Listen Now: Blame it on the Fame: Milli Vanilli

Published: May 13, 2024, noon

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When Frank Farian first laid eyes on Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, he saw everything he wasn\\u2019t. They were handsome, young, and Black. But Frank had something they didn\\u2019t. He had power.


So, Frank offered them a devil\\u2019s bargain. Almost overnight, Milli Vanilli\\u2019s debut album went five times platinum and scored a Grammy nomination. But when the lie at the center of their success started to unravel, Rob and Fab would discover the hard way the difference between star power and real power.


From Wondery, Blame It on the Fame is a story about the lie that shot to #1 and what it cost to tell the truth. Hosted by Amanda Seales.


Listen early and ad-free exclusively on Wondery+: Wondery.fm/BIOTF_MV

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