Mary J Blige attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” exhibition on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/A new scholarship program created by singer Mary J. Blige has selected HBCU Hampton University as a beneficiary. The “Strength of a Woman Scholarship” is for female college sophomores. They must attend school for a Business Administration, Marketing, Arts, Finance, or Creative Design degree. And whoever gets the scholarship will be awarded $30,000.
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