She had a string of minor hits in the early aughts and even had a major role in a big budget motion picture but what became of the woman behind it all, Samantha Mumba?
I have a theory that she was the first iteration of Rihanna and somehow evolved into her. I’m only vaguely familiar with Pokemon but that’s what happens to them, right? They do their job well enough and get a second shot at life as something better than they once were. If that is the case, I hope that Samantha Mumba/Rihanna is having fun singing number one hits and dancing around in strips of fabric.
If I remember correctly, Samantha Mumba also had a certain proclivity for jumping around and off of very tall buildings or ledges. As you can see from the music video for her song “Gotta Tell You,” she appears to be very good at it. However, done on the regular I’m sure there would be an accident or two. Hopefully, a parkour accident didn’t do her in.
Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You by Dixvad59
A quick Google tells me that she avoided this fate but the question still remains. Where is she? Okay, fine, I’ll check Wikipedia. It appears that Mrs. Mumba has decided to give up singing and focus mainly on acting.
Picture via Wikimedia Commons.
