Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The career and influence of Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige released her first album in 1992, and the awards rained down. That first album topped the Billboard charts, went platinum three times, and earned her the nickname the “Queen of Hip Hop Soul.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readMary J. Blige released her first album in 1992, and the awards rained down. That first album topped the Billboard charts, went platinum three times, and earned her the nickname the “Queen of Hip Hop Soul.” Now, nearly 30 years later, Blige has released more than a dozen albums, most of which have gone platinum.
She has also received multiple Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and is about to star in an Amazon documentary about her life. People took notice of her acting chops in 2017 after her appearance in “Mudbound.” The film earned two Academy Award nominations.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir
Associate producer
Jay Connor
staff writer at The Root, contributing writer at Huffington Post, founder and co-host of The Extraordinary Negroes podcast
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4 of 4House Judiciary hearing focuses on evidence for impeachment- 0:00Evidence to support impeachment is brought before the House Judiciary Committee
- 11:25Inspector General: There was no FBI plot to undermine the Trump campaign, but mistakes were made
- 21:43U.S. government hasn’t been telling the truth about the war in Afghanistan, report shows
- 36:47The career and influence of Mary J. BligeYou’re reading this