*Keyshia Cole recently chopped it up with “Hollywood Unlocked” host Jason Lee on Instagram Live, and was asked why she and Mary J. Blige have never come together for a collaboration.
As noted by MadameNore, “since breaking into the industry with her signature voice and songs of love and heartbreak, Keyshia Cole has often been compared to or described as a direct musical descendant of Mary J. Blige,” the outlet writes.
When a fan asked who she would love to have as a guest on her Fox Soul program “One on One with Keyshia Cole,” the singer didn’t hesitate to say Mary. When Jason asked why it hadn’t happened yet, Cole explained:
“I ain’t gonna lie. I was so happy Mary even let me open up for her at a show that she had in Miami. I’ve been asking Mary for years and years to do a record, because the fans want to hear it and it would have been amazing to do something like that at the height of my career and at the height of her career. That would have been super amazing, I felt like.”
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Cole said she and Mary last spoke about it a couple of years ago, and the songstress was vague about participating.
“I asked her this last time and she said, ‘I don’t…I don’t know.’ And I was just like…’hmm?’”
“She said, ‘Don’t you prefer me to be honest with you about it?’ I said, that’s true. ‘Cause at least she didn’t lead me on and tell me probably. Even though probably is better than no [laughs],” Cole joked.
Still, Keyshia has nothing but love for the R&B superstar.
Back in 2012, Keyshia noted in an interview that she wished Blige had been more of a mentor to her when she was coming up in the industry.
“I’m very happy to have been compared to such a wonderful woman, a strong woman,” she said at the time. “The only thing that I would’ve changed, that I am now here to do for those that come after me, is to lend a helping hand. I feel that even if it’s not me saying I’m gonna record with you, I’m gonna work with you or let’s go hang out or anything like that. We don’t have to be friends, but at the end of the day, being able to give advice or help somebody that is coming under you is an amazing gift to be able to have. I wish I would have had that from Mary, but I’m not Mary. I’m a different person and if K. Michelle ever call me or anybody for that matter, for advice, I would absolutely give it to them.”
During her interview with Jason Lee, Cole said: “So much strength follows Mary. She’s left things so high in what to follow, so I feel like everything that she’s done in her career, if I touch any of it, is a blessing.”
Watch the interview via the YouTube player above.
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