Mary J. Blige said her early success came with a steep learning curve when it came to money and contracts.
On Wednesday’s episode of the “IMO” podcast, the singer said her lack of financial knowledge left her vulnerable early in her career.
“We signed a contract in the kitchen, on the washing machine. My mom didn’t know anything. She didn’t even know anything about reading a contract, nor did we care,” Blige told podcast hosts Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson.
Having grown up in poverty in the housing projects of Yonkers, New York, Blige said all she and her mother could think about was that they were “getting out of here.”
To them, whatever…
