Mariah Carey 1992: 12 Days Before MTV Unplugged

Mariah Carey 1992: 12 Days Before MTV Unplugged

Mariah Carey sits down with Dini Petty in May 1992, weeks before the MTV Unplugged EP drops, to tell the story behind the party she almost didn’t attend, and the demo tape that found its way to a record executive on his drive home. She was 22 years old. Two albums in. Five consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number ones. And she was still carrying the whole origin story in her head like she couldn’t quite believe it had happened.