Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
‘Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson’ Documentary: Everything We Know
usmagazine.comFollowing the success of “Framing Britney Spears,” the team behind The New York Times Presents series is taking on Janet Jackson’s story.FX and Hulu announced a new episode of the documentary series, “Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson,” on November 1.“In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman’s breast for 9/16ths of a second.
A national furor ensued. ‘If the culture wars could have a 9/11, it’s February 1st, 2004,’ said one observer,” the press release reads. “The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.
The man was Justin Timberlake; his stardom only grew. The New York Times examines the racial and cultural currents that collided on
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