Janet Jackson’s CNN Essence Interview

Janet Jackson, who decided to finally accept the Essence Music Festival invitation to perform this year after 15 years, sat down to talk with CNN on various issue from her acting career, her philantropist efforts with the organization AmFar in aiding the relief and cure for HIV/AIDS. She also discussed her reason for why she decided to perform at the festival this year, the difficulty of being a child actor and the passing of Gary Coleman.