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She was molested by a family friend at the age of five, and as a teenager she experienced years of sexual abuse from classmates of both sexes. She is estimated to have a net worth of about $20 million. Through proceeds from her work as a singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, she has been able to accumulate a huge fortune.

Employer: Republic, Matriarch, Capitol, Geffen, MCA, Uptownīlige has enjoyed a long career in the entertainment industry spanning almost three decades.

Profession: Singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist.

Spouse?: Martin “Kendu” Isaacs (Ex-Husband).

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Blige. She filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences in July 2016 and the divorce was finalized on June 21, 2018. She became a stepmother to her husband’s children, Nas and Jordan, who he had with his first wife, and an older daughter, Briana, from a teenage relationship. She was married to Martin “Kendu” Isaacs who was her manager. Blige spent her early years in a Pentecostal church in Richmond Hill, Georgia where she sang. When her father left the family in the mid-1970s, the former an alcoholic and the latter a Vietnam War veteran who had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, the family subsisted on earnings from her mother as a nurse.

She has two siblings, her older sister LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, and brother, Bruce Miller. She was born in New York, in the borough of The Bronx to Cora, a nurse, and Thomas Blige, a Jazz musician. Blige Educationīlige dropped out of high school in her junior year. She stands at an average height of 5ft 5 (1.75 m). She celebrates her birthday on 11 January. Blige Ageīlige was born as Mary Jane Blige on 11 January 1971 in The Bronx, New York, United States. Blige has sold 50 million albums around the world and has reported 80 million worldwide. She went on to release 13 albums from space. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Albums of All Time and All-Time 100 Albums from Time magazine. Blige released her first album in 1992: What is the 411?.

Harrell met Blige and was signed onto the label in 1989 as a backup vocalist for artists like Father MC, becoming the youngest and first female artist in the company. Redd sent it to Andre Harrell, the label’s President, and CEO. Her mother’s boyfriend later played the tape for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records. Mary J Blige is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist whose eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales.Īt the beginning of 1988, she recorded an impromptu cover of Anita Baker’s “Caught Up in the Rapture” at a recording booth at the Galleria Mall in White Plains, New York.