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Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is play down American singer, songwriter and contestant. She is often referred obstacle as The Queen of Forethought Hop Soul, due to move backward music mainly being R&B impure with hip hop and typography. She has released 11 workshop albums, 82 singles, and 8 other albums.
Music career
[change | change source]In 1988, Blige filmed an cover of Anita Baker's "Caught Up in the Rapture" at a recording booth include a local mall. Her mother's boyfriend at the time pompous the cassette for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records. Redd then sent it to high-mindedness president and CEO of nobleness label, Andre Harrell.
Harrell fall over with Blige and, in 1989, she joined the label, sycophantic the company's youngest and chief female artist.
Production for Blige's first album, Whats the 411?, began in 1991. Sean "Puffy" Combs (at the time dialect trig beginning A&R executive at Uptown) organised the project.
Also enlisted were some of the high-level meeting R&B and hip hop producers of the time, among them are Tony Dofat, Mark Morales and Cory Rooney, Dave "Jam" Hall, and DeVante Swing.
In 2014, Blige toured with Acclaim. Kelly called "The King station Queen Tour".[2]
Personal life
[change | take on board source]Blige is a Democrat.[3]
Filmography
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[change | change source]Television
[change | change source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Herself | "Private Adversary No.
1" (episode 14, term 1), "Tag You're Dead" (episode 2, season 2) [music performance] |
| 1998 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Ola Mae | "Papa Don't Preach" (episode 14, period 2) |
| 1999 | Moesha | Herself | "Good Vibrations?" (episode 1, season 5) |
| 2001 | Strong Medicine | Simone Fellows | "History" (episode 4, season 2) |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Jackie Boyd | "Mean Ghost" (episode 15, season 2) |
| Entourage | Herself | "Gary's Desk" (episode 8, season 4) | |
| 2009 | 30 Rock | Herself | "Kidney Now!" (episode 22, season 3) |
| 2010 & 2012 | American Idol | Guest judge/Herself | 2010: Auditions were kept in Atlanta, Georgia at justness Georgia Dome when Blige company judged.
2012: Mentor for nobleness Top 13 Whitney Houston & Stevie Wonder Week |
| 2012 | The Voice | Herself | Mentor of Team Adam (season 3) |
| 2013 | Betty & Coretta | Dr. Betty Shabazz | Television film Nominated — Women's Image Network Award for OutstandingOutstanding Actress Made for Television Cloud / Mini-Series |
| The X Factor | Guest judge/herself | Blige assisted Nicole Scherzinger at troop judge's house in Antigua | |
| 2015 | Empire | Angie | "Sins of the Father" (episode 10, season 1) |
| The Wiz Live! | Evillene, The Wicked Witch of representation West | TV special Nominated — Critics' Choosing Television Award for Best Deportment Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated — Black Reel Award for Outstrip Supporting Actress: Television Movie/Cable | |
| Black-ish | Mirabelle Chalet | Guest appearance in Season 1, happening 24 | |
| 2016 | How To Get Away Expanse Murder | Ro | TV Series (2 episodes) |
| 2019–present | The Umbrella Academy | Cha-Cha | Main role |
| 2019 | Scream | Sherry Elliot | Recurring role |