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It was 1987 when this “Sign Your Name Across My Heart” singer hit the scene. Do you remember? There was buzz that he was going to be the next Michael Jackson, James Brown, Prince, and Sam Cooke all rolled into one. What happened? Terence Trent D’Arby fell off the music scene about as fast as he jumped on. Welp, we found him and he had a whole lot to say about the tension between himself and the late, great Michael Jackson!

Why He Was Angry With MJ…And The Government?

In a prior interview with Huffington Post, Terence Trent D’Arby revealed some sort of beef he had with MJ (although he’s not really clear about how it allegedly started), as well as some deep information about an agenda of Sony Music, the F.B.I. and C.I.A.:

“Michael used his tremendous influence and control of the Beatles’ catalog to ensure that my way was compromised. I can honestly stand before God at Judgment and testify that the great Master Jackson was a bona fide, life changing ‘pain in my ass’, the 800 pound Gorilla in the room never mentioned but always felt, if not seen. He hated me…and yet, circumstances being as we find them, none of that made him any less a Hero to me for all that he had already done to inspire my youth, and coming together as a servant of the music.”

Now read what else D’arby said here:

“Bear in mind that Sony was scared sh*tless of myself and Master Jackson being close. Then again, so was the F.B.I. & the C.I.A. Particularly African American talent is watched and scrutinized carefully that they not put their minds together towards anything not on the system’s agenda, lest they inspire greater discussion and participation in the body politic among those regarded as their ‘People’.”

Do you think he’s accurate with his claims about MJ? Or do you think there’s more to this story? As far as the C.I.A. and F.B.I. claims, that’s actually a story we’ve heard too often, unfortunately, especially when it came to certain people of power, such as Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X. So that does make one go, ‘Hmmmm.’

Terrence Trent D’Arby Now & His Wife

Check out what Terence has been doing since we’ve last seen him…and get ready for this: just like the beloved Prince once did, Terence Trent D’Arby changed his name too.

With his 1987 hits, like “If You Let Me Stay,” “Wishing Well,” “Sign Your Name,” and the Smokey Robinson/Jackson 5 cover “Who’s Loving You.” D’Arby was definitely making some noise for a minute.

Two years later, he released his album, “Neither Fish Nor Flesh,” but it just didn’t measure up to the debut album and that’s when he seemingly disappeared into then air. He made a comeback in 2001, but he wasn’t Terence Trent D’Arby anymore…he went by his then-newly created name, Sananda Maitreya. He explained why he changed his name in a prior interview:

“Terence Trent D’Arby was dead…I watched his suffering as he died a noble death. After intense pain I meditated for a new spirit, a new will, a new identity.”

After the slow demise of his major-label career, he moved to Munich, Germany and then Milan, Italy where he settled in 2002. The next year, he married the Italian architect and television host, Francesca Francone, and they have two sons together. You can check him out on his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/sananda.org

One thing’s for certain, Terence a.k.a. Sananda has not missed a beat with his singing. His voice is just as flawless as ever. You gotta see one of his more recent performances below…

While Michael Jackson was alive, he and Eminem had intense issues. However, as fate would have it, MJ seems to have the last laugh — even beyond the grave.

During Eminem’s early years, you know he didn’t mind taking low-blows at other artists. One of those was Michael Jackson. Jackson couldn’t understand why the rapper targeted him, especially since Michael had never beefed with any of his fellow artists.

Reportedly, Jackson questioned Eminem’s motives several times without taking action against him. However, the rapper persisted. So, that’s when Michael seemingly had enough.

Now, Eminem has toned down…

Yet, it unfortunately took a lot of life lessons for that to happen. Nevertheless, at this point, the rapper claims to have a much better understanding of what Michael Jackson went through, given his own turmoils of recent-past years.

But surely, you want to know how Jackson has the last laugh, right?

Eminem Struck First…

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If you remember, in 2004, the rapper released a song called “Just Lose It.” In the song, he heavily mocked Jackson from child molestation charges to his hair catching on fire during his 1984 Pepsi commercial shoot.

After the track receiving incredible airplay and him undergoing consistent ridicule, Michael took action. First, he publicly demanded all cable music video stations across the U.S. stop playing Eminem’s video. And they did just that, according to The Guardian.

