Reclaiming Your Life | Mariah Carey on Street You Grew Up On

On our season 2 finale of Street You Grew Up On, Kerry Washington travels the globe with the icon, legend, and “citizen of the world,” Mariah Carey. The rightfully proclaimed “Queen of Christmas” takes us on an eclectic journey of her worldly upbringing and how she redefined what home means to her. After overcoming adversity, she was sure of two things: music is her home and her fans are her family.
About Street You Grew Up On: Simpson Street is where our journey begins. It’s the street that Kerry Washington’s mom grew up on in The Bronx, NY. Through this social series, Kerry Washington interviews artists, influencers and industry experts to uncover their origin stories, amplify our common humanity and affirm the value of every individuals' journey, beginning with the “street you grew up on...”
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[@kirathelightworker]

“The people that raise us can only do what they can with the tools they have. At some point we have to decide that we’re going to finish raising ourselves.” YESSSSSS ✨

[@evabrandao7308]

Yes. I loved that. Real talk

[@santaramartin]

So good 👏🏽

[@k.h.a.l.i.l.]

and for many ppl i wish the tool they would have used is a condom lol

[@tomasgarcia7499]

Very true

[@drewm.2790]

Period

[@thatgirlinokc3975]

Honestly one of the best Mariah Carey interviews. She was comfortable and open, also she seemed to feel appreciated and “seen”. Kerry you have a wonderful way about you that brings out the best of people in all of these interviews

[@hellobecky84]

yes, yes! havent seen MC quite this warm and open in an interview; she and Kerry seemed to really connect.

[@DanteRiccelli1]

Mariah been a fan of Kerry for a while... I love when queens are friends

[@maggiegarnier2725]

I totally agree. I was thinking the same thing.

[@vanessaaguilar0501]

I agree

[@Willlll1m]

Love how publicly open Mariah is since the release of her memoirs, everyone needs to read that book and learn more about her history... what an incredible woman

[@TheBrownIsland]

It's all out there so she can Freely speak, but I've been following her since the 90s and she's *_ALWAYS_* been Open. Die-hard Fans who follow her know this.

[@Willlll1m]

@@TheBrownIsland I feel like she was up until a certain point of her career then she became way more guarded but recently she has spoken a lot more open publicly it's like a weight has been lifted now the memoir is out

[@RyanB_Journeys]

This hits so deep for me. I always felt alone growing up and Mariah Carey's music carried me through. I would literally not be here today if it wasn't for her music. I could feel that she understood how I felt. She has unknowingly saved so many lives.

[@crybaby373]

Same for me, she's my lifesaver

[@nycgirltee]

It makes me smile to know that I'm not alone. She said music raised her and her music raised us! ❤

[@giulianacr2638]

Same here, her music has been with me through the worst of times, she connects with all of us through music 💛

[@malakrose4116]

me too 🌹

[@jm7174]

I couldn’t have written it better myself.

[@jordansthoughts54]

She literally raised me through her music growing up and is like a family member in my head!! She will forever be an important part of my life! Love MC Internally!!

[@Queen_D33]

The Queen said "Fans equal home" I love you even more Mariah your music has gotten me through some of the toughest times of my life!

[@ec-3po]

The legend herself!! I swear she doesn’t age. So beautiful and timeless. I just saw a vid of her w her kids….I can’t believe how big they’ve gotten❤

[@imback936]

Aging is apart of life.. Mariah is definitely aging at 53 she should accept it .. her face, body, and weigh have changed

[@musicworldnow365]

@@imback936 If you have nothing positive to offer, offer nothing.

[@imback936]

@@musicworldnow365 what is negative about aging? Mariah is human just like anyone else if people stoped idolizing and praising these celebrities they would see that

[@musicworldnow365]

@@imback936 Are you that blind to the tone of your own words? Reread your comment again, and pay close attention to the end of your comment. Idol worship has nothing to do with this and it was never mentioned nor implied.

[@imback936]

@@musicworldnow365 if you didn’t like what I commented no one forced you to reply to me… I could careless about you trying to police some else comment section.. what did I say false all of those things have changed about her she is aging like any other human

[@kjh4496]

The general public now knows what the Lambily has know for years, that MC put all her life experiences into the music and let it fly. The “Diva” is a persona just for laughs. There will never be another, MC often imitated but never duplicated.

