a biopic on the way.

[@RocStarr913]

There’s also a documentary going to be released on Paramount+.

[@BM8NY]

Why was it on side angle for so long lol STILL LOVE the songs. Period.

[@VidoGotBeats815]

Shout out to Vlad Tv 💯💯....

[@michaelanthony4522]

They were done dirty by everyone!

[@anthonymcken6050]

The backlash was outrageous and ultimately cost Rob his life. I can only imagine what the backlash would be like in this digital age on social media.

[@choosenickey7562]

He is so well spoken. This is why gals want to date foreign men . They are very professional

[@j.s1805]

Girl, you know it's true Ooh, ooh, ooh I love you Yes, you know it's true Ooh, ooh, ooh I love you Girl, you know it's true My love is for you Girl, you know it's true My love Girl, you know it's true Ooh, ooh, ooh I love you Yes, you know it's true Ooh, ooh, ooh I love you

[@Eric1935]

RIP MILLI VANILLI 🙏🙏🙏

[@FoshoTheOne]

🤣

[@bigolbabyhuey]

Gone but not forgotten... Rip 🙏

[@sethunyanikuru1079]

He's so beautiful ❤️,and I love his Inner-G,Y'all check his KZbin channel out....

[@migatron1]

Yo, if dude didn't hit the crazy amount of drugs he spoke about, he'd still look like he was in his 20's

[@tatucorreia]

Facts!

[@keelynellis8142]

the irony of milli vanilli setting the trend . Most major artist out right now sound nothing like their records live . all Auto tune and vocal effects

[@sheritacotton1999]

They realized how dumb the consumers are...

[@oshiniwickramasinghe1243]

a mistake was made and we are all humans. i'm glad fab is doing okay and rest in peace rob.

[@N8oRMusic]

I hate the music industry. And I'm a musician

[@broncoscountry7667]

Years later and I never realized they took the paid in full beat from Rakim for the girl you know it's true song

[@sethunyanikuru1079]

Wow 👍🏾

[@mitchellerby5273]

Yep

[@wj1213]

I remember M&V I was there for them times 🤔 man let me tell you it was awful when everyone found out

[@delanoblanco2248]

Best ever inter by vkad because vlad wasn't trying to be the main person

[@hoopsspill]

Off topic.. but it's really full diss songs as KZbin ads nowadays 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Northdallasguy00]

Sometimes the interviewer just needs to shut up and let the guys talk.

[@jarvaroushill2714]

If this happened today the internet would eat them up but they’d do a tell all book n move on, bro look cool n sounds like it was never his intention to fool anybody tho, like he got scammed n stuck in some bs.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

It is happening now with all of the watered down talent with autotune and singers u find out their crap when they sing live

[@h.c4898]

it was a different time. We had to wait music videos to come out on tv. The behind the scenes stuffs we see these days was completely foreign back in those days. If it was, I'm sure they would be careful. Can't judge either way. The social codes and its environment were completely different.

[@letrianglelumineux1949]

Girl u know its true...

[@sharony.vandenberg4381]

the older i get. the more i nderstand that much lies beneath the surface. i can say that for my own life. feel bad for these two. cringe to cheese factor of the time but groove to the way they moved...

[@sentelnbalivebolton7399]

girl you know its true.....

[@therookiesplaybook]

20:45 Did Vlad troll him by making him lipsync?

[@bigolbabyhuey]

*Before Milli Vanilla there was The Furious Five, who lip synced The Message by Duke Bootee*

[@jemiee9493]

The Message is by Duke Bootee AND Melle Mel ,who was Furious 5. So not quite right

[@CurrentRapCurrents]

1:15 important note: France is multicultural because they were very active in the enslavement of Africans and colonization of many countries, whos inhabitants became French-speaking and, some of which, return to France. Germany; well, they are land-locked were not AS active as France in slavery and colonization. As a result, their population isn't as multicultural from a cross-continental & integrated level. They do have a divers population, but primarily from foreign workers who don't integrate as "naturally" as the non-Franco French.

[@josweetlove1537]

@currentrapcurrents Germany also played their part in colonization in South West Africa and Namibia. They killed many of the Herero native people. France was the colonial master for many African nations and Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean. These nations paid a heavy price to France. Fab's parents came from Guadeloupe.

[@ElvisBeatz]

Vlad post boosie

[@cinejan]

He's very pretty boy, movements calculated...jacksonesque

[@tatucorreia]

Man, I'am sure is over 40 y. o 😉

[@user-tn6fg2du6v]

Did he pass away ?

[@fbr4801]

The other member Rob Pilatus passed way back in 1998

[@bigolbabyhuey]

@Aish I think Vlad is posting this because there's a Milli Vanilla biopic

[@cindi5092]

No, his music partner died of a drug overdose many years ago.

[@stephanreacts7808]

Did something happened to him

[@anthonytaylor7928]

All they did is set the tone for watered down talent nowadays because it's lot of milli vanillis out these days

[@vanessapierce231]

Bon soir Fabrice. After the scandal, why did you y Robert not have your own TV show interviewing musicians who got screwed over in the music world y then let them show their talent live on your show? I'm now reading that some people won't let their morals allow them to work with shady producers or managers. Your getting older y it's something, I think, worthwhile to consider. Do you still have ties with Arsenal Hall? Perhaps he'll help you open doors. How does this sound? " The Fabrice Morvan show"? Your not getting younger either. Have a big huge photo blown up of you y Rob as you interview behind you y even a milli vanilli mini museum y gift shop. He struggled a lot so have a heart, after all his face helped launch your careers. Right? 👍🇮🇱 Jewish advise usually y strongly pans out. My warmest regards from Massachusetts.

[@tatucorreia]

I wish Rob had been stronger..... I could tell in Fabrice's eyes in their pictures he never really bought into it fully. That's why his fall didn't kill him. Rob was completely banked in this whole thing. He thought that was it. A big lie! God never gives you more than you can handle. They bit a rotten apple and just needed to learn from it.

[@ElvisBeatz]

First

[@pichi2238]

Frank Farian is dead, the snake is dead.

[@Billy.Ripken]

Milli Vanilli died last year

[@tatucorreia]

Who died? That's the name of the band. Fabrice? The guy on the interview?

[@slimtimesl.l.c4614]

They ain't invent nothing Vlad T.V Stop Cappin" they were fake singing or whatever? you call that B.S they tried to pull off...Tryin too put them in the same Category as "B.B.D" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you Wildin Sun'...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣......💯🥤✌️

[@RocStarr913]

They may not have invented rap, but they introduced it to a lot of new people. For many non-black people at that time, Milli Vanilli was their first album with rapping in it.

[@randyperfecto7468]

Damn shame fake hair and music, Frank should have allowed them to sing on there own. All parties at fault. RIP Milli Vanilli

[@slimtimesl.l.c4614]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.....💯✌️

[@RocStarr913]

He was never going to let that happen. He completely hoodwinked Rob & Fab into signing a contract without a lawyer or manager, Fab couldn’t even read the contract because it was in German and wasn’t fluent in the language at the time, and used them for their looks.