“I am very angry at Eminem’s depiction of me in his video,” Jackson mentioned at the time. “I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful. It is one thing to spoof, but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive.”

“I’ve admired Eminem as an artist, and was shocked by this. The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large.”

But This Was The Kick To Eminem’s ‘Crotch’…

Jackson Buys Eminem’s Rights…

One thing Michael understood: he could become your boss without your permission, if he allowed money to do the talking. The Guardian reports that Jackson acquired ATV, a company which housed The Beatles’ entire catalog, for $47.5 million.

But then, Michael turned around and sold 25 percent of ATV to Sony.

“Yesterday’s deal means Sony/ATV own the rights to over 125,000 songs, of which Eminem is one of the most high-profile and profitable,” the source reported in 2007 after the transaction occurred.

The partnership also purchased Famous Music’s catalog as well for $370 million. Martin N. Bandier, Sony/ATV CEO at the time, had this to say:

“The Famous Music catalogue is a world-class asset filled with evergreen songs that people know and love. The depth and breadth of the catalogue is what truly makes it great.”

Eminem Can Now Relate To Michael

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Em’ Turned To Drugs…

Rolling Stone reported that Eminem (now 48) later participated in an interview with Complex, where he decided to open up about several topics — one of which was drug addiction.

The source says Eminem became heavily addicted to Vicodin, and blamed the drug for his weight gain over the years, during his hiatus. At that point, he fully understood Michael’s situation and claimed that being any celebrity with Jackson’s level of fame could prove fatal.

“I definitely can relate, and it’s a shame if he didn’t have anybody there to just say, ‘Michael, you’re an addict, you need help,'” Eminem told the source.

Once the rapper got clean, he started changing his life — even his own appearance. He was done with the blonde hair.

“Once I got sober I was like, ‘What the f**k am I doing? I’m like 35 years old, am I going to keep dying my hair f**king blond?’ Also it was just about letting go.”

According to the source, his blonde hair reportedly reminded him of his addiction.

“I hated myself when I was in my addiction,” Eminem mentioned. “I hated myself worse than anyone could ever hate me.”

It’s crazy how the tables can turn, right? Life can throw you a curve ball from where you least-likely expect it. Probably in a million years, the rapper would’ve never thought Michael Jackson would own his back-catalog.

All in all, what are your thoughts? If you have any comments, feel free to share them via our Facebook page.

There’s no doubt that the similarities between Miki Howard’s son, Brandon, and Michael Jackson are definitely evident. From the way they move, to the tone of their voices, their mannerisms, and dance styles- everything about them is similar. In fact, here have been so many theories circulating about this, that we don’t know WHAT to believe, so we wanted to show y’all the comparisons and let you be the judge.

Miki Howard’s son is a singer who goes by the stage name, B. Howard. I remember when the song, “Billie Jean,” was dominating the charts, many wondered back then, if there was a REAL Billie Jean. For over 30+ years, millions have contemplated that very subject, which leads us to Brandon.

Organizers of a previously highly publicized DNA test claimed to have “confirmed” that the late music legend is Howard’s biological father…..but back in the day, the TV announcer on Batman would have said “But wait! Tune in again, same time, same place,” because in another episode, TMZ claimed that test was NOT authentic.

Now here may be the enormous bombshell: During that time, Miki’s manager was none other than Joe Jackson in the 1980’s. Yep, MJ’s dad. So with this turntable, many speculate that Papa Joe may have been the supposed ‘Papa’ to Brandon. In more recent developments, the New York Daily News cited an ‘unnamed source,’ who  also claimed the Jackson family patriarch, Joe, was actually Brandon’s father and Michael’s half brother. Like I said, we don’t know WHAT to believe.

B. Howard has confirmed, in several interviews, that he grew up amongst the Jackson family and is still extremely close to them today. He used to spend his Summers with Katherine Jackson and the rest of the fam,’ at the Jackson home, while his Mom was working on the road.

Brandon is now a singer, who was once featured on an Akon song. Speaking of Akon, who became a close friend of Michael Jackson’s and collaborated with him for many songs…stated in in a 2014 interview, that he thinks B. Howard IS MJ’s son. Watch Akon explain that here on “The Larry King Show”:

Another longtime friend of MJ’s, actor Corey Feldman, said that he, too, believes B. Howard is MJ’s seed. Feldman and B. Howard also reportedly know each other very well.

