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The Queen of Hip- Hop Soul Mary J. Blige sits with JusNik and Kool Dj Red Alert to speak on her mental growth, manifestation, and taking care of herself. Blige also speaks on believing in love, her healing journey and taking accountability for her actions from previous relationships and how not to bring it into something new. Mary J. Blige also speaks about her new single ft. Vado and her role as Monaé in the hit series "Powerbook: Ghost." She reveals that playing that role, she has to go to some dark places to bring the character to life and says that everyone has a little Monaé in them. Mary also stated that she would like to play Nina Simone someday and more. Watch the entire interview now.

Mary J. Blige Speaks On Her Mental Health, & Still Believing In Love, Wanting to Play Nina Simone.

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Hampton University has received a new scholarship from the one and only Mary J. Blige. Blige created the “Strength of a Woman Scholarship” for current college sophomores at the HBCU who identify as female. The women who will receive this scholarship will receive $30,000. According to <a href="https://apple.news/AXCkPww03RESOo_gAK2IPHQ">reports</a>, in order to be eligible for this grant, applicants must self-identify as female, be a current college sophomore undergraduate at Hampton University, plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at Hampton University for the entire 2024-2025 academic year. They must also have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and be pursuing one of the following degrees: Business Administration, Marketing, Arts, Finance, Creative Design. The scholarship also states that Pepsico employees and children of Pepsico employees are ineligible. Blige’s scholarship is renewable for up to one year or until a bachelor’s degree is earned. For information about the this scholarship, you can <a href="https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/strength-of-a-woman-scholarship/">click here</a>.

Mary J. Blige Gives New Scholarship To Hampton University

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This past Friday, WBLS, and Hot 97 came together to celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop. The “Hip-Hop Forever” concert occurred at Madison Square Garden and featured Mary J. Blige, Sean Paul, EMPD, Tyrese, Maxwell, and Diddy. Our own Funk Flex curated the show and he also had surprises of his own. After kicking off the show, Funk Flex gave the legendary Kool DJ Red Alert, DJ Chuck Chillout, and DJ Marley Marl their much-deserved flowers and thanked them for their contributions to Hip-Hop. As the show went on, fans were taken on a musical journey with surprise performances from CL Smooth, DJ Kool, Audio Two, Lola Brooke, Coi Leray, Lil Vicious, TeeJay, and Greg Nice. They also witnessed an epic performance by Wu-Tang Clan, featuring all the members as they were introduced by Maxwell. Method Man brought out Redman to perform their hit, “Da Rockwilder.”https://x.com/_maxwell_/status/1703708454517379242?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_QEMPD shut the stage down while performing their classics as well as paying tribute to the late Tupac Shakur. Sean Paul took Madison Square Garden to Jamaica as he performed classics such as, “Gimmie The Light,” “Get Busy,” “Temperature,” “I’m Still in Love with You,” and a new single as well. Diddy wowed and surprised the crowd with a twenty-minute solo performance, singing all of his hits just before the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige took the stage. The crowd sang most of Blige’s song for her, clearly showing her an overwhelming amount of love. During her performance, the singer brought out other artists including The Lox, Scarlip, Fabolous, WanMor, and Method Man to perform their hit “You’re All I Need.” This concert was truly an ode to Hip-Hop!