今天我們要來介紹一位超級巨星，被稱為是嘻哈靈魂女王，曾經獲得了九項葛萊美獎，8張雙白金認證專輯，和12項美國告示牌音樂獎。她被滾石雜誌評選為百大偉大歌手之一。 另外還曾經獲得奧斯卡最佳女配角獎的提名，她也可以說是位全方位藝人，兼具歌手，詞曲創作人，唱片製作人和演員的角色，她就是Mary J Blige。
Mary J Blige 1971年出生在紐約Bronx，他的爸爸和媽媽在1970年代中期離婚，一家人靠單親媽媽當護士的收入維持生計。Mary J從小生活在Bronx的貧民窟，那是充滿貧窮，暴力，毒品，犯罪的環境，她說她無從表達自己的情緒，唯一的樂趣就是看媽媽在家裡對著電視唱歌、擺動身體跳舞。所以他也開始模仿不同歌手唱歌，並在當中找到一點點快樂。
1988年，Mary J自己錄了一段翻唱的錄音帶，她媽媽當時的男朋友聽了覺得很不錯，就把這個錄音帶放給當時在Uptown Records的朋友聽，朋友又把這個錄音帶拿給唱片公司的CEO Andre Harrell。這個CEO一聽驚為天人，馬上跑去Mary J的家裡拜訪他！當天這位CEO開了一輛7系列的BMW，來到貧民窟的Mary J家，讓Mary覺得很窘，趕快把CEO帶上樓去。聽了他唱了幾十首歌後，CEO當場就告訴他：我要簽下你！這一天徹底改變了Mary J的人生。
Mary J 是一位善於說故事的歌手，她唱出貧窮生活中的痛苦，掙扎，和淚水，用她真實的表達和嘻哈態度唱出了千千萬萬和她一樣絕望女孩的心聲。然而Mary J的生活依然暗潮洶湧，錄製她第二張專輯的同時，Mary J正受憂鬱症困擾，在毒品和酒精中掙扎，同時還受到男友的虐待。就在這樣的狀態下，他帶來了職業生涯中的突破之作my life，在美國公告牌200強排行榜上排名第七，第一週便賣出48萬張唱片，也被時代雜誌列為100張有史以來最偉大的專輯之一…。
讓我們一起來深入聆聽這位女王的創作、和她早年的曲折人生吧！
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