 While Carey 's new musical direction caused tension between her and Columbia , it began to severely strain her relationship with her husband at the time , Tommy Mottola . Mottola had always been involved in Carey 's career , because he was the head of Sony Music , the parent company of her label . Since the time of Carey 's debut , Mottola had controlled nearly every aspect of her career , keeping her sound carefully regulated and insisting that she continue recording middle @-@ of @-@ the @-@ road pop music , despite her interest in hip hop . 
 While Carey <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>new musical direction caused tension between her and Columbia , it began to severely strain her relationship with her husband at the time , Tommy Mottola . Mottola <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> always been involved in Carey <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>career , because he was the head of Sony Music , the parent company of her label . Since the time of Carey <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>debut , Mottola <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> controlled nearly every aspect of her career , keeping her sound carefully regulated and insisting that she continue recording middle @-@ of @-@ the @-@ road pop music , despite her interest in hip hop . 
While Carey  new musical direction caused tension between her and Columbia , it began to severely strain her relationship with her husband at the time , Tommy Mottola . Mottola done always been involved in Carey  career , cause he was the head of Sony Music , the parent company of her label . Since the time of Carey  debut , Mottola done controlled nearly every aspect of her career , keeping her sound carefully regulated and insisting that she continue recording middle @-@ of @-@ the @-@ road pop music , despite her interest in hip hop .