WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO TRACY CHAPMAN? | True Celebrity Stories
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- Seldom comes an artist who is only known for his craft and nothing else. One such wonderful artist is Tracy Chapman. She is one of those wonders who are truly made for performing but not to be in limelight. She doesn’t speak much but her talent roars when they perform. She regularly used to release music but now her fans have been wondering about her whereabouts as she hasn’t released anything for nearly a decade.
Tracy Chapman was born on 30th March 1964 in Ohio. Her parents separated when she was four and she was then raised by her mother. They were extremely poor and received welfare to bear their expenses. She lived in quite a rough neighborhood and was often at the receiving end of bullying and racism. They received money that was barely enough to buy necessities like food hence they couldn't afford to go to school. But one day a miracle happened and Tracy got a scholarship. This was the beginning of the series of fortunate events which will become her life.
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I totally respect her. She’s not a sell out and doesn’t put her life all over online. You have to respect someone like that And her music is wonderful.
I also respect her so much.. My mom used to play her music so much.. I just wonder where she is.. Where is Tracy,,
Agreed a hundred times over. 👌🏻
Agree 💯 she’s amazing
Petronellah Bobbie Nyirenda I just read she is still active I music but doesn’t make live appearances anymore. She hasn’t released any new material since 2008.
D33
Most artists today can't hold a candle to this lady.
Most famous artists today can’t even light a candle.
And Sade, too.
most human beings can't
@a who...... ?
@a nah. Not hating. I really am asking.... who is that? I dont kno this uzi, person.
I served Ms. Tracy Chapman once at an event, She absolutely had no airs about her, as You can imagine I was ecstatic to see her in the flesh and have the pleasure to speak to her and be spoken back to.
Sadly, I got lost in the moment and asked if I could get a photo with her completely forgetting that this was a memorial for a dear friend of hers who had just passed but guess what!
She very gently said to me "It's really hard for me right now,can you please understand, I lost someone "
She actually asked me to understand Imagine that? When I was clearly in the wrong.
What a Great person!
Cringe
I love her
I hope you apologized
This isn't the story you think it is. You're exactly the type of self centered, obsessed people she writes about 🥴.. "there's a fiction in the space between, you and reality".. and the reason why she wasn't too big on the spot light. This is so cringe
@@mikeyworley7984 really? After what you know about Ms. Chapman, this is what you are going with? Stick to her music, man, and shut your mouth. if you can.
Tracy is one of the very rare artist and musician that doesn't let the fame and money change her as a person. She just put on her best work and living her best life without anyone's affirmation
Beautifully said
How do you know - disappeared with the cash?
So true.
@@pd1648 They don’t know. They ONLY know what they hear… and that could be anything. It’s laughable that one thinks they know someone they’ve never met in their life
Right, and she doesn't need their awards.
I'm 62. During my lifetime I've heard the lyrics of many people's songs & without a doubt, Tracy Chapman is the greatest storyteller that has ever lived.
Really, she's one of many great ones to me. I do love her specially. I appreciate your feeling. I'm an old girl too. Love, m.m.
True dat.
Another old woman here! Absolutely agree. 'Fast Car' and 'Behind The Wall' were two that resonated deeply with me in my small, economically depressed, town ... all the way deep in Wales.
❤️
@@littlewoodimp I'm a retired RN. We had to take continuing education classes every 2 years. Domestic Violence/Child Abuse/Elder Abuse CEs were mandatory. I went to a CE symposium & there were about 300 male & female nurses in attendance. The facilitator walked on the stage, turned on a boom box, & then sat down. From the first note, I knew what she had turned on... I said, Tracy. The woman next to me said you know this song to which I replied, 'Oh yeah'. When the song was over, the facilitator said, you can pick up your certificates on the way out & she left the stage. The woman next to me asked me for the name of the song & the artist. I could barely tell her through my tears. There was not one dry eye in the room when the song was over... "Behind The Wall" by Tracy Chapman, said it all.
Bought her single "fast car" back in 1988. Still can't listen to it without crying
The song makes me emotional too. It definitely makes you think about your life and asses it.
Talking bout a revolution was my song from 2016-2020
Same, I cry, smile and dance at the same time lol. It takes me back to my childhood.
That song still gives me chills every time
You are cry baby
This is the difference between an Artist and a Celebrity. Ms. Chapman is one of a kind - a unique writer and performer with a sound that is instantly identifiable and all her own. Good on her for not allowing the media or anyone else try to infiltrate her creative space and process.
What an awesome talent.