In addition to those claims, when an interviewer told B. Howard that there were many similarities between himself and Michael Jackson, he then asked B if MJ is his Dad.  B. Howard replied with this: “Really? Really? Well you’ll have to read my bio, it’s all in there, I grew up with the Jackson family.” He didn’t give a straight answer though.

Sources close to Brandon revealed that the Miami resident was born soon after Miki met Michael. When Brandon was asked about MJ’s DNA matching with his, he said that he “never self-proclaimed to be Michael’s child,” but again, he never denied it. Watch him say this below:

Also, after this whole DNA debacle, Miki Howard came out and stated this:

“I love and support my son and the Jackson family. The Jacksons are good very friends. They are beautiful people and have always been loving and supportive of me and my career. As to this claim – at this time I am not at liberty to discuss this, as it is common practice in our business that celebrities have non-disclosure agreements. And, we are NOT suing anyone! By the way…I am NOT ‘Billie Jean!”

He’s had many Jackson relatives on his album and if you really want to be blown away by the similarities between B. Howard and MJ, check out the clip below of B in the studio (you can forward to the 2:55 mark):

Following all the hoopla over Brandon’s DNA, Miki’s ex/singer, Auggie Johnson, came forward a few years ago, to tell the world that he is in fact the father of B. Howard.

The similarities between MJ and B. Howard raises red flags, but so does the fact that this story didn’t come out until AFTER MJ passed away. What do YOU think ILOSM Family? Is B. Howard part of the Jackson bloodline someway, somehow, or are those claims a bunch of bullcrap?

One thing we’ve always dug about Michael Jackson’s nephew, Siggy Jackson, is his outspokenness, especially when it came to standing up for his iconic fam.’ In case y’all aren’t familiar with Siggy, he’s the 43 year old son of Jackie Jackson. In recent years, he’s also dropped hella bombshells about the Leaving Neverland MJ accuser, Wade Robson, among other things that the public never knew. Peep the excerpts from his recent interview on Power 106-Los Angeles…

Why his Dad, Uncles, & Aunts aren’t speaking out about Leaving Neverland:
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“People like my father (Jackie Jackson) and my aunt (Janet Jackson), they can’t really speak, because if they say anything outta order, they gon’ get judged. Well you know what? I’m not gon’ fu**in’ get judged. I’m the second generation, I’m here to tell…what it is. They have to be courteous and classy…I’m here to come and be nasty, because…they’ve (accusers) been firing at our family for years. And here’s the real problem-I got children, I got a wife, I stand behind my last name proudly.

We haven’t had a chance to actually mourn my uncle.…I’m coming to tell the truth of who my uncle was.”

Siggy made it clear that he is “a child of Neverland” and that he was always by his uncle’s house as a kid. He calls MJ’s accusers, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, “liars.”

Then Siggy Dropped A MAJOR Bombshell About His Sister &Wade Robson

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Jackie Jackson’s 38 year old daughter, Brandi Jackson (pictured above), and accuser Wade Robson, have a serious history together:

Siggy: “Wade dated my sister for quite a long time, it was somewhere around 9 years. …Yeah, I KNOW Wade! We spent a lotta time with him up in Neverland. I met his Moms, Joy, I met Shantel…and I’m not gonna speak too badly about them. They’re opportunists.”

He later added that he was always at Neverland with his sister, Brandi, Wade, as well as Wade’s mom and sis’, but that his uncle Michael was “never there,” because “my uncle was a BUSY man.”

Siggy then accused Wade of making up false claims about Michael because his money and work has dried up:
“So people are forgetting the basics. … He (Wade) started off lying to the public. Then threw out another lie, then retracted, then said ‘Oh, I’m gonna write a book!’ Well, the book…flopped. ‘Oh wait I’m gonna sue the estate!’… It got thrown outta court.

Peep See What Siggy Revealed About The Accuser & Brittany Spears

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Siggy Jackson then reminded Wade that he “burned bridges” in the entertainment world, after cheating on his sis’ with Brittany Spears:

“Okay, let’s be real, you (Wade) cheated on my sister with Brittany Spears….broke up Justin Bieber’s (then relationship). …You fu*ked over two big people in the industry, that’s not including the caboose that is attached to them-…managers, executives, business people. So when he burned those people, he didn’t just burn a bridge, he blew out the foundation.”

