Short Biography: Janet Damita Jo Jackson

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Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on May 16, 1966. Her parents are Katherine Esther and Joseph Walter Jackson. She has many famous siblings seeing as she is part of the famous Jackson family. She is the youngest of the Jackson family of musicians. Her siblings are Michael Jackson (the superstar), Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson (the members of the Jackson brother music group), Rebbie Jackson (the oldest child of the Jackson family), and La Toya Jackson (the second youngest of the Jackson family). Growing up, Janet Jackson had, and still has, issues with her level of self-image and self-esteem. It didn’t help that she grew up famous and constantly in the spotlight or that she was …show more content…

In an interview with Oprah on the Oprah Winfrey Show Janet explains how she felt about the death of her brother. Janet explains that before Michael Jackson’s death she had known that there was something wrong with Michael. The rest of her family had known too when they saw the sick looking Michael. Janet had known something was wrong when she saw Michael Jackson at a party she had thrown for her parents. Everyone had thought that they were in denial over Michael’s sickness but Janet declares that they weren’t in denial. In fact, they had staged interventions for Michael, but Michael himself, was also in denial and didn’t realize his condition. Another, not necessarily, sad thing about Janet’s life is that she has Multiple Personality Disorder …show more content…

Although it seems that Janet Jackson’s career will probably still go strong for years to come. Unless of course she has the child that she wants. If so, she may take a break for her pregnancy and maybe only start doing music again until her child is old enough to be left alone with a nanny or babysitter of some sort. If Janet does have a child, the child will have a huge, loving extensive family, a religion to follow (Islam), and rich parents (who may or may not have much time for them). Unless she feels the need to stay with her child for a while, then she might fulll retire. After all, she’s a pop star with a lot of money in the bank and she’s married to a millionaire. She has enough money to last her a life

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