Mary J. Blige may be one of music’s reigning queens, but as her ‘Behind the Music’ special will reveal, her story has not exactly been a fairytale. The ‘Share My World’ singer shared intimate details about her rise to fame from the Yonkers, NY Schlobohm Projects to prominence, a journey that crossed its fair share of speed bumps before breakthroughs (see: drug abuse, domestic violence, poverty).
See what other details the ‘My Life’ singer revealed about her life after the jump:













