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Michael Jackson left behind an incredible amount of music, a lot of it not really known by the masses.
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 Released December 18, 1969 By the time The Jackson 5’s debut album was released, the general public had already been captivated by Michael, Marlon, Jermaine, Tito, and Jackie’s first national single, “I Want You Back,” which had been released two months earlier and had gone to #1 on the […]
Trivia: Two of his other albums – Bad and Dangerous – are also among the world’s best-selling records He popularized dance moves including the robot and the moonwalk He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice He won 13 Grammy Awards Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist […]
Trivia: He was born on Aug 29, 1958 At the Brit Awards in 1996 Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker took exception to his bombastic performance of Earth Song and ran on to the stage Jackson was very fond of Mexican food In 1993 Jackson’s dermatologist said he had a rare skin disease called vitiligo, which […]
Trivia: He gave his first public performance at the age of 5 singing Climb Every Mountain He had eight brothers and sisters His marriage to Lisa-Marie Presley lasted only 19 months Jackson paid $47 million for the publishing rights to the Beatles back catalogue in 1985 and sold a share of to Sony in 1995 […]
Trivia: He was a big fan of The Three Stooges He is an Exeter City fan He had two llamas called Louis and Lola Thriller spent 37 weeks at number one in the US Billboard chart. In 1984 he won eight Grammy’s – the joint highest amount ever won by one person in a single […]
Trivia: As a youngster he used to put spiders in sister La Toya’s bed He played a scarecrow in The Wiz, a movie version of the Wizard of Oz He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one for himself and one as part of the Jackson Five) Quincy Jones nicknamed him “smelly” […]
Trivia: Michael Jackson’s favorite animated character was Pinocchio When he was a child his favorite books included Rip Van Winkle and The Old Man and the Sea Michael Jackson was very ticklish Saint Vincent, an island in the Caribbean, once issued Michael Jackson stamps The singer once owned a boa constrictor called “Muscles”
ATL rapper Yung Joc’s been through a lot in the past year, from dealing with troubles that he had with Block ENT/Bad Boy Entertainment to rumors that he fell out with Diddy. Joc was in the Hot 107.9 studios recently and addressed many of the rumors with HotSpotAtl.com. He also talked about his upcoming album, […]
Kimora Lee Simmons has now divorced her Baby Phat fashion line. The ex-wife of Russell Simmons, said on Twitter that she’ll leave the line next month. Kimora Lee will stay on as president and creative director. She said in a statement she was going to “further expand her other businesses.” Baby Phat won’t show at […]
Via: WTVD.com Yesterday UNC called a news conference after reports surfaced about possible academic infractions involving football players. UNC Football Head Coach Butch Davis spoke about what they called “improprieties that occurred outside the classroom.” ESPN is reporting that a tutor wrote term papers for as many as nine players. The NCAA was already investigating […]
Link: http://kysdc.com/videos/mmartin/1025281/ RIP Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001)
