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Mary J Blige: Wembley Arena, London

Gavin Martin, The Independent, 26 April 2002

IT WAS FOOLISH to think that the first lady of hip hop soul would abide by the title of her latest, and greatest-selling, album, No More Drama, on the penultimate night of her European tour. Mary J's torrid personal life has provided grist for the scandal sheets and her own songs since she set out from the ghetto of New York's Yonkers district to the 24-carat lifestyle and a New Jersey mansion in 1992.

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