That left Wade in a dire position, according to Siggy:

“So now, you got no work. …They said ‘Wade had a mental breakdown,’ you ain’t had no mental breakdown mothafu*ka. You had a FINANCIAL breakdown.”

Siggy later added:

“When the truth comes out, Wade’s gonna end up back in Australia as an immigrant, working in some side market selling crickets and grasshoppers.”

Then Came More Bombshells About The Motive Behind Michael’s Death

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‘My uncle was murdered…just like Prince’

“They (presumably higher ups in the record biz) were mad at him due to the business that he did…they didn’t have a part of it. Let’s be real…MY UNCLE DIDN’T FU*KIN’ DIE, HE WAS MURDERED!’ I feel the same thing about Prince.”

These are basically insurance companies. When he dies, whatever was owned by the company, reverts back. We’re not talking about a hundred thousand dollars, we’re not talking about a million dollars. … When my uncle died, we’re talking about BILLIONS of dollars.”

There’s more:

“Notice that when my uncle died, why do you hear all his music? Why is there a Motown cartoon out now?…Obviously, when my uncle was alive, he wasn’t giving the rights to anybody. But when he dies, all of a sudden, oh my goodness.”

The Jackson family is worried about Mama Katherine amid all of the latest hype:

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“That’s the stress…she’s still dealing with having to bury my grandfather…and at her age right now, I think she’s at the point where it’s frustration and anger.”

How does Siggy Jackson feel about Drake snatching MJ’s music from his projects?

“I would call that smart business. My uncle was a business man… It’s nothing but respect for Drake. To me, that’s business. He’s just keeping an even platform. He didn’t say nothing wrong, he didn’t do what Oprah did. He didn’t give them (Wade Robson and James Safechuck) a platform and say ‘Oh hey, I believe you.’ … He said ‘Hey, we gon’ keep this peaceful.’”

Siggy broke the news about MJ’s death to his dad, Jackie, and his grandmother Katherine.

He revealed a lot more about his family. You can check out Siggy Jackson’s full interview up top.

Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris Jackson (22), has just done her first in-depth interview and she has ZERO problems telling her truths and her Pop’s truths to the world. Wait ’til you see what she said about MJ being murdered, what he told her, her Blackness, and so much more.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Paris let it all out and it seems like she’s been waiting for this moment to finally get a bunch of stuff off of her chest.

PARIS ON HER DAD BEING MURDERED & SHE WANTS JUSTICE

Here are a few excerpts of Paris’ Rolling Stone interview where she drops hints about who she thinks killed her dad:

Via RS: Paris has a lingering distaste for AEG Live, the promoters behind the planned This Is It tour – “AEG Live does not treat their performers right,” she alleges. “They drain them dry and work them to death.” (A rep for AEG declined comment.)

She also remembered how her dad was “exhausted” and “couldn’t sleep all the time” during the AEG tour ;and thinks MJ’s death is far bigger than Dr.Murray:

Paris blames Dr. Conrad Murray – who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in her father’s death – for the dependency on the anesthetic drug propofol that led to it. She calls him “the ‘doctor,'” with satirical air quotes. But she has darker suspicions about her father’s death. “He would drop hints about people being out to get him,” she says. “And at some point he was like, ‘They’re gonna kill me one day.'”

Paris is convinced that her dad was, somehow, murdered. “Absolutely,” she says. “Because it’s obvious. All arrows point to that. It sounds like a total conspiracy theory and it sounds like bullshit, but all real fans and everybody in the family knows it. It was a setup. It was bullshit.”

SHE WANTS JUSTICE

But who would have wanted Michael Jackson dead? Paris pauses for several seconds, maybe considering a specific answer, but just says, “A lot of people.” Paris wants revenge, or at least justice. “Of course,” she says, eyes glowing. “I definitely do, but it’s a chess game. And I am trying to play the chess game the right way. And that’s all I can say about that right now.”

PARIS: ‘I’M BLACK, I AM NOT WHITE, I’M JUST LIGHT SKIN’

Paris also wanted to let the world know that although some see her as White that she does not view herself as such. She says she’s a Black woman and that her dad taught her to be proud of being Black:

Via RS: “He [Michael Jackson] is my father,” she says, making fierce eye contact. “He will always be my father. He never wasn’t, and he never will not be. People that knew him really well say they see him in me, that it’s almost scary.

