- Mariah Carey isn't one to shy away from the "diva" label that has followed her throughout her incredibly successful music career.
- The icon is known to call out fellow artists like Madonna and Jennifer Lopez (her now infamous line "I don't know her" was in response to a reporter asking about the fellow New Yorker) and has specific lighting preferences that she's enforced on radio shows and her 2006 reality TV show, "Mariah's World."
- We've compiled 20 times Mimi held true to her diva status.
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Mariah Carey is an icon.
The 49-year-old (or 50, depending on who you ask) pop star has never shied away from her diva reputation. In a 2017 interview with Paper magazine, the singer explained that being a diva runs in her blood.
"I have had diva moments, and then people can't handle it," she said.
That kind of fearlessness is what makes her Mariah.
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And whether she's bringing her own lighting crew to a radio show or making up words on the Home Shopping Network, there's never a dull moment with the superstar singer.
Here are 20 of her wildest moments.
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