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You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. Blige has had several No. Born on January 11, , in the Bronx, New York, Blige has won over millions of fans with her music. But before becoming a successful hip-hop singer, Blige endured a hellish childhood marred by violence, alcohol and drugs. Her mother, Cora Blige, was a nurse and an alcoholic; her father, Thomas Blige, was a jazz musician who played the bass guitar, as well as a Vietnam War veteran who suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Hoping to escape from her father, Blige and her mother moved to the Schlobohm Houses, a public housing project in Yonkers.
The projects offered only more horror: "I'd hear women screaming and running down the halls from guys beating up on them. People chased us with weapons. I never saw a woman there who wasn't abused.
It was a dangerous place. No one wanted anyone else to get ahead. When I was 5, sexual stuff was done to me. My mother was a single parent, a working woman. She left us with people she thought could be trusted. They hurt me. Blige found escape from the terrible world of her childhood in church and in music. I felt the Spirit. I had no self-respect. I hated myself. I thought I was ugly. Alcohol, sex, drugs—I'd do whatever it took to feel a little better.
It was Blige's voice that rescued her from the tragic life into which she was quickly falling. I didn't think it was anything big. He signed Blige to a record contract in and assigned a young up-and-coming music producer named Sean "Diddy" Combs to work with her. Blige released her debut album, What's the ? The album sold more than 3 million copies, bolstered by the hit singles "You Remind Me" and "Real Love. Two years later, Blige released a second album, My Life , on which she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of the songs.
Her third album, 's Share My World , reached No. While her music was adored by fans and critics alike, behind her professional success Blige's personal life continued to spiral out of control. The people making money off me kept me blind: 'Mary likes cocaine? OK, let's make sure she keeps getting it. Get her that. Why do you hate yourself? You don't need to be around people who tear you down. You're beautiful, Mary. In , it was reported that the couple has called it quits.
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