Very true sir
That’s an excellent point
She's not only beautiful on the outside, She's GORGEOUS on the inside. Pure CLASS!💙💚💗
She has my utmost respect and admiration. The world is a better place with her on it.
I saw her in 1995 House of Blues New Orleans, where she requested a No smoking audience. This was not a common thing, yet there was no complaining, just a sold out concert. She rocked "The House"
Tracy is a real person. I don't care about her sexuality or politics. Her songs speak for them selves. A real caring for others circumstances in life. She is a jem.
A Gem indeed
I just busted out her fast car song the other day I love that song cranked it while I was driving I got a fast car🥰😎🔥
I love this lady! She's uniquely different from most artists... she's a peculiar person! 💜
YES!
Yes love her songs full of meaning and emotions
She is an icon and I’m proud that she NEVER sold out.
Tracy is both a LEGEND and a beautiful soul.
I first heard Ms. Chapman back in the 70s. I was a student at Harvard and would walk through Harvard Square in the evenings when the weather was nice. An amazing assortment of talents would gather there performing late into the night; mimes, magicians, acrobats, and, of course, musicians. Every kind of music was represented. On one such stroll I came across a young black lady who was performing original material; some of it accompanied with her guitar and some was a capella. I was so impressed. I stood for quite a while listening, completely captivated. At the end I tossed a dollar or two (I was a poor, broke student) into a container and moved on, all the while thinking to my self, "Wow, such a great talent and likely nobody will ever know just how unique and talented she is. Such a shame." Leap forward some years. I'm a working stiff, have a PhD in engineering, and just happen to be in the MIT Coop, passing by the music department. Suddenly I hear a voice that is instantly recognizable and a song reminiscent of what I had heard about decade earlier! The sound, the style, is unmistakable! I rush over to see who this artist is. Sure enough, the face on the album is the very person I had heard about a decade earlier and despaired that such a great talent would likely never be known. Boy was I wrong!! I was overjoyed, thrilled, proud, and happy for her. She was on her way; rising like a meteor through the sky. Sometimes good things do happen to great and wonderful people!
What are you talking about? Tracy Chapman or Troy Chapmone? Ok, maybe my old memory is wrong, I thought she performed in the mid to late 80s to mid 90s! Ok, maybe I thought I saw a black woman perform at the Square who looked like Tracy Chapman.
She attended Tufts in 1987! So, very likely you are talking about Trisha Chapmon!!! LOL
But your story is very inspiring! Maybe someday you'll discover my young self performing at the Square at age 10 or 12 years old (the 70's) where I'd commute from Connecticut to perform as a street musician. I think you mixed up your dates - You meant that you saw her in the 80s. Correct that in your story so you don't sound like an Alien visiting earth from Mars!
@@rafikkifl5345did you read it? It's college days lol
@@rafikkifl5345He could be right. Chapman was born in 1964, she should be around 15 in 1978 or 79 which is college age and still in the 70s.
I still listen to ALL of her music. My dad named me after her and he introduced me to her music too. I'm a 90s baby so I grew up on her music😅 My favorite memories with my dad are us driving home in silence from school or somewhere in the evening and listening to the Crossroads album particularly🥺❤️. I want to dance to "The promise" with him at my wedding❤️ (God willing). Otherwise I'll forever be grateful to my dad for introducing me to this amazing woman and her extraordinary music🥰❤️
She has such a sweet face and her soul shines out of those beautiful eyes.
OMG, her smile is worth 10000 words. But her music? pure ecstacy.
It's called Integrity folks. Not many of today's acts have it.
"Give Me One Reason" is one of my favourite songs. Thank God Tracy Chapman has been able to share her talent with us. She is not only talented, she is a humanitarian. Much respect for Tracy Chapman.
Tracy is such a humble authentic person with real and raw music and lyrics. She does not sacrifice her values and morals for anyone or anything. I wish I knew her personally. Her humility brings me to tears. Her skin and face as well as her music and lyrics shine with no makeup and no pretense.
@reann frantz that’s what I was thinking. Her skin is absolutely beautiful. Not a single blemish, and completely natural. She still has a youthful figure also. Beautiful woman overall
When I lived in Provincetown Mass. I worked at a club that had Talent Night, my idea, and Tracy Chapman walked in guitar on her back and sang the most popular 3 songs on her first album she would release a year later. True story. We were in awe. I was the bouncer and door person and also did lights and sound on those nights.
What year?
Tracy Chapman has a huge talent . She’s a poet with an awesome voice !! Total respect to this lady !!
I love her voice, her music and poetry. Very talented.
