Late last month, the queen of hip-hop soul became a part of Harlem history after she was inducted into the Apollo Theater’s historic Walk of Fame on Friday May 28. Blige’s My Life drops on Amazon Prime Video on June 25.

Quincy Jones is the executive music producer. “To give them more insight into who I was and who I am now, where I’ve come from and where I still want to go and break down an album that completely changed everything for me.”īlige is an executive producer on the project with Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Through all the highs and lows my one constant has been my fans, and I wanted to make this documentary for them,” said Blige. In addition, the nine-time GRAMMY-winner will celebrated the 25th anniversary of her album by performing it live for first time in the documentary. In the documentary, which comes from Oscar-winning filmmaker Vannessa Roth, Blige “reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record and propelled her from the soul-crushing world of New York’s housing projects to international stardom,” according to its official logline. “Going back and reliving that time and that music felt like an out-of-body experience, but one I’m so humbled by.” “ My Life is the album that really bonded me with my fans who have since been along for what turned out to be a crazy ride,” Blige, 50, said in a statement to PEOPLE.

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