Remember Irene Cara From The 80's This is What Happened To Her

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My commentary video on the singer and actress Irene Cara.
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@Kat_Beezy 3 жыл бұрын

I loved her when I was a kid! I tried to imitate her & sang “What A Feeling” in my Mom’s heels, and I fell 😬🤭

@anthonygueriera4454 3 жыл бұрын

I think every little girl at that time did pretty awesome!

@abelpadilla7789 3 жыл бұрын

That’s Awesome! Hope you didn’t hurt yourself Lol!

@yolieb2905 3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@mimij4660 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@lisasangria1086 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh Haha, I can see you now🎶😁💃👠👠

@BLACK7MA 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful and talented lady.

@marlonrichmond5161 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

@elifoster4367 3 жыл бұрын

One of my 80’s crushes as a lil boy. Much Love to Irene Cara. Afro Latina Queen 👑

@Cinemagirl9189 3 жыл бұрын

You can't keep a good woman down. Good to see she's still standing.

@liontress5752 3 жыл бұрын

I’m happy she kept going! She didn’t give up!

@motherknows8619 3 жыл бұрын

Irene Cara was/is beautiful and multi-talent. It is outrageous and tragic how the industry leaders cheated her -- and expected her to just accept it. I'm glad she fought as much as she could. They stole and sabotaged her career. Pleased to know she is "still standing."

@FlamesAt1000ft 3 жыл бұрын

AND!!,..she had & KEPT her integrity if you get my drift,.. (hard to accomplish) to this day! STILL fine as a ROSE!✨💃🏻💕🌹✨

@jlr022159 2 жыл бұрын

The music business has screwed over MANY people… it’s sad

@cynthiaarthur2967 2 жыл бұрын

She is beautiful💖❗ Such talent indeed❗❗ Sad that the industry ruined her career just to get their way 😢💔😥

@carolinabeauty02 Жыл бұрын

RIP, Irene. What a talent.

@MrBargill 3 жыл бұрын

And she got an Oscar....she good!!!!

@user-bx2cg2ec8c Жыл бұрын

yeah.for the soundtrack .what a feeling.non acting role.only Halle berry is the first black woman to win a oscar for a role she stared in

@DCee73HDD 3 жыл бұрын

The industry sucks we hear this story a million times about artist getting played,black balled. Many do not survive. I'm glad she did she is still beautiful and talented . Her music back in the days still lives on. I would love to see her get back what belongs to her.

@yolandagee3925 3 жыл бұрын

She also had the nicest parents. Glad to hear that she's still around although they should've paid her.

@shareofmoney 3 жыл бұрын

She is such a beauty but she was done so dirty. But that's the music industry for you...smh. Glad to know she is doing well.

@anthonygueriera4454 3 жыл бұрын

Terry I grew up in that era & Irene Cara in my opinion was one of the most talented performers of her time.

@Stuygym 3 жыл бұрын

Loved that clip of her singing at 8 years old.💜

@giorvannalarathe-hamilton8677 3 жыл бұрын

Yes she was so vibrant...👍🏽

@arnethaearl8468 3 жыл бұрын

She had it then

@erichawkins5738 3 жыл бұрын

Yes she did! Awesome talent

@myriampro4973 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome mature voice for that age. But she didn't know a word in Spanish, LOL

@Stuygym 3 жыл бұрын

@@myriampro4973 YES, she did!

@sugarjoe50 3 жыл бұрын

I recall her on "The Electric Company", an advanced version of "Sesame St." Bill Cosby & Morgan Freeman were also in the cast.

@fmlogic 2 жыл бұрын

Not only is hearing her sing, a joy, but watching her as well. She is such an animated performer. Makes me sad that she was treated so poorly. Thanks for posting this.

@brianpullin6768 3 жыл бұрын

I like her in the mini series Roots the next Generations. She is a great actress!

@Ihbaworldsax 3 жыл бұрын

Saw it missed her in it . Now I have to rewatch with knowing she is in it.

@robertmoon9756 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow I forgot about Roots it was a great series.Thanks for the info

@marcussmith1338 3 жыл бұрын

She played Alex Haley’s mother. That’s when I fell in love with her.

