Dolly Parton invested ‘I Will Always Love You’ royalties into Black community
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Published: Aug. 2, 2021 at 4:09 PM EDT
(CNN) – Dolly Parton says she invested her royalties from Whitney Houston’s cover of her song “I Will Always Love You” into a Black Nashville neighborhood.
According to Forbes, Parton earned $10 million on the tune that spent more than three months on top of the Billboard Hot 100.
Parton said she bought a “big office complex” in the “black area of town” in honor of Houston.
According to the Washington Post, the 75-year-old country star put money into the neighborhood in 1997 during a time when others shied away.
The investment reportedly helped revamp the area.
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