With the invention of social media, the job of the celebrity publicist has gotten twenty million times harder. Kendu Isaacs, the husband and manager of Mary J. Blige, proved that when he and a Twitter critic got in to a war of words recently. The critic was tweeting about Mary’s recent financial troubles. He then […]

The money troubles just keep on mounting for the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Mary J. Blige was recently hit with a tax lien worth $3.4 million. This is just added problems because MJB already owes the state of New Jersey almost a million dollars for failing to pay state taxes. The IRS filed the federal […]

News

Oh, 2012… It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and many times it was downright WTF. Some were funny, and some were just terrible. Here are our top moments we wish we could forget in 2012! Mary J. Blige’s Burger King Commercial MJB shocked us all with her Burger King […]

Mary J. Blige has got to get it together. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was hit with a lawsuit for not paying back a $2.2 million bank loan. According to legal papers filed by the bank, Signature Bank is looking to be repaid for lending the singer and her husband/manager Kendu Isaacs $2 million. Signature […]

Mary J. Blige may have just been replaced in the role of legendary soul singer Nina Simone, but she is still getting film roles. She and Angela Bassett will star in a Lifetime movie about Corettta Scott King and Betty Shabazz. Angela Bassett will not be playing Betty Shabazz. She will star in the project […]

The king and queen of R&B/Soul are joining forces to spread their music. Mary J. Blige and D’Angelo will embark on The Liberation Tour which is set to begin in Virginia Beach. When Mary J. Blige first spoke of the tour, everyone was excited and skeptical simultaneously. Many wondered if the reclusive D’Angelo would actually […]

Just when you thought the Mary J. Blige Burger King commercial fiasco had died down, Mary stopped by The Angie Martinez Radio Show to discuss her feelings about the ill-fated fast food ad. The backlash caused by the crispy chicken wrap commercial was swift and overwhelming for everyone involved. Websites, including this one, posted the […]

Movies

In an ode to an era that provided some of the most timeless and party worthy anthems music has ever known, Rock of Ages is a non-stop 80’s party drenched in some of Hollywood’s biggest names. In the Broadway to big screen adaptation directed by famed choreographer Adam Shankman (Hairspray, So You Think You Can […]

Mary J. Blige called New York radio personality Angie Martinez to respond to reports that her charity, FFAWN, was misrepresenting funds. FFAWN – including its co-founder Steve Stoute – was reportedly sued recently sued by TD Bank for failure to pay a $250,000 loan the charity took out in June 2011. The organization had agreed to […]

Just as soon as the Mary J. Blige crispy chicken wrap debacle blows over, Mary releases the song that was the foundation for “The Crispy Chicken Song.” Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige just dropped the visual for the jam, “I Don’t Mind.” The clip features Mary J. dressed in a black cat suit […]

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The Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, known as FFAWN, is having financial troubles and has been hit with two lawsuits. Like TheUrbandaily on Facebook for the latest entertainment news, interviews and opinions on your favorite celebrities According to The NY Post, a group of musicians who performed […]