August 28, 2001 – Grammy winning Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige kicks off the release of her latest album No More Drama with several upcoming national television appearances, in-store appearances in her native New York, radio station visits and internet campaigns. The album arrives in stores today.

Mary kicked off her slew of national television appearances this week with her return to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (August 22). Today she will be appearing on MTV's "TRL" (August 28), BET's "Testimony" (August 28), "The Source Awards" (August 28), "Regis & Kelly" (August 29), and BET's "106 & Park" (August 29). Other appearances on her schedule include Rosie O'Donnell (September 5), Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" (September tba), Lifetime's "Girls with Guitars" (October 22), "Access Hollywood," CNN and "Showtime at the Apollo" (tba). Mary also recently graced the cover of Vibe for the fourth time, and has covers, features and album reviews coming in Rolling Stone, GQ, Interview, Honey, Essence, Sister 2 Sister, The Source, In Style, People, Flaunt, Entertainment Weekly, Tower Pulse and many others.

Fans eager to get their copies of No More Drama signed, can catch up with Mary in New York at FYE today (Aug 28) at 6:00 PM (6th Avenue & 51st Street), Music Factory in Brooklyn August 29 at 6:00 PM, Vision Quest in Yonkers August 30 at 6:00 PM or at Rainbow Records in Harlem August 31 at 3:00 PM.

Mary will also be heard across the country on nationally syndicated radio shows including the "Tom Joyner Show" and Doug Banks. She also has an extensive schedule of personal radio station visits in major markets.

You can see and hear Mary online with interviews and promotions currently running on BET.com, Seventeen.com, Teen People.com, MTV.com and AOL. Mary fans can listen to No More Drama on BET.com starting this Friday, log into BET.com Monday night to chat with her, and catch her on the BET channel in the BET.com commercial. Mary is featured as AOL's Artist of the Month for September. Members can access Mary's entire video library, chat live with Mary on September 11, and more. Starting Monday, fans also have the chance to listen to Mary's album for an entire week on AOL Music's Spinner.com.

No More Drama features guest artists Missy Elliott, Eve, Lenny Kravitz and others. "Family Affair," the first single was produced by Dr. Dre. Other producers include Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Rockwilder, Chucky Thompson, The Neptunes and Swizz Beatz. Mary will launch a national tour next year.