other folks were giving him so much backlash about those domestic violence rumors that shortly after that argument , he isolated himself from the music industry. The reputation he had acquired caused him to not tour for seven whole years and he was only able to record 9 albums within a 15 year span because he said:
[quote_box_center]“People chose her (Denise Nicholas’) side….That’s all I could make (at the time), I didn’t make any albums between 1978 and 1985 because I couldn’t get any music past anybody’s desk at CBS Records.”[/quote_box_center]
Wow, this was like a scene off of Empire. I could see “Cookie” (Taraji P. Henson) blurting out something similar to what Phyllis said, to “Lucious” (Terence Howard) in front of everyone at an ‘Empire Records’ meeting…LOL. You agree?
On the serious side though, I hope Phyllis and Bill were eventually able to shake hands and forgive each other. Either way I’m still glad that both of them graced us with some timeless classics and if there’s one thing we’ve learned from all of this, it’s that Phyllis didn’t take no mess! Thank you Bill and thank you Phyllis, may she continue to rest peacefully.
Sound off ILOSM fam’ and let us know your thoughts on this one.
Turn the page to see a 3 other interesting ‘don’t mess with me’ type incidents involving three different feisty Old School female singers who didn’t take NO mess either…
I think Phyllis was probably a little schiz and little drama queen but I lover her just the same. This lioness simply wanted her respect. I love Still Bill too. “Who is he and what is he to you”
I’m a big fan of Phyllis and Bill too Habbibi. I guess they just had a bad day that day….it happens to all of us. Hopefully they were able to eventually squash it.
I think Phyllis was probably a little schiz and little drama queen but I lover her just the same. This lioness simply wanted her respect. I love Still Bill too. “Who is he and what is he to you”
I’m a big fan of Phyllis and Bill too Habbibi. I guess they just had a bad day that day….it happens to all of us. Hopefully they were able to eventually squash it.
I saw Ms. Hyman walking through the Penn Station ( late 1970’s early 80’s ) and her only entourage was these gay hood rats ( hood rats is a NYC term for black gay homeless street kids ) trailing her because I guessed they recognized her from her disco records or something, but she was alone, no limo, nothing she made her way to the taxi stand by herself, and I thought ? why was she alone like that wearing real fur coat, real jewellery with those little street tramps following her..
And her mouth got her into a lot of trouble, she got on a national TV talk show and complained about that Cheryl Ladd chick singing at Ceasers Palace and she Phyllis could sing circles around her, now she knew who the Ladds were, that was a time to keep your mouth closed, but not our girl Phyllis – she had gotten full of herself and she drank to much..
I saw Ms. Hyman walking through the Penn Station ( late 1970’s early 80’s ) and her only entourage was these gay hood rats ( hood rats is a NYC term for black gay homeless street kids ) trailing her because I guessed they recognized her from her disco records or something, but she was alone, no limo, nothing she made her way to the taxi stand by herself, and I thought ? why was she alone like that wearing real fur coat, real jewellery with those little street tramps following her..
And her mouth got her into a lot of trouble, she got on a national TV talk show and complained about that Cheryl Ladd chick singing at Ceasers Palace and she Phyllis could sing circles around her, now she knew who the Ladds were, that was a time to keep your mouth closed, but not our girl Phyllis – she had gotten full of herself and she drank to much..