MOTTOLA WRECKED CAREY'S CAREER WITH JA RULE AND J.LO

Mariah Carey's ex-husband conspired to ruin her career by promoting Jennifer Lopez over her, according to rap producer Irv Gotti and rapper Ja Rule. Sony boss Tommy Mottola asked Gotti to remix Lopez's "I'm Real" hit using Ja Rule super quickly - so that J.Lo's remix would hit the charts before Carey's duet with Ja Rule, "If We".
The rapper confirms, "They thought the Mariah record was incredible, so they called me and said, 'We want you to do a record with J.Lo, but we need it now.' " Mottola's plans to wreck his ex-wife's career may also have led her to her public nervous breakdown last year.
A source says, "Mariah felt all along that Tommy was trying to torpedo her career. It helped spark her breakdown. When Tommy and Mariah divorced it was a bitter split and he immediately started to look for a new pop diva to one-up Mariah."