found: Blige, M.J. My life [SR] p1994:label (Mary J. Blige)
found: Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed.(Blige, Mary J.; b. Bronx, N.Y.; hip hop and soul singer)
found: New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll(Blige, Mary J.; b. Mary Jane Blige, 1-11-71, Bronx, N.Y.)
found: Blige, M.J. The breakthrough [SR] p2005:container (Brook)
found: Contactmusic.com, Feb. 27, 2006(on her album The breakthrough, Blige features a rapper named Brook, which is actually her rapper alter ego; name derived from Brooklyn)
found: Urbanbridgez WWW site, Feb. 27, 2006(Brook a.k.a. Blige)
found: Reflections, p2006:label (MJB) container (Mary J. Blige)
found: Blige, M.J. My life II--- [SR] p2011:container (Brook Lynn)
found: Wikipedia, Dec. 12, 2011(under My life II-- the journey continues (act 1): Brook Lynn, Blige's rap alter ego)
found: Wikipedia, June 21, 2013(Mary B. Blige; born Mary Jane Blige, January 11, 1971, Bronx, N.Y.; American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional rapper and actress; genres: R&B, soul, gospel, hip hop, hip hop soul)
found: Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed December 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Blige, Mary J.; hip hop/ rap artist; born11 January 1971 in Bronx, New York, United States; signed to Uptown Records by record executive Andre Harrell; rose to fame with songs like Not Gon' Cry and Be Happy; viewed as the most influential African American female vocalist and the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul for the past two decades; honors include four Grammy Awards (1995, 2002, 2003, 2006))
