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Friday will mark one year since the passing of Michael Jackson. Billboard rounded up some of today's artists and asked them to reflect on his memory. One of those was Janelle Monae. Check the clip below (I'm excluding the clip from the index page because Billboard runs automatically audio ads on their video embeds).


James Sullivan at Spinner spoke to Monae, as well:

"I was so inspired by the song 'Ben,'" says Janelle Monae, now one of the brightest stars among countless performers who learned how to give everything they have from Jackson. "His voice gave me chills."

Monae's 3-year-old nephew has also become "infatuated" with the 'Thriller' album. At that age, he knows nothing, she says, about Jackson's odd, troubled and ultimately tragic private life. On the one-year anniversary of the singer's startling death, it's the music that truly matters, say some of his biggest admirers.

Via Idolator.com.