Celeb News: Mary J Blige serves vocals at Starbucks

And Now I Wonder

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Fresh from singing the national anthem at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium for a Thanksgiving NFL game, R&B superstar Mary J. Blige chose a more intimate setting for a Seattle performance Monday: the Starbucks at 23rd and Jackson, in the Central District.

The so-called Queen of R & B sang numbers from her recently released holiday album, “A Mary Christmas,” for some 60 people — baristas, local activists and some young women participating in YWCA programs that receive a cut of the Central District shop’s profits.

Before the private concert, Blige and Foster toured Starbucks’ headquarters in Sodo, where they attended a coffee tasting and Foster discovered that there actually was a “Starbucks within a Starbucks,” he told the audience.

iamstrong

First Burger King, now Starbucks. Mary coming for the fast food industry

RudeBoyy

WHY?

Liek what effect does she think that'll have? 40 new copies sold?

RiRi_Xtina15

Book that Starbucks stage sis

Coming for Keri's wig

DAP

Mike91

Mary is so above stuff like this and chicken wrap commercials. C'mon Mary.

imabadkid

Nnnnnnnnn

PawnShop

Queen of Fast Food

Αnt

Staryu

such a legend

Bimbo

when will the others

GreasyBruce

I have missed your threads

DanielMnstr

Hooligan

Gud 4 u, Merry. Continue to get these gigs to pay the IRS back!

stoopidjenna

Wait this was in Seattle? I would have gone

Save-Me-Oprah

What's in the new Pumpkin Spice Latte?

Mary??????

GrandMomCookies

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Originally posted by Hooligan

Gud 4 u, Merry. Continue to get these gigs to pay the IRS back!

Ice Cream Skies

K, I get the kiiiis, but stop!

This is an hour away from where I'm currently living & I'm PRESST I wasn't in the city while Mary J. was walking around! The Central District, where she performed, is a notoriously rough area within Seattle. It was a private concert for members of the YWCA (http://www.ywca.org), which is awesome. Props to Mary for singing for a great cause.

jax.

Mary is such a legend. WHy is she at these half ass venues?

Ice Cream Skies

From the article, for those of you who don't seem to grasp the point:

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Before the private concert, Blige and Foster toured Starbucks’ headquarters in Sodo, where they attended a coffee tasting and Foster discovered that there actually was a “Starbucks within a Starbucks,” he told the audience.

The event illustrates two of the Seattle coffee giant’s bids to stay locally relevant after becoming an oft-criticized global empire: its involvement in the music business and a big push to establish some 50 “community stores.”

These stores seek to anchor challenged neighborhoods from Houston to Thailand to New York City, and the company gives a part of those locations’ sales — from 10 to 15 cents out of every transaction — to local organizations. The initiative was created in 2011, as public funding for nongovernmental organizations plummeted during the recession.

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Starbucks is selling Blige’s album online and at its stores.