Control turned 40 in 2026, highlighting Janet Jackson’s assertion of creative independence and her rise to pop and R&B superstardom.

This week I have been heavily back into my Janet Jackson phase and decided to review one of my favorite albums from her. “Control” was an album that really established her as an artist and at this ...

However, we were told that Janet used music as self-therapy, putting into her lyrics whatever she was going through at the time, whether it was reaching for independence, breaking up with a lover, or ...

Janet Jackson loves performing. Doing publicity around her work, not so much. During an interview with the radio program “Heart Evenings with Dev Griffin,” the topic of being interviewed came up and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a difference between being famous and being foundational. While other artists from all walks of life have changed with the ...