Just before her 1st album broke, this nondescript woman (who turned out to be Tracy) showed up and sang Talkin' 'bout a revolution at a political rally in L.A. She stood on the steps of City Hall and blew us away with her voice and guitar. Then she sang a song a capella. There were at least 5,000+ people out there listening. You could hear a pin drop. Stunning.
I appreciate this perspective so much as young person it’s invaluable to me ❤️🙏🏼☮️
She has never been non descript imo.Her music,her beauty and her humanity has shone for decades.
@@jeanetted8138 You're right, I could have chosen a better phrase. It was 1987 and she was unknown to your everyday music listener. She looked like any other random woman in the crowd which is part of what makes her special as music stars go.
Not that I know her, she does seem to have all the qualities you described.
Amazing talent and heart.
@@jeanetted8138 Unassuming would be a better descriptor. It's those quiet type people, the ones most people don't even see who, when they open their mouths to speak, SPEAK VOLUMES AND COMMAND YOUR TOTAL ATTENTION. That is Tracy Chapman.
She will always bring me back to a time in my life where, life had a sense of purpose, life was endless without mortality💗 I can still feel my hair blowing in the wind with the windows down, cranking “Give me one good reason”!
ikr takes me back to all my c r a z y
learning-curve relationships.😑🤣🤣
Leisa Santy, I love your sense of humor
@@RizwanAhmed-cc7cd 10-4.😃
You still have a purpose
Her songs were her babies, and as the mama she protected them . Amazing performer!
I have so much respect for this lady. I am so happy she never let fame change her. Pure music, from a pure heart.
Original. Real. Authentic. Outgoing performances. We love 💕 her guttural voice. She bares it all in her music, and yet she remains a very private person. ACROSS THE LINES, WHO'LL DARE TO GO. OVER THE TRACKS, THAT SEPARATE WHITES FROM BLACK'S; TONIGHT THE RIOTS BEGIN, IN BACK STREETS OF AMERICA; THEY KILL THE DREAM OF AMERICA; IN BACK STREETS OF AMERICA.
Yes, racism is real; and Tracy Chapman found the perfect way of exposing it.
Hes a man
@@cheruiyotdaniel592 Negative
All her songs are touching.
I like Tracy,you can't hate a humanitarian and poet
Thanks, I had forgotten about her; she had nice soulful music, was it in the 80s ?
Loved her music and I am a 68 yr old white grandma. I grew up dirt poor too, so maybe that is the connection. I understand her wanting to keep herself private, but I have wondered all of these years where her wonderful music went. I get it.
Love her music, today and when it was on top of the charts!! There are a whole bunch of people, from a lot of different walks of life who could learn a thing or two from this beautiful lady!! Thank You, Tracy!!
Good for her. Smart extremely talented lady keeping her personal life her business.
She truly is a legend, I’ve loved her since I was a child.
Tracey Chapman , Fiona Apple, Sinesd OConnor and a few other came along during a time where they were just a popular as Madonna and did not need to shake their butt to sell their music
I love her music, personality and everything about her 💕❤💗💓💖.
Tracy Chapman an angel herself. I love this woman so much I could cry. If everybody had a heart like hers, the world be such a beautiful place to live in. Love you Tracy Chapman love you forever. ❤️❤️
1988 is the year I remember well because I first heard one of her songs. She is such a talented artist, people will still hear and enjoy her songs in 1000 years.
Just an awesome human being...Freaking love her music for years and lord knows it's even save my sanity during hard moments in my life..
God bless her talent
She is a beautiful young lady who I enjoyed her music I do not care about her past all I like is our entertainment you can save that for Elvis Presley who died strung out on pain pills
I'm an old white guy.Tacy Chapman is so talented and soulful her songs are brunt in my mind.She's a giant in talent.
I have always thought that Tracy Chapman is one of those rare individuals that are beautiful on the outside, inside and in what she produces. Long may she continue.
I just feel deeply about Ms Chapman’s music. Her presence is sincere and pulls me in. An ‘old soul’ she must be, as the resonance of her beauty resides on many levels.
Claire Blechman, Seattle
Saw her twice in small concert venue's in the late 80s-early 90s. Her powerful yet humble performance was a true delight.
I've been listening to this beautiful voice since I was 16, I'm 50. First LP I ever bought was Crossroads. Still have it, with all of her CD's. I was so fortunate to have seen her perform live. Sending much love to all the TC fans all around the world❤
love the song remember the tin man do u remember that ma’am iam 63 years old u have a beautiful night
@@kiorapakenham1239 Hi there, yes indeed. It's from the album New Beginning. Blessings to you and your family.
