Whitney Houston 2, 2003), and gospel singer Emily "Cissy" (Drinkard) Houston. Her elder brother Michael is a singer, and her elder half-brother is former basketball player Gary Garland. Her parents were both African American. Through her mother, Houston was a first cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick. Her godmother was Darlene Love and her honorary aunt was Aretha Franklin, whom she met at age 8 or 9 when her mother took her to a recording studio. Houston was raised a Baptist, but was also exposed to the Pentecostal church. After the 1967 Newark riots, the family moved to a
God Mother God Mother God Mother is a Swedish hardcore band formed in Stockholm in 2012. God Mother was founded 2012 by Michael Dahlström (drums), Daniel Noring (bass) and Jonatan Lindgren (guitar). They wanted to start a band with the focus on intensity, aggressiveness och with influences from hardcore, grindcore, metal and sludge. They released their first EP 2013 Imitation where drummer Michael Dahlström did the vocals. Later in 2013 Sebastian Campbell joined the band as singer and they released the single Inga Budskap Kvar Jonatan Lindgren chose to leave the band in 2015 and was replaced by Max Lindström on guitar.