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| Birth name | Mary Jane Blige |
| Born | January 11, 1971 (1971-01-11) (age 37) The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States |
| Genre(s) | R&B, soul, hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, actress |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Voice type(s) | Mezzo-soprano |
| Years active | 1989 "present |
| Label(s) | Uptown, MCA, Geffen, Matriarch |
| Website | www.mjblige.com |
More about Mary J. Blige(From Wikipedia)
In 1988, Blige Recorded An Impromptu Cover Of Anita Baker's "Caught Up In The Rapture" At A Recording Booth In A Local Mall. Her Mother's Boyfriend At The Time Later Played The Cassette For Jeff Redd, A Recording Artist And A&R Runner For Uptown R
In 1988, Blige recorded an impromptu cover of Anita Baker's "Caught Up in the Rapture" at a recording booth in a local mall. Her mother's boyfriend at the time later played the cassette for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records. Redd then sent it to the president and CEO of the label, Andre Harrell. Harrell met with Blige and, in 1989, she was signed to the label; becoming Read more...
1992-1993: What's The 411?
Production for Blige's debut album began in 1991, with Sean "Puffy" Combs (at the time a fledgling A&R executive at Uptown) largely overseeing the project. Also enlisted were some of the top R&B and hip hop producers of the time, among them Tony Dofat, Mark Morales and Cory Rooney, Dave "Jam" Hall, and DeVante Swing.
On July 28, 1992, Uptown Records released What's the 411?. "You Remind Read more...
1994-1996: My Life
On November 29, 1994, Uptown Records released Blige's second album, My Life. Darker, moodier, and slightly less uptempo than its predecessor — the set was again overseen by Combs (despite his having recently left the label), who co-produced all but one of the albums tracks, and took over as Blige's manager. Unlike What's the 411?, Blige co-wrote a large body of the material, basing it on Read more...
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