The 'Candy Shop' hitmaker was suspended by his feet from the ceiling of a trailer in homage to the music video for 'In Da Club' and was flanked by a group of backing dancers for the bonus performance. “Everybody really felt the magnitude of what this thing was and what were were going to be able to accomplish, and it was a fantastic experience.”ĭre and Snoop opened the show with 'The Next Episode' and 'California Love' before 50 Cent came out as a surprise guest to perform his 2003 mega-hit 'In Da Club'. made history along with Eminem, 49, Snoop Dogg, 50, and Kendrick Lamar, 34, as it was the first time five music stars have performed during the legendary halftime slot.ĭre said: “Everybody came in, we were professional, everybody was on time. The 56-year-old record producer and 51-year-old Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe, Fabolous, Chris Brown and Kirko Bangz: Anything You Want: Baby Girl Interlude/Intro Mary J. Blige, Bono and will.i.am: Another Round Remix Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent: America's Song Seal, David Foster, Faith Hill, Mary J. On how they celebrated after the performance at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium, he added: “We were downstairs having a ton of fun, just listening to samples and music.” Blige, Ghostface Killah, Kanye West and Ne-Yo: All of Me Mary J. “I’m not even sure I’m supposed to be saying this or not, so I’m sorry Mary.” The music mogul - who produced Mary’s 2001 hit 'Family Affair' - spilled hat the pair spoke about teaming up on her follow-up to 'Good Morning Gorgeous', which was released last week, after they shared the stage during the Super Bowl LVI Halftime show on Sunday (13.02.22).ĭre told TMZ: “We’re talking about working together on her next project. In February 2021, Blige became a first-time nominee for the 2021 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Dr Dre has let slip that he's discussed working with Mary J.
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In 2019, Blige starred in the first season as Cha Cha in the Netflix television series The Umbrella Academy. In 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in “The 100 Greatest Women in Music” list.īlige has also made a successful transition to both the small and silver screens, with supporting roles in films such as Prison Song (2001), Rock of Ages (2012), Betty and Coretta (2013), Black Nativity (2013), her Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough performance as Florence Jackson in Mudbound (2017), Trolls World Tour (2020), Body Cam (2020), The Violent Heart (2021) and co-starring as jazz great Dinah Washington in the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect (2021). In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. In 2017, Billboard magazine named her 2006 song “Be Without You” as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and Time magazine’s All-Time 100 Albums. In 1992, Blige released her debut album, What’s the 411, which is credited for introducing the mix of R&B and Hip-Hop into mainstream pop culture, and her 1993 “What’s the 411 Remix,” popularized rap as a featuring act, it is the first album by a singer to have a rapper on every song. Furthermore, she also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song “Mighty River”. Blige has sold 50 million albums in the United States and 80 million records worldwide.
She went on to release 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Her career began in 1991 when she was signed to Uptown Records. Mary Jane Blige ( born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and philanthropist.