More than three decades after the scandal that threatened to end his career, Fab Morvan is back in the headlines for all the right reasons.
The former Milli Vanilli star recently earned a Grammy nomination for narrating his memoir audiobook ‘You Know It’s True,’ marking his return to the Recording Academy stage 36 years after the duo’s Best New Artist award was revoked.
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“I don’t need nobody to tell me who I am, what I can accomplish, what I stand for,” Morvan told TMZ during an encounter this week in Los Angeles. “I stand for the dream, resilience, strength.”
The singer revealed he has signed with a U.S. agency and is preparing for additional live performances, including upcoming shows alongside several ’90s-era hitmakers. “We’re about to do many shows,” he said. “I think the next one’s in Irvine with Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Tone Loc, Young MC, and so on.”
While the U.S. market seems to just be reopening to Morvan, the singer built a strong career overseas.
“I’ve been working in Europe for 30 years on the road, but people don’t know that,” he said. “You can’t keep a good man down.”
While Morvan remains focused on what’s next, he addressed the lasting impact of the controversy that once made him a global punchline.
“They made millions off of us. What happened afterwards? They threw us into the trash,” he said. “We got scapegoated, and nobody said nothing for years.”
Fab also reflected on his late bandmate Rob Pilatus, who died in 1998 after struggling in the aftermath of the scandal.
“He was disillusioned by the industry,” Morvan said. “There was no support system.”
After showing off his Grammy nomination medal to reporters, Morvan spoke about the symbolism of returning to music’s biggest stage, this time using his own voice to tell his story.
“My wings were clipped,” he said. “I guess they’ve been reattached this weekend. The best is yet to come.”
