Today, Amazon Prime Video released the trailer for the upcoming documentary My Life by Mary J. Blige. In the movie, Mary J. Blige will revisit her most influential work, the deeply personal and critically acclaimed 1994 album from superstar, My Life.
The project, which will be released later this month in honor of African American Music Appreciation Month, offers an in-depth look at the album and its impact.
“My Life is the album that really bonded me with my fans who have since been on what turned out to be a wild ride,” Blige, 50, said in a statement to PEOPLE. “Go back and relive that time and that music felt like an out-of-body experience, but an experience that makes me so humble.”
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 crushing world of New York housing projects to international stardom,” according to her line. official login. Additionally, the nine-time GRAMMY winner will celebrate her album’s 25th anniversary by playing it live for the first time in the documentary.
“Through all the ups and downs my one constant has been my fans, and I wanted to make this documentary for them,” Blige said. “To give them a better insight into who I was and who I am now, where I’m from and where I still want to go and break down an album that completely changed everything for me.”
Blige is executive producer on the project with Sean “Diddy” Combs. Quincy Jones is the executive music producer. Mary J. Blige’s My Life releases on Amazon Prime Video on June 25.
At the end of last month, the queen of hip-hop soul made Harlem history after being inducted into the historic Apollo Theater Walk of Fame Friday May 28.
In other film news, Blige will be on the big screen this summer, playing Dinah Washington in Aretha Franklin’s upcoming biopic Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson, which hits theaters on August 13.
Listen to Mary J. Blige’s greatest hits from the 90s as well as rare remixes from the HERstory Vol.1 collection.
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