MARY J BLIGE DOES 'UPSCALE'....

Mary J Blige is featured in the May 2008 issue of 'Upscale' magazine, where she talks about being a mother to her husband Kendu's two children, her growth as an artist, her controversial relationship with Jodeci's K-Ci Hailey, not having a father in her childhood, her drug abuse and other interesting stuff.

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Here's an interesting quote she says about Beyonce: "A lot of why I was so raw when I came into this is because I had no guidance. Look at Beyonce. She was groomed for this. Before she even got to a record label. Momma's making the outfits. Daddy's managing. And they are on it. That girl's getting told about herself if a hair is out of place or she says one wrong word. Where I came from, we didn't have that. Those of us who got into the industry; we got there by chance and we didn't know how to carry ourselves". Good excuse for explaining the tragic Farrah Fawcett type wigs she likes to wear throughout her career. You can check out the rest of the scans at Maryluvs. It's a pretty good read.