Her most famous family members include Jermaine, Stephen, Jackie, Tito, Marlon,and Michael whom were all part of the musical group the Jackson 5. The most famous of the brothers is Michael whom helped Janet begin her musical career. Like many of the women in show business today, Janet has been faced with many obstacles in her life. Despite all of the problems, Janet has overcome most of them and has become one of the biggest successes in the entertainment world today.

During Janet's young years she was forced to deal with difficult conditions at home. She recalls in an interview with Steve Pond in the December 1997 issue of 'US magazine, "My father whipped me one time when I was a kid. But there was no rape or crap like that. You can begin to see how you feel less-than, not worthy, fraudulent. And that's how I grew up feeling."(2) Despite problems with other family members Janet was always close with her mother. She said in the same interview with Steve Pond, "Mother always could feel when I wasn

ways to keep from giong inward, she looked deeper into herself than she ever had before." Regarding her depression and the way she feels about it Janet says, "With a lot of hard work. A lot of digging into my past and all those things that I always to managed to push aside I tried to get rid of them [the depressed feelings] Because that's how I dealt with it: Everything that hurt me I'd laugh about, and keep going. But after a while, that just didn't

life, as well as in the lives of the other Jackson's, there seemed to be so much pressure for success, but they all seemed to lack self-esteem.

Janet had countless problems in her childhood that led to her adulthood bout of severe depression. Neither Janet or boyfriend of eleven years, Rene Elizondo, are reluctant to talk about her depression. "I think the record deal brought a lot of [the depression] on," says Rene. "She hit the pinnacle, but it made her look at herself and say, 'Why aren't I happy?' At a stage in her career where most artists would find new and more expensive

't doing well, and she was incredible supportive." In Janet's

By the time she

Some common words found in the essay are:
Rene Elizondo, Steve Pond, Pond December, Pond Mother, Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation, Marlonand Michael, Virgin Records, Velvet Rope, Poetic Justice, janet jackson, interview steve, steve pond, interview steve pond, jackson family, album janet, virgin records, record deal,
Approximate Word count = 753
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)