Staying in an innermost part of eastern India I learnt about Tracy Chapman when she won the Grammy's. Since then she is one of my most favourite singers. Without use of any musical instrument except a guitar, she has created such powerful songs that they are relevant even on today's world.
Truly wonderful performer. I love her work. I love her take on life and her career. I love she does not put her life on blast. She deserves some privacy and her own life. I HATE all the gossip mags/shows etc. I don't need to know personal things about people I don't even know personally. She is doing it right.
A true artist one of a kind
A true artist who let's the music speak for her. 🎶🎵💖
Her music is so unique in that she bares her soul.I love her period, think she is awesome. Honored to have heard her music. and her,
So much more than a beautiful soul. A wonderful human!!
Hello how are you doing?
Tracy Chapman is simply legendary!!! And that is that X
I adore the sound of this lovely woman's voice.
Please please please please come back with more music. We need you.❤️👍🏿✊🏿
I had the wonderful experience to enjoy Tracy Chapman in concert.She was awesome.
'Revolution' is the soundtrack for our current times.
I have always been a Big fan of Tracy and I would like to thank you very much for featuring her...Thank you...Peace and Blessings to everyone...
Whatever she does is OK by me.so far she doesn't worship the devil.she is one of the greatest. Love you Tracy
Tracy is a natural woman. Clean, no frills, basic, simple, no hype. Beautiful, soulful.
I loved every song she ever sang. She is an awesome talent.
I was the engineer who recorded the demo for her first album in my studio (Baker Street Studios) in Boston. I can tell you this: the demo was much more powerful than the album which seemed washed out and commercial in comparison using studio musicians, etc. She had been singing in the Harvard Square T (subway) stop. I do remember that she would not talk to me directly, always saying, "Tell the engineer..." this or that. At the time I took it for being very aloof. Since she was part of the record company machine she did not have to work her way up. She immediately had magazine covers and TV appearances and shot to fame "overnight." I wish someone would release a bootleg of that demo since Steve took all the tapes with him at the end of the session.
Steve? Who dat?
God bless you Tracy Chapman you sing with Hart and soul with songs to help us all.
Miss you Tracy. Love you forever. Thank you for all you gave us. God Bless.
What I love about her is you can hear that vulnerability-she hasn't lost touch with what really speaks to all of us.
Her music is Timeless, Soulful and ..I LOVE HER ..SHE IS BEAUTIFUL ..MY VERY FAVORITE
She is such a rare talent. "Fast Car", is one, of my all-time favorite songs. ❤️🇺🇸
Me too.
Shes one of the best singers/ musician in my book
I started listening to her music back in the 80s. 💕 them
Thanks for this video. Tracy was just another artist to me and your title for the video made me curious. Maybe I wanted to hear another crash and burn story so I could compare myself (a bassist since ‘77) and feel better lol. I’m overwhelmed. I had no idea how much passion she has for life itself and how serious she is about it. Excellent video, the production, the editing and the narration beyond that of the average CZcams video.
I’m just now realizing that I’m a Tracy Chapmen fan for life.
I Love This Sister... She's So Real.. Tracy Chapman❤
I remember like it was yesterday buying her debut lp, and I sure played it to death, she seems to be a very humble lady, and one of the best talents of modern song writing.
Tracy refuses to be a " sell-out " and you should follow suit. I still have no idea what happened to Tracy and do not appreciate being suckered in with click-bait heading captions.
Agreed 100%. There are too many channels like this. Nothing but click bait titles and the content is crappy.
Nothing happened to her and that is good.
@@christineperez7562 Yes, it's good but the ass that uploaded this used click bait to draw in all of these views and for that he /she should have their hands slapped, and their mamma too, for not teaching them that honesty is the best policy.
That why i look at the comments first before i watch a video
It is a good watch and informative. It does explain what happened … meaning how did she get to where she is? Amazing story
Well summarized! I love music; i love creating music. I love people who love creating music because they love it and it brings them joy in the moment of doing so. In the true form of great artists, i love those who create exceptional music yet avoid the public!
I miss Tracy Chapman.
Wow.
I've always really loved her songs and her singing.
She is a wonderful and complexe artist! I love her voice and all her songs! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👋👋👋👋
Hello how are you doing?
Nice. Thank you for covering this👌🏾✨💜
I love Tracy. Words cannot describe how beautiful she and her music are. It’s unfortunate this video exist for no reason whatsoever from what I can tell. Just stop.