[@carolinebesancon8827]

Mariah was my best friend in kindergarten at Thomas J Lehey in Huntington, NY. I have very fond memories of her and her cats 🐈 . It was such a shock when I realized who she was. I hadn’t seen her since I was 7 at her birthday party. I had moved to New York City when I was 6 and I came out especially for her party and that was the last time I saw her. I have pictures from that time somewhere. I was living on the upper east side and going to college and there was a music store on third Avenue between 80th and 81st street and her first album was in the window. On a stand and I remember recognizing her name, because it was so unique. I was old enough that I had forgotten her last name, and it had been so long I didn’t recognize her face at all. I bought her tape and had it up at school with me, so I was already a fan. The next time I was home I was staying at my sister’s house. Love Takes Time came on VH-1 and the second I saw her face moving and her profile I realized immediately who she was, it all came together. You could have knocked me over with a feather, I was completely stunned. I had no idea she was musical or that her mother was an opera singer. I have always loved her music and still do. I miss you and love you Mariah. Such a sweet, kind friend. ❤️🦋

[@tnt01]

Cool

[@amimirz5444]

Beautiful memory. Hopefully you’ll reconnect someday ❤

[@U2willB]

Mariah is a survivor. I wish her MORE success and happiness. 💕👑

[@mariesha7692]

I love hearing that she's Irish and black because I am also. When I was growing up they didn't have mixed singers that I could look up to. I'm just glad I can relate to Mariah, I love to see this beautiful woman thrive.

[@adamb9057]

I think kerry did a great job..she didnt just throw some questions but she asked them from her heart..❤❤❤

[@tumiemat]

Mariah felt at home in this interview... Kerry is warm and open...I love love love this interview

[@carlosfernandez6105]

sounds like she’s confirming that this new project is a Gospel album

[@maurice1263]

Looking back think the charmbracelet era should have been a gospel album

[@micahdeasis2769]

Kerry deserves her own show. This is exemplary of what a host should be like. Funny, charming, grounded, authentic, and relatable.

[@marunq.g.7557]

Thank you Kerry, this is a true interview. You went deep but with always so much respect to the Legend herself Mariah Carey. Thank you for being so lovely and respectful. And to Mariah, we love you queen, thank you for your music, every song, every lyric, every note that have reached and touched me, Im so grateful. I love you MC!!! 🦋❤

[@jalonwatts]

It is one of the best interviews Mimi has done because she was evidently so comfortable and interested. It’s gorgeous to witness Mariah looking SO GORGEOUS ❤😊 AND HAPPY!!! We love your amazing interviewing skills and incredible empathy. Please keep shining your LUMINOUS LOVELY light Ms. Washington and Ms. Carey ❤

[@jalonwatts]

YESSSS KERRY AND MARIAH HOW ARE WE TO HANDLE THIS AMOUNT OF BEAUTY AND GOD GIFTED TALENT?????!!!!!!😅❤🎉 😍💝🥰

[@robins.diocares6516]

When Mariah said, "Fans equal home to me as well.." As a lambily, I 🥲🥰 Another best and honestly comfortable interviews of her I've seen by far. Hoping for more views count. The modern world needs to see this! Thank you Ms. Kerry Washington for doing this. Love you always, Mariah! 🦋🌻💛

I love how you give your guests time to just talk, without interrupting them! Great talk with Mariah! 🥰

[@paulbernard2785]

"Citizen of the World, dahling"...absolutely love Mariah❤...thank you, Kerry, for a wonderful interview

[@talon3684]

Like Kerry, my father's family is from Jamaica and in my grandmother's lineage, it traces back into Ireland as one of my distant great grandmothers was once a slave ended up marrying a white Irishman. My grandmother's complexion was the same as Mariah's. I can definitely identify with the term of Black Irish having ancestral ties. Love me some Mariah and glad to come across this interview for a deep dive into one of my earliest crushes. Her debut album was the first ever CD I bought. She's always going to be a Queen for me.

[@MalXavier]

Mariah is literally always glowing, i love it!

[@paigeelson]

This was truly such a beautiful interview 🥹. Kerry has such a profound way of interviewing/wording things and this felt like such a special and intimate moment. Happy Mariah shared everything she did and I got to see two of my favorite people together 😍🙌

[@giulianacr2638]

Wish I could just give her a hug 🤗 her music has comforted me for years, through the worst, ty Mariah 💛

[@aranielleb7718]

Love love how Mimi stays loving her pets.

[@leti9130]

Wasn't expecting to get teary-eyed 🥺 Great interview, your voice is so relaxing and Mariah is incredible.

[@odettetheswanprincess7349]

That hair is so gorgeous.