“I consider myself black,” she says, adding later that her dad “would look me in the eyes and he’d point his finger at me and he’d be like, ‘You’re black. Be proud of your roots.’ And I’d be like, ‘OK, he’s my dad, why would he lie to me?’ So I just believe what he told me. ‘Cause, to my knowledge, he’s never lied to me.

“Most people that don’t know me call me white,” Paris concedes. “I’ve got light skin and, especially since I’ve had my hair blond, I look like I was born in Finland or something.” She points out that it’s far from unheard of for mixed-race kids to look like her – accurately noting that her complexion and eye color are similar to the TV actor Wentworth Miller’s, who has a black dad and a white mom.

MJ CRIED TO PARIS ABOUT THE HATE HE’D RECEIVED

Paris said her pops, MJ, told she and her brothers the TRUTH about America in a very explicit way:

“His number-one focus for us,” says Paris, “besides loving us, was education. And he wasn’t like, ‘Oh, yeah, mighty Columbus came to this land!’ He was like, ‘No. He fu*king slaughtered the natives.'” Would he really phrase it that way? “He did have kind of a potty mouth. He cussed like a sailor.” But he was also “very shy.”

MICHAEL TO HIS DAUGHTER, PARIS: “CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS F*^KIN’ SLAUGHTERED NATIVES!”
MJ would cry and tell Paris (at the age of 9) things about the hate he gets from the world:

“My dad would cry to me at night,” she says, sitting at the counter of a New York coffee shop in mid-December, cradling a tiny spoon in her hand. She starts to cry too. “Picture your parent crying to you about the world hating him for something he didn’t do. And for me, he was the only thing that mattered. To see my entire world in pain, I started to hate the world because of what they were doing to him. I’m like, ‘How can people be so mean?'” She pauses. “Sorry, I’m getting emotional.”

Wow…Paris said a LOT. Michael Jackson apparently kept it 100 with his kids back then. Gotta love it. Thoughts ILOSM fam?’
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So who knew that Randy Jackson & Michael Jackson had beef that almost got Randy shot?!! Well, according to MJ’s former bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard, things used to sometimes get out of hand at Michael Jackson’s ‘Neverland Ranch’ with “vultures” – as MJ referred to certain folks – as well as with a few of his family members. In particular, Whitfield and Beard told a very detailed story about MJ’s baby brother, Randy, once causing ruckus at MJ’s home. In their book, “Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days,” Whitfield and Beard gave first hand accounts of what it was like spending damn near their every waking hour with their boss, Michael, for the last two and a half years of his life – from Dec. 2006 to his last breathe in June 2009.

Apparently, there was some major drama that went down one day when MJ was home and Randy unexpectedly showed up to Neverland, almost getting sprayed with bullets by Whitfield! See what happened below…

Why MJ’s Bodyguards Almost Shot Randy

According to Whitfield and Beard, MJ had gotten to a point where he grew tired of some family members frustrating him. So he started making everyone, except Mama Katherine, make an appointment to see him…and apparently some of them didn’t appreciate having to do so.  Therefore, Randy decided to take his disapproval for MJ’s new visitation rule into his own hands one day and he almost ended up getting shot over it. Check out what Whitfield and Beard explained about that whole incident:

Whitfield: I came between [Randy’s car] and the house, drew my pistol and took aim at the driver. I had the laser sight right on his chest and the only thing running through my mind was, ‘Whoever this is, they’re about to get shot.’ The driver ducked down and out the corner of my eye I saw this woman in the passenger seat. That threw me. I wasn’t expecting to see a woman. Then the driver lifted his head up and I saw who it was and I froze. ‘Holy sh*t, I thought. That’s his brother. That’s Randy Jackson.’

Beard:“He started screaming, cussing his brains out, rapping all this stuff about money he’s owed and how he’s not leaving without it. ‘Michael owe me money! I want my fu*kin’ money! I ain’t fu*kin’ moving till I get my fu*kin’ money!'”

Whitfield: “I didn’t care what he wanted. I just wanted him outside the gate. I put my pistol away, trying to cool things down. I asked him to exit his vehicle so we could talk in a civilized manner. He refused. He just sat there in the car, threatening to call the press if he didn’t get to see his brother. I didn’t want him to call the press, and I couldn’t call the cops because that would just bring the press too. I was stuck. I had this angry little asshole cussing in my face, and I couldn’t do anything about it.”

