That’s where Abdul comes in. In 1980, the 18-year-old former cheerleader beat out 700 other girls to earn a spot on the team during her freshman year at California State University Northridge. Within a year, she became head choreographer of the dance team. Four years later, the Jacksons came to the Forum for a Lakers game and asked Abdul to start choreographing their music videos. That led to jobs choreographing for the likes of Janet Jackson, Duran Duran and ZZ Top. In 1986, she quit the Lakers to pursue her singing career, and the rest is history.
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