@robertmoon9756 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcussmith1338 Oh yeah that’s right😀

@brianpullin6768 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertmoon9756 you're welcome it was a great mini series. She did a amazing job in that series played Alex Haley's Mother!😀

@1ResearchLady 3 жыл бұрын

So many artists were robbed in this way. These companies should be held as thieves with fines AND jail time.

@EnjoyLifeNow24 3 жыл бұрын

Sentence Hollywood to jail? That will never happen. Hollywood is part of the power structure of the U.S.A. Those who belong to that club never go to jail. There is a different interpretation of the law when it comes to the powerful and a different one when it comes to us in the working class. Immunity for those who are part of the club and jail for the average folks. That's how judicial systems operate around the world. No politician or political party will ever fix that and they know they can't if they want to remain alive and remain members of the club.

@aDDmoreJuiceTV 3 жыл бұрын

So TRUE!

@mildredpierce4506 3 жыл бұрын

The artists sign contracts that basically cuts them out of a lot of the profits from record sales and if Irene didn't sign a contract that said she would get royalties then that's why she didn't get any even though she deserves it. Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball didn't get any royalties from I Love Lucy when it went into syndication because they thought no one would watch reruns and didn't bother with contractual agreements stating that they would. Reruns were not a "thing" back then so they didn't see any future in it. Think of all the merchandise with their faces on them and they got nothing from the sales because they didn't sign a contract. The only person who got royalties was writer producer Jess Oppenheimer who wouldn't agree to the show being syndicated unless he got royalties on the off chance it was profitable and it was. Seventy years later, the show is still around.

@jannislewis13 3 жыл бұрын

This is education, think before you act. Make sure everything is legal. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@Ray-iz7tv Жыл бұрын

@@EnjoyLifeNow24 Finally one of them in jail, Weinstein.

@waltershipp3886 3 жыл бұрын

She is the reason Sparkle is my favorite movie of all time.

@harperstacey9604 3 жыл бұрын

Philip michael thomas of miami vice played her boyfriend.

@chaisroom6631 3 жыл бұрын

I graduated from elementary school in 1982 and we sang her song "Out here on my own" from Fame...

@chiefjoe528 3 жыл бұрын

Simple, and an incredible woman, and beautiful.

@TerrySwoopeVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! thanks for commenting.

@boydjones8220 3 жыл бұрын

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@boydjones8220 3 жыл бұрын

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@markusfarmer1686 3 жыл бұрын

@@TerrySwoopeVideos can you please find sabrina gracias from breaking 2?

@Crochetloveby_dee 3 жыл бұрын

Me and my friends in high school looked up to Irene Cara, she is beautiful! This is the definition of a triple threat. She can sing, act, and dance! So glad she is doing and well and thriving💙💙Thanks for this video Terry!💙

@TerrySwoopeVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting Jade I always appreciate your feedback.

@edwinsharp9447 3 жыл бұрын

Really, a quadruple threat, she's a songwriter as well. What a super talented woman!

@thesmartbudgetchannel2940 3 жыл бұрын

She is beautiful. I remember her in the movie DC Cab.

@harperstacey9604 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. T. Was in the movie, too.

@Tiajones333 3 жыл бұрын

She's gorgeous and she's talented she don't get the respect she deserve

@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597 3 жыл бұрын

I bllame to those whoremongers who uses black women just to use their sexuality and threw them under the bus by other white female singers are getting a winning pass. Hollywood is make it or break it ,fully they use racist slurrs,of course. I pray to Irene Cara's strength. She's strong she is strong

@mamadouaziza2536 3 жыл бұрын

Oh please, she received a lot of respect and even won an Oscar and a Grammy. She was eclipsed in the music business by the likes of Madonna and Whitney Houston..

@jamesway 3 жыл бұрын

@@mamadouaziza2536 she had no product to compare to them after being blackballed later in the eighties so there is no good yardstick to judge. She had the talent and looks to do very well against anyone of those ladies but when the machine turns against you there is no coming back from that.

@mamadouaziza2536 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesway I don't buy that Blackball crap. So, every record producer, tv network, movie studios, directors, Broadway etc, magazines around the world decided to not give her gigs? Really? Bullsh#t... She was very marketable and anyone willing to work with her could have made lots of money, Hollywood does not turn down money.. If they were willing to work with LaToya Jackson, they were willing to work with Irene Cara.. Maybe Irene's coke habit was her downfall...