After The Fiasco, MJ Canceled His Party Plans

Michael was so fed up with Randy’s drama outside his front gate, that he didn’t even attend his good friend, Elizabeth Taylor’s, 75th birthday party later that evening, which he’d been planning for all week. Beard and Whitfield said MJ was really excited about surprising Taylor at her party and that they hadn’t seen MJ that excited in a long time. However, by the time Joe Jackson was able to finally get Randy to leave, Michael was like, ‘forget it,’ and went to sleep instead.

Randy is something else, ain’t he?!! We all know money can make folks do something strange for some change, but what in the world was he thinking crashing into the gate like that? He’s lucky the bodyguards didn’t shoot first and ask questions later.

By the way, this isn’t Randy’s first time showing up unexpected at a celeb’s home, he did it on another occasion and ended up actually getting shot for real!

I’m not sure if Randy and MJ ever made up, or if Randy ever got the money he said MJ owed him, but at the end of it all, they were still blood and although we’ve heard many wild stories about the Jackson fam,’ one thing we have probably all witnessed at some point or another, is that they have always found a way to stick together through thick and thin. Hopefully they reconciled prior to Michael’s 2009 passing.

Remember Ola Ray, the gorgeous video model/actress from Michael Jackson’s 1983, “Thriller” video? Well, we don’t know how we missed this information a few years ago, but somehow we did: Ola Ray came up big time with her “Thriller” royalty profits.

Ola Ray and Michael had a great friendship, but it was his estate, not him, that was causing her to get jacked out of her royalties. She said:

“Michael would always re-release Thriller in different packages so that I would get my royalties. He really did his personal best to help me while he was alive. Unfortunately, the people handling his estate have not been acting according to his wishes since his death,” said Ola Ray.

Ola Ray Got HOW MUCH For Her “Thriller” Video Appearance???

Ms. Ray ultimately sued Jackson’s estate to get her dough and like we said, she came up…all the way up to the tune of $75,000.00!

First of all, she has got to be the highest paid video model/actress I’ve ever seen! I can’t say that I’ve heard of music video models getting paid royalties from videos, but somehow royalties is exactly what Ola Ray got. She played the game cleverly and also must have had an incredible agent.

Many would say that $75K is a lot for simply playing the role of the woman who had to say a few lines , flirt and walk alongside Michael Jackson in one of the most popular music videos in the world. I’m not knocking Ola Ray’s contributions to the “Thriller” video at all, because I think she was the perfect person for it.

On the flip side though, $75K obviously won’t even put a slight dent in MJ’s account, but there are many model/actresses who would have taken a flat rate fee and been happy with that opportunity of a lifetime. Instead, Ola Ray made sure she juiced her Thriller appearance for everything it was worth and we can’t be mad at her for that one.

Overall, I’m glad Ola Ray finally got the money she was owed, because the bottom line is a contract is a contract and it must honored. I still love me some Ola Ray!

Here’s an interesting tidbit of info about Ola Ray:
She was hand picked by Michael Jackson to be his video “girlfriend” and guess where he selected her from? The Playboy Magazine. He pointed to her while he was looking through the magazine one day and asked his people to find her.

When the beloved Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson passed away at age 89 on June 27, 2018 from pancreatic cancer, millions of people commented about him on social media. Many paid homage to the man who shaped the most influential musical family ever, while others flooded Joe’s kids’ and grandkids’ social media timelines with negative comments about him. *Scroll down for video*

Being the offspring of such a profound music icon, like Joe Jackson, his loved ones are accustomed to the hate. However, as we all know, everyone has a tipping point and shortly after Joe’s passing, that tipping point soon came for Michael Jackson’s now 23 year old son, Michael “Prince” Jackson. Typically, Prince is the more laid-back Jackson kid, who very rarely allows the countless backlash, lies, rumors, etc. bother him. After all, that’s the only life he knows as the son of the most talked about greatest entertainer of all time. But then things changed.

