Mary J. Blige is planning to retire in the next “five or six” years.
The superstar has been in the music business for more than 30 years and even moved into acting. While she is not quite finished, she admitted that she will be ready to quit within the next decade.
“Mary is singing about life. Life … love … being stable and understanding you can have things like love. You can have a good life. Right now, I’m definitely gonna do some more acting, and I’m definitely gonna retire in, like, five or six years. Right now, I’m still doing what I’m doing, but not as often as I was doing it because I don’t have to now,” she told “Extra.”
The “Family Affair” hitmaker now has a reported net worth of $20 million but reflected on her tough childhood growing up in Yonkers, New York. Blige admitted that, while it was a tricky time for her whole family, other musicians like Lady Gaga and her are made “stronger” by all having similar experiences.
“It was hard. My mom was a single parent … So, if you survive it, you have friends, and you have had love. It made us stronger … You can ask any writer from Yonkers — Jadakiss, DMX, Lady Gaga. It’s something about Yonkers that made you strong!” she said.
Earlier this year, Blige — who split from Kendu Isaacs in 2018 after 16 years of marriage — confirmed that she is no longer single but admitted that now she has realized that she is her only true love.
“The glow is the love for Mary J. Blige. I find my real love. And my real love is me, and I found it!” she said.
