Happy Birthday To Mary J. Blige

Happy Birthday to Mary J. Blige

The Hip Hop Queen of Soul - the fabulous Mary J. Blige - turns the big 4-0 today. Happy birthday Diva! Last year on her birthday I POSTED my fave MJB performance; this year I've chosen a classic - Not Gon' Cry:

Mary J. Blige - Hope For Haiti Now

Entertainment Weekly proclaimed Mary J. Blige's performance of Hard Times Come Again No More as the best number of the Hope For Haiti Now benefit, and I heartily co-sign.  Mary J. managed to take a Civil War era song (it was written in 1854) and make it sound like her own.  DIVA.

Side Note: I'd like to extend the following gesture to the not-even-trying-to-hide-it heartless racists at Fox News for not airing Hope for Haiti Now ...

The following networks aired the telethon, thereby donating their resources and losing ad revenue (partial list):  ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX Network (non news), CNN, MSNBC, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, CNN en Español and EVEN FRIGGIN' HBO Latino!!!.  Fox News did not.  Disgusting.

Happy Birthday Mary J. Blige

The Queen of Hip Hop Soul - Mary J. Blige - turns 39 today.  Happy Birthday MJB!!

Blige is one of those artists who just keeps getting better with age.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVES me some of her early stuff like "I'm Going Down" and "Not Gon' Cry" (Fave lyric: "I was your lover and your SEC-A-TAIRE" - FIERCE!).  But as Mary has matured, so has her music and her voice.

Here is my absolute favorite Mary J. Blige performance -  Her version of the U2 song "One", which she performs with Bono and the boys...

Mary J. Blige AND Adam Rodriguez In The Same Movie!

I must admit, I've never seen an entire Tyler Perry movie in one sitting, but I will definitely go see I Can Do Bad All By Myself. One of my favorite Divas (Mary J. Blige) appearing with one of my favorite Papi's (CSI Miami's Adam Rodriguez) - not to mention hottie Brian White and the legendary Gladys Knight! I am SO there.

Thanks to the fabulous Kitty Bradshaw for making me aware of this movie.