The documentary will be available on Amazon Prime on June 25. The “Share My World” singer has worked with the likes of Elton John, George Michael, Nas and A$AP Rocky. The 50-year-old chanteuse first hit the scene in 1991 when she signed to Uptown Records, headed by Andre Harrell. Nine-time Grammy winner Blige has also had a successful acting career with shows such as “Umbrella Academy,” “Betty and Coretta” and “Respect.” She earned two Oscar nominations for her role in “Mudbound.” Combs was Blige’s co-executive producer for the film, and Quincy Jones served as the executive music producer. Henson and Sean “Diddy” Combs all appear in the documentary.
Blige says there was a point during the recording of her 1994 album “It’s My Life” at which she “didn’t want to live.” WireImageĪlicia Keys, Taraji P. In the neighborhood we lived in, it’s like prison. “The only thing, I think, that kept us guided was the music. She also says that music was a savior during her early life growing up in the Bronx. I had it all inside and I was able to sing it and write it, and I didn’t know that so many people felt the same way.” She says in the clip, “‘My Life’ is probably my darkest album at one of the darkest times I’ve had.” She adds, “Most of the time I was just depressed and didn’t want to live. Blige: My Life” follows the R&B legend’s rise to fame and the making of that record. Blige says that there was a point during the recording of her seminal 1994 album “My Life” when she was “depressed and didn’t want to live.” In a trailer for her new documentary, Mary J. Blige endorses Ray McGuire in NYC mayoral race Do you still enjoy it as much as you did when you were 17, 18, 19 years old?" asked Pitts.Mary J. "You've been in this business for a while. Blige has finally made peace with her past, present, and future. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years."īut after almost two decades in the spotlight, 40-year-old Mary J. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. 'Cause I just never saw myself like the woman that a man like him would want." "And he really did love broken down, little old me. "Even after I was married, I still couldn't believe it, that it was real," she said. Blige and Kendu Isaacs at the Embassy of the United States in Paris during Paris Fashion Week, March 7, 2011.Īnd although she and Isaacs have been married for eight years, Blige initially had some doubts about the relationship: Blige shed the drama in her life, with the help of her husband and manager Kendu Isaacs. But I just was completely like, 'I don't want to take no etiquette.' I didn't care about taking an etiquette class."Īfter years of drinking and cocaine use, Mary J. Blige will be performing during an epic concert in New York City next month on November 18th, and one of the stars biggest fans and some friends are going to enjoy the show and have the ultimate NYC experience Mary J. Blige By Taylor Fields The legendary Mary J. Because I didn't know I would grow and evolve to this. How You Can Have The Ultimate NYC Experience With Mary J. "I don't know how I knew that whatever I am - which is broken and unarticulate, and I didn't know that - would help people.
Hoping to smooth out the rough edges, her record label sent her to an etiquette class. "Are you calling my questions stupid?" Pitts asked. "What you do is what you do, and I can't get angry about, you know, you asking me the same stupid questions. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: maryjbligebewithoutyou, bewithoutyoumaryjblige.
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"She didn't know how to sit down and give an interview and respect the interviewer, and the same, you know, stupid questions that they would ask over and over and over again," she laughed. Discover short videos related to mary j blige cant be without u on TikTok. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant," Blige said. "How did you get from that person to who you are now?" Blige could be sometimes difficult to deal with," said Pitts.