@jamesway 3 жыл бұрын

@@mamadouaziza2536 sure the coke did not help. But you piss off the wrong music executive high enough in the food chain and you get the rep of being difficult see how quick careers get shut down. Happened to other stars and she said she was fighting for her rightfull pay.

@maxxxpayne279 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget she was on a episode of “What’s Happening”

@rissaceehart4076 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 YESSS Raj,Dwayne &RERUN Was trying to push up on her at Raj's birthday.

@anthonywhite6289 3 жыл бұрын

And she was in the movie City Heat .. with Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds

@maxxxpayne279 3 жыл бұрын

Anthony White She was??!!😳 I haven’t seen that movie in a very long time so I didn’t recognize her 🧐

@BarryNYC-28 3 жыл бұрын

I had such a crush on Irene Cara. She's from the Bronx like me. But you neglected to mention that she starred in Roots, the Next Generation (1979), Sister, Sister (1982) with Dianne Carroll and City Heat (1984) with Richard Roundtree, Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood. She even briefly had her own television show called Irene (1981). She was definitely a beautiful and talented woman.

@joennjala1666 3 жыл бұрын

She also played Re run's girlfriend in the comedy show what's happening!

@t-bone355 3 жыл бұрын

Right, Can't forget about Roots: Next Generation.

@pamelamoore8042 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I forgot about all those other shows thanks for sharing. She is a beauty. I'm not gay but she is a nice looking women. It's a shame how you can get blackballed and can't really display your talent like you want.

@marywilliams1876 3 жыл бұрын

That’s where I remember her from roots she played Alex Haley mother Bertha

@t-bone355 3 жыл бұрын

@@marywilliams1876 Yep!

@TheArtOfDean 3 жыл бұрын

I had a thing for her back in those days (and yep, I remember the cute Phoebe Cates as well), along with Jennifer Beals. This is my first time seeing this clip of her as a child singer. It's good to see that she's still performing and still looking beautiful.

@reimourrpower9357 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Ms. Cara is still stunning. Phoebe Cates was cute but I disagree with Swoopes on her looking like Irene, I don't see it but it's cool.

@plusnew8306 3 жыл бұрын

Do you know the name of the song at the end ?

@mitcheltheman1366 3 жыл бұрын

Just imagine how her career would have been if she continued in the 90s. A long ass middle finger to the music business and their shady managers.

@ohreally404 3 жыл бұрын

She looks nothing like Phoebe Cates. Totally different eyes and face shape.

@vh7637 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@queensaffron6453 3 жыл бұрын

Sure Don't And Prettier.🌸💕

@KnightsTime 3 жыл бұрын

I agree and if he was going to make a comparison it should be the other way around.

@toshapope5644 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like her

@timothytisor3006 3 жыл бұрын

He's basically saying their both beautiful, which is true!

@dreamyx01 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Irene growing up. The music industry is just evil.

@johnpratt6583 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@kingmosesrichardson1548 3 жыл бұрын

She was a great, talent

@deborahwatson3487 3 жыл бұрын

I love her growing up too, I've always admired her. And she's still beautiful today. What Hollywood did to her was evil and wicked. If you're not kissing ass you won't make it in the Devil's Empire.

@BuffaloBuffalo-uc6zp 2 жыл бұрын

@@deborahwatson3487 So true and very well executed. !

@josefigueroa-escalera7338 3 жыл бұрын

She’s awesome and probably a distant cousin. Her full name is Irene Cara Escalera. Mines is Jose Figueroa Escalera. It has been said that all Escaleras in Puerto Rico are related. Shine on cousin!

@theregallady 3 жыл бұрын

So horrible the way that they did her. Beautiful lady with a beautiful voice

@darlenebush9134 3 жыл бұрын

Devils honey yet they still could not break her GOD was and is still with her and always has been!!

@laurenreynoldsd8079 3 жыл бұрын

Does he ever get to the point ? What did they do to her ?

@theregallady 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurenreynoldsd8079 They basically robbed her of her royalties. They used her music and never paid her. She was blacklisted and nobody wanted to work with her.

@laurenreynoldsd8079 3 жыл бұрын

@@theregallady yea I actually went on and watched it . That’s sad. I heard they blackballed Peabo Bryson at some point too .

