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Mary J. Blige Reveals This Fellow Superstar Made Her Believe in Her Talent · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Mary J. Bliges up
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Speaker 1: for six Grammys this weekend for her latest album, Good
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Speaker 1: Morning Gorgeous, bringing her nods to an astonishing thirty seven
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Speaker 1: of her all with nine wins. And that's just a
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Speaker 1: sample of the accolades and triumph she's earned over her
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Speaker 1: decades long career. And while Mary certainly deserves her title
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Speaker 1: the Queen of hip hop soul, she tells People Magazine
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Speaker 1: when she first began, she didn't feel she deserved spotlight
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Speaker 1: until Did You Produce? The first two records made her
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Speaker 1: believe in herself. She said, I was not as ambitious
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Speaker 1: as pop when I met him. I was afraid of
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Speaker 1: success to do anything that might put attention on me.
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Speaker 1: When you come where I come from, you're scared to
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Speaker 1: want more. And he was the complete opposite and such
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Speaker 1: a good thing for me because I needed what he
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Speaker 1: had to be excited to be seen. Mary Odd's it
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Speaker 1: took years to grow into that, but the scene was
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Speaker 1: planted with their friendship. Good Morning Gorgeous is out now.
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