Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Must Delete Elvis and Madonna to Make Room For Queen of Pop, Janet Jackson Joanne Jackson Follow Jun 18, 2018 · 3 min read

The Queen of Pop

Two words can describe the success of Elvis Presley and Madonna — white privilege. Both stars, especially Madonna, don’t have any real type of musical talent. They just know how to market themselves. Elvis marketed himself by ripping off black music and culture. Madonna marketed herself by ripping off gay black culture and not giving back. They should not be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Then, there is Janet Jackson — a major musical talent who created the template for women in the music business. Before Janet, there was no such thing as a woman in control of her career. Before Janet, a woman owning her own sexuality was considered taboo. Janet simply created the modern day concert that so many performers copy. But she’s not in the RRHOF? Why?Cause she’s black!

“It’s really frustrating — there is one white woman who has been praised by the masses for her sexual exploration, but Janet has been condemned just for accidental revealing of a breast,” Jimmy Jam, one of Janet’s famous co-producers, tells us. (Terry Lewis didn’t want to be interviewed for this.) Of course, he’s talking about Madonna without actually naming her. Madonna, if you remember, kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, just five months before Janet’s breast reveal at the Super Bowl. The white girls were all praised. But the black girl was boycotted everywhere. Double standards? You bet!

Madonna is praised for her sexuality, while Janet is condemned.

To make things worse, Madonna and Elvis never wrote any of their own songs. In contrast, Janet Jackson has written most of the music and lyrics to every one of her hits. And she’s had more notable hits than Madonna or Elvis Presley. She has also been a bigger influence on people of different cultures and races. Janet’s Rhythm Nation album, for example, is seen by many civil rights activists as the album that broke all racial barriers in the music industry. Madonna and Elvis had some notable albums, but neither artist risked singing about social issues. Madonna exploited those with AIDS while Janet sang “Together Again” as a tribute to all her friends lost from the disease. She (along with Lady Gaga) are the gay icons of our time. Not Madonna.

Unlike Janet, Elvis never wrote his own songs.

We are asking that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame delete Elvis and Madonna from their roster and replace them with Janet Jackson. If the RRHOF doesn’t, we demand that Madonna opt out and ask to be replaced by Janet. It would be a great way of using her white privilege to help out a minority singer who has been repressed by the industry for so long. Janet Jackson is simply one of the most talented musicians of all-time and deserves respect, not repression.

Thanks to columnists Touré and Todd “Stereo” Williams for contributing to this article.