Blige, who last performed in South Africa in 2007, will join Maxwell, Raphael Saadiq, Tamar Braxton and Young Thug on the same stage as African superstars AKA, Flavour and Diamond Platinumz.

Pure, unadulterated and empowering - that has been Mary J. Blige’s calling card ever since her 1992 multi-platinum debut album, What’s the 411? In the ensuing years, the singer/songwriter’s musical strong suit has attracted an intensely loyal fan base - responsible for propelling worldwide sales of more than 50 million albums and 25 million singles.  With a track record of eight multi-platinum albums, nine Grammy Awards (plus 30 nominations) and four American Music Awards, Blige is only getting started. The singer returned just as fierce and compelling on her tenth studio album, My Life II … The Journey Continues (Act 1) – a sequel to Blige’s 1994 album My Life.

Blige is one of few entertainers in history to have eight or more albums to reach multi-platinum status. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Mary Jane Blige has released 11 studio albums since and made over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks.  Blige made Time magazine's "Time 100" list of influential individuals around the world in 2007, and was ranked by Billboard magazine as the most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years. Her 2006 song Be Without You was the top R&B song of the 2000s, spending an unparalleled 15 weeks at the top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while My Life is considered among the greatest albums ever recorded according to Rolling Stone, Time and Vibe. Rolling Stone also has listed her at number 100 on the list of "100 greatest singers of all time" and in 2012, music channel VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music".

Coming to Africa for the first time in 2015, the BET Experience Africa provides the perfect kick-off to the summer season, taking over Johannesburg’s Ticketpro Dome for a non-stop, jam-packed entertainment fest, bringing together lovers of urban culture and music. The BET Experience Africa will showcase great food, fashion, music, comedy, sport, sneakers and much, much more.

Tickets are available from www.ticketpro.co.za.

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