Brandy went from sittin' up in her room to sitting on top of the world.
Needless to say, it was good to be Brandy in the ’90s.
But what has the “I Wanna Be Down” singer been up to in recent years?
Here’s a look at what happened to Brandy.
Brandy was paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy in 2010 and established herself as a favorite due to her high scores.
Hey, nobody ever said “DWTS” was fair.
Brandy took the elimination pretty hard, holding back tears after the announcement.
“I don’t know how to feel right now,” she said on"DWTS.
““It hasn’t processed yet for me.”
Clearly, the show ended up being more than just a paycheck for her.
Brandy later said on"The View"that “DWTS” “completely changed my life.”
She added, “I feel like I’ve tapped back into my confidence and into my power.
I didn’t believe in myself for a long time.
This show has definitely brought the best out of me.”
1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, the follow-up failed to hit the top of the charts.
Whatever #THEREALStory is, Brandy has kept it to herself.
Brandy told Sister 2 Sister in 2012, “I don’t want to do reality shows.
I don’t think I work well on reality shows.
I think I’m too boring for reality” (viaThat Grape Juice).
But she hasn’t completely turned her back on the genre.
Then in 2013, she backtracked on her earlier statements.
“I said I wouldn’t do reality TV again but … We knew she couldn’t stay away.
In fact, she agreed.
“I am definitely calling it a comeback,” she toldReuters.
I couldn’t get it together.”
Fans, however, weren’t as enthusiastic about the album, which peaked at No.
3 on the Billboard 200 but sold fewer first-week copies than “Human.”
Brandy toldDa Vibe,“Am I happy with the sales of ‘Two Eleven’?
Um, honestly, no.
But it doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate everyone who supported it and appreciated it.”
Unlike “Human,” Brandy remains proud of “Two Eleven.”
“I say this humbly, the work is just so great,” she told Da Vibe.
“I think everyone that was involved in the project really brought their A-game.”
She toldUs Weeklyshe had just about given up on love until she met the music producer.
“He just loves me for who I am,” Brandy gushed in anotherUs Weeklyinterview.
“I’m not even mad.
I’m not even mad,” Brandy sang.
You could have fooled us.
Brandy stopped believing in herself
Depressiondoesn’t discriminate.
The wealthy and famous struggle with mental illness, just like so many others.
Brandy stopped being active and praying and had lost her appetite.
“I didn’t want to do anything,” she told Dr. Oz.
“That’s not a good place to be.
I stopped dreaming.”
And it appears Brandy has done just that.
She said the key was to “do the work.”
Brandy told Dr. Oz, “I started to do something different.
And then slowly but surely my life started to change.”
Keep fighting the good fight, Brandy!
Her spirits were starting to pick back up again and she was beginning to think positively again.
“I knew it would take a lot of discipline,” she toldParade.
“I knew it was going to be a lot to do eight shows a week.
So I was always afraid of it.
But then I couldn’t turn it down …
I kept saying I’m getting ready for something big.”
She saved me.”
The latter stint marked the first time that two Black actresses played leads Hart and Velma Kelly on Broadway.
Brandy toldVariety,“I wanted to feel what that was like again.”
She was set to fly from Los Angeles to New York when she reportedly lost consciousness.
The explanation given by her people: exhaustion.
It also stated that she pulled an all-nighter in the studio the night before.
This wasn’t the first time Brandy has been hospitalized.
She later revealed toO, The Oprah Magazinethat she struggled with an eating disorder as a teen.
But Brandy has, since then, postedvideosof her daughter singing and dancing online.
“There’s always second chances.”
“I’m here to solidify that we’re gonna bring ‘Moesha’ back,” Brandy said.
“I’m completely open to it.
I would love to experience that,” she toldRap-Upduring a 2020 interview.
Those “discussions” were apparently taking quite some time.
“I don’t see it not happening …
It just makes sense.
I mean, I want to see what Moesha was up to.”
In a 2022 interview withVibe, Smith admitted that she embraced comparisons to her famous mother.
Of course, Smith also recognized that those comparisons can also present disadvantages for an up-and-coming musical artist.
“I just don’t want to disappoint anybody.”
“Her music is fire,” Brandy toldE!
You got to be kidding me," she said in apromo.
“Brandy and Ray J are siblings?”
Harlow marveled when learning that particular nugget of information.
“Nobody’s ever told me that in my life.”
Brandy replied bytweetinga hilarious response.
“Like, I’ve had a rap dream for years,” she added.
“I’ve been wanting to rap forever.”
“Music is my therapy,” she toldThe Guardian.
“I don’t know what my life would be without it.”