(Video) Prince Checks Grandpa Joe’s Haters

After Joe’s passing, many people bashed the Jackson patriarch online, for his stern methods of grooming his children into stars back in the day. They accused Joe of physical abuse for whipping his children when they disobeyed him, or for making them rehearse for hours when they were kids. That’s when Prince Jackson had a few choice words for all of his granddaddy’s naysayers. In one a prior video vlog, he addressed the situation in the realest way possible:

 

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“One of the things I’m gonna talk about today is my grandpa and what you f*cks got to say about it,” said Prince. “So y’all can keep talkin’ all the sh*t that you want, saying that he abused my dad and all this…and I’m gon’ make a Youtube video about it for sho.’ But, he raised these kids right, otherwise they would’ve been in gangs or fuc*in’ dead,” he continued. Then came Prince’s classic ending. “So go ahead, keep talkin’ sh*t, but you won’t EVER be as great as one of that man’s balls in his nut sack.”

And BOOM! That’s how you drop a mic and exit stage left! You better tell ’em Prince Jackson…MJ would be SO proud!

Michael “Prince” Jackson may be the son of a ‘king,’ but he’s known for being a very humble, down to earth dude, who never boasts about his iconic family, and prefers living as ‘normal’ of a life as possible. But even the most humble brotha can step outside of character to put haters in check when need-be. That’s clearly what he’s just done, by cussin’ the ever-lovin’ HELL outta his grandfather’s haters…and shuttin’ them down while at it. Good for you Prince!

By the way, in spite of all of the negativity, like his other family members, Prince, still found time to pay a beautiful tribute to his late grandpa online. He and his cousins affectionately refer to Joe as “the Hawk.” Peep what Prince said about his grandpops below:

 

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“This man is and always will be an example of sheer willpower and dedication. He didn’t choose the path that was the easiest but he choose the path that was best for his family. You taught me to take pride in the Jackson name and what it really means, you taught me dedication in the face of adversity and most of all you showed me strength and fearlessness. There is and never will be someone like you. Fly free and until we meet again The Hawk.”

Rest on Joe Jackson.

We only saw one side of Michael Jackson over the years…the polite side, but most of us NEVER knew he was ’bout it like this! Michael Jackson went straight gangster! It was at a fan appreciation event called “Killer Thriller.”

To most on the inside of the music business, Michael Jackson was an excellent businessman. Additionally, it has long been proven that MJ was NOT the MJ we knew him to be. He was more like Bob Marley, Tupac, Malcolm X, or Martin Luther King– all of whom had known (or perceived) threats against there lives, and ultimately spoke out even louder to stand up for what they felt was right. Even after Michael knew there were several inside threats on his life, he would publicly speak out even more against the evils of the music industry, making sure he made it very clear to his enemies that he wasn’t NEVER scared!

Watch MJ Go Off:.

La Toya Jackson’s Claims:

Michael Jackson said most of the problems came from his buy-out of half of Sony’s song catalog. After he bought half of Sony’s publishing for $45 million (it’s now worth over a billion) he was doomed for murder, according to what he told his sister. “They are going to murder me over that catalogue,” Latoya said MJ told her. She goes on to add: “People come into your life, wiggle their way in, control you, manipulate, control your funds, your finances, everything that you have.”

In the video above, Michael also claimed Sony was retaliating against him for being able to “out-think them.” He said they were intentionally sabotaging his name and his success; and that because of practicing good business, he was leaving Sony, owning half of Sony’s publishing.

He also went off on the then-head of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola, referring to him as a “devil.” Mottola resigned six months later.

Mariah Carey Reportedly Tried To Warn MJ?

Jackson also discussed Mariah Carey –but not before asking that cameras be turned off, then telling the crowd “you know what tape it, I don’t mind.” Jackson stated that after Mariah divorced Mottola, she came to him crying, telling him that Mottola would tap her phones and have her followed.

Ex-Wife, Lisa Marie Presley’s Claims:

Lisa Marie Presley told Oprah that during a conversation in 2005 Jackson told her that he was afraid for his life. Presley told Oprah, “The final part of the conversation was him telling me that he felt that someone was going to try to kill him to get a hold of his catalogue and his estate.” She continued, “He expressed to me his concern for his life.” Presley also said Jackson gave her names but that she would prefer not to say them.

Transcript of what MJ said in the video:

“First let me say, I really don’t like to talk that much. I really don’t. I prefer to perform than talk.