@mamadouaziza2536 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurenreynoldsd8079 Nothing, she had her moment in the music business almost 40 years ago, life moves on.. Not every entertainer can last for years and years. Once Madonna and Whitney Houston came into the scene, the other females took a back seat.

@gregoryhertzog5634 3 жыл бұрын

Irene Cara Amazing ,Singing Singer-songwriter Amazing Actress Sparkle 1976 Fame 1980 Fance 💃 Dance 1983 From Bronx ,New YORK 2020

@Teho231 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, this lady was full of talent, even as a child. I enjoyed watching her as a actress and a singer.

@jennieatkinson2919 3 жыл бұрын

I feel really bad that she went through this type of bull crap but this nothing new with the music industry! It's really a shame!

@sunnydaysatl 3 жыл бұрын

So cute as a young girl

@eugeniaboone5602 3 жыл бұрын

I loved her in the original Sparkle!! Beautiful face and super talented!! And she tore up that song " Out here on my own" .She got some pipes on her. She's definitely under ratted and blackballed. Not fair. But glad to see she's still performing. Miss seeing her on screen.

@nehsangbong7259 3 жыл бұрын

I love her. She's so gorgeous 😍

@maestromoore5051 3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered why she fell off especially when you consider she was high up on the charts with both Donna Summer and Laura Branigan who dominated the eighties.

@reimourrpower9357 3 жыл бұрын

Great parallels to other disco/dance sensations who crossed over. Cara had as much if not more talent than them and was a full-time actor, she could have gone way further if Hollywood didn't stifle her career.

@moonraker30 3 жыл бұрын

@@reimourrpower9357 Boxing her in

@georgeanastasopoulos5865 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, thumbs up on that comment, Maestro. As I written, posted above I wondered the same thing about her erosion of popularity. That area of the music industry is unfair, and there is no logic, and any ethics behind it.

@TheWallReports 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgeanastasopoulos5865 It's not just an area of the industry, at least 90% of the industry is like that irregardless if the record company is black, white or whatever. New Edition was robbed early on when they were under Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire label. When New Edition sued to get from under their contract with him, he retaliated by forming the all white boy group "New Kids on the Block". Remember them? He probably paid them. The style of music very much the same like New Edition's early material. The same goes for the "Mary Jane Girls" under Rick James. Rick took their money. It is bad enough when black artists are preyed upon by white run music companies, but when black music companies do the same to black artists it is beyond atrocious. This is the equivalence of cannibalism. Quite sad.

@chrislapeyrouse7138 2 жыл бұрын

I still love to hear Irene Cara's music. She's so talented and beautiful. It's hard to believe the big music industry black balled this precious lady. I wish this precious lady only the best.

@breadandcircus2012 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling Irene's story. I remember her being a big star in the early 80's when I was just a kid not even a teenager yet. I always wondered what happened to her. I loved her style. That's so sad the music industry did her so dirty like that. Hopefully she's in a better place now.

@vanessarodrigues374 3 жыл бұрын

An amazing performer. She's probably the first singer I idolized as a kid watching her at Fame. Then came Whitney and Mariah as my favorite singers, but she was my number 1 reference of what a singer is supposed to be. I was probably around 5/6 years old. Great memories from my childhood in the 80s❤️

@lesthebest3171 2 жыл бұрын

The Rise, The Fall and The Resurrection of Irene Cara, is one of the most tragic stories in Hollywood. From child star the beautiful vibrant Afro-Latina rose to become a major film and recoding artist, winning an Oscar, Grammy and countless other accolades. Yet she paid a price for fame, including career and financial mismanagement, drug addiction and prossibly sexual exploitation, as well. The fact that there has never been a Greatest Hits compilation or Book written about her means the entertainment industry wishes she was forgotten. But the quote from her most famous song says it all, “I’m Gonna Live Forever, Your Gonna Remember My Name.” You better believe Irene will be back.

@Indigostarfly 3 жыл бұрын

I always loved Irene Cara, especially in 'Roots' and in FAME, I miss seeing her on the screen, it's shame about the record companies, I keep hearing this time and time again, Anita Baker is going thru it. This has been going on since Sam Cooke's days and even further back with recording artists. She's a mega talent. Glad to hear she's still singing and performing, they can't take that away from her never. She didn't deserve to be treated like that. Thanks for posting this, a very lovely tribute to Ms. Cara.

