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.

Mary J. Blige sits on a black couch while wearing her red hair in a high bun and a black outfit with white polka dots on the cover of her fifteenth studio album, “Gratitude.” The nine-time Grammy ...

Patience is a virtue for Mary J. Blige, who was the first person in the history of the Academy Awards to score nominations for a performance, and an original song in the same year, for the same film ...