Let me just say this; the tradition of great performers from, and I really want you to hear what I have to say, from Sammy Davis Junior, James Brown, to Jackie Wilson, to Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. The story is usually the same though. These guys worked really hard at their craft but the story ends the same. They usually are broken, torn and usually just sad, because the companies take advantage of them, they really do.

Sony, being the artist that I am at Sony, I’ve generated several billion dollars for Sony, several billon. They really thought that my mind is always on music and dancing. It usually is, but they never thought that this performer, myself, would out think them.

So, we can’t let them get away with what they’re trying to do, because now I’m a free agent. I just owe Sony one more album. It’s just a box set, really, with two new songs which I’ve written ages ago. Because for every album that I record, I write literally, I’m telling you the truth I write at least 120 songs every album I do. So I can do the box set, just giving them any two songs.

So I’m leaving Sony a free agent, owning half of Sony. I own half of Sony’s Publishing and I’m leaving them and they’re very angry at me because I just did good business, you know.
So the way they get revenge is to try and destroy my album. But I’ve always said, you know, art, good art never dies.

Thank you, I love ‘Unbreakable’ (opening track on ‘Invincible’).

And Tommy Mottola is a devil! I’m not supposed to say what I’m going to say right now, but I have let you know this.

Please don’t videotape what I am going to say, ok? Turn that off, please. You know what, you know what tape it, I don’t mind! Tape it!

Mariah Carey, after divorcing Tommy, came to me crying, crying. She was crying so badly I had to hold her. She said to me, “This is an evil man and Michael, this man follows me.” He taps her phones, and he’s very, very evil and she doesn’t trust him and he is a horrible human being.

We have to continue our drive until he is terminated. We can’t allow him to do this to great artistry, we just can’t.
I just wanted to let you know, I appreciate everything you’ve done, you’ve been amazing.
You’re so loyal! Diana, everybody, Waldo, all the people here! I love you all. You’ve been amazing, I love you!
But still, but still, I promise you, the best is yet to come!”

ILoveOldSchoolMusic, Old School news with a new point of view

Source: Examiner

We all remember when the beautiful Ola Ray, was dancing and giggling her way through Michael Jackson’s iconic “Thriller” video. The former Playboy model became an overnight star on that fateful day in 1982. At that time, I -like many others- was crushin’ on Ola Ray something SERIOUS…as I also was on ‘Thelma’ from “Good Times,” but I digress. Anyways, it’s been about 37 years since most fans have laid eyes on Ms. Ray and a lot has changed. Although she’s still a beautiful woman at 60 years old, one thing is drastically different from the Ola Ray that we knew back in the day. What is it, you ask? Her complexion.

Lighter Shades Of Ola Ray

In the 1980’s, Ola Ray had the melanin-rich, caramel complexion that she was born with. Fast forward to now and her new complexion is the topic among many. Why? Because it seems that her skin tone has gradually transformed in the same way that Michael Jackson’s did. In other words, her skin is surprisingly more of a melanin-less, flushed tone these days. That has some fans wondering if Ola Ray’s new hue is the result of excessive skin bleaching, or some other cause. Check out her recent pics below…

Not sure what the reason behind her melanin transformation is, but 37 years has brought about a change.

Old School Fun Facts About Ola Ray & MJ

1. Ola Ray was hand picked by Michael Jackson to be his video “girlfriend” and guess where he selected her from? The Playboy Magazine. He pointed to her…while he was looking through the magazine one day and asked his people to find her.

2. Ola Ray said MJ flirted with her a lot and that she was in love with him but never told him.

3. Ola Ray said she wakes up to Michael everyday:
“I have a huge poster of Michael, just of himself and then I have the 25^th Anniversary album,” she said in the ABC News interview. “Then, I have a picture of us walking together in the video … I see Michael every morning when I wake up.”

4. Michael Jackson gave one of his Thriller Awards to Ola Ray. She said after he’d asked her to go to Germany and accept the award on his behalf, this is what happened next:

“He wanted to send someone else to come pick it up [from me], but I told him, ‘No. If you don’t come pick it up yourself, then you’re not going to get it,'” said Ray, who went on to land small roles in Beverly Hills Cop II, Gimme A Break! and Cheers. “He didn’t come get it, so he called and told me it was mine. I could keep it.”

5. Word on the Old School curb is that Ola Ray is now reportedly a stay-at-home mom with a beautiful 20-something year old daughter.