[@Selaledi]

I love what the Fresh Air fund is about✨️❤️

[@brianquentonthorne7256]

I love this interview. Kerry is amazing and Mariah is very sincere and real.

[@LaVidaesfria_]

Legend in the Room!!! What a Stunning Grounded soul Mariah Carey is. It takes a lot of courage to be as vulnerable as her. I also have the Book ❤ Help me learn more about her through the music as well I really connected and resonated with her.(Especially Her early 90s songs I’m obsessed).

[@josueonirem]

Let’s go, what a legendary talk! Two queens just chatting it up 🍷🤩

[@tashnahtv6098]

Mariah Carey: The woman I tried to imitate vocally all though my teenage hood. Who am I kidding? I'm way past that age and I still do it. It's in interviews like this that you get to see people for who they are moreso... human beings. Thank you Olivia... I mean... Kerry... 😁.

[@natalie7465]

So Gladiator here,It's Handled & That's 💯 percent Exactly,what #KerryWashington did here ... She Handled her 👏 business by doing an interview with my favorite Songtress & Songwriter,the iconic elusive Butterfly 🦋 #MariahCarey.- This interview was nice,Thankyou Mariah for agreeing to do it,I appreciate & enjoyed listening to this interview with two of my favorites,what a pleasant surprise. !!!

[@cynthiafrybarger4657]

Thank you for another incredible conversation! I love and admire Mariah’s openness about her life 🦋🦋🦋 I found “We have to finish raising ourselves” such an interesting thought. I also loved learning about the Gaelic origin of your name Kerry… “Little Dark One” 💞💞💞

[@kerrywashingtonvideo]

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[@potentielisis8991]

kerry this weekend i watched ray again and discovered what a great actress you are..

[@levantineking98]

I absolutely love this. Two amazing inspirational women that I look up to ❤️😍 👏🏼

[@ethantownsend458]

I found Kerri more inspiring. She said that line about raising yourself and I had to pause and then listen to it again and reflect. She was being nice when she said parents do the best that they can. BUT even if they sucked we have to pick up the slack as adults and finish raising ourselves. Things like proper nutrition to finding healthy relationships with other humans. That was a good line she said.

[@Ernie1978]

Two brilliant and talented women. I really enjoyed this so much. We love you, ladies!!

[@LesterPGrant]

This was so much fun to watch! Y'all had such ease and respect for each other. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing!

[@irvinbohac8460]

Kerry, I have to say that this is such a nice segment and love the theme built around this; you are a really great interviewer and you should really pursue this fully. I love it, and we love you!

[@EddieDahhhling]

This was so enjoyable to watch. I love their friendship and the ease this had. 😍😍😍

[@livai1915]

Hopefully people would see mariah as more than the diva singer the majority knows her for..people who really dive into her music and lyrics would realise that she's such a beautiful sensitive soul who really went through a lot but still managed to get to the other side.. some of her songs have litteraly saved lives: outside/close my eyes/petales/im free/through the rain/make it happen..........

[@florencecantabaco4959]

i am mariah's fan from the philippines and working now and living here in japan.i always bring with me her cd's with me and buy something new of her album here and lately her BOOK❤️i love watching all of her interviews like this❤️ hi mimi...... love you as always❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Sachistar7591]

The KERRY/CAREY Ireland trip needs to happen

[@mimi817499]

Mariah is such an inspiration to me especially after reading her memoirs and seeing everything she overcame to be the star she is today.

[@lubrian]

My Queen Mariah 🤎🦋

[@susanciaramella9472]

Mariah is wonderful!!!

[@AliKhan-yx1dy]

She's beautiful MC ♥️ Song machine 💯 She stil looks like 1997 she never ages just icon

[@jordansthoughts54]

Impeccable MC ! Love her forever and always

[@aryanakurillo3536]

Music is our family, our therapy, our comfort place also. Mariah's music is how we connect with her, relate to her, feel close to her. She's our family. #lambily.

[@malizee2264]

Beautiful! Thank you so much for this! ❤ Can we all appreciate her closet organized by color?? ❤❤❤ Butterfly is my fave album too ❤ Wow, I love what you said about how we finish where our parents left off and continue parenting ourselves into adulthood. Yes! Omg MC loves nag champa!

[@applecandyfolks7979]

The energy from kerry's channel is so soothing and calming to the spirit. this is the only interview i've seen mariah on being so calm and relating

[@BN2K]

I love Mariah Carey; it’s great to hear her talk about some of her experience

[@jamilahhendricks7681]

Omggg Kerry girlllll!!! You have a KZbin channel?!? ❤️ Omggg I’m so happy and so proud of you! I love you girl 💕 and this interview with the Legendary Mariah Carey 😍 I love it here! I love both of y’all ❤️ New subbie!

