Mary J Blige is known for combining the hip hop music together with soul and this is the reason why she received an award for World Music Legends Award. She had several albums released since 1992 but Mary J Blige once said in an interview that she only realized what she was doing by 1997 because before that she was just singing and leaving her ghetto life. It was only in ’97 that she realizes she was actually making history.
From drug addiction and alcohol addiction, Mary J Blige turned her back on her addiction at the time that her friend died, a year before Aaliyah died. After Aaliyah’s death she snapped and all of a sudden she decided to stop and be a good wife to her husband and as a good person with no alcohol.
Her latest album is entitled Growing pains which was released in 2007. The album had some issues though especially when she faced a federal law suit with regards to the song “Work That” which is said to be written by Neff-U and she was not given the right to use the song. It was also this year that Mary J Blige was listed as one of the 100 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.
Mary J Blige makes popular hip hop songs with great messages. She does not just make music for the rhythm but each song actually has a message that you could listen to and learn something from. Mary J Blige is really a legend in her own time, she is the only Mary J Blige.
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