It’s Been An Exciting Music Journey For Mary J. Blige, But She’s On The Verge Of Retiring

Mary J. Blige is planning to retire from music, and this has attracted loads of attention and debate.

The 53 year-old renowned R&B icon, recently announced her retirement plans in an interview on April 29. She communicated her craving to leave the music business in “five or six years.”

Blige, most popular for her roles in Umbrella Academy and Scream: Resurrection, revealed she will likely retire from music in around five or six years time. She expressed that she is not generally as engaged with it as she used to be on the grounds that she isn’t expected to take an interest.

With regards to the music she currently produce, Blige said she sings about life, love, stability, and the understanding that you can have both love and a good life. She went on to say to EXTRA, “Mostly the love I have for myself. My real love is me and I found it.”

Mary J. Blige is ending her career in the music industry after three decades. She’s accomplished a great deal in the music scene—which include her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.

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Blige spoke in an interview earlier this month about her third annual ‘Strength of a Woman’ Festival and Summit. It is scheduled to take place in her hometown of New York City from May 10 to May 12, just in time for Mother’s Day weekend.

Celebrities will appear at a variety of events throughout the three-day festival, which is the only one organized entirely by Black women. These events include the ‘Strength of a Woman’ Summit at The Glasshouse, as well as other motivational seminars and programs.

“It’s been amazing and exciting and just so fulfilling to do what I always wanted to do, continue to give people a piece of me, uplift us, inspire us and elevate us — the same way I’ve been doing through my music, I’m doing it through my festival now — and of course, entertain us as well.”

Blige stated in the interview that the album she is currently working on may be her final one. She told PEOPLE that she loved it, enjoyed it, and mentioned that it might be her last studio album.

Blige expressed in the interview that the album she is presently working on might be her last one. According to her, she loved it, delighted in it, and referenced that it very well may be her last studio album.