Trailblazers in Black History: Janet Jackson

 

The Music Icon Becomes First Black
Woman To Receive Billboard Icon Award

By Ron Dicker

Janet Jackson kept the hits coming Sunday on the night she became the first black woman to win the Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

She slayed a medley of her most popular songs ― including “Nasty” and “Throb” ― and gave a powerful speech that pledged solidarity to #MeToo while calling for an end to “loud and harsh” public discourse.

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Source: The Huffington Post