Mary J. Blige is able to put herself first.
“Sadly, quite a lot of y’all met me once I lacked boundaries and was a folks pleaser.” Blige, 54, wrote by way of X on Thursday, March 27. “Let me reintroduce myself, I burn bridges as wanted.”
Blige, who’s at the moment on tour, didn’t make clear any particular conditions that prompted her to vary her mindset. She did, nevertheless, beforehand add the identical message by way of her Instagram in Could 2024.
Whereas setting firmer boundaries, Blige does hope to proceed making music and performing.
Mary J. Blige has achieved so much in her decades-long profession, however she’s not eager about retiring anytime quickly. “I’ve performed just about all the things that I need to do,” Blige, 53, completely advised Us Weekly forward of slicing the ribbon at New York Metropolis’s Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Store. “The packing containers have been checked.” […]
“I’ve performed just about all the things that I need to do. The packing containers have been checked,” Blige completely advised Us Weekly in August 2024, confirming that she’s nowhere close to able to retire. “Typically I get fatigued, what I’m saying? I’m drained. I’ve been doing this for 30-something years. So, in a short time, it’ll be time. … [But I’ll be] working arduous till then.”
The rap star has been an inimitable power for many years, and she or he particularly holds her sophomore album, My Life, in excessive esteem.
Mary J. Blige performs through the “For My Followers Tour” at Scotiabank Area on March 24, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. Mathew Tsang/Getty Pictures
“That’s my child as a result of it reveals the distinction between the place I used to be and the place I’m. I used to be in such a darkish way of thinking. And life was not one thing that I needed to reside,” Blige recalled to Us of the 1994 report. “After I had to select and once I made the selection to like myself, these are two totally different dynamics. … I didn’t need to reside, now I need to reside. So I needed to make the selection to decide on myself and my followers and reside. That’s what turned it throughout. It was pivotal.”
Regardless of all of the success and accolades, Blige stated her “non secular life” is what helps her keep grounded.
Signature type! Mary J. Blige doesn’t shrink back from experimenting in relation to style. However there’s one accent that the 51-year-old singer likes to maintain fixed: her knee-high boots. From the early aughts up till current day, the “Household Affair” singer has made some extent to include fabulous footwear into her on stage performances […]
“This has not all occurred due to you,” Blige added to Us. “That is blood, sweat and tears. That is your loved ones. That is folks serving to you. There’s no ‘I’ in staff, there’s no ‘I’ in any of this. And that’s how I keep grounded, figuring out that I need assistance.”
As soon as Blige decides that she is lastly able to decelerate professionally, she has a few concepts in thoughts for retirement.
“Retirement appears to be like like touring the world,” she teased to Us final yr. “Going to locations I’ve by no means been earlier than, enjoyable [and] being on yachts and in houses and simply having fun with the fruits of my labor.”
Mary J. Blige is able to put herself first.
“Sadly, quite a lot of y’all met me once I lacked boundaries and was a folks pleaser.” Blige, 54, wrote by way of X on Thursday, March 27. “Let me reintroduce myself, I burn bridges as wanted.”
Blige, who’s at the moment on tour, didn’t make clear any particular conditions that prompted her to vary her mindset. She did, nevertheless, beforehand add the identical message by way of her Instagram in Could 2024.
Whereas setting firmer boundaries, Blige does hope to proceed making music and performing.
Mary J. Blige has achieved so much in her decades-long profession, however she’s not eager about retiring anytime quickly. “I’ve performed just about all the things that I need to do,” Blige, 53, completely advised Us Weekly forward of slicing the ribbon at New York Metropolis’s Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Store. “The packing containers have been checked.” […]
“I’ve performed just about all the things that I need to do. The packing containers have been checked,” Blige completely advised Us Weekly in August 2024, confirming that she’s nowhere close to able to retire. “Typically I get fatigued, what I’m saying? I’m drained. I’ve been doing this for 30-something years. So, in a short time, it’ll be time. … [But I’ll be] working arduous till then.”
The rap star has been an inimitable power for many years, and she or he particularly holds her sophomore album, My Life, in excessive esteem.
Mary J. Blige performs through the “For My Followers Tour” at Scotiabank Area on March 24, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. Mathew Tsang/Getty Pictures
“That’s my child as a result of it reveals the distinction between the place I used to be and the place I’m. I used to be in such a darkish way of thinking. And life was not one thing that I needed to reside,” Blige recalled to Us of the 1994 report. “After I had to select and once I made the selection to like myself, these are two totally different dynamics. … I didn’t need to reside, now I need to reside. So I needed to make the selection to decide on myself and my followers and reside. That’s what turned it throughout. It was pivotal.”
Regardless of all of the success and accolades, Blige stated her “non secular life” is what helps her keep grounded.
Signature type! Mary J. Blige doesn’t shrink back from experimenting in relation to style. However there’s one accent that the 51-year-old singer likes to maintain fixed: her knee-high boots. From the early aughts up till current day, the “Household Affair” singer has made some extent to include fabulous footwear into her on stage performances […]
“This has not all occurred due to you,” Blige added to Us. “That is blood, sweat and tears. That is your loved ones. That is folks serving to you. There’s no ‘I’ in staff, there’s no ‘I’ in any of this. And that’s how I keep grounded, figuring out that I need assistance.”
As soon as Blige decides that she is lastly able to decelerate professionally, she has a few concepts in thoughts for retirement.
“Retirement appears to be like like touring the world,” she teased to Us final yr. “Going to locations I’ve by no means been earlier than, enjoyable [and] being on yachts and in houses and simply having fun with the fruits of my labor.”
