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  • -Before we talk tour, you have a little boy, right?

  • -Yes. -How old is he?

  • -Eissa. He's three. He just turned three January 3rd.

  • -Is he three now? -Yes.

  • -Oh, my gosh. Is he musical?

  • -Are you kidding me?

  • He loves --

  • Quest, as a matter of fact, gave him a beautiful set, drum kit.

  • -Really? -He loves it.

  • He loves it, yeah.

  • -Oh, come on. He's a good dude. -Beautiful, beautiful kit.

  • -I'm sending him something, too.

  • Does he like a harmonica? I don't know what I can get him.

  • -He has that already. -He has that already, yeah.

  • -He's incredibly musical.

  • -He is? -Yeah.

  • -What's his go-to -- -First it was the violin.

  • This -- All this he chose. -At three?

  • -No, this was at two. -Wow!

  • -First, he chose the violin, and he loves classical music.

  • Now it's all about --

  • Even his third day of school, he said, "Mama..."

  • First day of school, he took the violin to school.

  • Third day of school, he says, "Mama, I want to take a cello."

  • I said, "Baby, you don't have a cello."

  • He says, "I take one --

  • Turn my violin into a cello, please, Mama."

  • So my assistant, Terry, who -- We're rushing for his class.

  • And she took a straw and taped it to the bottom of the violin.

  • -And made him a little cello. -He loved it.

  • He was posing. He took it to school.

  • And my --

  • I have two assistants. -Yeah, sure.

  • -My other assistant, Shanti,

  • she said, "Eissa, you want a violin?"

  • He said, "Yes." She said, "Who's going to buy it for you?"

  • He says, "Mama."

  • So...he has a cello. -You had to do it.

  • So now he has a cello. Yeah, yeah.

  • Long story short, baby gets what he wants.

  • -He takes cello lessons. He loves his cello lessons.

  • -I want to talk about this tour. Let's take another look at it.

  • It was just announced this morning.

  • The Black Diamond World Tour.

  • Featuring -- Here's what got my eye.

  • Featuring brand-new music.

  • Does that mean maybe a new album?

  • -Uh, yes. -Really?

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • This is exciting. -Yes.

  • -Can I -- Is that the title of the album?

  • Do we -- Can we say it? -Yes. "Black Diamond."

  • -It is "Black Diamond."

  • Why -- How did you land on the title?

  • -"Black Diamond."

  • It's the toughest of the stones, of the diamonds to cut.

  • -Wow.

  • -And I -- I heard that immediately

  • as hard to hurt, to destroy.

  • And in my recent years,

  • I've come to realize that I'm incredibly strong.

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • And I see myself as this rock, you know,

  • and just rough around the edges.

  • And just want to share some of my strengths and stories.

  • -Yeah.

  • It also says here that you have

  • a special performance of "Rhythm Nation."

  • -Yes. -What does that mean?

  • What's a special -- What's a special --

  • -Well, you'll have to come and see what that means.

  • -Okay. All right. I will.

  • I was going to name off some dates.

  • But I -- There's too many. I just want to zoom in.

  • Can we --

  • -That's just the States. -That's just the States, yeah.

  • That's not even the world yet. Yeah. No.

  • During the commercial break, I was showing you this.

  • And you go, "What is that?" -What's that?

  • -And I go, "That's you the next year.

  • That is your schedule for the next year."

  • Oh, my gosh.

  • It's kicking off in Miami at the American Airlines Arena.

  • -Yes. Yes. -What do you want people

  • to take away from your Janet Jackson concert?

  • -Whatever stress, troubles in their life,

  • for those two hours, just to leave them all behind,

  • and hopefully they'll have an incredible time.

  • -Yep. We love what you do, too.

  • So thank you so much for coming back to the show.

  • Go see Janet Jackson on tour, you guys.

  • For more info on the Black Diamond World Tour 2020,

  • go to JanetJackson.com.

-Before we talk tour, you have a little boy, right?

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