UMG was sued by Tuff City Records for an allegedly unauthorized sample in Blige's 1992 hit song 'Real Love.' Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love” is causing legal trouble for Universal Music Group after it was ...

A copyright infringement lawsuit against Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love” has been dismissed. Universal Music Group helped Mary J. Blige avoid any damage to the legacy of her 1992 hit “Real Love” by ...

In the early 1990s, a young Mary from Yonkers, New York, would emerge as the voice of a generation, blending raw emotion with soulful melodies to create a sound that would define contemporary R&B.

A U.S. federal court has dismissed a copyright lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the use of a sample in Mary J. Blige’s 1992 hit “Real Love”. In a lawsuit filed in April 2024, Tuff City ...

One of the most apt and unquestioned honorific nicknames in popular music is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Mary J. Blige was born in the Bronx in the early ’70s, much like hip-hop itself. By the time she ...

June 22, 2006 — -- The "J" in her name may stand for Jane, but she is no plain Jane for sure. From Yonkers, N.Y., to Hollywood, Calif.; from 411 operator to queen of hip-hop soul; from rags to ...

After Mary J. Blige released her debut What’s the 411? in 1992, she was quickly crowned “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” and she has never relinquished that title. Since then she’s penned 13 platinum (plus) ...

Mary J. Blige wants attendees at her Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit to walk away feeling “an overload of happiness.” The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, never less than frank, is determined to help ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Mary J. Blige, a.k.a The Queen of Hip Hop Soul and a 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has expanded her upcoming “The For My Fans Tour” to include a stop at Rocket Mortgage ...

Yonkers hip-hop and R&B legend Mary J. Blige will be one of the newest performers inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this October. American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and 2022 Hall of Fame ...