@kareembrown1789 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget D.C. Cab

@ronaldpowell8009 3 жыл бұрын

Fa sho! Tyrone was feeling her right

@Ihbaworldsax 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldpowell8009 Charley Barnett.. legendary comic

@moonraker30 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldpowell8009 😂😝😂

@billyrobertson7881 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree , Irene was and still is a heart melting and incredibly gorgeous girl that I hope young people get to hear her sing. She is a loving and sentimental soul that will never grow old or outdated. I have loved , enjoyed , and remembered her through my years as a teenager in the 80's. Love that sweet girl always.

@olie171 3 жыл бұрын

I love her even though I'm not from her generation. She was voicing Snow White in Happily Ever After, the unofficial sequel to Snow White (1937). Thank you for putting a spotlight on this legendary multi-talented artist.

@phoenixjnyc 3 жыл бұрын

She is very beautiful. My father played her songs when I was a little girl in the 90's. Thank you for this Terry

@benniesimmons2009 3 жыл бұрын

Irene Cara, simply beautiful.

@kinglord7707 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like she suffered the same downfall like many other black artist including Michael Jackson and Prince

@reimourrpower9357 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, knowing too much and refusing to be silent.

@jerrywatson1958 3 жыл бұрын

@King lord Not really she's still alive and not hooked on drugs and alcohol. She needed better lawyers back then.

@kinglord7707 3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrywatson1958 But her record company screwed her out of her royalties and sabotage her record sales just like Prince and MJ

@deerocker6987 3 жыл бұрын

Michael jackson bought the beetles catalogue though......BOSS MOVE!

@kinglord7707 3 жыл бұрын

@@deerocker6987 But that Boss Move may have created some enemies Paul McCartney still pissed about that today

@VictorEzell 3 жыл бұрын

Irene Cara will always be a star to me. I believe if she was to put a project out independently today it would do very well. I believe her fan base is still there.

@diamonddeb8860 3 жыл бұрын

I love Irene Cara. God is going to give her everything back that the Locust has stolen. The Devil is running rampant. Get him Jesus!😇

@dalehoward3704 3 жыл бұрын

I totally believe that!!!

@edwardmccormack9692 3 жыл бұрын

She has already won the court battle to get all of her royalties back a few years ago, and continues to receive them now.

@TeamTuc 3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardmccormack9692 If true, I wish that was included in this video... Thanks for the intel :D

@rhondawilson2494 3 жыл бұрын

I love Irene Cara! She is one of the best singers and actress's . Absolute Legend!

@mamadouaziza2536 3 жыл бұрын

She had two big hits and she won a Grammy and an Oscar for her music and she did some acting, that was nearly 40 years ago.. She had her moments.. Once Madonna and Whitney Houston came into the scene, all the other ladies were forgotten.

@cindygilbert8360 3 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing her performance...she’s a great entertainer and actress. 😊♥️

@PhatPhat-eu2cu 3 жыл бұрын

I love her so beautiful and a amazing voice 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿❤️❤️❤️❤️

@SusanLynn656 Жыл бұрын

That clip of her performing as a child was wonderful. Thank you for that!

@mercuryman1250 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. She's dangerously beautiful

@kelvendyson1508 3 жыл бұрын

Boyyy there were many fights with me and my guys back then..."aye man that's my woman, naw man she mine, naw she my girlfriend "!!! LOL!!!

@Pashasmom1 3 жыл бұрын

Are you illiterate?

@kelvendyson1508 3 жыл бұрын

@@Pashasmom1...No! Are you!! Maybe you are if you don't understand the meaning behind what I wrote!!

@tommyleejr.1326 3 жыл бұрын

@@kelvendyson1508 Yeah brah..........she's probably to young to know the things we did, as young men and kids back then👍👍👍. "No, that's my girlfriend"😂😂😂

@tommyleejr.1326 3 жыл бұрын

@@Pashasmom1 But we all see you............as being ignorant to the fact. And it's sad...........because you're trying to go off on someone else, but you're looking STUPID😂😂😂

@sarai373 3 жыл бұрын

Those were the days when you would sit with your friends and have that kind of exchange. The good old days. Loved it. She was a beauty. And I teared up to hear her story. But God is good.

