Mary J. Blige To Receive “Essence” Honor

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The &ldquo;Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,&rdquo; Mary J. Blige will be honored next week by &ldquo;Essence&rdquo; magazine with the first ever &ldquo;Black Women in Music&rdquo; award. &nbsp;An invitation-only celebration will take place January 27th in honor of Mary&rsquo;s accomplishments. &nbsp;The magazine&rsquo;s president, Michelle Ebanks says Blige, &ldquo;Delights us with her creative gifts and continues to inspire us through her extraordinary work as a businesswoman and humanitarian.&rdquo;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This entry was posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 and is filed under Entertainment, Women we love. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.</p><p>Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) TOP</p>