Mary J. Blige Presented With Icon Award
Mary J. Blige was presented with the Icon Award at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Mary is a 10-time award winner. She was presented with the award by former Icon Award winner Janet Jackson. Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, H.E.R., and others congratulated Mary on her award in a taped montage before she took the stage to accept. Mary spoke about the hard work necessary to become an Icon during her speech. She also spoke on coming up through a hip-hop scene that was still dismissed by the mainstream. She said, “I was ghetto fabulous, and I still am. And people were threatened by that. And now everyone wants to be ghetto fabulous.” Mary J. Blige is the 11th artist to receive the Icon Award.
