Mary J. Blige

On Sunday, the nine-time Grammy winner took to the stage alongside fellow performers Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Eminem to sing her hit song Family Affair.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The first pair in the collection gotta come straight from this halftime show outfit.” People are praising Mary J Blige and urging her to release a line of boots after her Super Bowl halftime performance.

The 51-year-old artist - nicknamed the 'Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul' - commanded attention as she was one of the many performers at the Pepsi Super Bowl half ...

Its popularity was credited to the slew of popular hits performed by the entertainers, including Dre's Still D.R.E., Blige's Family Affair and Eminem's Lose Yourself. Bravo to stylist Jason Rembert! The 51-year-old artist - nicknamed the 'Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul' - commanded attention as she was one of the many performers at the Pepsi Super Bowl half time show on Sunday night. Incredible: Mary J. Blige commanded attention as she was one of the many performers at the Pepsi Super Bowl half time show on Sunday night - The 'Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul' - commanded attention as she was one of the many performers at the Pepsi Super Bowl half time show on Sunday night - Mary shimmered in a body-clinging two piece number as she hit the stage at the event held at So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood, California during the match-up between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals

“After a long two years, we are excited to announce the return of the Roots Picnic to Philly with two days of music and culture at the Mann at Fairmount Park,” ...

Prior to the move, Roots Picnic found a home at Festival Pier. When it was first held there in 2019, it represented the original vision for the festival: summer afternoons in the park watching Philly DJs spin a soundtrack to the culture. To be able to book Mickey Guyton, Kirk Franklin, G Herbo, Wizkid, Wallo & Gillie, and Mary J Blige on the same lineup was a dream come true.”

The Roots have announced the 2022 lineup for The Roots Picnic, set to be headlined by Mickey Guyton, Mary J. Blige, Summer Walker, and more.

“This year, Black Thought, Questlove and I attempted to curate a lineup that broke through the genre barriers that often separate us in black culture. “After a long two years, we are excited to announce the return of The Roots Picnic to Philly with two days of music and culture at the Mann at Fairmount Park,” says Shawn Gee, Roots manager, president of Live Nation Urban and co-founder of the event. Also set to perform are Wizkid, Kirk Franklin, Rick Ross, G Herbo, and more.

Mary J. Blige had one heck of a weekend — from her new album release “Good Morning Gorgeous” to her successful Super Bowl LVI performance. But in a...

So, I had to go, you know, I had to go on tour, and make all the money back to pay the alimony,” she reportedly told Angie Martinez. “I didn’t have no money to pay my rent and all this other stuff,” Mary J. Blige continued. I had to give up all this alimony, and I didn’t have no more money to give because he had spent it all.

The supergroup of hip-hop and R&B legends delivered the most entertaining Super Bowl half-time show in years.

The Super Bowl half-time show remains the biggest gig in the world, with an unparalleled live TV audience; not for nothing did Mary J Blige, who at 51 is one of the most decorated R&B singers of all time, describe this performance as “the opportunity of a lifetime”. Yet this year it felt about more than great production values and Pepsi sponsorship. In one telling, this is the redemption moment for the Super Bowl half-time show, after the NFL came under widespread criticism for failing to back players who took the knee. You can’t do much in 12 minutes, in the gap between a football game, but everything you can do, Dre did. But even they were emotionally overshadowed by Kendrick Lamar emerging from a row of cardboard boxes to perform Alright, the song that was heard at Black Lives Matter protests across the country, now being performed at the centerpiece event of a league that had told black athletes five years ago they had no right to protest against racism. Even by Super Bowl standards, an event in which the mythologising is as much of a sport as the football, this has been a particularly hyped half-time show. Since then the production has been taken over by Jay Z’s Roc Nation, with acclaimed artists such as the Weeknd and a celebrated shared performance by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira returning prestige to the slot.