Not only did the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul lose her spouse and family, but she also lost thousands of dollars in advocate fees and the spousal support and child support she was order to pay after he split from music industry professional Kendu Issac.
Issac asserts the split was detrimental to him as well, and he had to be hospitalized as a outcome.
Kendu Issac looked like he would be Blige’s happily ever after. The vocalist dedicated one of her career’s huge hits to him, “Be Without You,” even casting Terrance Howard in the video because he shared exact green eyes to her man.
Somehow, after years of wedding, it was opened that Kendu was sneaking around with an artist he and Blige were mentoring.
While some speculate that the woman was actually in relationship both Mary and Kendu and just got too serious with Issac, either way, it caused a permanent rift in their togetherness.
Blige has gone from career strength to strength since, after shortly taking a step back to sell their house and sort her finances. A slew of major Grammy noms, a character on 50 Cent’s Power, and a successful tour have her back on top in 2023.
As for Issac, his career has been pretty much destroyed, and he’s been rendered “unemployable” by the music industry for playing one of its leading womens.
Before Blige was order to pay him some big bucks as a result, Issac ended up in the hospital from the sheer stress of realizing his career was destroyed.
The Blast reported in 2018 that Kendu “experienced physical manifestations of stress and emotional distress from this issue, which has caused him to become hospitalized” after realizing the divorce had totally sidelined his career.
Blige was eventually ordered to give him $30k a month so that he could maintain his lifestyle.
Blige was the only breadwinner in the wedding and had to fight hard to get back her possessions from Issac after the separation.