Justin Ripped For Abandoning Janet And Urban Fans

Rafer Guzmán of Newsday profiled the fallout *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake has received not only for exposing the breast of Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl, but the subsequent backlash from the urban community for trying to portray himself as the victim, leaving Janet to shoulder the blame. “It doesn’t take a genius to notice that he pays homage to a lot of African-American singing greats,” says Miss Info, a morning-show host on New York’s Hot 97. Erik Parker, music editor at Vibe says, “When that audience feels betrayed or exploited, there’s going to be some type of repercussions.”