yelled several audience members).
Her friend and fellow iconMary J. Blige.
“Mary J. Blige represents truth,” Jackson said.
Janet Jackson at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.Rich Polk/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
“Her work has always given us comfort because she singsme, she singsyou.”
and others sent in videos praising the undisputed Queen of Hip Hop Soul.
“I’ve been on this journey for a long time.
Mary J. Blige at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.Rich Polk/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
One that didn’t always look the way you see me now.
One that was filled with a lot of heartache and pain.
But God helped me to channel those experiences and emotions into my music.”
“I finally found my real love, and that real love is me.”
