Mariah Carey recalled that she was never “a pushy mom. Although Patricia Carey was a classically trained opera singer, she never pushed her daughter to pursue a career in classical opera. Carey began vocal training with her mother. Carey began writing poetry and lyrics while attending Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, from which she graduated in 1987. Her older sister Alison moved in with her father, while Mariah and her older brother Morgan lived with their mother.ĭuring elementary school, Carey excelled in the arts, such as music and literature. Carey spent much of her time at home alone and began singing at the age of three, often imitating her mother’s take on Verdi’s Italian opera Rigoletto. After her parents divorced, Carey had little contact with her father, and her mother worked multiple jobs to support the family. When they lived in Huntington, their neighbors poisoned the family’s dog and set fire to their car. Racial tensions prevented the Carey family from integrating into their community. Her family disowned her because she married a black man. After her parents’ divorce, Carey had little contact with her father, and her mother worked several jobs to support the family. She is the youngest of three children born to Patricia, a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of African-American and black Venezuelan-American lineage. Mariah Carey was born on 27 th March 1969 in Huntington, New York, United States.
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