@chibang492 3 жыл бұрын

I've always loved Irene Cara. One of the most beautiful women that ever lived inside and outside, as well as one of the most beautiful voices ever. I'm glad shes doing well, and yes shes still gorgeous. ❤💯

@vannessadawson6430 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you brotha for exposing this in the entertainment business. I'm sure this happens more with woman and people of color. Alot of her music benefited people economically but also inspired people. She should have gotten paid for both!! I'm listening to this sista in 2021 at 53 years old. Good music and inspiring voices never end. Irene you are a timeless jewel. Thank you for your gift.

@francisgibson5048 3 жыл бұрын

Natural Beauty...WOW😙

@Nicole-gb4ze Жыл бұрын

RIP Irene Cara! You bring so much joy to me as a child who as an Asian minority didn't feel like I belong anywhere since there was only one other Asian girl in my class as a child. While watching Fame with multiple races and listening to your angelic voice brings me so much joy! Thank you beautiful Irene Cara!

@jalas7767 3 жыл бұрын

I had a big crush on Irene when i was a teenager in the 80's. She still is beautiful to this day. I'ts good to know she is still performing. I wish all the best for her and her group Hot Caramel.

@gypsy7879 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing clip of her singing at a young age. Sparkle and Fame what great movies she made. I had no clue she was bilingual. Thanks for the update on Irene.

@erbenfermon6145 3 жыл бұрын

Those record companies was monsters in robbing thier artists. The great thing about that time 70,s to 90,s. There was so much great music made and artists. Today we are lucky to get one or new song are artist a year. Plus those bands with musician's are long gone. Artist like her is hard to come across. I hear she lives in the bayarea. We thank her for sharing her wonderful gift.

@marionrodriguez9035 3 жыл бұрын

ErbenFerman its ther devils play ground, satan was ther Angel of music.

@GentlemanAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Irene was so cute in that clip at 8 years old. She started out very young. Agreed, Terry, Irene Cara and Phoebe Cates, both are beauties.

@thetomasloretta 3 жыл бұрын

What does Phoebe have to do with Irene Cara? Irene Cara is sensational and leave it at that.

@s.rivera7343 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼, I was totally confused 🤷‍♀️ with that comment. I saw no comparison!

@michaeltruthson6262 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.....😂😂😂 like wtf is he damn talking about? Irene blows Phoebe Cates out the got damned water.

@bwcarter921 2 жыл бұрын

It was a distraction at best... he was just commenting that Cates reminded him of Cara...

@MamaNuveau 3 жыл бұрын

What a little cutie! "Hola! Hola! Hola!" Looks like she took her dance cues from Motown! Adorable!

@kendalekyle7527 3 жыл бұрын

She is one of the most gorgeous ladies in the World period😍🔥🔥🔥

@joennjala1666 3 жыл бұрын

The Industry is so cut throat, She is super talented and beautiful the original Sparkle, there was no need for a remake Irene was the best!

@clovis-ti1yv 3 жыл бұрын

She’s talented. It’s shitty how she was taken advantage of. She is pretty. Great voice. Great dancer. She has always been ladylike. She’s old enough to be my mother. Her theme song for Flashdance is still one of my favorite 80s songs. Her voice was stellar. It helped that she worked with good musicians and composers. I’m still an admirer. ❤️🎶

@itscornrowsnotfrench-braid9280 3 жыл бұрын

*Irene Cara has always been THA TRUTH! Gorgeous, talented and she knew she was Black. Oh how I miss the women and Black ppl of that era😍*

@sandrabowles1177 3 жыл бұрын

I love Irene Cara and her movies she was beautiful then and beautiful now God bless you and your all your success

@tryfreeforexsignalstoday 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhh man. You took me back to my childhood.

@ROYALP100 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly why I don't recommend the music business to young artists...They did the same thing to "HIGH ENERGY" remember them.

@marionrodriguez9035 3 жыл бұрын

Golden voice are you aware satan was ther Angel of music,thats why there is so much evil and underhand things that go on in that industry.satan playfield.

@rahsaanthomas7030 3 жыл бұрын

She was going to marry Rerun in a What's Happening episode..

@harperstacey9604 3 жыл бұрын

To get her green card.

@vanessaborn Жыл бұрын

As an actor, your report on her was so well done… It gives you a lot of jump off points for researching her even more. Thank you and I appreciate your work on this.

