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She's an actress, a model, and a singer and so good at the latter that she has been dubbed the ''Queen of Hip-Hop Soul".

Mary J Blige has had over 30 Grammy nominations and tens of millions of albums sold worldwide.

As well as her amazing back catalogue fans have fallen in love with Mary J Blige because of her honesty. She's written about her troubles with drugs and alcohol and an abusive marriage.

The singer has been back in the UK. She performed at the Roundhouse in London in September.

In this extract recorded the day after the gig, 大象传媒 Three Counties presenter Nesta McGregor speaks to Mary J Blige about her career and what鈥檚 it really like to perform to an audience in the UK.