[@peacelight7858]

Mariah is so authentic 💐👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿💜

[@baglady2652]

Two Queens

[@makeitcount8164]

❤❤thank you. So great, regardless of what she has going on she is still a beautiful person.

[@okayimbackwhateverjones]

She's beautiful, she talented, she'd gifted dhes blessed she's saved give it all to her

[@TheFever77]

Kerry is a great interviewer and she’s smart as a book.

[@sololondon2159]

I loved it so much I didn’t want it to end!!!

[@DesiLu4Life]

Two of my favorite people!!! ❤️❤️

[@Wearenotfriendsxo]

both women are gorgeous… Kerry looks like she’s 25 omg 😍

[@CookietheYorkie]

Our Mimi has arrived. She is an icon. I ❤️ her

[@lvdancecollective6515]

Such a delight ❤ Great interview ❤

[@WildWildWest83]

My two favorite girls🥰💋

[@2029killtime]

That made me cry what she expressed in regards with the fresh air fund. It’s so important for young people to know there’s more to life than their tough environments. Also i want to thank Kerry & Mariah for being beautiful spirited representations for mixed people. As a child both of these women were women i admired because i felt they looked like me and understood the experience of a mixed person in between worlds. But they never once made it seem frightening they made me feel proud and they demonstrated so much grace and elegance in doing so thank you so much from my inner child and i

[@roxymay6250]

At 9:23 she is talking about a new interesting music projekt...OMG, does that mean a new MC album is already in the making?! 😍

[@jaybeetv5808]

Love you Kerry! So glad to watch two legends kiki and chat about life and how it shapes them ❤

[@Chrissy206]

My favorite Mariah interview

[@mb3391]

Queen

[@hdnft4633]

I love MC for her authenticity.

[@eezemart]

This interview it's amazing 🥺😍🦋

[@maryammure5151]

Omg I just noticed Mariahs sitting in the same chair she sat when she was Quizzed by Tina fey on the movie mean girls few years ago. The purple chair. Lol

[@curlygurlyaz]

Great interview,loved this!!❤️❤️❤️

[@notcharlesiiofengland5276]

mariah keeping us lambs fed!🗣️

[@real_poetiq]

This was so beautiful and inspiring for me as an artist and fan. Thank you Pope for this one ;) Love you both.

[@lindaw3437]

I enjoyed this interview so much Kerry!! I love your show❣️✨

[@briseries]

If only Mariah is blowing up our phone with phone calls 😂 21:25 Thank you for this beautiful interview 😊

[@mkobi9995]

I love you mariah carey!

[@antoineclark2474]

She's doing a gospel album

[@ChocolateDrop_Official]

“Music is home” 💜

[@HaroldErob]

Te amamos Mariah!!!🇨🇴🤍🦋

[@JD_Bey-Mc]

Definitivamente 👑🛐

[@rockfildy]

Mariah eu te amo! 💕

[@tialindsay3541]

The Queeeeeeennnn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@moisdawg]

Thanks so much for this interview, you both had really beautiful things to say and I cherish getting a take-home message from this convo ❤

[@yperea3053]

Love this

[@justafantasy5804]

Great interview Kerry ❤

[@leighterry943]

Kerry is county Kerry, in the providence of Munster, in southwestern Ireland. There is no other Kerry, though Mariah thought there was a county Cary but no! I lived in Ireland for a time, but before I went, I always knew of county Kerry. I think it's world famous.☘️🍀 Erin, go Bragh! (Ireland 4 ever).

[@DajuanH.]

Loved this episode!

[@lovli31]

I luv Mariah Carey!!

[@jamesmarie]

Mariah's book is better when listen.

[@duhweez4415]

When was this? Its giving me 2020 vibes Lovin it, daaahlings!

[@DavidDavid-yl6kb]

my favourite episode

[@cbreez40]

I love you ms Kerry and ms Mariah Carey I always loved your talent but totally misunderstood your journey..thanks for sharing your journey with vulnerability and sweetness and just a hint of sadness, I've misjudged you and for that I apologize. I'm very proud of you and what you created for yourself and those who GET YOU..

[@baglady2652]

Two friends conversation

[@mgcl9098]

My two favorites

[@imeldarios4454]

Love your interviews 💛

[@patriciabuford2657]

I love Mimi 🦋

[@BelindaBellerose]

Butterfly 25th!✨🦋✨