Janet Jackson
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‘Michael’ plays the hits but avoids the hard questions
The long-awaited ‘Michael’ biopic dazzles with iconic recreations and a star-making performance but struggles to uncover the man behind the legend
Litchi HOV on dance, inheritance and refusing to quit
A deeply personal portrait of Litchi HOV, the award-winning choreographer turning movement into a language of memory, resilience and generational change
Janet Jackson, Radiohead, The Cure enter Rock Hall of Fame
The inclusion of Janet Jackson comes as the Hall of Fame increasingly expands its definition of rock to include the likes of R&B
Queer fantasies flow seamlessly on ‘Hive Mind’
The Internet paints sonic pictures that communicate millennial romances through a mash-up of funk, neosoul, and trip-hop.
Sound shifting ‘janet.’ is still hot
Janet Jackson has deservedly been honoured for an album that changed the course of music for the past 25 years
Don’t it always seem to go
The music video for Janet Jackson’s Got ‘Til It’s Gone is as politically relevant today as it was back in the Nineties
Shared memories reunite Africa and the Americas on black magic spiritual flights
‘If you believe Mutwa is given to buck-wild conspiracies I have an antibiotic fer ya in four words: Dr Ivan van Sertima.’
Grammys: Kanye West, Aretha Franklin hold court
Two years ago, Kanye West’s Grammy afterparty was a booze-filled, late-night affair with 3 000 screaming guests, bikini-clad women — and his mother, Donda, in the house. He was…