A Star is Born: Episode 19: Janet Jackson: "I wanted to stand on my own two feet"

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Today, one of the most influential women in pop music turns 60.

For five decades, Janet Jackson has turned pain, control, vulnerability and sheer determination into some of the most defining music — and choreography — of the modern era.

From Control and Rhythm Nation to Nasty and Together Again… she didn’t just follow pop culture. She changed it.

HOT1027’s Tara Penny takes a look.
16 May English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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