Raised in a two-bedroom house in Gary, Indiana as the youngest of the Jackson family, Janet Jackson initially wanted nothing to do with music. We trace her transformation from reluctant child star into a feminist pop icon who fired her own father and seized total creative control.

From the groundbreaking New Jack Swing of Control and the socially conscious Rhythm Nation 1814 to record-breaking Virgin deals, the raw vulnerability of The Velvet Rope, and the devastating fallout of the 2004 Super Bowl, this is the story of an artist who survived an industry that tried to erase her.

• Her early acting roles and the iconic key-on-a-hoop-earring origin story
• Terminating her business relationship with her family to make Control
• Pioneering New Jack Swing and forcing MTV to evolve its format
• The one-sided corporate blacklist after the Super Bowl and its link to YouTube’s creation
• Her resilient later career, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and lasting influence