Setting aside the Janet fiasco, I never liked the guy. I remember an interview he did years ago when he was asked about his musical influences. He shot off names like Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, Sam Cooke... typical boilerplate responses that white singers like himself use to try to validate their authenticity with black folks.

He always rubbed me the wrong way. Seems like he's full of shit everytime he speaks and does what he does. And then he bought his mother with him to the Grammys to distance himself from the Janet thing. Which to me, proved how much of a douchbag he really was and still is.