Biography of Mary J. BligeDate of Birth
11 January 1971, Bronx, New York, USA
Birth Name
Mary Jane Blige
Nickname
Queen of hip-hop soul
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse
Kendu Isaacs (7 December 2003 - present)
Trivia
Never graduated from high school.
Her job before she became a singer was a Directory Assistance operator, thus the title of her debut album "What's the 411?"
The title track from Mary's latest album "No More Drama" contains samples of the theme "The Young and the Restless" (1973).
Mary personally asked Mariah Carey and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs to appear in her video for "No More Drama", because she felt they both had their fair share of drama recently.
Younger half brother named Bruce Miller.
Credits husband Kendu Isaacs for helping her clean up her act and to overcome her drug and alcohol addiction
Used parts of "Waiting To Exhale" in her music video Not Gon' Cry.
Her hit song and music video "Be Without You" from her latest double platinum selling album "Breakthrough", was just retired on BET's 106 & Park, after 65 consecutive days of being on the countdown. [March 3, 2006]
Stepmother of Kendu Isaacs' three children
Her mother, Cora Blige, survived a stabbing in 1987 by a neighbor.
Younger sister of LaTonya Blige-DaCosta.
Her music video "No More Drama" was shot the day right after September 11th, 2001.
Ranked #69 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Personal Quotes
"It almost kills me to say I'm in love, because as soon as men hear that shit, they're gone."
"I don't know. Only God know's where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win."
My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block. I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.
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