Tamar Braxton tries to mix some inspiration into her concert at the Fillmore Silver Spring

Near the end of her concert Thursday, Tamar Braxton entreated the crowd to "get your life like I got mine." What Braxton has done with her life over the past few years is finally break through with critical and commercial success after spending decades in the music business with little to show for it. After a long time spent in the shadow of big sister Toni Braxton -- first in a girl group, then as a solo artist -- it took a turn on reality TV to make her a star in her own right.