@sherrisolomon2843 Жыл бұрын

Vanessa Born, Terry Swoope absolutely the truth on how he covered Irene Cara's story. Despite both of them making their transition from this life they left a pair footprints that will never be identically replaced.

@user-bx2cg2ec8c Жыл бұрын

@@sherrisolomon2843 🙏

@islandsurveyor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for producing this video. I always wondered what happened to her. Glad to know she is doing well and still performing.

@TerrySwoopeVideos 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure thanks for commenting Andrian appreciate your feedback.

@kingwillie206 3 жыл бұрын

You did it again my man! What a beautiful woman. Seeing that brings back so many memories.

@TerrySwoopeVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it thanks for commenting.

@kathywalters4165 3 жыл бұрын

We really loved seeing her on TV and loved her singing. So beautiful!

@tedtom9728 Жыл бұрын

Irene Cara is so beautiful and has so much tallent, terrible that she was treated so badly by the music industry. We all love you Irene. X

@bigsmoke394 Жыл бұрын

And now she is singing with the angels, she was such an amazing person.

@patminard2015 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this documentary. I have been an avid fan of Irene's music from that time, but did not follow her career after that. She is so obviously gifted in music. But I always felt that she exuded an aura of goodness from her soul. I'm sorry for the way the Greed-meisters did to her. Can't have gifts like that without being or having a shark for protection. Thank you for this wonderful video of Irene and her music.

@denise8881m 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know she is Latina. I never knew that before. I loved her in Roots

@smithkrall Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful talent. That joyful girl singing Ola Ola Ola. RIP

@xavierpalmer3641 3 жыл бұрын

Damm shame how they did her but she a surviver

@christopherdieudonne 3 жыл бұрын

That clip of her singing as a kid was so cute ! So she was talented from way back !

@reimourrpower9357 3 жыл бұрын

*Irene Cara* ! Thank you T.Swoope, great update on her story and recent activities. Why she hasn't been hired for more acting roles as EVERY younger Black and/or LatinX actresses/actors' mother or sister is beyond me. She's same age as Angela Bassett and could play her sister easily or J-Lo / Cardi B / Nikki Minaj's mother. Her elder curves look great on her, still fine & now thick. *Puerto Rican / Cuban / DR etc. is nationality not RACE* . Good job.

@user-bx2cg2ec8c Жыл бұрын

afro latinas struggle to get roles in the latin market.cus of skin colour.when do you ever see any afro latina s on spanish tv.?unless you have blue eyes blonde hair..

@michellelewis9503 3 жыл бұрын

@ Terry swoope anyone can see is one my all time favorite and is still on my playlist to this day🤗🤗🤗✌️

@tiresamercruy8206 3 жыл бұрын

She was amazing and still is. Humble beginnings right to the end. May have died out but never forgotten. Excellent performer and artist.

@nicolemcanderson2185 3 жыл бұрын

She was an amazing star in my younger years I always wondered what happened to her glad to see she’s doing ok we all know if you don’t roll the way Hollywood want you to it’s over sad to say

@obuford7584 Жыл бұрын

For those of you that don't know, Irene Cara paved the was for the African American & Latina Triple Treats: Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce & Christina Milian etc. A lot of talented young ladies would have been passed over if Irene Cara & Janet Jackson hadn't kicked open doors. They made "mainstream" music more diverse. I just can't believe she's gone. Thank you for blessing us with your wonderful talents and for speaking up for yourself and others in the music industry. RIP!

@user-bx2cg2ec8c Жыл бұрын

So true.i was thinking that myself .when I looked back!!

@palmirasanchez Жыл бұрын

Yes you are right. My Latina princess

@brachelliejoshua1195 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this on Ms. Irene Cara, really Love her and her music. She truly deserves all that she's entitled to. Much love to you Ms. Irene Cara, you are not forgotten!❤

@nagual2335 Жыл бұрын

R.I.P Irina, Wonderful Docu thanks for sharing. She’s was so amazing bless her soul

@s.thomas932 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of black talented Artists were ripped off and not paid their dues from that era. Glad Irene is still doing her thing. You can't keep a strong woman down 👏🏾. She still is a wonderful artist.

@BuffaloBuffalo-uc6zp 2 жыл бұрын

I think you will find this applies to most people in life, but they don't have anybody to piss and moan too as a means of using their skin colour all the time as some form of leverage or get out of jail card when you find yourself in a pickle of sorts. Salut