Ever since Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson, passed away from pancreatic cancer on June 27, 2018, there have been a flurry of online comments. Many have been words of condolences and praise of the man responsible for molding the most impactful musical family of all time. While others, have been feeding into the abuse claims, calling him a physical abuser to his children (for whipping them), as well as a sexual abuser to one of his daughters, which was proven to be a lie years ago (we’ll get to that in a minute).

Even in the midst of his children and many grandkids praising Joe for the love he showered upon them throughout their lives, folks like actress, Bette Midler, have left comments such as this one:

“Joe Jackson is d-e-a-d- and Hallelujah!! A monster who ate his own children; like in an old Grecian myth. I hated every minute he lived. All times are strange but this is really beyond the pale. Would Quincy Jones like to weigh in?? Always interested!!!”

Marlon Jackson Responds To Dad’s Haters

Joe’s and Katherine’s sixth born child, Marlon Jackson, has always been a man of few words when it comes to speaking to the press. But when he was stopped by paparazzi at the airport recently, he had a message for Jackson haters:

“All I have to say [is] I think of positive things when I think of MY father, so I’m good.”

He was also asked how the family is holding up:

“As best as you’d expect,” Marlon replied. As far as the private memorial a few days ago, “It was great, it was really great.”

Like we said- a man of few words, but y’all get his point: ‘to hell with Joe Jackson’s haters.’ Now, one person who was NOT as short spoken when defending Joe, was Michael Jackson’s son, Prince, whom we applaud for checkin’ the hell outta those flappin’ their gums about his beloved grandpops.

Prince Jackson Curses Out Grandpa Joe’s Haters

As we previously reported, one of his recent video vlogs, he addressed the situation in the realest way possible:

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How Did The Rumor Start? La Toya Admitted She Lied On Dad

Joe Jackson’s kids made it no secret that their pops was a very stern father. He whipped when they did something wrong and made them rehearse for hours as children, but ALL of them later thanked him for being so tough on them back then. However, there was one Jackson sibling who, for a while, was the bad seed in the bunch- La Toya Jackson.

We privately put him to rest yesterday.
We miss you and we will always love you!!!!#RIPJosephJackson pic.twitter.com/yqd21iYqmP

— La Toya Jackson (@latoyajackson) July 4, 2018

In 1991, La Toya released, “La Toya: Growing Up In The Jackson Family,” a book full of lies and allegations against her family, including Michael and Joe. While promoting her book at that time, she did an interview, claiming sister, Rebbie, “was sexually abused by my father.” Her family immediately stated she was lying.

It wasn’t until 2011, in her second book, “Starting Over,”that La Toya publicly recanted her story and blamed her then (now deceased) husband/manager, Jack Gordon, for forcing her to go on a public rampage with false allegations against her family. She also said Jack brainwashed her, isolated her from her fam,’ and also gave her mind altering drugs:

“He [Jack Gordon] wouldn’t allow me to see them or talk to them at all and if I left him—he threatened to kill Michael and Janet,” says La Toya. “My family knew something was wrong, but they couldn’t know how bad it was because I couldn’t tell them. … I was young then and had a lot of people in my life that didn’t need to be there,” says La Toya. “So l lashed out at my father, both of my parents really, because of things other people said. … My family and Michael knew that that wasn’t really me talking,” La Toya says. … “He wouldn’t allow me to see them or talk to them at all and if I left him—he threatened to kill Michael and Janet,” says La Toya. “My family knew something was wrong, but they couldn’t know how bad it was because I couldn’t tell them.” -via Daily Beast

Good thing La Toya made her wrongs, right with both Michael Jackson and Joe prior to both of their passings.

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Their relationship was kept very private back in the day and it wasn’t until a few decades later that some whispers got our publicly about their puppy love.

The singer we’re referring to had a music career that was primarily crackin’ throughout the 80’s, but after that era fizzled out, so did her career. Okay family those are all of the hints we’ll give. Hit that ‘next’ button to see who she is…

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Rebbie married her husband, Nathaniel Brown, when she was 18. She is now 65, so they were married for 45 years, up until Nathaniel’s unfortunate passing in January of 2013 from cancer. They have three children together.

Now let’s go down the family tree and take a look at the the other Jackson sibling’s track record and their spouses…

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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. If you think about it, he learned from some vets he hung out with like BERRY GORDY, QUINCY JONES, DIANA ROSS, PAUL MCCARTNEY and obviously his father – JOE. So with the legends he hung around in the music biz, he couldn’t help but absorb how to be strong and tough when need-be, especially with negotiations for mega deals. The only thing is that the type of courage and strength had was the kind that most in the industry don’t have. You see it has now 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 life 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 go out and speak out even more against the evils of the music industry, making sure that he made it very clear to his enemies that he wasn’t NEVER scared!

Watch him tell it like it is in this video…

Jackson told the crowd, who often interrupted him with cheers and applause, 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. He called Mottola a “devil” and told fans at the event that they had to continue their drive until he was “terminated.” Mottola resigned six months later.

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Jackson also talked about 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 told the crowd that after divorcing Mottola, Carey came to him crying, telling him that Mottola would tap her phones and have her followed.

Though Michael Jackson himself chose to only go into so much detail, many decided to take it a bit further. In July of 2002 Roger Friedman revealed, in his entertainment column for Fox News, that a serious source told him there was “correspondence” of Mottola telling Jackson that he would “ruin him” and his reputation if he was unable to wrest full control of Jackson’s music catalogue from him. It was that correspondence, Friedman said, that gave Michael Jackson the confidence to slam Mottola in such an uncharacteristically public fashion.

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.

In case you couldn’t watch the video, a transcript of what he said is below…

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“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!”

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