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Mary J. Blige, Jazmine Sullivan, Issa Rae, Quinta Brunson & More Among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People

<p>It is that time of year again when <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;time&period;com&sol;collection&sol;100-most-influential-people-2022&sol;">Time Magazine<&sol;a><&sol;strong> releases their list of the 100 most influential people of the year&comma; and like always there are some heavy hitters that are not only serving influence but also Black excellence as they continue to dominate their fields&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Each year&comma; the list of influential people is broken down into categories&comma; which include artists&comma; innovators&comma; titans&comma; leaders&comma; icons&comma; and pioneers&period; Each person is also spoken about by their peers as they are given their flowers as they continue to unleash new levels of influence amongst the masses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the icon category is none other than the Queen of Hip-Hop&sol; Soul&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mary-j-blige-accepts-her-icon-award-at-the-2022-billboard-music-awards&sol;">Mary J&period; Blige<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who is also fresh off from being honored with the Icon Award at this year&&num;8217&semi;s Billboard Music Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd5nMbjMB3g&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd5nMbjMB3g&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Nas penned a sweet message as he spoke about Mary&&num;8217&semi;s icon status&period; He said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Mary came up the way we all did&period; She was a voice for us&comma; but she wasn’t like other R&amp&semi;B artists at the time&period; She became a household name early because she was a hip-hop artist who also sang&period; The industry needed someone like that&period; The streets wanted that&period; Pop culture wanted that&period; And she was the one for it because she wasn’t made up&period; She was the girl around the way with the big earrings&period; She was like a spokesperson for a particular type of girl coming out of New York and coming out of the streets&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1528721791379701760" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also in the icon category is <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;issa-rae-becomes-the-first-person-in-114-years-to-receive-the-key-to-the-city-of-inglewood&sol;">Issa Rae<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who wrapped up her record-breaking HBO series &&num;8220&semi;Insecure&comma;&&num;8221&semi; last December&period; She was honored by her &&num;8220&semi;A Black Lady Sketch Show&comma;&&num;8221&semi; collaborator Robin Thede&comma; who said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Issa is not only a prolific writer&comma; a captivating actor and comedian&comma; a profound leader&comma; an efficacious producer&comma; and a music mogul in the making &lpar;pauses to take a breath&rpar;—she’s also a consistently hilarious and loyal friend&period; For those of us lucky enough to know her&comma; Issa is everything you want a person to be&colon; kind&comma; funny&comma; down to earth&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd5q8txLZMG&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd5q8txLZMG&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Actress&sol; singer Amber Riley spoke about <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;she-won-jazmine-sullivan-finally-wins-long-overdue-grammy-awards&sol;">Jazmine Sullivan<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who is listed as one of this year&&num;8217&semi;s most influential artists&comma; and said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Sullivan has a lyrical vulnerability that makes you think she has been reading your journal&period; She is so deserving of her most recent Grammy win&comma; along with acclaim and other accolades that have been an honor to witness&period; But the most exciting part of her recent career journey has been that Sullivan has allowed us to share in her journey to self-love&comma; removing herself from the shadows of fear as we can clearly see in her 2021 album <i>Heaux Tales&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd6TFf0PoX5&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd6TFf0PoX5&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Also listed in the artists&&num;8217&semi; category is <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;donald-glover-gives-quinta-brunson-her-flowers-for-creating-abbott-elementary&sol;">Quinta Brunson<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who is the creator&comma; writer&comma; and star of the ABC hit series &&num;8220&semi;Abbott Elementary&period;&&num;8221&semi; She was honored by LeBron James who said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Quinta Brunson is more than a writer&comma; producer&comma; actor&comma; and comedian&period; She’s a student and a master of her craft&period; A game-changer in network television&period; Smart and funny as hell&comma; in that order&period; She’s a Swiss Army knife that can—and does—do it all&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other names to make this year&&num;8217&semi;s list include Zendaya&comma; Oprah Winfrey&comma; Zoë Kravitz&comma; Mia Mottley&comma; Kentaji Brown Jackson&comma; Candace Parker&comma; Questlove&comma; and many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the full list <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;time&period;com&sol;collection&sol;100-most-influential-people-2022&sol;">here<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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