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Earn Your Leisure

Cliff Notes: MARY J. BLIGE'S TAKEAWAYS FROM PAYING $30K A MONTH IN ALIMONY

Earn Your Leisure

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4.97.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we delve into the financial journey of Mary J. Blige, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Learn about her experiences, from paying a staggering $30K a month in alimony to facing a daunting tax debt of over $100 million. What has this ordeal taught her about money, resilience, and life? 


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0:00.0

You've talked about in the past where you had to go on tour to pay Alomony to your ex-husband.

0:07.1

I don't know if the numbers correct that Google got so I was like 30,000 a month or something like that.

0:10.6

Yeah.

0:11.6

Um, correct us if we're wrong.

0:14.3

So, looking back on it in hindsight, what would you have done differently when you first got married

0:22.5

in terms of shielding your assets?

0:27.2

I would have never let a person have that much power over my money, my life, over anything ever again.

0:39.2

So, I would, I would, now I'm learning, I'm in control of my business, I'm in control of my life.

0:48.6

And it's mandatory that I learn more about finance business, you know, so I don't ever have to

0:56.1

be robbed again by, you know, maybe somebody you think you can trust, you know what I mean?

1:00.8

So, do you think that it was more so just a lack of education, somebody playing on you,

1:06.3

not knowing things and then perfectly-

1:09.3

Yes.

1:10.3

It was a lack of education and it also was just trusting people to help you when you don't know,

1:17.0

and you hope that they're going to help you and not still from you and lie to you and,

1:21.1

and just trying to take control over your life.

1:26.8

So, yeah, exactly.

1:30.1

You hope that people would help you when you don't know, and a lot of times what happened to me,

1:38.1

they rob you, you know, so it's best to get education, so you don't have to depend on anybody

1:46.1

to control your money or to help you, you know, to help you keep your money in a safe place.

1:53.2

You know what I'm saying?

1:54.9

Yeah, keeping you, I mean, we spoke about this a little bit early before you came on.

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