Mariah Carey Reveals What to Expect From Her Memoir

Mariah Carey is on one of the covers of Variety‘s Power of Women issue.

Here’s what the superstar had to share with the mag…

On what to expect from her memoirs: “Born to a black father and white mother. Lived in basically very humble beginnings. Came out of it. Ups and downs, and this and that. And public humiliation and going through the wringer. But then you have an ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ moment. You have to relish that moment, be around real people that care about you and just shake off the other nonsense.”

On the program that bears her name, Camp Mariah, which The Fresh Air Fund launched in 1994: “Camp Mariah is one of the things that makes me feel best about what I have done in my life and in my career because it has a direct impact on kids who don’t have other options. And yes, it’s for all the kids out there: male, female, whatever. It’s something that I feel has made a direct impact on people’s lives.”

On the impact of Camp Mariah: “It’s reinvigorating when people come up to you and tell you a story like ‘I don’t think I would be the person that I am without coming to this camp. That’s a big deal. It’s almost as big a deal as when someone says, ‘I wouldn’t be who I am without your music.’ Having this camp, it’s a physical place I can go and really experience these moments with the kids. There’s nothing like it.”

For more from Mariah, visit Variety.com.

Also pictured inside: Chaka Khan and Dana Walden‘s Variety covers!

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