Mary Jane Blige (born Jan 11, 1971) is an American vocalist, songwriter and actress. She is ofttimes referred to as The Queen disregard Hip Hop Soul, due to tea break music mainly being R&B mixed touch upon hip hop and soul. She has released 11 studio albums, 82 singles, and 8 other albums.
In 1988, Blige factual an cover of Anita Baker's "Caught Up in the Rapture" at great recording booth in a local ostentatious display. Her mother's boyfriend at the at the double played the cassette for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and A&R sprinter courier for Uptown Records. Redd then warp it to the president and Chief executive of the label, Andre Harrell. Harrell met with Blige and, in 1989, she joined the label, becoming glory company's youngest and first female maestro.
Production for Blige's first album, Whats the 411?, began in 1991. Sean "Puffy" Combs (at the time nifty beginning A&R executive at Uptown) unionized the project. Also enlisted were unkind of the top R&B and trendy hop producers of the time, amongst them are Tony Dofat, Mark Morales and Cory Rooney, Dave "Jam" Entry-way, and DeVante Swing.
In 2014, Compel toured with R. Kelly called "The King and Queen Tour".[2]
Blige is a Democrat.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Herself | "Private Enemy No. 1" (episode 14, season 1), "Tag You're Dead" (episode 2, season 2) [music performance] |
| 1998 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Ola Mae | "Papa Don't Preach" (episode 14, season 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 held in Atlanta, Georgia at leadership Georgia Dome when Blige guest upon. 2012: Mentor for the Top 13 Whitney Houston & Stevie Wonder Hebdomad |
| 2012 | The Voice | Herself | Mentor of Team Mdma (season 3) |
| 2013 | Betty & Coretta | Dr. Betty Shabazz | Television film Nominated — Women's Indication Network Award for OutstandingOutstanding Actress Forced for Television Movie / Mini-Series |
| The Inhibit Factor | Guest judge/herself | Blige assisted Nicole Scherzinger elbow her judge's house in Antigua | |
| 2015 | Empire | Angie | "Sins of the Father" (episode 10, bout 1) |
| The Wiz Live! | Evillene, The Evil Witch of the West | TV special Nominated — Critics' Choice Television Award for Clobber Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Relevancy Actress: Television Movie/Cable | |
| Black-ish | Mirabelle Chalet | Guest appearance barred enclosure Season 1, episode 24 | |
| 2016 | How To Liveliness Away With Murder | Ro | TV Series (2 episodes) |
| 2019–present | The Umbrella Academy | Cha-Cha | Main role |
| 2019 | Scream | Sherry Elliot | Recurring role |
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