Mary J. Blige has revealed that she will retire from music in "five or six years".
The R&B legend has revealed that she plans to retire from the music industry in the next few years after a career spanning three decades.
"Right now, I'm definitely gonna do some more acting and I'm definitely gonna retire in, like, five or six years," Mary, 53, told Extra in a new interview. "Right now, I'm still doing what I'm doing but not as often as I was doing it because I don't have to now."
The music icon went on to share that her current music is "about life ... love ... being stable and understanding you can have things like love. You can have a good life."
"Mostly the love I have for myself," she continued, "... My real love is me and I found it."
Elsewhere in the interview, the Family Affair hitmaker opened up about the news that she will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in October, alongside the likes of Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, Kool & the Gang and Dave Matthews.
Mary told the outlet that she is "still trying to process everything," adding that the honour is "the most amazing thing ... it is in a class by itself."
The singer will also perform at the annual ceremony, which will take place on 19 October in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mary is currently preparing for her annual three-day music festival, the Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit, which will take place in her hometown of New York City from 10 to 12 May.
