Mary J. Blige Had A Remarkably Powerful Mother Who Raised Her.
She developed a strong maternal instinct as a result of her primary caregiver, Cora, who was a nurse who nurtured Mary J. Blige when she was a child.
In the 1970s, her mother was forced to rely on the money she made as a nurse in order to provide for her daughter and her siblings after her daughter’s father left the family. He was an alcoholic and a veteran of the Vietnam War who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. He was a jazz musician. He was the primary caregiver for his daughter, Mary Blige.