Wow, Ive wondered what ever happened to Tracy Chapman. I'm so happy to hear she is okay & just doing her own thing. The lady has class, values & morals. I personally wish her well & all kinds of happiness. With the utmost respect I tip my hat to you Tracy Chapman. One in a million you are.
Hey Tracy keep doing what you been doing girl. I love you and the music that you write and sing is a blessing to our world. May god continue to bless you.🙏🥳🙏continue to blow your horn until God says otherwise.
I have both her 1st and 2nd CDs!!! Absolutely incredible, never tire of hearing her songs, it's all about her art, talent, expression!!! Tracy Chapman, #RealR&B4Ever
Love Tracy's music and still has the power to enthral, well done and so pleased to hear her story via this channel.
Love her music, ALWAYS!❤️
Hello how are you doing?
I saw her in Washington DC during the march on behalf of the homeless… what a wonderful performer!
Recently?! Wow lucky you..
I remembered discovering Tracey Chapman in High School, such soulful, pure and beautiful talent.
I never get tired if listening to Tracy Chapmans songs . She is a gem, legendary.
I've always enjoyed her music and singing , she's very talented.❤
Africa needs artist such as you miss Chapman.identify with the poor never forgetting where you came from.
I'm 68 and have her cd and my great-granddaughters who is 7 and four love her music we listen to it all the time
Good video about Ms. Chapman. Very well done. She is a very humble human being. We need more like her.
I love Tracy. I was fortunate to see her live. However, you've not answered your foundational question. Were is Tracy?
She is quite reclusive and lives in a place way out of the LA scene. She still performs. This is a sort of click bait, in that nothing has happened to her, she's just doing her thing in her quiet way.
Where*
I’m curious where as well.
Exactly, click bait or not.. nice story, but didn’t really learn anything about current TC situation. 😞
MISS YOU BEAUTIFUL SUPERWOMAN QUEEN 👑🌹COME BACK TO US!🙏🏾❤👑🌹👏🏽
I miss you Tracy Chapman and the world needs you because you're YOU and that's a lotta love.
I love Tracy. She's definitely a one of a kind talent & voice for so many. Thanks for this video.
God blessed us with her. Amen
Bovine excreta! She was born with a human talent. Your imaginary friend had nothing to do with it!
Tracy C.has found the way to 'Stay Real' and i believe thats her magic,its great to finally see an artist stay true to herself no matter what! U go girl...👍👍👍😅
"Fast Cars" was my introduction to Tracy Chapman, not an album but the single, they say it's 167 in the top 500, I say nonsense. Why give it a number, it is a fantastic poem put to music, great voice great lyrics, love the accoustic sound. Yes, I swear a few months ago I was thinking of Tracy Chapman and what became of her life and always think of "Fast Car", the story of the song always brought tears to my eyes. Thank you Tracy Chapman, I never made anything of my life and I am ashamed. After I heard "Fast Car" I was hooked on you as a person and artist a real artist of sound and words, few are that blessed.
Absolutely love tracy chapman ...never get tired of listening.....most i know by heart!!!!!
I find her absolutely beautiful!
Hello
Her personal life being kept private reminds me of the late, great Dusty Springfield. Both Reserved, shy in private but a powerhouse on stage. Press rudely and obtrusively hounded Dusty about her private life ,truly cringeworthy questions. Tracy had a really good answer to her prying friends at the press. But it was a different time back then and being honest like Dusty wanted meant her career would have been ruined completely. Some would argue what she did divulge to press (BISEXUALITY) was too honest and did affect her career. But thank god we are slowly evolving ...some .
Hope we can get to where it's never a issue. Probably not in my lifetime - I'm 71. Social change is just too slow.
Truly beautiful... This is someone I can be envious of then inspired.
All this just makes me love her even more. Thank you for the background info.
I love Tracey Chapman, her music style is so unique. Fast cars, give me one reason and so many other gems.
I saw her live at Wembley at the Mandela birthday concert. The "other musician" who could not perform for technical reasons (as opposed to "refused"! which you claim here) was Stevie Wonder. But her miraculous breakthrough on that day was curse as well as blessing. She was literally catapulted to global fame. But I tend to feel that universal stardom just wasn't right for her. Let her get on with her quiet life as a normal person.
great mini doc. love tracy,,,, her strength and conviction is inspiring.......love her
She is a real gem its she guards her music with its unique honest sound and am glad that her career started after she graduated college. Helping in her way is a blessing,her dimples and humble attitudes are beautiful,may God continue to protect,provide and bless her and herprivacy carefully respected. Congrats ms.tracy c.!!!!!!!