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Mary Jane Blige [1] [17] was born on January 11, 1971, at Fordham Hospital in the Bronx, New York City, to nurse Cora and jazz musician Thomas Blige.She has an older sister, LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, a younger half-brother, Bruce Miller, and a younger half-sister, Jonquell, both from a relationship Blige's mother had with another man after divorcing her first husband.
Mary J. Blige was born in the Bronx in the early ’70s, much like hip-hop itself. By the time she came of age in the projects of Yonkers, she was singing backup for rappers like Father MC […]
American singer Mary J. Blige began her career as a backing vocalist for Uptown Records in the early 1990s. In a career spanning more than 30 years, she has released 15 studio albums and 83 singles—including more than 20 as a featured artist. [ 1 ]
Mary is the fourth studio album by American singer Mary J. Blige, released August 17, 1999, on MCA Records. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 239,000 copies in its first week. It spent 57 weeks on the chart and produced five charting singles. Upon its release, Mary received acclaim from music critics.
Pepsi had launched the Mary J. Blige and Pepsi Strength of a Woman Community Fund. They committed to $100,000 for these women out here in Yonkers and uplifting them and all their endeavors ...
Mary J. Blige and Misa Hylton in 2019. Blige, who has since gone on to sell millions of records and win nine Grammys , sums up the incident succinctly. "They were rejecting us," she says, adding.
In 2022, Blige released her fourteenth studio album Good Morning Gorgeous through 300 Entertainment and her Mary Jane Productions imprint. [3] [4] The record project received six nominations at the 65th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best R&B Album, [5] and produced the Adult R&B Songs number-one hit "Good Morning Gorgeous", her biggest-selling single since "Be Without You" (2005).
Mary J. Blige at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 19 in Cleveland, Ohio Mary J. Blige opened up to PEOPLE about her triumphant new single "You Ain't the Only One"