All posts tagged Mary J. Blige

Meet Mary J. Blige’s First Protege!

I’m loving this next generation of teen stars!

Over the weekend Mary J Blige’s 13 year old Protege Katlyn Nichol tweeted that she was in Los Angeles, CA working on her album “Yesterday was awesome! Met up with @maryjblige and visited@justinbieber in the studio. Too much fun XD #excited ”

She posted a photo of her in the studio with her Island Def Jam labelmate Justin Bieber. No word on if there’s a possible collaboration for her debut album.

Listen to homegirl blow below!!!
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Who Told Madonna To F*ck Off??!

No it wasn’t Lady Gaga…but definitely a Gaga stan!

David Furnish is not a Madonna fan, and he proved it after going off on Madge following her Golden Globes win for her song “Masterpiece” from the movie W.E. Elton John’s hubby Tweeted, “Madonna. Best song???? F**k off!!!”

But what prompted this Tweet??  DRAMA!

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VIDEO: MARY J. BLIGE “MR.WRONG”

We finally got the video for “Mr. Wrong”, from Mary J. Blige’s My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act I), YAY!!!

The video begins with a music box opening up, but instead of a tiny rotating ballerina, we see the soul queen holding onto a stripper pole. Unfortunately, Mary’s Mr. Wrong — aka, Drake, who appears on the track — is MIA from the actual video. I wonder why? Anywho, check out the video below:

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MARY J. BLIGE IS A “REAL” QUEEN!

Mary J. Blige has definitely come a long way from the hood chick we met on her debut album What’s the 411. Now known as the ‘Queen of Hip Hop Soul,” Mary has more then a few jewels to drop on us and if your’e smart, you’ll pick up every one.

Although, she sings about ‘No More Drama’, Mary made headlines in the early stages of her career for her personal drama as well as being less than pleasant in interviews. Nine Grammy’s and Six Multi-platinum albums later, she caught up with CBS News to discuss her latest release ‘My Life 2′, as well as how she overcame the ‘Mary’ of the past while revealing that she didn’t think she was worthy of being married to a man like Kendu.

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JUSTIN BIEBER & USHER BRING CHRISTMAS TO THE “TODAY SHOW”

Justin Bieber brought Christmas to NYC’s Rockefeller Plaza a month early when  he hit the outdoor stage on the “Today” show to perform songs off his Christmas album Under the Mistletoe.

The teen idol warmed up the freezing stage by bringing out Usher to cover the holiday classic “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).”

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MARY J. BLIGE & BEYONCE TEACH YOU “HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN”

I can’t wait for this one to drop!

Two of the biggest voices in music, Mary J. Blige and Beyoncé, join forces on their new duet “Love a Woman.” The producer-songwriter behind the superstar collaboration, Sean Garrett, spoke with Rap-Up.com about how the “iconic” track came together.

Garrett, who has penned hits for both women in the past, revealed that the song was originally written for Beyoncé. “I initially did the record for Beyoncé and then we just felt it would be an even bigger record with Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige,” he explained. “Both these women are two iconic female figures in the world, and what would be better than putting those two on a record? We felt it would be a really iconic move.”

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MARY J. BLIGE CELEBRATES ‘MY LIFE’ LIVE IN CONCERT!

Mary J. Blige will reminisce with fans and give them a peek into the future with a concert celebrating her iconic album My Life.

American Express, in partnership with VEVO and YouTube, has announced that the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul will be the latest performer in its popular livestream music series, “American Express Unstaged.” Adam Shankman, who cast Mary in the upcoming film Rock of Ages, will serve as director.

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VIDEO: MARY J. BLIGE CONNECTS WITH HER PAST ON ‘NEED SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU’

During her promotional visit to the UK, Mary J. Blige stopped by ‘Later…with Jools Holland’. The singer promoted upcoming LP ‘My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act 1)’ and previewed a new piano-laced ballad from the project titled‘Need Someone to Love You’.

Apparently, the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul is singing to the younger, conflicted Mary that was hurting so bad, the very Mary you would find on an earlier album in her career – her 1994 classic ‘My Life’.

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JILL SCOTT, MARY J. BLIGE, KELLY CLARKSON & FLORENCE WELCH TO HEADLINE VH1 DIVA’S!

Last year VH1 had a hard time finding diva’s for their somewhat popular Vh1 Diva’s show. How do I know this? Well, Nicki Minaj was one of the performer’s… WOMP!

I’m not knocking Nicki. Anyone who reads my post’s knows that I am #teamNicki Minaj all the way but a VH1 Diva she is not, lets just keep it real. This time around then network got it right, well almost.

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MARY J. BLIGE F/ RICK ROSS “WHY”

Mary J. Blige is pumping out new music like her name is Beyonce. This time she teams up with Rick Ross on “Why.”

Mary J. Blige is on fire! Hours after debuting her new single“Mr. Wrong” featuring Drake, MJB gets bossy with Rick Ross on “Why,” a breezy cut off her upcoming album My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act I) (Nov. 21).

Mary wonders why she and her man just can’t work it out no matter how hard they try, while Rozay praises the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul: “Hold your glasses up, baby/ You’re in the presence of greatness/ It’s the queen of our time, Mary J.”

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