Drake can choke. You don’t get to mock him in Family Matters, disrespect him in your beef with Kendrick, remove your “duet” with him from your setlist after LN airs and then suddenly jump back on the bandwagon when’s he’s dominating the charts again to benefit your own career
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, a Los Angeles judge ruled that $625K in bonuses -- paid by executors John Branca and John McClain to third-party law firms -- will have to be returned to the estate.
The Jackson Family's biggest Hot 100 hits (via Billboard):
#1 Say Say Say
#2 Billie Jean
#3 I'll Be There
#4 Miss You Much
#5 Beat It
#6 Rock With You
#7 Escapade
#8 Dancing Machine
#9 That’s the Way Love Goes
#10 All For You
#11 Together Again
#12 Man in the Mirror
#13 Love Will Never Do (Without You)
#14 I Want You Back
#15 ABC
#16 When I Think of You
#17 Again
#18 The Girl Is Mine
#19 The Love You Save/I Found That Girl
#20 The Way You Make Me Feel
#21 Black Or White
#22 I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
#23 Runaway
#24 Doesn’t Really Matter
#25 Rhythm Nation
#26 Bad
#27 Alright
#28 Got to Be There
#29 Control
#30 What Have You Done for Me Lately
#31 Black Cat
#32 Nasty
#33 Dirty Diana
#34 Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
#35 Let’s Wait Awhile
#36 Never Can Say Goodbye
#37 Rockin’ Robin
#38 Ben
#39 Come Back to Me
#40 Any Time, Any Place/And on and On
#41 If
#42 You Are Not Alone
#43 State of Shock,
#44 Thriller
#45 Remember the Time
#46 Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
#47 Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
#48 Enjoy Yourself
#49 What’s It Gonna Be?!
#50 Mama’s Pearl
I don’t think many still understand how HUGE Michael Jackson was. 500 million people in 1991 means that 1 out of 11 human beings walking this earth tuned in LIVE to watch the Black or White music video.
G.O.A.T
I like my team with @FCHWPO and @jaytatum0 the team just needs to adjust their playstyle, whether thats getting Mazzula to change his ways or moving on to another coach. Too much talent and experience to have these early exits
Fellow journalists, just as a thought experiment:
Consider, for a brief moment, that Michael Jackson is innocent. We can return to regular programming (the default assumption of guilt) soon. But just for a moment….consider it.
From someone who has spent a lot of time researching the artist, interviewing those close to him, trying to approach the subject fairly, there are some legitimate things to consider, among them:
- I’ve personally spoken to some of Jackson’s accusers as adults and they vehemently defended him. This shouldn’t be too surprising as they have also defended him publicly and in some cases on the stand under oath, before later changing their positions.
- MJ, of course, faced an exhaustive criminal trial and was acquitted of all charges in 2005. That case, when removed from salacious headlines, was actually quite weak. The posthumous cases are objectively weaker.
- I’ve always felt the most compelling allegation would be one not attached to millions of dollars. Every posthumous allegation has been tied to changed stories and enormous sums of money, which would seem to at least invite some level of scrutiny.
- The vast majority of people who spent time at Neverland as children continue to assert that nothing sexual took place. That matters when trying to establish patterns of behavior and grooming.
- Multiple unannounced raids on Jackson’s properties revealed nothing incriminating. Not the case obviously for other recent high profile cases (Diddy, Epstein, etc.), where the evidence is clear.
- Nobody was clamoring for “complexity” and the “whole story” when Leaving Neverland came out. The media left its premier at Sundance in complete lockstep even though it intentionally left out hundreds of conflicting accounts.
- MJ was and is a target because of his differences/eccentricities and because of his wealth.
- Race continues to play a role. We can deny it or rationalize it but it’s always been there. James Baldwin saw it as early as 1985. White journalists have always been quicker to judge, malign, and assume his guilt. Even the “Wacko Jacko” tabloid nickname has racist roots.
Is none of this context relevant? If MJ was in fact not guilty as he asserted, as his family and friends believe, as a jury determined, the treatment he received in his lifetime (and still, decades later) would be reprehensible.
It’s at least worth considering…
"I want his three children to know… there was nothing strange about your daddy, it was strange what your daddy had to deal with…”
We love you, Michael. 🤴🏽
#MichaelMovie
The more you assholes attack Michael Jackson, the stronger the public rallies around him. You aren’t succeeding in cancelling or damaging his legacy but rather making him even more popular. Keep it up.