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King of Pop: The highly anticipated Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, arrives in theatres this week covering roughly 22 years of his life from performing as part of the Jackson 5 to touring to promote the album Bad.

‘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

Movement architect: Litchi HOV (real name Lee-ché Janecke) has built a reputation for crafting visually striking, emotionally charged performances that move seamlessly between stage, film and global pop culture. Photo: Supplied

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

Citing Jackson’s “legendary black girl magic,” pop futurist Janelle Monae inducted the 52-year-old superstar who spearheaded the creation of New Jack Swing.

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

‘Hive Mind’, The Internet’s fourth studio album, comes after all band members have pursued solo careers.

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.

The way love goes: Critics simply cannot ignore the contribution R&B powerhouse Janet Jackson made to popular culture with her self-titled 1993 album

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

‘Finding grace during a time of political turmoil’

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

In his latest novel

​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…