我們上一集講到Mary J Blige的童年跟出道過程，他曾經歷了一段非常貧窮和糟糕的生活，但似乎上帝的手救了他，把他從貧民窟救了出來。1989年他遇到事業上的伯樂Andre Harrell，1992年發行的第一張專輯，年僅21歲的他一出道就大受歡迎，命運讓他變成了一個有名的歌手。
如果你看過Blige的舞台表演，會發現他有一種特別的渲染力，他投入了全身的能量來表達，臺下的歌迷們好像就是他最好的朋友，他也為臺下所有人，尤其是黑人女性，唱出了他們的故事。曾經在blige徬徨憂鬱的時候，他想到他要為這些歌迷堅持下去、活下來。同樣的，很多歌迷也告訴blige是他的歌聲救贖了他們，給他們力量活下去。
Blige曾經在訪問中說到，由於他的成長背景，讓他一直缺乏安全感，即使是他成為知名歌手的頭幾年，也無法肯定和相信自己。直到他坐著私人飛機去表演，看到那麼多歌迷一路支持他，跟隨他，他才真正相信自己做到了。
當然他在美國歌壇崇高的地位依舊，在2019年的BET頒獎典禮上，他對音樂產業的非凡貢獻而得到了終身成就獎。Amazon Prime Video 在2021年為Mary J Blige製作了紀錄片，如今她的演藝事業高度已經早已超越一個嘻哈靈魂歌手，她在美國社會中已成為一個黑人成就的指標，那個Bronx貧民窟的小女孩應該做夢也沒想到，有一天他會有今天這樣的成就。
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