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Robert Lavelle Huggar, better known by the moniker RL, represents an era when true R&B reigned. As a member of the singing group Next and as a solo artist in the late 1990s and early 2000s, RL released classic tunes such as “We Can’t Be Friends” and “The Best Man I Can Be.” The Minneapolis…

Lefty guitarist Malina Moye has been described as explosive. The singer-songwriter and musician has rocked out with the best of them and on the biggest stages around the world and says music makes her feel limitless. Moye’s father gave her with a right-handed guitar at age 9 and being left-handed, she immediately flipped it upside…

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Verzuz co-founder Swizz Beatz had to run for cover after he seemingly suggested that singing legend Janet Jackson couldn’t take on iconic rapper and producer Missy Elliott. Swizz, 42, co-owns the phenomenal Instagram webcast series with fellow producer Timbaland, aka Timothy Zachary Mosley, 48, and the Apple music streaming service. Fans believed that Swizz disrespected…

A recent “Jeopardy” contestant set social media aflame after he confused the legendary, Hall of Fame singer Janet Jackson with pop singer Ariana Grande. The category was about the Billboard Music Awards, as iconic host, Alex Trebek, showed a clip of the award ceremony on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 show. “As the recipient of the…

Janet Jackson wanted to shave her head. The 53-year-old singer thinks bald women look “beautiful,” and she hoped to start a trend with the look for her 1993 world tour but never went ahead with the drastic makeover plan. Jackson made the revelation on Twitter after sharing an Instagram video featuring a young cancer patient named…

Janet Jackson has sent a message of thanks to key workers who are unable to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. The 53-year-old singer has spoken out in solidarity for people working as nurses, doctors, scientists, grocery store clerks, cleaners, and other key professionals who are keeping countries in operation while the majority of the population…

Actress and singer Ja’Net DuBois, most famous for her role as the vivacious and unsinkable Willona Woods on the classic sitcom “Good Times,” passed away in suburban Los Angeles. She was 74. DuBois was found dead in her home in Glendale, California, a bedroom community 15 minutes north of downtown LA, by relatives. Early reports…

Janet Jackson reveals that she had a menagerie of animals when she was growing up. Speaking on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” she said: “We had so many animals growing up. We had a fawn, Mouflon sheep, peacocks, a giraffe … just all kinds of animals. It was my job to feed them, to clean…

Janet Jackson is releasing her new album, Black Diamond, this year. The 53-year-old pop superstar has announced that she is returning with new music in 2020, her first studio LP since 2015’s Unbreakable, and she will be heading out on her “Black Diamond World Tour” in support of the record. Sharing the news on her Instagram…

Janet Jackson has a power-packed message for her son on his birthday. The 53-year-old Rhythm Nation legend celebrated her son Eissa Al Mana‘s third birthday by sharing an old photo of her baby bump on Instagram with this message: “Three yrs ago today God blessed me, at the age of 50, with the greatest gift…

She can’t be like Mike, but she can sure look like him. Fans seemed to think that superstar singer Janet Jackson looks like her late brother Michael Jackson in her first selfie of 2020. Janet Jackson, 53, reportedly took the photo after landing at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, on…

Janet Jackson finds raising her son to be exhausting. The 53-year-old singer has 2-year-old Eissa with ex-husband Wissam Al Mana, and though she loves being a parent, she wishes she had more opportunities to rest. She said: “‘It’s very tiring. You never get enough sleep.” The “Together Again” hitmaker has chosen not to get help…

With a sold-out show Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Minnesota on Saturday night, Sept. 14, 2019, music icon Janet Jackson did not disappoint fans. She opened the 90-minute show with the hit songs “All Night” and “If,” and backed by six dancers and five band members, she kept the crowd on its feet the…

Janet Jackson Metamorphosis at The Las Vegas Residency at Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Farrenton Grigsby)

Multiplatinum pop icon Janet Jackson is set to perform some of her greatest hits during the Treasure Island Resort & Casino’s 2019 Summer Concert Series. The concert will kick-off at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the venue’s 16,000-seat Treasure Island Amphitheater in Welch, Minnesota. Jackson has blazed the stage worldwide with a slew of…

The father of Twitter user KB Strawder Jr. has been a lifelong fan of Hall of Fame music legend Janet Jackson. As a present for the patriarch, the children treated the unnamed father to tickets to see the Control singer while she was in town. The father’s reaction to opening an envelope to find a…

Janet Jackson does it all herself when it comes to raising her son. The 53-year-old singer — who has a 2-year-old son named Eissa with estranged husband Wissam Al Mana — admitted being a working parent is “hard” but she doesn’t want to employ a nanny because her own mother, Katherine Jackson, had no problems…

Janet Jackson Metamorphosis at The Las Vegas Residency at Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Farrenton Grigsby)

Global music icon Janet Jackson made her performance debut at MGM Casino in Las Vegas, at the tender age of 7. Some 46 years later, Jackson is back at MGM and she returns replete with her massive catalog of hits and an army of dancers. The singer is giving audiences two hours of nonstop entertainment…

DJ Name: DJ Aktive Name: Maurice Deloach Hometown: Philadelphia Genre: Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop Venues: Touring Arenas DJ Aktive has become one of the most sought-after DJs in the industry. Spinning professionally for the past 18 years, the Philadelphia native has toured the world with some of the top artists in the music business. With an…

Janet Jackson is reissuing five more of her classic albums on vinyl, after having already reissued her 1986 album Control last month. Jackson will reissue 1987’s Control: The Remixes, 1989’s Rhythm Nation 1814, 1993’s Janet, 1997’s Velvet Rope, and 2001’s All For You on vinyl, and all five of the new releases will hit shelves…

On the 10th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s tragic death, his sister and fellow Hall of Fame pop star, Janet Jackson, has finally spoken up about the King of Pop’s indelible and unassailable music. The Thriller singer died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 in Bel Air, California, from acute poisoning from the…