Suffice it to say that music is as much of an act of therapy for Mary herself as it is for her listeners. You can’t sing that stuff as passionately as Mary does if you don’t know the ropes - for specifics, see the heartbreaking 2011 Behind the Music episode detailing her toxic relationship with Jodeci’s K-Ci Hailey and the dangerous spiral of self-medication she fell into while seeking relief from it. Blige records are like advice columns: The girlfriend who finds out about her man’s secret love child in “Your Child,” the devoted stay-at-home mom of “Not Gon’ Cry” who should have left her cheating husband’s ass “a thousand times,” each story is told to give voice, comfort, and direction to women struggling through complex relationships with troublesome men.
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